Written answers
Thursday, 3 July 2008
Department of Education and Science
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 7: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the summer works scheme. [26183/08] - Schools Building Projects
Question 8: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is intended to restore the school building programme to the scale indicated in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the... - School Accommodation
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if in respect to his Department's ongoing survey and analysis of prefab classrooms and resource rooms in the primary school system he... - School Enrolments
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is to establish an enrolment commissioner-admissions officer; if this appointment is contrary to the spirit of the... - Telecommunications Services
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage and number of schools that have broadband; his views on the acceptable minimum download speed a school should have; and... - Departmental Funding
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that between his Department and the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism funding for some form of undergraduate... - Inquiry into Child Abuse
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ask the accounting officer to formally request the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse to publish the list of legal... - School Curriculum
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has further plans to reform the provision of English as an additional language education in schools to cater for the varying... - Third Level Grants
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way he will address the fact that tens of thousands of young people are being priced out of higher education due to their parents'... - State Examinations
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will change the name of the leaving certificate to a new title which would indicate that it is an entrance examination into third... - Special Educational Needs
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the recent decision by a special educational needs organiser to confirm reduced access to special needs assistants... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the recommendations of the general analysis and conclusions of the Cromien report 2000 by reference to specific paragraph numbers which... - School Transport
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action he has taken to ensure that the increase in the cost of diesel will have no negative impact on the provision of the school... - Proposed Legislation
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will publish the Education Ireland Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26068/08] - Language Support
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason his Department has decided to terminate at short notice the funding to Integrate Ireland Language and Training in view of... - State Bodies
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 5 June 2008, when he expects to be in a position to list all bodies, agencies, commissions... - Parliamentary Questions
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if other Deputies in the Houses of the Oireachtas have been misled in reply to parliamentary questions as this Deputy was with the... - State Examinations
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the responsibilities he has in consultation with the State Examinations Board in making changes in the leaving certificate timetable;... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is intended to deliver on the pre-election promise to reduce class sizes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26051/08] - Health Promotion
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is satisfied that enough is being done to promote healthy eating in schools. [26342/08] - School Accommodation
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Mayo; the number of these schools that have prefabs; the number of prefabs; the age of the... - School Text Books
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps he has taken to encourage secondary schools to develop and promote a second hand market for standard text books in the junior... - Health Promotion
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether nutrition should be taught in primary schools. [26343/08] - Early School Leavers
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is reviewing the operation and effectiveness of the school completion programme; the number of primary schools that are... - Site Acquisitions
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 9 April 2008, if his Department will accept the offer of a site for a new premises for a... - School Accommodation
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount each owner of prefab classrooms or resource rooms who has rented those prefabs to a primary school has been paid either... - Disadvantaged Status
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 477 of 8 May 2008 the location of each school which is being assisted under the DEIS action plan... - School Accommodation
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the commercial companies who supply prefab classrooms and resource rooms to primary schools on a rental basis on which rent is paid... - Schools Building Projects
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the name, address and capacity of the 67 large scale projects and the 27 new schools mentioned as being included in the capital... - Schools ICT Strategy
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding funding for information technology equipment for schools; if there is funding available; the level of funding;... - School Text Books
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average cost of a set of text books for the three years of the junior certificate; the role his Department has in recommending,... - School Attendance
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the relationship between his Department and its various agencies, including the National Education Welfare Board, the Garda National... - Teaching Council
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if agreement has been reached between the Teaching Council, all the teachers' unions, and his Department regarding the implementation... - Irish Language
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the developments that have taken place upon receipt of submissions from parents, teachers and Irish language groups in relation to... - Vocational Education Committees
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make arrangements for vocational educational committee services to be made available to special needs schools; and if he... - Third Level Education
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will commit to ensuring the proper dispersion of the student services charge by higher education institutions; and if he will... - Site Acquisitions
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the three acre site assigned for the new school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which the Office of Public Works was... - Psychological Service
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 21 May 2008, the number of additional educational psychologists recruited to implement the... - School Enrolments
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of post primary school pupils; the number of boys and girls in first, second, third, transition, fifth and sixth year for... - Teaching Qualifications
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the consideration he has given to the future of the highly specialised and uniquely qualified ESOL teachers who for the past nine years... - School Text Books
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the exploitation of parents and children who are obliged by some secondary schools to purchase new... - Irish Language
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way he will provide incentives to encourage children from disadvantaged areas to attend Irish language courses in the Gaeltacht....
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