Written answers
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Department of Education and Skills
- Professional Development
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the annual cost of providing the professional development service for teachers. [14449/11] - Teaching Qualifications
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how teaching principals will find the time to provide additional appropriate support and probation to newly qualified teachers when... - Third Level Courses
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the current difficulties being experienced by former workers (details supplied) who from 2010 have... - School Staffing
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, in view of the recent circular 30/2011 to schools in the Lucan area of County Dublin, the impact this will have on a school (details... - Higher Education Grants
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he proposes to make any changes to the adjacent and non-adjacent rates of payment for higher education grants as outlined in budget... - Literacy Levels
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address 2010 OECD findings which found that up to one quarter of teenagers here were functionally illiterate; and if he... - Vocational Education Committees
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date on the proposal to rationalise vocational education committees; the likely timeframe for a further... - Institutes of Technology
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide further detail on the work already advanced on the development of performance criteria for a re-designation process... - Child Care Services
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State child care support that is available to single parents who are looking to upskill, move on to further education or take up the... - Vocational Education Committees
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals, if any, there are to expand the role of vocational education committees in the patronage of primary schools; and if he... - School Curriculum
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the Project Maths programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14483/11] - Special Educational Needs
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he expects to be in a position to meet the requirements of children with special needs in mainstream education over... - Schools Building Projects
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a works grant will be awarded to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10. [14368/11] - Special Educational Needs
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an explanation for the withdrawal of special needs assistant services from a person (details supplied) in County... - School Accommodation
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason funding for temporary classrooms has been cut in the case of a school (details supplied) by 10% when the school is committed... - School Staffing
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that out of the estimated 1,200 posts due to be cut in June in the primary and post primary sectors, almost 800 will... - Teacher Training
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the professional development service for teachers support service provides all documentation, handouts, booklets, leaflets and... - FÁS Training Programmes
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to encourage and provide new training opportunities for apprentices, many of whom are in their final year and left without... - School Patronage
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the implications resulting from his decision to change the criteria by which gaelscoileanna are founded; and if he will make a statement... - State Examinations
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the review of the CAO system will be carried out hand in hand with reform of the leaving certificate curriculum; and his engagement... - Employment Action Plan
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has taken the responsibility from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to implement the proposals relating to the... - Traveller Community
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the statistics which show that only one in every ten children from the Traveller community who enrols in school goes on to... - Departmental Funding
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he intends to begin a review of State funding for capital projects in fee-paying schools and the steps he has taken... - School Staffing
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give assurances that qualified teachers will not be expected to work in a school on a voluntary basis or for less... - School Curriculum
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the report of the expert group on future skills needs regarding the level of achievement in mathematics among students... - Schools Building Projects
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he can provide for school building projects during the next four years; and if he will make a statement on the... - Higher Education
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the situation in Dún Laoghaire College of Further Education, Dublin, in which, due to a reduction in apprentice... - School Staffing
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the retention of resource teachers for Travellers in DEIS 1 schools; the change in the number of such posts in... - Proposed Legislation
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if legislation is being prepared with regard to the establishment of the new skills agency; the progress made to date; and if he will... - School Curriculum
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is committed to investing in project maths and his plans for improving the way in which maths and science are taught. [14514/11] - Bullying in Schools
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure all school staff at primary and post primary level are trained in the proper procedures to deal with bullying.... - Jobs Initiative
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional resources available to him as a result of the jobs initiative announcement by the Minister for Finance; and if he will... - School Curriculum
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop a policy to promote higher level mathematics to second level students and improve its uptake at leaving certificate... - FÁS Training Programmes
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a situation in Waterford in which FÁS students currently undertaking a child care practitionership... - State Examinations
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional measures he intends to introduce to tackle the increasing numbers of second level students attaining low grades in... - Higher Education Grants
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the higher education grants system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14407/11] - School Staffing
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the instructions that have been given by him to boards of management of primary and post-primary schools in relation to recruitment of... - School Management
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will he consider reviewing the unregulated patron power and the procedures that are used to authorise the dismissal of a teacher.... - Higher Education Grants
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the higher education grant scheme 2011-2012 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14476/11]
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