Written answers

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 985: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the school building programme of a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Youth Services
    Question 986: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if sufficient funding will be provided for services (details supplied) in Dublin 8 who provide vital and essential services to the...
  • Departmental Agencies
    Question 988: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the new responsibilities given to Enterprise Ireland to market Ireland as a destination for under and...
  • School Accommodation
    Question 993: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the areas that have been identified as having the greatest need for new post primary education; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • School Building Projects
    Question 994: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 1 December 2009, the areas within Cork city identified as having a need for a primary...
  • School Staffing
    Question 995: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason he has abolished the supply panel scheme for primary teachers in Budget 2010; the amount of money expected to be saved from...
  • Residential Institutions Redress Board
    Question 996: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the spouse of a person would be entitled to apply to the Residential Institutions Redress Board but who is now deceased can apply...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 997: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the costing to date for the two primary schools at a location (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Physical Education Facilities
    Question 998: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of playing fields available at a site (details supplied) in County Wexford for the primary schools and the new secondary...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1000: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress on the construction of a new school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Higher Education Building Projects
    Question 1003: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the higher education building projects that will utilise capital expenditure left over from the 2009 allocation; the sums involved...
  • Public Private Partnerships
    Question 1004: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the capital projects that will receive funding in 2010 from the moneys allocated in the budget 2010 for public private partnerships;...
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 1005: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has removed the eligibility for students who receive the back to education allowance to apply for higher education maintenance...
  • Special Educational Needs
    Question 1007: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will acknowledge all relevant work experience and pay all incremental credit under the scheme for special needs assistants in...
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 1008: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of Civil Service staff in his Department; the number of these staff who hold an economics degree; the number of these...
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 1009: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that PhD students who have been eligible for the local authority grant in previous years...
  • Appointments to State Boards
    Question 1010: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will appoint a representative from Dublin Institute of Technology students union to the board of the Grangegorman Development...
  • Schools Refurbishment
    Question 1011: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application for a school refurbishment grant by a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1013: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timeframe in place for new school building projects announced for County Meath for the year 2010; and if he will make a statement...
  • Public Procurement
    Question 1015: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of changes in the tendering process for the supply of computer services and hardware to schools; if his attention has...
  • Teachers' Remuneration
    Question 1016: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a matter (details supplied); if the pay rise directed by the Labour Court in February 2009 will be awarded;...
  • Institutes of Technology
    Question 1017: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements he has made with the chief executive officer of the Higher Education Authority to resolve the difficulties that have...
  • Special Educational Needs
    Question 1018: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a child (details supplied) in County Leitrim will retain their special needs assistant at their school; and if he will make a...
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 1021: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason Donegal Vocational Education Committee will not grant a person (details supplied) in County Donegal a higher education...
  • Schools Amalgamation
    Question 1022: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of the agreement made when schools (details supplied) in County Wexford were amalgamated in 1967; and if he will make a...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1023: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress on the development of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if funding is still in place; and if he will make a...
  • Victims of Child Abuse
    Question 1024: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the continued funding of the organisations (details supplied) regarding the services they provide to victims...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1025: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the priority status promised to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of the building of an autistic...
  • Departmental Funding
    Question 1026: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [48554/09]
  • Departmental Meetings
    Question 1028: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason his officials (details supplied) failed to attend a meeting organised by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law...
  • Institutes of Technology
    Question 1029: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to an issue at Galway Mayo Institute of Technology where Fáilte Ireland removed funding to students...
  • School Transport
    Question 1030: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the case of a child (details supplied) in County Limerick regarding free school transport. [48590/09]
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1031: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has any plans for an all-Irish post primary gaelscoil in south Louth and east Meath area; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 1033: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the student maintenance grant awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be reduced in 2010 as a result of...
  • School Enrolments
    Question 1034: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [1000/10]
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1035: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if 14 primary schools were built and four extensions or refurbishments of primary schools were carried out in 2009. [1001/10]
  • Residential Institutions Redress Board
    Question 1038: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans regarding allocating a proportion of the new funds promised by the 18 religious teaching orders indemnified by the...
  • Education Welfare Service
    Question 1040: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the National Education Welfare Board has received correspondence (details supplied) about children failing to attend school; the...
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 1042: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will establish the current number of outstanding applications for grants which have to date in 2010 not been awarded by the...
  • Third Level Sector
    Question 1043: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he expects the review of the third level sector to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1039/10]
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 1046: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason third level grants and the millennium fund are being cut; if he plans to reverse these cuts; his views on whether these...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1047: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed building project at a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement...
  • School Transport
    Question 1049: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 1 December 2009, the position regarding same; if he has had further contact from the...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1050: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 404 of 15 December 2009, if the five further construction school projects identified by him...
  • School Patronage
    Question 1051: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the ethos and organising bodies of the patrons of schools (details supplied); the religious ethos to which these schools adhere; the...
  • Grant Payments
    Question 1052: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding his decisions made during 2009 in relation to Protestant fee paying schools; and if he will make a statement...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 1053: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 498 of 13 October 2009, the comparative average rental costs in respect of prefabs for the...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1054: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has revised the band rating of a school (details supplied) in County Cork which has requested capital funding; and if he will...
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 1055: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford regarding a post leaving certificate...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1058: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the request for a school extension by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6w; and if he will make a...
  • Language Schools
    Question 1059: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the legislation and regulations that are in place governing the operation of language schools by private organisations for foreign...
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 1060: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide details of any financial support that will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1062: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will expedite the provision of the new school in Ballinamore in County Leitrim, in view of the fact that the current school,...
  • Schools Refurbishment
    Question 1064: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on an application for capital grant aid under the summer works scheme 2010 by a school (details...
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 1065: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications for education grants in 2009; the number of applications processed by 30 September 2009; the number...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 1068: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the savings outlined in the Report of the Special Group on Public Numbers and Expenditure Programmes which were accepted in budget...
  • State Examinations
    Question 1071: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the revenue generated in 2009 to the State Examination Commission from examination fees; the estimated income in 2010; and if he will...
  • Trade Union Subscriptions
    Question 1072: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if union dues are collected from the payroll of teachers and lecturers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1356/10]
  • Site Acquisitions
    Question 1073: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made in acquiring a school site (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [1358/10]
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1074: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made on the provision of an extension for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [1359/10]
  • School Staffing
    Question 1077: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm receipt of an application for a contract of indefinite duration in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
  • State Examinations
    Question 1078: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will establish a time scale for the introduction of physical education as an examination subject; and if he will make a...
  • Child Protection
    Question 1080: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is the policy of his Department's inspectorate to examine child protection policies and related files or to accept the...
  • Departmental Funding
    Question 1081: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make additional funding available for repairs to the plumbing or heating systems in schools affected by the poor weather...
  • Health and Safety Issues
    Question 1082: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there has been a change in the responsibilities of boards of managements in relation to the discretion exercised as to whether a...
  • Special Educational Needs
    Question 1083: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied) in which a child who has been assessed as having a need for...
  • Departmental Funding
    Question 1086: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make emergency funds available to schools in which damage was caused by flooding from burst pipes during the recent...
  • Computerisation Programme
    Question 1087: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the recently announced information and communications technology infrastructure grant for schools, he will allow...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1089: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress of building works on a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6; the amount of funding received by the school in the 2008...
  • Ethics in Public Office
    Question 1090: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of each gift, favour and hospitality received, both over and under the value of €650, since May 2007 to date in 2010;...
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 1091: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on the appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for the maintenance grant under the...
  • Special Educational Needs
    Question 1092: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the establishment of a new children's mental health coalition; if he will act on their...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1094: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon to the primary school building unit in view...
  • Third Level Charges
    Question 1095: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the revenue generated for each third level by the registration fee in 2009; the anticipated revenue from this charge in 2010; and if...
  • Early School Leavers
    Question 1096: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who dropped out of second level education in Cork city and county prior to sitting the leaving certificate for...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1097: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will respond to a safety report on a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; his views on whether this report illustrates...
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 1098: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the options available in respect of pursuing a higher diploma in education in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
  • Education Welfare Service
    Question 1099: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the advice his Department will give to the National Education Welfare Board on the appointment of a new chief executive officer when...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in accepting a tender for a building project at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the contractor...
  • School Staffing
    Question 1101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reasons 180 newly qualified teachers will not be probated this year; his plans regarding same; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Computerisation Programme
    Question 1102: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the recommended laptop will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork in order to facilitate the completion of...
  • Child Protection
    Question 1103: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 466 of 10 November 2009, if he will supply this Deputy with a list of the 700 primary schools...
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 1104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if third level fully accredited part time courses will be grant assisted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1826/10]
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1106: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the schools capital building programme 2009 in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and...
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 1110: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for a post leaving certificate...
  • School Transport
    Question 1111: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will take responsibility for the erection of bus shelters outside schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1958/10]
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1112: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be able to proceed with its new building project; if he has ordered that...
  • Research Funding
    Question 1113: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is a risk that universities here and researchers will lose their access to on-line scientific and humanities journals as a...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1114: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an application has been received for the development of phase two of a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork; the...
  • Adult Education
    Question 1116: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the nature and level of grant aid which is available to a mature person who wishes to return to education, and in particular to...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1117: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 1120: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff in his Department, broken down by division and section, annually since 2007 to date in 2010; and if he will make...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 1121: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made regarding the continuation of the new school project at Kill, County Kildare since 5 November 2009; if it is...
  • Special Educational Needs
    Question 1122: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the expert group on the education of children with emotional and behavioural disorders was established by the National Council...
  • School Transport
    Question 1125: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the value of payments made to Bus Éireann annually since 2000 for the school transport scheme; the details and the value of any...

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