Written answers
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Department of Education and Skills
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all persons holding a Bachelor in Civil and Environmental Engineering who have successfully completed a Postgraduate Diploma in... - School Staffing
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the redeployment of primary school teachers to gaelscoileanna, even if their standard of Irish may not be adequate to teach... - Third Level Staff Remuneration
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent media reports in relation to remuneration levels for staff in third level colleges and universities; and if he... - Education Schemes
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the recommendations in the value for money review of the special needs assistant scheme and the clear evidence highlighted in... - School Curriculum
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify and confirm that, in the context of any future proposed reforms of the junior certificate cycle or programme,... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give a commitment to protect class sizes in this year's budget following recent figures from him which indicate a higher than... - School Books
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider following the practice of the Department of Education in the United Kingdom by introducing a national school books... - Psychological Service
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average time taken by the National Educational Psychological Service Agency to assess children under the age of six years suspected... - Special Educational Needs
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce an independent appeals process which would allow parents of special needs children to make appeals directly to... - Future Skills Needs
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to utilise the skills currently available to meet the requirements of industry thus leading to greater... - Higher Education Grants
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that will have their higher education grants approved at €1,250 rather than €3,120 because of changes to the... - Post Leaving Certificate Places
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the cap on students by 175 in Dún Laoghaire College of Further Education, County Dublin, which would enable the... - School Enrolments
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with the number of children who will be excluded from schools in September; and if he will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that children assessed under the Special Educational Act 2004 have a personal education plan in place. [19155/11] - Public Private Partnerships
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is confident that funding can be secured through public private partnerships to build some of the 40 new primary and post primary... - Higher Education Grants
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that farming families are protected from any changes to the assessment for third level grants in view of the his... - Bullying in Schools
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recourse available to a victim of serious school bullying in cases in which the school authorities have contributed to the problem... - Educational Projects
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in advancing a new digital school resource; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19180/11] - Teaching Qualifications
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the way in which a school principal is expected to guarantee that a person with no teaching qualifications is... - School Books
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress, if any, made following his meeting with book publishers in relation to the need to reduce the costs of school books; and... - School Transport
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the closed school rule as applied under the school transport scheme was, and is, a legally binding contract between the schools and... - Private Schools Funding
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider carrying out a comprehensive review of the funding for the private school sector; and if he will provide a breakdown... - Literacy Levels
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the national literacy and numeracy strategy to be published in view of his promise to publish it at the end of June; and... - School Staffing
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has any plans to introduce a centralised system for the advertising of teaching posts including principal and vice-principal... - Education Schemes
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will elaborate on the findings contained in his value-for-money report on special needs assistants which found an over-allocation... - School Curriculum
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for future co-operation with the North's Education Minister, John O'Dowd, MLA, in order that the expertise of Áisaonad can be... - Third Level Staff Remuneration
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the increasing demands for funding from his Department's budget, if he intends to review or introduce a cap on the salaries,... - Higher Education Grants
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the growing concerns relating to the rollout of applications for higher education authority grants;... - Telecommunications Services
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding schools located in catchment areas that are commonly experiencing problems in relation to the rollout of... - Special Educational Needs
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he expects to meet the educational requirements of children with special needs in the future; his plans to best... - Irish Language
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he proposes to take to improve the quality and effectiveness of the teaching of Irish at second level as per the commitment in... - Digital Literacy Levels
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the OECD PISA Digital Literacy Test results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19178/11] - Irish Language
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will encourage the provision of a graduate diploma in the teaching of specialised subjects through Gaeilge and that consideration... - School Enrolments
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes to be made to the current school enrolment policy that will deal with the discriminatory practices which have allowed elite... - Special Educational Needs
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances in which a special education needs officers can overrule a specific and explicit recommendation by a consultant child... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the preliminary census results which indicate a significant growth in population here since 2006, the likely effects of this... - Special Educational Needs
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for special needs assistants that have been turned down; the number and percentage of schools that received... - School Transport
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Bus Éireann received an over-payment of €14 million for administering the school transport scheme on behalf of his...
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