• School Accommodation
  Question 17: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount being spent on prefabricated buildings in the education sector since 2000; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Institutes of Technology
  Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of the management information system for the institutes of technology; the total cost of the consultancy involved in this...
• Higher Education Grants
  Question 19: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to centralise the administration of the third level college grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Educational Services for People with Disabilities
  Question 21: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the services available for students with disabilities in the institutes of technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Technology in Education
  Question 22: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to assist third level institutions in making Ireland a centre of excellence in e-learning; and if she will make a...
• Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
  Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider adding further institutions to the list included under the remit of the Residential Institutions Redress Board; and...
• School Vending Machines
  Question 24: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the contracts for the provision of new schools through public private partnership will ensure that school managements have control...
• Third Level Funding
  Question 25: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her response to concerns expressed by third level institutions that they cannot compete on an international level due to shortages of...
• Education Welfare Service
  Question 26: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to allocate additional resources to the education welfare board to increase the number of education welfare officers...
• Vocational Education Committees
  Question 27: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application from Donegal VEC for funding towards the development of phase 3 of Gartan Outdoor Education Centre;...
• Schools Evaluation
  Question 28: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will be bringing forward proposals for the release of information on the operation of schools; and if she will make a...
• Education Welfare Service
  Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will amend the Education Welfare Act 2000 in order that children under the age of six, if in full-time education, will be...
• Literacy Levels
  Question 30: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of young people leaving secondary school with literacy difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Pupil-Teacher Ratio
  Question 31: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her timescale for reducing class size at both primary and post-primary level to EU norms; when she will implement the undertaking in An...
• Educational Integration
  Question 32: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps being taken to integrate students of different nationalities into the education system; and if she will make a statement on...
• School Transport
  Question 33: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there will be a review of the rules governing access to school transport in the case of school amalgamation; and if she will make a...
• Teaching Qualifications
  Question 34: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to bring the Irish language entry requirements for primary teaching courses into line with those for English and...
• Third Level Institutions
  Question 35: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the OECD report on third level education institutions here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27314/05]
• Psychological Service
  Question 36: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of psychologists employed by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
  Question 37: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her Department's estimate of the cost of payments of compensation by the Residential Institutions Redress Board to persons who suffered...
• Garda Vetting Procedures
  Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when all school teachers will be subject to vetting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27552/05]
• Youth Services
  Question 40: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the Government has failed to deliver its own priority objectives in the national youth work development plan, including the...
• Disadvantaged Status
  Question 41: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the recourse which is available to schools in disadvantaged areas that have had a reduction in resource teaching hours as a result of...
• Multi-Denominational Schools
  Question 42: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of multi-denominational schools here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27551/05]
• Schools Building Projects
  Question 43: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of bundles of schools which will be offered to the market in 2006 as part of the recent schools public private partnership...
• School Curriculum
  Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to address the high rates of failure in maths and sciences in the leaving certificate; and if she will make a...
• Higher Education Grants
  Question 45: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the nominal interest earned in 2004 for special savings accounts and special savings investment accounts is being calculated...
• School Transport
  Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the dispute involving the transport of children to a school (details supplied) in...
• School Curriculum
  Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review her Department's entire approach to the teaching and examining of Irish in light of worrying reports on falling...
• School Meals
  Question 48: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide schools with guidelines on the types of foods available on school premises; and if she will make a statement on the...
• School Transport
  Question 49: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of concessionary pupils being carried on school transport; the way in which this compares with each of the past five years;...
• Coláistí Samhraidh
  Question 50: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cad é a polasaí i leith fhorbairt na gcoláistí samhraidh sa Ghaeltacht agus san iar-Ghaeltacht agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina...
• Third Level Institutions
  Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to develop an outreach third level education centre in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27610/05]
• School Staffing
  Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the ratio of second level students to guidance councillors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27546/05]
• Education Welfare Service
  Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of education welfare officers now employed by the National Educational Welfare Board; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Medical Education
  Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if and when she will make a decision on a proposal to establish a postgraduate medical school in University College Dublin and on a...
• School Services Staff
  Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the number of hours per week worked by special needs assistants have been reduced for the current academic year; and if she will make...
• Bullying in Schools
  Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action being taken against bullying at primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27544/05]
• Languages Programme
  Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide a separate budget for the teaching of English to non-nationals which is currently being provided under the...
• Education Schemes
  Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide more support to schools to operate book rental schemes in view of the increasing cost of school books to parents;...
• Early Childhood Education
  Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her response to the finding in the Forfás annual competitiveness report that Ireland ranks bottom of the table of 15 countries in...
• Adult Education
  Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if research has been carried out into effects of the vocational education committees raising of the threshold for senior citizens, for...
• Schools Building Projects
  Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has examined the causes of the overrun in the cost of the public private partnership schools already constructed; the...
• Pupil-Teacher Ratio
  Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to bring pupil-teacher ratios at primary level into line with best practice in other European countries with particular...
• Schools Building Projects
  Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the request to provide a modern school building to replace the eight or nine prefabs in a school (details supplied) in...
• Weight of Schoolbags
  Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied that the guidelines her Department have issued on the weight of schoolbags are being adhered to; and if she will...
• Psychological Service
  Question 68: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and secondary schools which are covered by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a...
• Literacy Levels
  Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of children who leave primary school with literacy difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27580/05]
• International Reports
  Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that universities here did not feature in the upper regions of an international league table...
• Student Councils
  Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will introduce a system whereby students can give feedback on their school experiences at the end of each year; and if she will...
• School Curriculum
  Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of departmental sex education and related initiatives in place; the number of schools which implement these initiatives; and...
• Special Educational Needs
  Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average incidence of dyslexia among primary school-going children; the number receiving assistance at primary level for dyslexia;...
• Third Level Fees
  Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider extending free third level fees to part-time students who have not had the opportunity to proceed to third level...
• Garda Vetting Procedures
  Question 76: 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...
• Schools Building Projects
  Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for the site purchased for the development of a building for the gaelscoil in Wicklow town; her further plans to develop a...
• Institutes of Technology
  Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to research carried out for the Association of Higher Education Access and Disability which found that...
• Computerisation Programme
  Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a new schools information technology programme has been put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27543/05]
• Proposed Legislation
  Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if amendments to the Protection of Persons Reporting Child Abuse Act 1998 and the Sex Offenders Act 2001 will be forthcoming during the...
• Standardised Testing
  Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has finalised her proposal to introduce standardised testing of all seven and 11 year olds; the timescale for their introduction;...
• School Transport
  Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will set up a commission to review catchment boundaries for school transport in view of the huge demographic changes that have...
• School Staffing
  Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of males entering primary level teaching for the most recent year for which statistics are available; the total number...
• Departmental Investigations
  Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timescale of the recent report on the Marino Institute; if matters prior to 2002 were considered in drawing up this report; and if...
• Schools Refurbishment
  Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to upgrade science facilities in second level schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27315/05]
• Student Support Schemes
  Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a network of regional access officers will be put in place, designed to encourage and support students with disabilities to continue...
• International Reports
  Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her response to the finding of the OECD that spending on education here has been falling as a percentage of GDP and is well below the...
• School Management
  Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the burden of responsibility and time taken on by members of boards of management of schools,...
• Science Education
  Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of recommendations of the task force on the physical sciences which remain to be implemented; and if she will make a...
• Research Funding
  Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that all colleges in the third level sector are assured that any private fundraising they engage in will not result...
• Multi-Denominational Schools
  Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be made available to Educate Together to allow them to continue building a network of multi-denominational schools...
• Bullying in Schools
  Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will introduce mainstream anti-bullying programmes into schools in view of the success of pilot programmes in certain areas and...
• Schools Evaluation
  Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans on the publication of information on the performance of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27646/05]
• Irish Language
  Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of hours being spent on Irish language education at primary and secondary level; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Garda Vetting Procedures
  Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the categories of workers within the educational system that are vetted by the Garda for the risk of child abuse; and if she will make...
• School Staffing
  Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take in response to the report on attracting more men into primary teaching; and if she will make a statement on...
• Institutes of Technology
  Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of full-time students with a disability attending the institutes of technology; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Schools Evaluation
  Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if all second level schools should produce an annual school report detailing their activities under a broad range of headings; and if...

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