Written answers
Wednesday, 26 January 2005
Department of Education and Science
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 805: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the on-line teacher training course run by a college (details supplied) and other developments in this area.... - Special Educational Needs
Question 806: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the concerns of the parents of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; the options which are available to the family... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 808: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the proposed necessary extension and repairs will be made to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs
Question 809: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a proper educational plan will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 and the maximum support and advice given... - Third Level Education
Question 810: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the cap imposed in 2002 on numbers enrolling in colleges of further education is permanent; and if such colleges should plan... - Capitation Grants
Question 811: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the current rate of capitation payments to voluntary secondary schools; and if he will compare this to the rate payable for students in... - Special Educational Needs
Question 812: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason no response has yet issued to the school of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, with regard to an application... - Weight of Schoolbags
Question 815: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her urgent proposals regarding the weight of students' school bags at first and second level (details supplied). [34233/04] - Schools Refurbishment
Question 816: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if urgent assistance and the maximum support will be given to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 for roof repairs. [34234/04] - Special Educational Needs
Question 817: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) is to lose her one hour per day resource teaching hours; her views on whether putting this... - School Accommodation
Question 819: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if and when funding will be offered to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to facilitate relocation of students currently... - School Placement
Question 820: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance which is being made available to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford to help them enter the secondary school... - Special Educational Needs
Question 821: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a classroom assistant will be provided immediately for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [34269/04] - Capitation Grants
Question 822: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider the financial burden being put on schools which are now required to pay for collection of bins by local... - Schools Building Projects
Question 823: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the date on which the tenders for a project (details supplied) were agreed; the date on which work started on the project; the reason... - Special Educational Needs
Question 1068: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a full-time resource teacher will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [1044/05] - Schools Building Projects
Question 1069: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be relocated to a new site. [1045/05] - Special Educational Needs
Question 1070: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 24 November 2004, if the application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare has... - Higher Education Grants
Question 1071: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of places reserved for disadvantaged students at UCD and TCD; and if she will make a statement on the low number of poor... - Physical Education Facilities
Question 1072: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when physical education facilities will be provided at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement... - Capitation Grants
Question 1073: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be given the maximum support in 2005 in relation to staffing and resources. [1049/05] - Special Educational Needs
Question 1074: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in providing a national school place for a person (details supplied) when the NEP service is available; and... - Teachers' Remuneration
Question 1077: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the qualifications of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo were deemed sufficient, then insufficient, due to a... - Higher Education Grants
Question 1079: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the ways in which a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 can be assisted by the State or State agencies to further their education... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1080: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the contacts made with a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 in respect of her announcements in January 2005 regarding the primary... - Institutes of Technology
Question 1081: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to fund the major development plans in respect of the Institute of Technology, Tallaght; and if she will make a statement on... - Special Educational Needs
Question 1086: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if two full time special needs assistants will be sanctioned for a primary school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will... - School Accommodation
Question 1087: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to necessary renovations to Marine House and sanction of this accommodation until 2008 for a school (details... - Educational Projects
Question 1088: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the accessing college education project (details supplied) in Tallaght West, Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 1089: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio across the primary school sector; the trends in pupil-teacher ratio and class sizes; and if she will make a... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 1090: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason, contrary to expectations, that psychiatric hospitals such as St. Ita's, Portrane and St. Luke's, Clonmel were not included... - Schools Amalgamation
Question 1091: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the plan to amalgamate two schools (details supplied) in County Wicklow will receive sanction to proceed; if land will be... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1092: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason an application for a new school (details supplied) made in 1985 has not been progressed; if the submission made by the... - Special Educational Needs
Question 1095: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the studies that have been carried out into the applied behaviour analysis method of teaching autistic children; if any pilot schemes... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1096: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding construction of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [1217/05] - Teaching Qualifications
Question 1097: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if new guidelines have been introduced for UK qualified primary school teachers regarding religious education training; and if she... - Employment Appeals Tribunal
Question 1099: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will take action to resolve the tragic situation surrounding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16. [1231/05] - Third Level Fees
Question 1100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo cannot obtain grant assistance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Higher Education Grants
Question 1102: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will take action to an e-mail she received from persons (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement... - Special Educational Needs
Question 1103: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis, the number of children for whom a completed application form for learning... - Psychological Service
Question 1104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide in tabular form the number of children on a county basis, who are waiting for assessment by the national... - Student Unions
Question 1105: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received a business plan from the Union of Secondary Students; when the plan will be considered; when, in the... - Departmental Investigations
Question 1106: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a copy of the report drawn up by her officials regarding a vocational school (details supplied) in Kilkenny is available; the... - Special Educational Needs
Question 1107: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress for an application made for a special needs assistant and a teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1108: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application for a capital grant for additional classrooms for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 which was... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 1110: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she is taking to upgrade and equip post-primary science laboratories; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1293/05] - Boards of Management
Question 1111: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names of the members of the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [1302/05] - Special Educational Needs
Question 1112: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the appeal against the decision to refuse resource hours for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1114: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will authorise the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry to extend and refurbish the school itself... - School Accommodation
Question 1115: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason approval has not been given to the building of a new school as a result of the amalgamation of schools (details supplied)... - Teachers' Remuneration
Question 1116: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the mechanisms she intends to put in place for disenfranchised teachers to approach boards of management for moneys owed to them for... - Capitation Grants
Question 1117: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if part-payments of capitation grants will be considered for schools in which pupils may only attend for part of the school year. [1340/05] - School Placement
Question 1118: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the appropriate provision her Department will make for the education of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 in view of the fact... - Teachers' Remuneration
Question 1119: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the services of qualified teachers in fixed EPT contracts who took up resource posts in 2002 are deemed unworthy of... - Tax Code
Question 1120: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the operation of section 50 of the Finance Act 1999 in respect of tax relief for student accommodation; if she... - Special Educational Needs
Question 1121: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans with regard to the proposed weighted scheme for special needs resources in schools; if the proposed allocations on the basis... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1122: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department intends to purchase a site for a new national school (details supplied). [1345/05] - Special Educational Needs
Question 1123: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the resource entitlements of a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1346/05] - Education Schemes
Question 1124: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of outstanding applications for home tuition with her Department; the average time taken to process each application; the... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1126: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide a permanent site for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason this school was not included in the... - Higher Education Grants
Question 1130: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will fund the essential resources for teaching practice needed by student teachers. [1484/05] - Schools Building Projects
Question 1131: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to be able to release funding for the construction of an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Clare;... - School Transport
Question 1132: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in replying to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1486/05] - Schools Building Projects
Question 1133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the cold and damp conditions being experienced by staff and pupils in a chalet by a school (details... - Education Welfare Service
Question 1135: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is an education welfare service operational in each county; and the contact address for this service in each county. [1491/05] - Schools Building Projects
Question 1136: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that planning permission for a project has been granted to the board of management of a... - Special Educational Needs
Question 1137: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will take immediate steps to resolve the situation whereby persons are left without special needs teachers, as in the case of a... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1138: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the list of 122 school building projects announced for 2005 will be reviewed to ascertain the progress being made across all... - Freedom of Information
Question 1148: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the State, semi-State, State-sponsored and statutory bodies under the aegis of her Department which are not subject to the... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1149: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in regard to applications from the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [1718/05] - Special Educational Needs
Question 1153: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the hours of special needs assistants in schools have been reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1722/05] - Schools Building Projects
Question 1155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 14 October, 2004, if she will approve funding for this project; and if she will make a... - School Staffing
Question 1156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 14 October, 2004, the date on which this review will be completed; and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1157: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 395 of 29 September, 2004, when a decision will be made on the application to approve funding... - School Placement
Question 1158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the severe difficulties being experienced by parents in the Mullingar area in trying to secure a... - Special Educational Needs
Question 1159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the educational support which will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if her Department has received an... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1161: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the application for a permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if... - School Accommodation
Question 1162: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the provision of additional temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she... - State Examinations
Question 1163: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the extent to which continual assessment of students work will become a feature of the leaving certificate examination;... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1165: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in regard to applications from the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County... - School Staffing
Question 1184: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the position of a national school teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will be reinstated due to rising pupil... -
Schools Building Projects
Question 1185: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the decision in respect of the need to provide a building that will accommodate a school (details supplied) in... - Special Educational Needs
Question 1191: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she expects to meet the special needs or other teaching requirements for all primary and second level schools... - School Accommodation
Question 1192: 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 Building Projects
Question 1193: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which the full requirement in terms of extra facilities, teaching staff or other needs are currently met at a school... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 1195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the provision of further facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she expects to be... - Site Acquisitions
Question 1196: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals in conjunction with the Kildare VEC for the replacement of facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare;... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1197: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the full extent of extra facilities required at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she expects to be in a position to... - School Staffing
Question 1201: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number and location of primary schools throughout County Kildare in respect of which approval has been given for the provision of... - Site Acquisitions
Question 1203: 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... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1204: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she expects the project for the extra facilities required at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to... - School Accommodation
Question 1207: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the full extent of the extra facilities required at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she expects to be in a position... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the full extent of the extra places and facilities required at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she expects to be in... - Site Acquisitions
Question 1210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a planning application which compromises a site which had been earmarked for a primary school... - Higher Education Grants
Question 1211: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if persons (details supplied) in County Sligo will be granted the maintenance grant top-up in view of their financial difficulties;... - School Absenteeism
Question 1212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, due to a lack of personnel, pupils can be absent from school for up to 60 days; the... - Vocational Education Committees
Question 1213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, arising from the local elections in 2004, new vocational education committees have been established in all areas; if not, if she... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when tenders will be invited for a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the anticipated timeframe for construction; and if... - School Accommodation
Question 1216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will announce the allocation of grants towards the purchase of temporary accommodation for national schools; if her attention... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1219: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the invitation of tenders for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in 2005;... - Schools Recognition
Question 1224: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if permanent recognition of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been sanctioned; and if she will make a statement on the... - Asbestos Remediation Programme
Question 1226: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the total cost involved in carrying out the asbestos remediation works to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she... - Summer Work Scheme
Question 1227: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will announce the allocation of funds towards the summer works scheme 2005; if her attention has been drawn to the urgent... - Educational Welfare Service
Question 1228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent of the educational welfare officer service in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1880/05] - Schools Building Projects
Question 1229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the new national school for Naas, County Kildare will be completed; and when it will be opened. [1882/05] - Psychological Service
Question 1230: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of national schools in the State which have access to educational psychologists; and the percentage in County Kildare... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1231: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the school projects sanctioned by her recently to proceed to tender and or construction; the projects in County... - Health and Safety Regulations
Question 1232: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it is common practice for schools to direct that no first aid be applied in the event... - Dunsink Observatory
Question 1233: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has plans to avert the closure of Dunsink Observatory; her views on whether the important buildings will be liable to vandalism... - Special Educational Needs
Question 1234: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Laois will continue, under the new weighted system developed within primary schools, to... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a new school will be provided in County Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1949/05] - School Completion Programme
Question 1238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding alternative accommodation for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; when the analysis of the overall future... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in respect of the acquisition and purchase of a site for the proposed second level school promised... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 1241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in respect of the refurbishment and rebuilding of a school (details supplied) as promised by her Department in 2001 and... - Schools Building Projects
Question 1242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the long promised gym for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and the reason she has made no... - Special Educational Needs
Question 1243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the exact hours given to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo by a special needs assistant; if the hours have been increased of... - Third Level Fees
Question 1252: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the cost of a course undertaken by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be covered; if their application will be... - Special Educational Needs
Question 1253: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will immediately sanction the provision of 20 hours of special needs assistance support and five hours of resource teaching for... - Departmental Staff
Question 1254: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the public appointments made in her Department since the Cabinet reshuffle in September, 2004. [2101/05] - Schools Building Projects
Question 1255: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she plans to publish the multi-annual school building programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2115/05]
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