Written answers
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Department of Education and Science
- Youth Services
Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if sanction will be given for the recruitment of a youth officer in Fethard, County Tipperary (details supplied). [42165/08] - Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Question 522: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties outlined in correspondence (details supplied) for persons who have been made... - School Transport
Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures he is examining to counteract the financial loss suffered by operators of school transport coach services as a result of... - Special Educational Needs
Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in filling 31 special needs assistants applications for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [42121/08] - Schools Building Projects
Question 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in respect of funding of a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; his plans for the completion of the project and... - Higher Education Grants
Question 526: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the problems that applicants seeking educational grants are having in seeking to provide the... - School Staffing
Question 527: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that a school (details supplied) will be allowed to proceed with the appointment of a new teacher in view of the... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in terms of budget 2009 cutbacks on pupil numbers in schools this change will not be made retrospectively in respect of the... - School Staffing
Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the changes he anticipates to the staffing level of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary following the recently announced... - Home-School Liaison
Question 532: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are legal requirements or departmental guidelines which help schools develop policies to liaise appropriately with parents of... - Departmental Bodies
Question 533: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number and names of organisations or agencies under his auspices that have been amalgamated or eliminated due to budgetary... - School Staffing
Question 534: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [42230/08] - School Enrolments
Question 535: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the recent increase in calls from families about their children not being allowed to access their local second level... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 537: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding a refurbishment project at a school (details supplied) in north Tipperary; when the project will move to the... - Summer Works Scheme
Question 540: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to reinstate the summer works scheme for 2009; if schools that have applied previously will have to reapply; the amount of... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 541: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding a refurbishment project at a school (details supplied) in north Tipperary; when the project will move to the... - Special Educational Needs
Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost of the provision of special needs assistants within primary and post-primary education; and if he will make a statement on... - School Staffing
Question 543: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, in respect of the redeployment panel scheme, the number of teachers on the redeployment panel awaiting an offer of a teaching post at... - Departmental Programmes
Question 544: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the Walk Tall programme was first compiled; when it first began to be taught in schools; when it was last updated; and if he will... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 546: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the discussions he has had with a person (details supplied) in the aftermath of budget 2009; if these discussions have led to proposed... - Schools Building Projects
Question 547: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; the amount of money he will be providing in 2009 to... - School Staffing
Question 548: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a full-time teacher for the visually impaired in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will be reinstated; and if... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools in County Offaly that have made applications for assistance under the grant scheme for minor works; the position regarding... - Teaching Qualifications
Question 551: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many newly qualified teachers in primary schools have been told that they will not be... - Schools Building Projects
Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [42303/08] - Departmental Expenditure
Question 553: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals he has to address the concerns of staff at a school (details supplied) in County Waterford in regard to proposed... - Departmental Funding
Question 554: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied). [42347/08] - Schools Building Projects
Question 555: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 had agreed to increase its intake of pupils... - School Books
Question 557: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the rationale for abolishing the book grant in budget 2009; if this measure could have a significant and negative impact on those... - School Staffing
Question 558: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2001 has been commenced; if his Department has made provision for the engagement of... - Local Authority Charges
Question 559: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements that have been put in place to bill schools for local authority water charges; the way he expects schools to pay... - Higher Education Grants
Question 560: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 was refused a grant for a postgraduate diploma; if it is accepted that they are... - State Examinations
Question 561: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of State money that has been spent on State examinations for special centres on an annual basis since 1997; and the amount... - Disadvantaged Status
Question 562: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) has lost its disadvantaged area status; if he will reverse this decision; and if he will make a... - Grant Payments
Question 563: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money saved to the Exchequer for a full school year by the abolition of the leaving certificate applied grants; and if... - School Staffing
Question 565: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals he has in regard to concerns about the proposed cuts in education spending (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Departmental Programmes
Question 566: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the programmes and policies he has for schools, both primary and secondary, to highlight the importance of road safety; and if he will... - Special Educational Needs
Question 567: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of funding to be allocated to the fund for students with disabilities in respect of the academic year 2008-09; if there is... - Schools Building Projects
Question 568: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application for a new school (details supplied) in County Donegal has been received in his Department; if so, when it was... - Special Educational Needs
Question 569: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the provision of resource hours for a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [42418/08] - Local Authority Charges
Question 570: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be exempt from the payment of water charges in view of the financial burden that... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 571: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in 2006 and 2007; the numbers of consultants engaged by his Department in... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 572: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the properties agreed to be transferred to the State as part of the agreement between the Catholic Church and the State to pay for... - State Property
Question 573: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools owned by the State; the number of primary schools owned by religious orders who are members of the... - School Staffing
Question 574: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals he has to address the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford in regard to the cuts in education... - Schools Building Projects
Question 575: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new school for a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement... - Site Acquisitions
Question 576: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the purchase of a site for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary from the Health Service Executive; the... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 577: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the estimated spend on mileage allowances for his Department in 2007; the number of claimants in respect of categories (details... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 579: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 has not received its minor works grant for... - Schools Building Projects
Question 580: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a new school building (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42697/08] - Higher Education Grants
Question 581: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will make an announcement some time in 2009 regarding the need to increase the income thresholds that apply for... - School Staffing
Question 582: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of mainstream teachers in each primary school in County Roscommon and in County Leitrim in the 2007-08 school year; and if... - Schools Building Projects
Question 583: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 32 of 3 July 2008, if the contract documents requested from the local developer by his... - Departmental Programmes
Question 584: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps his Department is taking to tackle alcohol and drug abuse among young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Ministerial Staff
Question 585: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency offices; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and... - Third Level Funding
Question 586: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of capital funding allocated to each of the universities and each of the institutes of technology in 2008 and in each of... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 587: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the costs involved in off-site rental storage of his departmental documents in designated document storage centres (details supplied)....
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