Written answers
Tuesday, 6 February 2007
Department of Education and Science
- Youth Services
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the work that is being undertaken by a project (details supplied); if, following the publication of... - Higher Education Grants
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a grant is available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 to pursue a course; and if she will make a statement on the... - Small Schools Scheme
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a devolved grant in the name of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will... - Special Educational Needs
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has officially recognised the condition of dyslexia; the reason her Department has not funded the Dyslexia Association of... - Computerisation Programme
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide broadband facilities to all sections of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 as recommended by the National... - Site Acquisitions
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is prepared to pay market value for the two and a half acre site, which has been identified as a suitable location... - Summer Works Scheme
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason an application for a grant was refused for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will review the... - Schools Building Projects
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a new prefabricated building for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a... - Educational Disadvantage
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the recent decision of her Department under the DEIS initiative which had the result of excluding 50 schools from... - Schools Building Projects
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a proposed new school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Acting Studies
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on Trinity College's recent announcement to terminate its three year professional actor training programme, The Bachelor in... - Schools Amalgamation
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the invitation by her Department to the Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin to consider the... - School Curriculum
Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to an environmental studies module or subject being taught in primary schools; if there are plans to... - State Examinations
Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will impose notations on the leaving and junior certificate 2007; the reason her policy is that appeals against notations... - School Accommodation
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and post-primary schools that have no recreational facilities; the number that have no playground; the number of... - Pre-school Services
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a sanction has not been provided for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow to provide pre-school education in an... - Third Level Education
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to widen and improve access to third level education for marginalised groups, including students from low income... - Higher Education Grants
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to reform the student grant scheme to make provision for essential child care costs; and if she will make a statement on the... - Third Level Charges
Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to abolish capitation fees which have risen by over 260% over the past 11 years for third level students; and if she will... - Teacher Education Programmes
Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide subsidies for travel expenses and other learning aids for teacher trainees on teaching practice as part of their... - Third Level Fees
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to abolish fees for part-time third level students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3461/07] - Departmental Agencies
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding allocated to the Grangegorman Development Agency in 2006; the amount spent by the agency; the funding allocated for 2007;... - School Closures
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement on the future of the site of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [3463/07] - Schools Refurbishment
Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the application for an extension by a secondary school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 and if she will ensure... - Physical Education Facilities
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide funding for a physical education hall to facilitate 650 pupils in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide funding for a small building to secure bins at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a... - Teaching Qualifications
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that teaching practice is a mandatory requirement for all students undertaking a Bachelor... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 508: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a request from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 for assistance in order to complete the railing around the... - Small Schools Scheme
Question 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be made available to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide parents of autistic children in receipt of Department funded home tuition with a list of suitably qualified... - Site Acquisitions
Question 511: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in relation to identifying lands which is necessary to construct a secondary school at Kinnegad, County Westmeath... - School Staffing
Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision has been made on staffing numbers for 2007 and 2008 for a school (details supplied) in a disadvantaged area of County... - Third Level Grants
Question 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has not been awarded a higher education grant; the options available to them;... - Schools Building Projects
Question 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the pressure on space at a school (details supplied) in County Cork and the extension to get... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an application from City of Waterford Vocational Educational committee for funding... - Departmental Investigations
Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the report into a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will be published; if so when; and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Management
Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason so many children have changed from a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the steps she will take in this regard; and... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application by Galway County Vocational Education Committee for funding for the provision of an extension to a... - Schools Building Projects
Question 527: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when, having already been informed that a school (details supplied) in County Kerry is included in the school building programme... - Schools Amalgamation
Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the current position regarding the proposed amalgamation of both primary schools in Lixnaw, County Kerry; and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects
Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action her Department will be taking regarding the recommendations that were contained in a recent report on schools in north... - School Enrolments
Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason she has failed to meet the concerned parents and teachers of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in relation to... - Schools Building Projects
Question 531: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a new national school will be built (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3822/07] - Maintenance Grant Scheme
Question 535: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reasons for Section 6, 3, 6 of the City of Dublin PLC maintenance grant scheme; if she will review this section to allow persons... - Adult Education
Question 536: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the City of Waterford Vocational Education Committee is closing many of the classes... - School Enrolments
Question 537: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the efforts being made by her Department to cater for the significant increase in primary school going age children in Mullingar town,... - School Services Staff
Question 538: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement on the anomaly which exists regarding the payment of school secretaries, with some getting paid directly... - School Staffing
Question 540: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to reports that immigrant teachers, including teachers with desperately needed skills such as English... - Youth Services
Question 541: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will urgently address the funding problems of six youth projects under the umbrella of Donegal Youth Service which... - Official Travel
Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the distance she travelled with a view to determining her carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for... - School Staffing
Question 543: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a decision in the near future on an application for increased cooperation hours for practical subjects for a special... - Schools Building Projects
Question 544: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will allocate funding to commence the construction of a gaelscoil (details supplied) in County Cork for which a site and... - School Enrolments
Question 546: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cut-off date for entry to junior infants in primary schools (details supplied) in 2006; and if she will provide the information in... - Physical Education Facilities
Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will submit a planning application for a sports hall at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if a pre-planning... - Third Level Fees
Question 548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement on the assertion made in University of Limerick's guide to Payment of Undergraduates Fees that students... - Psychological Service
Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the ways in which the National Educational Psychological Service supports the personal, social and educational development of all... - Special Educational Needs
Question 550: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the appeals mechanism in place in order to appeal certain decisions or recommendations made by special educational needs organisers;... - Schools Building Projects
Question 551: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the planned proposed extension for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the proposed works and to... - School Absenteeism
Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students in post primary and primary schools in Clondalkin, Dublin 22, reported for critical absenteeism in 2006. [4087/07] - ICT Programme
Question 553: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of funding allocated to schools in Lucan, County Dublin for information and communications technology purposes for the... - Higher Education Grants
Question 556: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application for a higher education grant for a person (details supplied) in County Meath has been decided on by Meath VEC; if... - Schools Building Projects
Question 558: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) has been in existence for ten years in dilapidated prefab... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 559: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the contracts won by a company (details supplied) for her Department and bodies since 2000; the value of these contracts; and if these...
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