Written answers

Tuesday, 23 October 2007

  • Site Acquisitions
    Question 416: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Office of Public Works has contacted South Dublin County Council regarding a new site for a school (details supplied) in Dublin...
  • Educational Projects
    Question 417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the Music Network Feasibility Report for provision of local music education services will be implemented. [25208/07]
  • Site Acquisitions
    Question 418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the Office of Public Works will release payment for land (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement...
  • Cross-Border Projects
    Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are plans to harmonise the two educational Departments on the island allowing parents of children living in border areas the...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is in receipt of an application from a school (details supplied) in County Cork for assistance in securing a new...
  • State Examinations
    Question 421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown in subject area of the 2,063 successful appeals by students of the leaving certificate 2007 results; and the change in...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made to provide a new school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [24707/07]
  • Special Educational Needs
    Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the speech and language service currently available to a school (details supplied) in...
  • Site Acquisitions
    Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a new premises will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Reports
    Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her output statement has been published on her Department's website; and the date on which it was put up on the website. [24738/07]
  • Schools Recognition
    Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry and it courses are recognised by her Department; and if the school received funding...
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will pass the necessary legislation to facilitate the transfer of responsibility for the administration of the higher education...
  • Site Acquisitions
    Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the site being proposed by Fingal County Council at Kellystown as a future post-primary school is suitable in...
  • Rental Costs
    Question 438: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, with regard to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 2 October 2007, she will answer the question in a format of her choosing; and if...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the thirteen new schools she has promised to build in Fingal by September 2008; the communities or areas they will serve; and if she...
  • School Placement
    Question 440: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the acute shortage of places in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which had to significantly...
  • Planning Issues
    Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of her recent criticisms of local authorities for granting too many planning permissions in areas with inadequate school...
  • School Curriculum
    Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will introduce a leaving certificate politics and law course as a natural follow-on to the junior certificate CSPE programme;...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a new community school that was to be constructed in Ballinamore, County Leitrim. [24801/07]
  • Language Support
    Question 447: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the resources that are available to schools where a student requiring language support arrives at a time other than at the beginning...
  • School Examinations
    Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the discussions she has had with the State Examinations Commission regarding the use of dictionaries in exams; and if she will make a...
  • Integration Policy
    Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has to appoint a national coordinator to support and facilitate schools in facing the challenges of the increasing...
  • Teacher Training
    Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of places which are available at each training institution to train teachers in the teaching of English as a second...
  • School Enrolments
    Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps that have been taken by her Department to implement Recommendation No. 6 of the Joint Committee on Education and Science...
  • Performance Management
    Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will expand on her proposals in relation to the dismissal of teachers who are not performing well; if badly performing...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on the proposed extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the proposed date for completion of...
  • Renewable Energy
    Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to include the use of solar panels or other renewable technologies in the design of schools here; and if she will make a...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she proposes to take to address problems at a school (details supplied) in County Laois where facilities for children with...
  • Class Sizes
    Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools consisting of class sizes five, six, seven and eight that have been built in the north west area within...
  • Youthreach Programme
    Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 27 September 2007, the provision made for an alternative education centre to mainstream...
  • School Transport
    Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will favourably consider a school transport request by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [24872/07]
  • Departmental Travel
    Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has a policy with regard to frequent flyer points accrued by Ministers or civil servants; if these must be signed...
  • Special Educational Needs
    Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who requires resource hours allocated to assist them;...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the development of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [24932/07]
  • Schools Amalgamation
    Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposal for a school amalgamation (details supplied) at second level in Tuam, County Galway; the progress...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 467: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if full and early consideration will be given to a secondary school (details supplied) in County Westmeath which has applied for the...
  • Grant Payments
    Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the third level maintenance grant. [25036/07]
  • Third Level Education
    Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide a third level education campus in County Meath in order to allow the people living there to advance their skills...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the start date for construction work on a school (details supplied) in County Offaly under the current public private partnership...
  • School Management
    Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason she has directed that parents representatives on boards of management of Gaelscoileanna must be fluent in the Irish...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 11 October 2007, when the long-term projection assessment for a school (details supplied)...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money spent on paper and stationary in 2007: the amount of this money spent on recycled paper. [25140/07]
  • School Transport
    Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the bus tickets to children (details supplied) in County Limerick waiting for same to allow them to avail of...
  • Teaching Qualifications
    Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department has narrowed the qualifying standards for tutors providing tuition to pupils for which parents are availing...
  • School Staffing
    Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the moneys paid to primary teachers in promoted positions in the last financial year; the moneys paid to voluntary secondary school...
  • School Management
    Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the training that exists for boards of management to take on positions of responsibility within a school structure; her views on...
  • School Accommodation
    Question 481: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of temporary classrooms and prefabs which are in place within all primary schools; the cost in terms of granting these...
  • Pension Provisions
    Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on extending the 26 week period referred to in Circular 10/048 (4)(B), to one year to facilitate teachers who took leave...
  • School Management
    Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the VEC have been debarred from applying for the potential governance of new primary schools, which may or may not be...
  • Special Educational Needs
    Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason there is no right of appeal in terms of decisions made by special education needs officers; and if she will make a...
  • School Staffing
    Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the special needs assistant and resource teacher allocation in each post-primary school in the country with a breakdown between those...
  • Road Safety
    Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her position regarding the cost associated with establishing road markings outside schools as a means of improving student safety; if...
  • School Inspectors
    Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of inspectors within the primary school sector in each year over the past five years; if each primary school would receive...
  • Learning Support
    Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the general allocation for learning support is based on figures five years old in terms of each school's catchment area;...
  • School Transport
    Question 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason school transport has not been provided for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement...
  • Departmental Correspondence
    Question 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a detailed response will issue to correspondence (details supplied) regarding support for deaf parents and hearing children....
  • School Transport
    Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will respond specifically to a previous parliamentary question regarding persons (details supplied) in County Mayo; if these...
  • Schools Refurbishment
    Question 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding available to primary schools for the provision of renovation works such as renewal of outside walls due to dampness,...
  • Special Educational Needs
    Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the support services available to parents of children suffering from autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25240/07]
  • Teaching Qualifications
    Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25257/07]
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has been refused a grant upon returning to education as a mature student; if...
  • Schools Refurbishment
    Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on discussions involving her Department and South Dublin County Council regarding a refurbishment project (details...
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the special rate of higher education maintenance grant and the need to ensure that all independent mature...
  • School Staffing
    Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a special school (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has not reopened in autumn 2007; what has happened to the pupils; if and...
  • Capitation Grants
    Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a provision for the payment of interpreters for parents who are deaf to assist them when meeting their children's...
  • Institutes of Technology
    Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the report of a person (details supplied) examining the designation of Waterford Institute of Technology as a university will be...
  • Teaching Qualifications
    Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for registration as a post-primary teacher. [25411/07]
  • School Staffing
    Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to staffing allocation approval by her Department at a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [25443/07]
  • Grangegorman Development Agency
    Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on including An Garda Síochána as stake-holders in the development of Grangegorman; if she will include them as an...

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