Written answers
Wednesday, 9 March 2005
- Department of Education and Science
- School Curriculum
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the sharp drop that takes place in female participation in sport at senior cycle; the programmes...
- School Staffing
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the higher than anticipated number of teachers retiring in 2004, she will give an impact report on services, particularly...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is in discussion with any private companies with regard to the provision of new school buildings; and if she will make a...
- Third Level Education
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she is taking to prevent many universities falling into deficit this year; if she will meet with the heads of the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the review of the proposed weighted system of allocation of resource teaching support will be completed; and if she will make a...
- Public Private Partnerships
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, based upon her experience to date of the five PPP schools already delivered, she intends to make changes to the method of agreeing...
- Literacy Testing
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount allocated by her Department towards the purchase of literacy testing documentation in primary schools for each year since...
- Adult Education
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when proposals will be brought forward to ensure that every person who leaves school early will be offered the opportunity to undertake...
- Student Union Funding
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has considered the request of the Union of Secondary School Students for funding from her Department to assist in the running of...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made on the provision of a further education college facility for Monaghan town; if it will be included in her next capital...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the Third Level Student Support Bill will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7897/05]
- Education Welfare Service
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average caseload of each education welfare officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7905/05]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to increase the number of special needs teachers in all primary and second level schools throughout the country in line...
- Psychological Service
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of national schools that are covered by the NEPS service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7908/05]
- Early School Leavers
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who have failed to make the transition from primary to secondary education for each year since 1999; and if she...
- Literacy Levels
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the level of moderate and severe literacy difficulties at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7889/05]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount expended on education sector measures since 2000 using moneys from the European community support framework; and if she will...
- Substance Abuse
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps her Department is taking to tackle alcohol and drug abuse among young people; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools of Music
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the construction of a new building for the Cork School of Music; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Psychological Service
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the original number of 184 NEPS psychologists will be met this year in view of the difficulties being experienced...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to carry out a systematic review of the Residential Institutions Redress Board in view of the recent court payment of...
- School Curriculum
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the findings of a recent EU survey by Eurydice, which found that Ireland is behind the rest of the EU in the teaching of...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to ensure that children have access to play and physical education facilities in inclement weather conditions; if there is a...
- School Staffing
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary teachers due to graduate during 2005 from various courses; the number of primary teachers due to retire in 2005;...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the present method of calculating pupil-teacher ratios does not generate an accurate picture of the size of...
- School Transport
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will publish the review of the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7956/05]
- School Staffing
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of males who entered the teaching profession at primary and secondary level in 2004 as a percentage of the entire cohort; and...
- School Libraries
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the policy statement of the School Library Association of Ireland, in particular the need to adequately fund library...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to improve the pupil-teacher ratio at primary and second level schools throughout the country; and if she will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the legislation to establish a register of persons considered unsafe to work with children will be published; and if she will make...
- School Transport
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on reports of school children in south Leitrim (details supplied) travelling three to a seat on school buses; if this...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children with a specific learning disability within mainstream primary education; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress being made on the implementation of the Mclver report recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7867/05]
- Bullying in Schools
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department has failed to support anti-bullying research being undertaken by a university, which could assist in tackling...
- Suicide Prevention
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself that there is a sufficient educational and awareness programme in schools regarding depression and suicide;...
- School Transport
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of buses providing school transport which are fitted with seat belts; the number of school bus passengers usually sharing two...
- Capitation Grants
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will bring forward any changes in the capitation allocation made to secondary, vocational and community schools; and...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children with a physical disability within mainstream primary education; the number of these children in receipt of three...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the full extent of the early start programme; the proposal she has to extend the programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Grangegorman Development Authority will begin its work this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7895/05]
- Third Level Education
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress being made towards the establishment of a tertiary education authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Curriculum
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has met with representatives of groups concerned with sexual violence in her capacity as Minister for Education and Science; and...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her plans on disadvantage will be published. [8011/05]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children with autism or an autism spectrum disorder within mainstream primary education; the number of these children in...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has examined the agreement entered into by one of her predecessors and the religious congregations with regard to their...
- School Absenteeism
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will amend the Education (Welfare) Act to ensure that children under six years but in full-time education will be covered by the...
- School Curriculum
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of time per week that her Department recommends be spent on physical education at primary and secondary level; and if she...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has to introduce a system of weighted allocation for children with special educational needs from September 2005; and if...
- School Staffing
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made on the recommendations of the independent report in 2001 on staffing levels in second level schools,...
- Early Childhood Education
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of early education places currently available in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7879/05]
- Bullying in Schools
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is concerned at recent reports that indicate a high level of homophobic bullying in schools; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Curriculum
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made on the implementation of the recommendations of the task force on the physical sciences; and if she will make a...
- School Staffing
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by school principals in obtaining fully qualified substitute teachers;...
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of Department of Education approved further education places for 2004/2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Education
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals she has to ensure sufficient places are available in medical schools for Irish and EU citizens; the total number of such...
- School Transport
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children carried on school transport services for 2004; the cost of the service for 2004; the comparable data for 1999;...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to review the forward planning system in the building unit of her Department in view of the increasing problems of...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress being made on the implementation of the recommendations of the task force on autism; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Enrolments
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the provisions she is putting in place to cater for the projected increase in the student population in the years ahead; if she will be...
- Education Welfare Service
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of education welfare officers working in each county in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7906/05]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make funding available to enable science laboratories to be upgraded at a second level school (details supplied) in County...
- State Examinations
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of students at second level who complete the leaving certificate examination; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Curriculum
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received any proposals with regard to the teaching of Irish at primary or secondary level; and if she will make a statement...
- Psychological Service
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to reduce the waiting lists for the NEPS; the numbers currently on the waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Staff
Question 135: To ask the Taoiseach the assignments of responsibility which have been made under section 9 of the Public Service Management Act 1997 for the performance of his functions by...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 137: To ask the Taoiseach the practice in his Department relating to the identification for legal and administrative purposes of his Department as an entity separate and distinct from...
- Department of Health and Children
- Violence Against Women
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that services in Mayo for women who are victims of domestic violence are at...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) is scheduled for an operation as soon as possible. [8072/05]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will consider extending the physical and sensory disability care group to include people living with disabilities...
- Smoking Ban
Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if smoking by patients is permitted in geriatric-type hospitals in a designated smoking room; and if her attention has been...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her estimate of the value of drugs that were prescribed and issued on the GMS scheme but were left unused in 2003 and 2004;...
- Health Services
Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the catchment area for Baltinglass District Hospital will be redefined to include those areas of south-west Wicklow and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the spend per head of population in the former health board areas in 2003 and 2004; if there is an inequity in the figure,...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if land at Attyfinaly, Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim (details supplied) is still for sale; when the health authority...
- Health Service Staff
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the percentage of total employment under the Health Service Executive of persons who have employed persons suffering from...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason no action was taken to assist a person (details supplied) with a disability; and if this person's family will...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an applicant (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an outpatient appointment; and if she will...
- Infectious Diseases
Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Government is taking any precautions to prevent an outbreak of bird flu here; if it is planning to have vaccines...
- Departmental Staff
Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the assignments of responsibility which have been made under section 9 of the Public Service Management Act 1997 for the...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the arrangements in place within her Department relating to the delegation by her of her functions under Acts other than...
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Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the practice in her Department relating to the identification for legal and administrative purposes of her Department as an...
- Nursing Home Costs
Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will comment on the entitlement of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to a rebate for their late parent's...
- Hospital Services
Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if elective surgery in the orthopaedic unit of Mayo General Hospital has resumed. [8190/05]
- Nursing Home Costs
Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average weekly rate of payment by an old age pensioner who was hospitalised in a publicly funded bed in a nursing home...
- Health Services
Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of publicly funded nursing home beds for each year from 1970 to date. [8235/05]
- Departmental Inquiries
Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the terms upon which a person (details supplied) has been engaged by her Department to chair a non-statutory inquiry,...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for patients on waiting lists for hip replacements in the Health Service Executive's north-east region;...
- Mental Health Services
Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children on waiting lists for psychological services in the Health Service Executive's north-east region; and...
- Health Care Training
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the person who provides accreditation to agencies wishing to train health care workers and para-professionals; if her...
- Department of Finance
- Disabled Drivers
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an appeal for the disabled drivers allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Staff
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance the assignments of responsibility which have been made under section 9 of the Public Service Management Act 1997 for the performance of his functions...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance the practice in his Department relating to the identification for legal and administrative purposes of his Department as an entity separate and...
- Tax Collection
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will arrange for a refund of DIRT to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W for 2002, 2003 and 2004. [8393/05]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of broadband subscribers per 100 people in Ireland; the corresponding figure for each of the EU...
- Departmental Staff
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the assignments of responsibility which have been made under section 9 of the Public Service Management Act 1997...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the practice in his Department relating to the identification for legal and administrative purposes of his...
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the discussions he has had with a person who has offered to fund a commercial salmon drift net licence buy out...
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will release the full quantitative risk analysis report submitted to his Department by a company (details...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Illegal Immigrants
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will intervene with the US authorities to ensure the release of an Irish illegal immigrant in jail in Boston awaiting deportation...
- Departmental Staff
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the assignments of responsibility which have been made under section 9 of the Public Service Management Act 1997 for the performance of his...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the situation regarding an application for funding for a community hall in Greystones, County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the assignments of responsibility which have been made under section 9 of the Public Service Management Act 1997 for the performance...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm having received an application for grant assistance from a person (details supplied) in County Longford; if he...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Job Creation
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has had discussions with the job creating agencies, with a view to creating new jobs in Wicklow town; and if he will...
- Departmental Staff
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the assignments of responsibility which have been made under section 9 of the Public Service Management Act 1997 for the...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the practice in his Department relating to the identification for legal and administrative purposes of his Department as an...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider the construction of a new FÁS office in Ashbourne to cater for the increased demand in south and east...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the designation of safety zones by the Health and Safety Authority under the terms of the Seveso...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Departmental Staff
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the assignments of responsibility which have been made under section 9 of the Public Service Management Act 1997 for the...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the practice in his Department relating to the identification for legal and administrative purposes of his Department as an entity...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an appeal for the carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be opened. [8262/05]
- Department of Transport
- Driving Tests
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of current provisional driving licences; and if he will provide a breakdown of these into the various categories of licence. [8126/05]
- Departmental Staff
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Transport the assignments of responsibility which have been made under section 9 of the Public Service Management Act 1997 for the performance of his...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Transport the practice in his Department relating to the identification for legal and administrative purposes of his Department as an entity separate and...
- State Airports
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Transport if the red zones relating to Dublin Airport and contained in the Fingal County Development Plan 1999 are two dimensional ground zones or three...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Glór na nGael
Question 225: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an féidir leis a dheimhniú go mbeidh an córas timireachta céanna i bhfeidhm nuair a bheidh an t-athscrúdú maidir le...
- Voluntary Sector Organisations
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford regarding the decision of his Department to...
- Glór na nGael
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the termination by Glór na nGael of the contract of its Munster organiser in view of the fact...
- Departmental Staff
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the assignments of responsibility which have been made under section 9 of the Public Service Management Act 1997 for...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the practice in his Department relating to the identification for legal and administrative purposes of his Department...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the single payment entitlements a person (details supplied) in Galway has received; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that...
- Sheep Meat Sector
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of sheep from Northern Ireland killed in this country in the years 2002, 2003 and 2004; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Staff
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the assignments of responsibility which have been made under section 9 of the Public Service Management Act 1997 for the performance of...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the practice in her Department relating to the identification for legal and administrative purposes of her Department as an entity...
- Grant Payments
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to an application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway for single payment entitlements under...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the increasing failure of articulated lorries to display rear number plates; if he will...
- Prisons Building Programme
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the role of a person (details supplied) changed at any point during the life of the expert committee charged with site...
- Departmental Staff.
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the assignments of responsibility which have been made under section 9 of the Public Service Management Act 1997 for the...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the practice in his Department relating to the identification for legal and administrative purposes of his Department as an...
- Violence Against Women
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the continuing problem of violence against women, he agrees that the Government needs to commit to a national...
- Security Measures
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when additional security measures will be installed at a location (details supplied) in County Laois. [8270/05]
- Garda Operations
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to outline the system for fingerprinting and matching from the Garda database; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drivers convicted of motoring offences while using mobile phones; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Child Care Services
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Dublin city child care committee has undertaken to establish five local...
- Travel Documentation
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when travel documents will re-issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Deportation Orders
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the medical history in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if this has...
- Refugee Status
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of refugee status on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make...
- Residency Permits
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Education and Science
- Special Educational Needs
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will proceed with the introduction of a system of weighted allocation of resources for children with special educational needs...
- School Staffing
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when approval for the appointment of an additional resource teacher at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be notified to the...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will approve the appointment of a full-time home school liaison for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if...
- Bullying in Schools
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has to monitor the effectiveness or otherwise of bullying policies in schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the proposed refurbishment plans for a school in County Longford (details supplied); if she will...
- Traffic Calming Measures.
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the problems being experienced by a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; if she will...
- Departmental Staff.
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assignments of responsibility which have been made under section 9 of the Public Service Management Act 1997 for the performance of...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the practice in her Department relating to the identification for legal and administrative purposes of her Department as an entity...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the extent of special education supports provided at primary level for pupils with autism; her views on whether...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Education and Science , further to Parliamentary Question No. 464 of 17 November 2004, when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the acquisition of a site for a new national school at Kill, County Kildare; if her attention has been drawn...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to meet in full the special needs teaching requirements as set out by the school authorities in all primary schools...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which the national schools building programme is progressing in accordance with requirements; the number of schools...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the primary schools in County Kildare which have the largest classes; her plans to address the issue; and if she will make a statement...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will initiate a programme to replace all the prefabricated school buildings throughout the country within a specified period;...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to improve pupil-teacher ratio at all second level schools throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the special needs teaching model now in place will be allowed to continue into the future; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the extra facilities required at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she expects the project to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when work is likely to start in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Recognition
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if adequate provision is available to meet the requirements as set out by the authorities at a school (details supplied) in County...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if adequate provision has been made to meet the accommodation and other requirements at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- School Staffing
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the North Kildare School Project, Celbridge, County Kildare, is fully staffed to meet the requirements of its new eight classroom...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the provision of additional accommodation and facilities for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare,...
- School Accommodation
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals for the future of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if extra improvements or facilities are likely in the...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the provision of the covered walkway at Confey College, Leixlip, County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with the provision of extra facilities at Coláiste Cois Life, Lucan, County Dublin; if she has received a tender report...
- School Accommodation
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in relation to the provision of the extra facilities required at Coláiste Ciaran, Leixlip, County Kildare; and if she...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the provisions made or will be made to meet the requirements in terms of alternative or new school facilities at a school (details...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the back-up services and resources for children with dyslexia; and the way in which these services will expand...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances outlined by a person (details supplied) in respect of third level maintenance...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Staff
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Defence the assignments of responsibility which have been made under section 9 of the Public Service Management Act 1997 for the performance of his functions...
- Pension Provisions
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason the Defence Force pension for a person (details supplied) in County Laois was reduced with effect from 21 January 2005; and if he will...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Defence, further to Parliamentary Question No. 374 of 28 October 2004 and the Snow report, the way in which he justifies the assertion therein that the...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Planning Issues
Question 328: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has examined the reasons local authorities have set their development levy schemes at different levels;...
- Departmental Staff
Question 330: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the assignments of responsibility which have been made under section 9 of the Public Service Management Act...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 332: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the practice in his Department relating to the identification for legal and administrative purposes of his...
- Planning Issues
Question 333: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government , further to Question No. 529 of February 2004, if the draft planning guidelines that he intends to issue to...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 334: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be made on the application submitted by Leitrim County Council for funding (details...
