Written answers
Tuesday, 6 December 2005
Department of Education and Science
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she has taken to promote further progress by the EU on accessibility by disabled persons to youth and education programmes... - Adult Education
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the initiatives and schemes within her Department to tackle adult literacy; the estimated number of persons in each county with... - School Staffing
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a permanent concessionary post was granted to a school (details supplied) in County Waterford based on the school's disadvantaged... - School Transport
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on providing school transport for two children (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the school transport will be reviewed... - Special Educational Needs
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application for the establishment of an applied behaviour analysis school will be approved in Strokestown, County Roscommon; the... - School Staffing
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an extra teacher will be appointed to a school (details supplied) in County Cork based on the enrolment numbers of 30 September... - School Transport
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when school transport will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary with special needs; and when their foster... - Higher Education Grants
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will not qualify for grant assistance from Mayo County Council to study for a PhD... - Special Educational Needs
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if additional finance will be provided for the purpose of providing support for special needs pupils at a school (details supplied) in... - School Staffing
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the membership of the appeals board established for the purpose of allocation of additional primary teachers; the number of appeals... - Traveller Community
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the special arrangements in place within her Department and at the point of service delivery to meet the needs of the Traveller... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application from a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for an extension to include a gymnasium, three... - Schools Amalgamation
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are opposed to the amalgamation of three secondary schools at Carrick-on-Suir,... - School Curriculum
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to review the relative weighting given to differing aspects of the Irish curriculum at junior and leaving certificate for... - Stay Safe Programme
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and secondary schools offering the Stay Safe programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37616/05] - Third Level Funding
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support the funding of the McIver report and the TUI in its request for the necessary funding of this report's... - Higher Education Grants
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved grant assistance following their direct appeal. [37741/05] - School Staffing
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she intends to appoint a second teacher to the current one teacher school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will... - Youth Services
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will meet the shortfall of €4.5 million for 2004 of the National Youth Council of Ireland's work development plan; if she will... - School Discipline
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the increasing difficulty of disciplining unruly students in second level schools; the moneys which... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in class sizes over 20, 25 and 30 and in class sizes over 30 in certain selected schools (details supplied); if... - Physical Education Facilities
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in the country with a sports hall, general practitioner's room or both; and if she will make a statement... - Schools Building Projects
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be approved for a new school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the status of the application; and if she will... - School Accommodation
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be approved under the additional accommodation scheme for a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the status... - Third Level Fees
Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in regard to foreign national students who have been residing here for more than five years and who have completed second level... - Schools Building Projects
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the schools which have lodged applications for works to be carried out under the summer works scheme 2006 will be informed as to... - School Accommodation
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the final area development plan being completed by the Commission on School Accommodation will be published for the Newport,... - Adult Education
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of literacy clients who attended courses run by Mayo Vocational Educational Committee for the past five years; the amount... - School Staffing
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 723 of 18 October 2005, the criteria used in determining a specified figure in the case where a... - Schools Building Projects
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application for financial assistance from a national school (details supplied) in Dublin 6 for which planning... - Schools Recognition
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the additional support she proposes to give Educate Together to enable it to develop its national office support system so that its... - Schools Building Projects
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the further land which has been acquired by her Department to provide for the promised additional primary schools and second level... - Higher Education Grants
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will receive her higher education grant for this term; her views on the time it has... - Schools Building Projects
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to acquire for use as an urgently needed secondary school lands reserved for that purpose in the Stepaside area action... - Psychological Service
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the requirement and the availability of child psychological services for each of the primary and second level schools throughout County... - Bullying in Schools
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of incidents of bullying reported at primary and post-primary schools throughout County Meath in each of the past five... - Special Educational Needs
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of learning resource teachers in Navan, County Meath, over the period 2002, 2003, 2004, and to date in 2005. [37952/05] - School Accommodation
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which the present accommodation is sufficient to meet current and projected requirements in respect of all primary and... - School Staffing
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary and schools in the surrounding area will be designated as a pilot site for one of... - School Accommodation
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which the present accommodation is sufficient to meet current and projected requirements in respect of all primary and... - Special Educational Needs
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which speech and language requirements have been assessed or determined in respect of each national school in Meath West;... - Early Childhood Education
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support all measures dealing with quality preschool projects for children up to four years of age; and if she will report... - School Staffing
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the dangerous circumstances in which pupils and teachers in one-teacher schools find themselves, she will appoint an... - Schools Building Projects
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she intends to approve the funding for the erection of an extension, comprising three classrooms, to existing school facilities at... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be made available for essential roof repairs to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Linguistic Institute of Ireland
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the sum paid to date in 2005 to a company (details supplied) to carry out the liquidation of an institute (details supplied); when this... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself that the Residential Institutions Redress Board has taken sufficient steps to alert possible claimants as... - Higher Education Grants
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will refer to representations of 13 September 2005 on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if a decision... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date in 2005 on the application for grant aid under the capital funding for major works by a college (details supplied)... - School Staffing
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is not eligible to work as a resource teacher to a group; when this person was... - School Transport
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement regarding the continuing uncertainty in regard to the school transport system for students attending a... - Special Educational Needs
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been receiving five hours resource teaching per week but has been denied... - School Accommodation
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the accommodation crisis currently being experienced by a school (details supplied) in County... - School Curriculum
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to include a module on trade unions within the civic, social and political education curriculum at secondary school; and if... - School Accommodation
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to accommodate the needs of a school (details supplied) in County Carlow while it waits for the construction of a new... - Schools Building Projects
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding plans to construct a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [38232/05]
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