Written answers
Tuesday, 14 June 2005
Department of Education and Science
- Adult Education
Question 667: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the differences that exist between the grading systems and presentation of results by the course providers, such as FÁS and vocational... - Weight of Schoolbags
Question 668: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will respond to the letter of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford regarding school children carrying overweight... - Adult Education
Question 669: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding allocations will be made under phase 4 of the adult education guidance initiative; if she will expedite a decision in the... - Education Welfare Service
Question 670: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date with regard to the functioning of the National Educational Welfare Board; the number of education welfare officers... - Special Educational Needs
Question 671: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants assigned to schools in County Kildare; the number of these who will have their contracts renewed... - University Post
Question 672: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a top educationalist had to leave a college (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Educational Disadvantage
Question 673: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of the strategy to retain quality teachers in disadvantaged schools (details supplied). [19807/05] - School Transport
Question 675: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the need for seat belts in school buses; if the scale of the tragedy may have been lessened had seatbelts been present; if... - School Staffing
Question 676: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a primary school (details supplied) in County Westmeath will retain the additional mainstream teaching post as previously... - Disadvantaged Status
Question 677: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the primary schools in County Westmeath which will lose their previous disadvantaged designation by the introduction of the weighted... - School Placement
Question 679: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the pupils from schools (details supplied) in County Wexford who are excluded from the catchment area; the work... - School Enrolments
Question 680: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance which is available to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford to help them enter the secondary school of choice.... - Special Educational Needs
Question 681: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the widespread discontent and opposition to her proposals for assistance for children with... - State Examinations
Question 683: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if special arrangements will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Meath to sit their exams; and if she will make a... - School Staffing
Question 684: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 935 of 12 April 2005, if an application for a full-time resource teacher for a school (details... - Schools Building Projects
Question 685: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if tenders which have been submitted in respect of the provision of important facilities at a school (details supplied) in County... - School Staffing
Question 687: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the suppression of three permanent teaching posts at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will... - Special Educational Needs
Question 688: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the assistance she will provide for a special needs person in west Waterford (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Vocational Education Committees
Question 689: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the inquiry into the resignation of the former Clare Vocational Education Committee chief executive will be complete; if the... - School Transport
Question 690: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she plans to upgrade the school buses used to service schools in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Special Educational Needs
Question 692: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to an anomaly in relation to children with special educational needs who attend early start programmes... - School Services Staff
Question 693: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if any scheme exists within her Department whereby a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be assisted with additional funds to... - School Staffing
Question 695: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 15 December 2004, if a decision has been made on the extension of the sanction for the... - Youth Services
Question 697: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application by south Tipperary VEC for a person to be based in Fethard, County Tipperary, under the grant... - School Staffing
Question 698: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will restore the supernumerary allocation of 2.5 posts to south Tipperary VEC to alleviate the difficulty arising from the... - School Surveys
Question 700: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of surveys and questionnaires which have been sent out to primary schools for completion and return in each of the past five... - Ministerial Travel
Question 701: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the most up-to-date information on her travels abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the persons who travelled with her in her... - School Staffing
Question 702: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the decision to withdraw a teacher from a school (details supplied) in County Limerick under the new special... - Special Educational Needs
Question 703: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if extra resource hours will be allocated to a person (details supplied) attending a primary school in County Louth; and if she will... - Schools Building Projects
Question 704: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a grant aid of €200,000 will be made available to a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork. [19225/05] - Special Educational Needs
Question 707: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 25 May 2005, if she will sanction an extra class at the language unit of a school... - School Staffing
Question 708: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the outrage and concern expressed by persons (details supplied) in County Galway concerning the... - School Accommodation
Question 709: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals being considered by her Department for the provision of accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare;... - Special Educational Needs
Question 710: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a full-time special needs assistant was withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a... - Juvenile Offenders
Question 711: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding allocated for the provision of spaces for young offenders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19272/05] - School Transport
Question 712: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timescale for the elimination of the 3 for 2 seating arrangement on school buses; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Staffing
Question 713: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will facilitate the establishment, in conjunction with the INTO of nationwide panels of supply teachers, located on a defined... - Traveller Education
Question 714: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she proposes to establish a Traveller education unit as recommended by the task force on Traveller education, to oversee the... - Standardised School Year
Question 715: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to renegotiate the arrangements for a standardised school year with the primary school education partners; and if she will... - Capitation Grants
Question 716: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to increase capitation grants payable to primary school management authorities to a level that adequately reflect the costs... - School Staffing
Question 717: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she proposes to reduce the enrolment figures for appointment and retention of primary school teachers in view of the failure to... - Adult Education
Question 720: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding being allocated to provide for adult computer education and training in 2005. [19319/05] - Special Educational Needs
Question 721: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to change from permanent to temporary employment for many special needs teachers as a result of the weighted system for... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 723: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to renovate and extend a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [19378/05] - Schools Building Projects
Question 724: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the construction of a new primary school at Adare, County Limerick. [19379/05] - School Transport
Question 725: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school buses which have seat belts fitted to them; the number of post primary school buses which have seat belts... - Special Educational Needs
Question 727: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the current number of special needs assistants in primary schools in County Clare; the number to be allocated in September 2005; and if... - Schools Building Projects
Question 731: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a major capital works project for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; if a technical... - School Staffing
Question 732: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will assist a school (details supplied) in County Cork in resolving a staffing issue before 7 June 2005; and if she will give... - Schools Building Projects
Question 733: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be provided for the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [19430/05] - Special Educational Needs
Question 736: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of the resource teacher allocation for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005; and the schools in County Mayo which were allocated... - Departmental Correspondence
Question 737: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps taken by an official of her Department (details supplied); the progress made; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects
Question 739: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is aware that development plans for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 appear to require that a pre-school service on the... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 740: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will allocate funding to improve the facilities at a school (details supplied); her views on whether it is fair to have children... - School Staffing
Question 741: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the decision to reduce teacher numbers by one teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she... - Disadvantaged Status
Question 742: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an assessment will be carried out with a view to giving designated disadvantage school status to a school (details supplied) in... - Special Educational Needs
Question 743: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to standardise contracts within the educational system for SNAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19537/05] - Schools Refurbishment
Question 749: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if assistance will be given to a school (details supplied) in obtaining a new physical education hall via a prefabricated building... - Special Educational Needs
Question 750: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make extra resource teacher hours available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork from September 2005; and if she... - School Transport
Question 752: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused free school transport despite holding a medical card. [19580/05] - Schools Amalgamation
Question 753: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Waterford will be sanctioned; if a new greenfield site has been identified... - School Staffing
Question 754: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will correct the mistaken enrolment figure for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which is 360 on 30 September... - Grant Payments
Question 755: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of third level grants paid out by the city councils, county councils and vocational education committees in 2003, 2004 and... - School Transport
Question 756: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on the application for school transport for children residing in the Barracore and Doninga areas of County... - Teaching Qualifications
Question 757: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the total cost of the programme of in-service for the physical sciences leaving certificate chemistry and physics including trainer,... - In-service Training
Question 758: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the total cost of the programme of inservice for leaving certificate biology, including trainer, teacher, education centre expenses and... - State Examinations
Question 760: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if concessions are given to students who become ill while sitting the junior and leaving certificate examinations; and if she will make... - School Enrolments
Question 761: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether her actions in delaying the relocation of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare on the basis of falling... - Schools Building Projects
Question 763: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1260 of 26 January 2005, the progress to date on the application; and if she will make a... - School Staffing
Question 766: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of second level teachers appointed to permanent whole time positions during 2004 or for the latest year for which figures... - Teachers' Remuneration
Question 767: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if teacher representatives are paid for their membership of the Teaching Council; if simply expenses are paid; and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects
Question 770: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff available in the planning and building unit of her Department in Tullamore to deal with the activity involved in... - Special Educational Needs
Question 772: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the efforts she has made to ensure that special needs assistants continue to be employed in the system when their pupil moves on. [19811/05] - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 776: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pupil/teacher ratio by school in the primary schools of counties Wicklow and Carlow (details supplied); the schools which have... - Schools Building Projects
Question 777: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to construct a new No. 1 primary school at Blessington, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Amalgamation
Question 785: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the trustees of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 9 have notified her Department of the outcome of discussions on the... - School Status
Question 786: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the prospective decline in the number of primary school students in Southhill parish and Our Lady Queen of Peace parish,... - School Closures
Question 787: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has been notified by the trustees of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 of its intention to close this school;... - School Staffing
Question 788: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers with restricted recognition currently working in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
Question 789: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a one to one resource teacher will be available to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [19976/05] - Schools Building Projects
Question 790: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if correspondence (details supplied) has been received by her Department; if so, her views on the matter; when a decision will be made;... - Special Educational Needs
Question 795: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she expects to increase the number of special needs assistants at primary school level; and if she will make a... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 796: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to bring pupil-teacher ratios into line with best practice in other EU jurisdictions; and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects
Question 800: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to provision of an extension at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a... - School Staffing
Question 803: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when extra teaching staff will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects
Question 804: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the provision of extra facilities required at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she... - School Staffing
Question 808: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if extra teaching staff will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects
Question 811: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when extra facilities will be provided at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Placement
Question 826: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to meet the primary school place needs of parents seeking a multi-denominational educational ethos in Naas, County Kildare;... - Schools Building Projects
Question 828: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she has studied the need for the provision of a new primary school at Kill, County Kildare; if she has received... - Psychological Service
Question 832: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the degree to which psychological assessment is readily available at all primary or post-primary schools throughout the country; and if... - School Accommodation
Question 833: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to meet the new primary and post-primary schools requirements as set out by the various school authorities in the coming... - Special Educational Needs
Question 834: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the degree to which she expects to increase the number of resource, remedial or special needs teachers at all schools throughout the...
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