Results 1-5 of 5 for lottery speaker:Michael Lowry
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Jul 2024)
Michael Lowry: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a sensory room grant application from a school has been received (details supplied); when a decision is expected on this application; if a lottery system will be implemented in the event a large volume of applications from primary schools are received that exceed the budgetary provisions of this sensory room grant scheme; and if she will...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)
Michael Lowry: ...which was held for funding for a core curricular area and a key priority of the Government; if he accepts that schools such as a school (details supplied) were unfairly penalised due to the lottery system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11824/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)
Michael Lowry: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that the lottery system used in the recent STEM grants were the fairest way to divide the available resources; if it is his intention to continue to fund essential educational services in this manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11827/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)
Michael Lowry: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a lottery was held when the number of applications for the STEM grant exceeded expectations; if she will point to the relevant area in the documentation issued to schools prior to the competition, where it states that a lottery would take place if the number of applications passed a certain threshold; and if she will make a...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (13 Feb 2024)
Michael Lowry: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 17 January 2024, how the lottery system used during the STEM grant application process was highlighted in the briefing document to schools before they applied; her views on whether a lottery system was fair, considering the short timeframe offered to schools to complete the application, and the...