Written answers
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Department of Education and Science
- Psychological Service
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are only 127 educational psychologists serving more than 800,000 students, with... - School Curriculum
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 2 October 2007, if relationships and sexual education as part of the SPHE... - Schools Building Projects
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 2 October 2007, the progress that has been made in relation to the... - Early School Leavers
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is notified, on a regular and structured basis, by secondary school authorities of the numbers of young persons... - School Staffing
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 125, 150 and 158 of 2 October 2007, the number of teachers hired since 2004; the... - Library Service
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 501 and 502 of 6 March 2007, the system used to count or measure for the library... - Schools Recognition
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, with reference to her press statement of 17 February 2007 announcing her plans to establish Diswellstown Community National School,... - Schools Building Projects
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she will take to ensure the completion of the 13 new schools by September 2008, in rapidly growing communities throughout the... - Special Educational Needs
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 6 February 2007, when the Special Education Appeals Board will become operational; the... - School Enrolments
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is making provision to provide more school places for pupils entering the primary school system in 2012 in view of... - Schools Building Projects
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 2 October 2007, the exact number, name and location of the schools who are in receipt of... - Third Level Fees
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the fee scales which a non-EU national is charged for entry to first year medicine in each third level education institute; and if she... - Scéimeanna Tógála Scoile
Question 67: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhfuil iarratas ina Roinn le haghaidh scoil úr (sonraí tugtha) a thógáil a bhfuil suíomh faighte agus ceannaithe di; céard é... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which class sizes have been reduced since the beginning of the 2007/08 school year as compared with the previous year;... - Adult Education
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to a previous parliamentary question, if the expenditure on adult literacy has been increased to €30 million in 2007 as... - Student Support Services
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the specific resources available to third level institutions to fund on-campus medical and counselling facilities for students; if she... - Student Visas
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the recent reports (details supplied) which state that non-EU secondary school students, whose... - Health and Safety Issues
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has to introduce measures that will encourage more students to walk to school or encourage a car pooling system to combat... - Halla Spóirt
Question 74: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhfuil cinneadh déanta halla spóirt a chur ar fáil ag scoil (sonraí tugtha) a bhfuil airgead curtha ar fáil don tionscnamh, cén... - Student Support Schemes
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the average cost of rented accommodation for students in Dublin city centre is €600... - Grant Payments
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of grants made to schools under the school building and school support programmes during each year from 2002 to date in 2007... - School Catchment Areas
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the present school catchment area boundaries are in many cases archaic and giving rise to injustice; and the... - School Staffing
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 491 of 6 March 2007, the number of primary schools with access to a qualified... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools which during each school year beginning September 2002 to date in 2007, have pupil teacher ratios of 35:1... - National Monitoring Programme
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 16 November 2006, when she will introduce a separate programme of national... - Higher Education Grants
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 2 October 2007, if the student maintenance grant has increased in line with the increases... - School Accommodation
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reasons for the delay in finalising a site for a new and permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7.... - Language Support Services
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has plans to assist the one fifth of children in primary schools in the Dublin 15 area who require English language... - School Accommodation
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she has taken to connect her Department's planning and building unit to the Central Statistics Office in order that the unit... - Second Level Education
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the recent study undertaken by the ESRI on behalf of the National Council for Curriculum and... - Third Level Fees
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 on 23 October 2007, if she envisages a closer working relationship between the British and... - Privately-Owned Schools
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 2 October 2007, the comprehensive details of the long term lease agreements... - Third Level Courses
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, in view of recent reports (details supplied) about the high failure rate among third level students studying science courses, her... - Early School Leavers
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils who left school before sitting their junior certificate examinations still participating in education and other... - Educational Disadvantage
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 24 October 2006, if she will provide a list of the 670 primary schools and... - School Enrolments
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the expected number of students, including the percentage increase, to enrol into secondary schools in September 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011... - Third Level Courses
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason is it necessary for medical colleges to charge overseas students to raise revenue at the expense of Irish students who are... - Psychological Service
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 53, 54 and 80 of 2 October 2007, if the 17% increase in funding for the service... - Schools Building Projects
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to address the growing demand for second level school places in Swords, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on... - Higher Education Grants
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) is being penalised in relation to a grant application; if it is Government policy to penalise... - Access to Third Level Education
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a recent report (details supplied) which suggested the replacement of the CAO points system with a... - State Examinations
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the charge proposed to be levied on students wishing to sit the 2008 junior certificate examinations; the charges that were levied in... - Teachers' Remuneration
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, in respect of the average annual cost of a primary school teacher as being €60,000 per annum, as per her reply to Parliamentary... - Second Level Charges
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to fact that applicants for secondary school places are usually required to accompany their application... - School Staffing
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her policy in relation to limiting the expansion of existing second level schools in terms of total student numbers with respect to... - School Accommodation
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary and second level school children accommodated in prefabricated classrooms; when she expects to be in a position...
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