Written answers
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Department of Education and Science
- Schools Building Projects
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when construction work will begin on a new national school in Laytown, County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Language Support Services
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she will take to implement the outstanding recommendations in the Joint Committee on Education and Science report for the... - Capitation Grants
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that local authority charges have risen by 104% since 2002 and that this is having an... - State Examinations
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the rising number of foreign national students in the school system here, she will introduce an international junior... - School Accommodation
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the lack of facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Laois which has no physical... - School Inspectors
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the duties and responsibilities of primary school inspectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33446/07] - Language Support Services
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans in place to cater for the growing number of non-English speaking students attending both primary and secondary schools here;... - School Curriculum
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the proposed changes to early immersion education in Irish medium schools. [34000/07] - School Transport
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children who have to travel from the islands to the mainland for a primary education and a secondary education; the means... - Vocational Training
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 276 of 20 November 2007, her Department's policy in relation to ensuring that practical training... - School Planning
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which information is available to her Department to facilitate adequate preparation and forward planning for the... - Schools Building Projects
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 13 November 2007, the location of the 700 classrooms which were due to begin... - Physical Education Facilities
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the provisions her Department will make to facilitate primary school pupils with adequate access to swimming pools, in order for them... - Student Support Schemes
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has plans to ensure that the fund for students with a disability, the student assistance fund and the millennium partnership... - School Accommodation
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 13 November 2007, the exact number, name and location of the schools in the... - Official Engagements
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of dedicated school visits which she has undertaken since June 2007 in her capacity as Minister and as reported in recent... - Site Acquisitions
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the purchase has been completed for the site of a new national school in Laytown, County Meath; and if she will make a statement on... - Schools Building Projects
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of projects that fall into each of the four bands categorised in the school building programme development for the years... - School Inspectors
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school inspectors currently employed by her Department; the number of vacancies; and if she will make a statement... - Schools Building Projects
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps that she will take to reform the planning and building unit of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Management
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that following the significant reduction in the number of religious personnel who... - State Examinations
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of fees collected for the junior certificate examination and the leaving certificate examination for each of the years 2002... - Visa Applications
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she has taken since June 2007 to discuss with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Department of... - School Management
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will keep her commitment to establish a new model of national school with the VEC as its patron by September 2008; the location... - State Examinations
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a standard assessment for non-anglophone pupils will be introduced in secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the... - Higher Education Review
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will carry out a comprehensive top level review of higher education here in view of a recent report (details... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the OECD reported that in 1994 Ireland spent 5.5% of GDP on education yet in 2007 the OECD Education at a Glance report... - Departmental Agencies
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will establish Education Ireland on a statutory basis as recommended in a recent report (details supplied); and if she will make... - School Records
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the provisions, in view of a recent report (details supplied), she will make to supply schools with adequate storage facilities for... - Schools Building Projects
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when planning permission will be submitted for the building of a new national school in Laytown, County Meath; and if she will make a... - Capitation Grants
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the significant discrepancy in the funding for the voluntary secondary schools compared to other... - Schools Building Projects
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a technical team will visit a school (details supplied) in County Kerry to enable the design work for a new school to commence;... - Multi-Denominational Schools
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number, arising from the announcement to construct 13 new schools in north Dublin, of these schools that will be... - Schools Recognition
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on a recent report (details supplied) highlighting the rising number of students entering third level colleges from fee... - Third Level Fees
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has to increase the fees for foreign nationals outside the EEA enrolling on a post-leaving certificate course to cover... - State Examinations
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether lower standards for the leaving certificate and junior certificate examinations have led to grade inflation over... - Early School Leavers
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the specific steps she proposes to take, in view of her reply to a previous parliamentary question to enable her Department to have a... - Third Level Fees
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether all students attending part-time education for the first time should be enabled to access free education on the... - School Planning
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 13 November 2007, the number of area development plans that have been... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which class sizes have been reduced in all schools throughout the country since the beginning of the 2007/08 school... - Youth Services
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to safeguard the future of groups (details supplied) in County Donegal in view of the fact that the building... - Local Authority Charges
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will enter into negotiations with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to see if it is possible to... - Capitation Grants
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will provide financial aid to the schools in Adamstown that are facing bankruptcy in view of a recent report... - School Curriculum
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reverse the decision directing all Irish medium schools to teach two and a half hours of English every week from no later... - State Examinations
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 3 October 2007, if the Circuit Court has issued a judgment on her Department's appeal... - Special Educational Needs
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of both primary and secondary school students who require special needs assistance for learning difficulties; and if... - School Insurance
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps that need to be taken by her Department, the Department of Finance, and the voluntary secondary school sector to enable that...
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