Written answers

Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Department of Education and Science

 
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the forthcoming budget, the expected proportion of reductions in expenditure between pay and non-pay...
  • Ministerial Travel
    Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her recent visit to the United States of America; the locations she visited, with whom...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount of the €578 million allocated in the 2010 schools capital budget that has been spent at 31 October 2010; if...
  • Post-Primary Education
    Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure greater participation of males in senior cycle in post-primary schools; and if she will...
  • Programme for Government
    Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she is committed to the delivery of the renewed programme for Government commitments on education for 2011; and if she...
  • Departmental Reports
    Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of proposals contained in the Cromien Report from 2000 that are currently under consideration for...
  • Departmental Funding
    Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason approximately only €8.4 million out of €32 million has been drawn down from the labour market activation...
  • Vocational Education Committees
    Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the restructuring of the vocational education committee sector; the staffing changes that will be...
  • School Staffing
    Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will rule out any further reductions in the number of special needs assistants posts in budget 2011; and if she...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the design team to initiate the architectural planning of the extension to a college (details supplied) in County Cork...
  • Pension Provisions
    Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the deficit in the FÁS pension fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36396/10]
  • School Staffing
    Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants withdrawn from both primary and post-primary schools since the commencement of the...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reorganise the school planning and building unit in Tullamore, County Offaly to enable it to mange the...
  • On-line Text Books
    Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the provision of online text books for primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a...
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
    Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to address the issue of overcrowding in classrooms resulting in high pupil-teacher ratio; the...
  • Third Level Drop-out Rates
    Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recently published Higher Education Authority report which indicates that college drop out rates are...
  • Departmental Programmes
    Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the 2,000 places sanctioned under the work placement programme are sufficient in view of the fact...
  • Departmental Reports
    Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reasons she has not yet published the Hunt report, which was effectively completed by August this year; when she will...
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
    Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional teachers she expects to provide in the primary school sector taking into account the continuing...
  • Site Acquisitions
    Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 29 September 2010, the further progress, if any, in the provision of...
  • Graduate Unemployment
    Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the policy she will pursue to ensure that very high graduate unemployment, which is indicated by the 30% of graduates from...
  • Student Registration Fee
    Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will rule out any increase in the student registration fee in budget 2011; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Public Sector Pay
    Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has submitted proposals to the Croke Park Public Service Agreement Implementation Body chaired by Mr. P.J....
  • Departmental Bodies
    Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the reorganisation of FÁS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41086/10]
  • Departmental Programmes
    Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details of the TGB Learning report on the job fit programme due at the end of October; and if she...
  • School Staffing
    Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of unqualified and untrained personnel at present employed in primary schools and second level schools; if she...
  • Education Reform
    Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has undertaken any initiative to promote the reforms in education which have been sought by the leaders of some of...
  • Community Employment Schemes
    Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if any community employment scheme participants in receipt of either disability or one parent payments have requested and...
  • Employment Support Services
    Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to assist the 88,663 persons under 25 years who are on the live register to find employment or to...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has examined fully the major role of the educational system in the future of the economy with particular reference...
  • Third Level Access
    Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress since 2007 in making universities here accessible to persons from disadvantaged areas and lower socio...
  • Aitheantas Scoile
    Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste agus Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna sa chomhthéacs gur osclaíodh bunscoileanna nua san Uaimh, Co. na Mí, sa Nás, Co. Chill Dara, agus i mBaile Brigín, Co....
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the level of delay in the processing of student grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41265/10]
  • School Placement
    Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 29 September 2010 the further progress made by her Department regarding the...
  • School Staffing
    Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the discussions she has had with the representatives of the privately run Protestant secondary schools, especially in the...

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