Written answers
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Department of Education and Science
- Schools Building Projects
Question 332: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the construction of a sports and recreation centre on lands at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin;... - Bullying in Schools
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the practical ways of assisting teachers against bullying and sexual harassment from pupils particularly in second level schools.... - Driving Tests
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of qualified driving instructors who are employed at second level to prepare students for their driver theory test; and if... - Schools Building Projects
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of both a primary and secondary school at Castlelands in Balbriggan; if her Department has... - Higher Education Grants
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of people applying for research grants for postgraduate studies for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 and the college and... - In-service Training
Question 337: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason special needs assistants are not permitted to go on training courses for the purpose of establishing behavioural support... - School Staffing
Question 338: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an extra teacher will be put in place at a school (details supplied) in County Cork to avoid the necessity for split classes.... - School Transport
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if children of parents who are minded since infancy in a different primary school catchment area are entitled to school transport to a... - Institutes of Technology
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the consideration of a report (details supplied) on the submission of Waterford Institute of Technology for upgrading to university... - School Transport
Question 341: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is an accident and if the child of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is hurt, will her Department take full... - Special Educational Needs
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a laptop for their studies in view of their dyslexia and that the student has... - Ministerial Staff
Question 343: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names, titles and annual salaries of each of the political advisers, press officers, assistants or other political appointees who... - Schools Building Projects
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will assist in progressing a proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make... - Higher Education Grants
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider a decision to allow a grant to be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo and the fees in view of... - School Transport
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a child (details supplied) in County Kildare is not in receipt of a free bus pass; and if she will make a statement on the... - Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the duties and responsibilities of the Minister of State with special responsibility for integration policy at her Department; the... - Special Educational Needs
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that up to 18% of second level pupils are estimated to have special education needs, she will give effect to... - Teachers' Remuneration
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are plans to bring teachers' salaries into line regardless of whether they achieved first, second or third class honours in... - Higher Education Grants
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who has residency on the basis of their Irish born child and on the basis of... - School Staffing
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the sanctioning of the retention of a resource teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick.... - Schools Amalgamation
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an amalgamation of schools to be known as Scoil Machellog will be constructed. [28286/07] - Decentralisation Programme
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in relation to the proposed decentralisation for Mullingar, her Department has finalised its plans in this regard; if her... - Higher Education Grants
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if Polish residents, resident and educated here, are entitled to grant support for third level colleges in Ireland; and if she will... - Special Educational Needs
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will provide the extra resources needed which will allow a person (details supplied) to stay on in a special needs... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that schools are asked to pay the cost of installation and removal of temporary classrooms and prefabs when her... - Preschool Services
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the estimated cost per year of providing free pre-school places for all children aged three to five. [28404/07] - Schools Refurbishment
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the applications received from County Monaghan schools for capital grants and under the summer works scheme 2008; when she expects the... - Schools Building Projects
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the construction of a new primary school (details supplied) in County Limerick will commence. [28493/07] - Higher Education Grants
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if in respect of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, a precedent exists for assistance under the higher... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding planned refurbishment work and a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [28510/07] - Special Educational Needs
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will immediately approve an increase in the resource teaching hours for a pupil (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view... - Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a review of the travel and meal allowances for VTOS students will be carried out in view of the fact that these have not been... - School Enrolments
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding admission to second level schools; and the way families should deal with refusals even though their children... - Schools Building Projects
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the precise date the construction of a new six classroom primary school building at Loughagar, Mullingar, County Westmeath, will be... - Irish Language
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in ensuring that relevant third level colleges and voluntary organisations for Irish will be asked to provide... - Vocational Education Committees
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the responsibilities of the various VEC's in the State under the Freedom of Information Act 1997. [28579/07] - Educational Disadvantage
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will grant full funding for a full-time home-school liaison officer for a school (details supplied) in County Louth. [28580/07] - School Supervision
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are guidelines for primary schools as to how early before the start of formal lessons children may be admitted to school... - Pension Provisions
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department recognises years of teaching service in the Six Counties when assessing an application for early retirement; and if... - Special Educational Needs
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if full-time learning supports will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on... - Schools Building Projects
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 1 November 2007, the name and location of each school in County Laois that is the... - Road Safety
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will research and implement the Ennis County Clare based Irish school of excellence model of educating drivers to... - School Accommodation
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress of a school development (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28646/07] - Schools Building Projects
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the application for major capital funding in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare;... - Special Educational Needs
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 856 of 26 September 2007, the status in relation to same (details supplied); and if she will... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 867 of 26 September 2007, if the balance of grant has been awarded to a school (details... - Schools Building Projects
Question 389: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has reviewed a stage two submission from a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when this application is expected to... - Special Educational Needs
Question 398: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extra provision she has made since the beginning of the 2007-08 school year to meet the requirements of children with autism or... - Schools Building Projects
Question 399: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she expects to address the full requirements of the school building programme at primary and second level in... - School Accommodation
Question 400: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children accommodated in prefabricated classrooms or other temporary accommodation at present; when she expects to... - Special Educational Needs
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the degree to which the current complement of remedial, resource or special needs teachers is adequate to meet the requirements at the... - Schools Building Projects
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in respect of the various developmental stages in the matter of the new school project at Kill, County Kildare; when she... - Psychological Service
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects adequate child psychological services to become readily available at all schools throughout the country; and if she... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of extra teachers that have been appointed in the 2007-08 school year; the degree to which this has positively impacted on... - School Accommodation
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the mechanisms that exist in her Department to alert her to upcoming school accommodation requirements arising from population trends...
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