Written answers
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Department of Education and Science
- Capitation Grants
Question 601: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount that is granted per student to schools which have swimming on their curriculum; the amount of money that has been allocated... - Special Educational Needs
Question 602: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action he will take in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 603: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools in the Dublin 15 area which have made applications to have works carried out under the summer works scheme 2009; the... - School Completion Programme
Question 604: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the latest figures for school retention rates to leaving certificate in Dublin, broken down by Dublin postcode; and if he will make a... - Schools Building Projects
Question 605: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will proceed to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22054/09] - School Accommodation
Question 606: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the new generic classroom dimensions are based on the revised curriculum or the old curriculum; and if he will make a statement on... - Special Education Needs
Question 607: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the general allocation classification will be revised in view of the fact that supports given to schools may no longer be in line... - School Staffing
Question 608: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will clarify whether school chaplains in community schools are paid by the State; if this is the case in other types of non-fee... - Schools Building Projects
Question 609: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for capital development which was made in September.... - Special Educational Needs
Question 610: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [22109/09] - Schools Building Projects
Question 611: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Dublin has not been relocated to alternative premises as was intended nearly ten... - Special Educational Needs
Question 613: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with equipment; and if he will make a statement... - School Closures
Question 614: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to re-open a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the cost involved to the community; the time frame for same; and... - Schools Building Projects
Question 615: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress to date on the construction of a school (details supplied); when the school will progress to the next stage of its... - School Placement
Question 616: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will assist in securing a suitable place in a post-primary school for a pupil (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he... - Schools Building Projects
Question 617: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of companies that were invited to tender for the bundle of schools that included the two new primary schools for Gorey,... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 623: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the outstanding remedial works at a school (details supplied) in County Wexford for which applications for funding have been made to... - Schools Building Projects
Question 624: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timescale envisaged for the provision of the secondary school to serve the expanding population in the area covered by the Dún... - Schools Recognition
Question 627: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the request from Educate Together to become a patron of second level schools; and if he will make a... - Special Educational Needs
Question 628: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason home tuition has not been sanctioned for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will review this matter in view... - School Enrolments
Question 629: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement regarding a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22217/09] - Schools Building Projects
Question 630: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the priority accorded to the construction of a permanent school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 to replace the dangerous building in... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 631: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation with respect to the application for accommodation enforcement works at a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; and... - School Accommodation
Question 632: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that in 2008 a school (details supplied) in County Meath was offered temporary accommodation free of charge for the... - School Transport
Question 633: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if children (details supplied) in County Mayo will be provided with a school transport service. [22245/09] - Schools Refurbishment
Question 634: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe for the refurbishment works at a school (detail supplied) in Dublin 20; if the application for tenders has been... - School Accommodation
Question 635: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools at which he will spend the €48 million for prefab accommodation; if it is open to schools to apply; the procedure in... - Special Educational Needs
Question 641: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reconsider his decision to fund the cross-Border autism centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22273/09] - School Staffing
Question 642: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on changing the date for calculation of teacher numbers from September of the previous year to 31 May of the current year,... - Special Educational Needs
Question 643: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will audit a school (details supplied) in connection with an application of directives to be used to reduce special needs... - Pension Provisions
Question 645: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a reply to correspondence relating to an application for a pension quote will issue to a person (details supplied) in County... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 646: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if placements supervised by the State of persons in foster homes have been covered by the investigation and redress process... - Special Educational Needs
Question 647: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provisions being made to ensure that a unit in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 648: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a former orphanage (details supplied) in County Galway did not come under the remit of the redress board. [22348/09] - Schools Building Projects
Question 649: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received correspondence from persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22351/09] - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 650: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will publish the terms of the protocols referred to in paragraph 10 of the deed of indemnity dated 5 June 2002 (details... - Educational Disadvantage
Question 651: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 451 of 26 May 2009 confirming the difference in pupil-teacher ratio for DEIS schools in rural... - School Enrolments
Question 652: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Louth cannot be enrolled in a school in County Louth despite repeated assurances by... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 653: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on extending the period for the making of late applications for compensation to the redress board by survivors of abuse in... - School Staffing
Question 654: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools that appealed the decision of his Department to reduce the number of teachers in such schools from... - Schools Recognition
Question 656: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the Educate Together philosophy application towards the development of secondary level educational services; and if he... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 657: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names and locations of schools in north Tipperary whose application for funding under the summer works scheme has been... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 659: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average class size in north Tipperary schools; the pupil/teacher ratio in schools in the same constituency; the way it compares... - Strategic Innovation Fund
Question 660: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will set out the allocation of funds under the strategic innovation fund from its inception; the amount that has been allocated... - Special Educational Needs
Question 661: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction the assistance of a reader for a person (details supplied) in County Cork with a mild general learning disability... - Schools Building Projects
Question 662: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that his Department's forward planning unit has received an application to erect a new primary school at Rathwire... - School Services Staff
Question 664: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 27 May 2009, in respect of the junior certificate school programme demonstration library... - Special Educational Needs
Question 665: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will approve an application by a school (details supplied) in County Cork for the provision of laptops; and if he will make a... - Third Level Fees
Question 666: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding fees in third level institutions (details supplied). [22491/09] - Schools Refurbishment
Question 667: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm having received correspondence from a principal of a school (details supplied) in County Longford, seeking... - Third Level Education
Question 668: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason applications by mature students for the Central Applications Office entry process to third level close on 1 May 2009, while... - School Transport
Question 669: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on spreading the times at which school transport fees must be paid over monthly periods, rather than the current twice... - Special Educational Needs
Question 670: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a special needs assistant designated to a child (details supplied) in County Roscommon will commence employment; and if he will... - Schools Recognition
Question 671: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22539/09] - Third Level Charges
Question 672: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason there is no centralised application process in place for masters degrees, as currently each application made on line to... - School Transport
Question 673: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the school transport fee for students which has been increased so that it is almost doubled to more than... - School Maintenance
Question 674: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for school maintenance; the progress... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 675: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost to the State of property transferred to it (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22566/09] - Special Educational Needs
Question 676: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 450 of 26 May 2009, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a crisis exists in... - School Staffing
Question 679: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will address the situation whereby a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon will lose a teacher from 1 September 2009; if... - Educational Disadvantage
Question 680: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will facilitate a school (details supplied) that wishes to use its school lunches budget to retain its special needs assistant,... - Psychological Service
Question 681: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will explain the purpose of the recent change in the certification of completion of assessments under the scheme for the... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 682: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount his Department and its agencies spent on the use of taxis in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a... - School Staffing
Question 683: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will address the situation at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin at which three classes have been merged into two... - School Transport
Question 684: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide a school bus service for pupils travelling from Palmerstown, Dublin 20 to a school (details supplied) in County... - Special Educational Needs
Question 685: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants available to persons or families who seek to provide extra curricular activities for children who are dyslexic; the grants... - Education Projects
Question 688: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will re-appoint the learning support resource teacher attached to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and the... - Special Educational Needs
Question 689: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Meath is entitled to receive special needs assistance hours for the 2009-10 academic year.... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 690: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the case made by a person (details supplied) regarding the award made by the redress board to their spouse, now deceased,... - School Accommodation
Question 691: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in allowing permission for a school (details supplied); when it will it be given; and if he will make a... - Education Research Schemes
Question 692: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the date on which he received the recommendations of the International Assessment Board in relation to the IRCHSS Government of... - School Accommodation
Question 693: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the provisions he has made to provide new school places in Balrothery, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects
Question 694: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to an inquiry regarding the phasing of a new school development (details supplied) in County Cork from a... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 695: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of banking charges paid by his Department over the past three years; the breakdown of these charges; and if he will make a... - Educational Disadvantage
Question 697: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will clarify the status of the millennium partnership fund as administered by the Higher Education Authority; if the level of... - Schools Building Projects
Question 698: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the tender conditions on a project (details supplied) in County Roscommon as per correspondence; and if he will make... - School Transport
Question 699: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on a matter (details supplied). [22948/09] - Special Educational Needs
Question 700: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for a special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Schools Building Projects
Question 701: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if this is included in the next public private... - Student Support Schemes
Question 702: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to provide additional assistance to third level students who have to leave home to attend college; and if he will make a... - School Staffing
Question 703: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the situation of a school (details supplied) in County Galway which took in 48 pupils in 2008 after...
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