Written answers
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Department of Education and Skills
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the promised FÁS course to prepare workers for water metering installation will commence in view of the fact that this is likely... - Special Educational Needs
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost per annum of 227 special needs assistants posts. [27682/11] - Schools Building Projects
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made regarding a request by a school (details supplied) for funding to complete building works as approved... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason minor works have been left off the schedule of grants for primary schools in 2011-12; and if he will make a statement on the... - School Management
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the boards of management for primary schools will be changing on 1 December 2011; or if they will be delayed due to the forum on... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money that has been spent or allocated to date in 2011 under the additional accommodation scheme. [26883/11] - Schools Building Projects
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to accommodate the increase expected in secondary school attendance over the next five years at a school (details supplied)... - Special Educational Needs
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant will be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the... - Higher Education Grants
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of third level students that have been affected by the reduction of the non-adjacent rate of the maintenance grant; and the... - Radioactive Waste
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if research grants, funded by the State or other bodies, that are awarded to research laboratories in institutions of higher education... - Teaching Qualifications
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is not eligible to be included on the supplementary panel, in view of the their... - School Staffing
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a language support teacher will be appointed to a school (details supplied) in County Carlow. [26992/11] - School Transport
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a remote area grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on... - Pension Provisions
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of revenue that could be raised in a 12 month period by applying a 0% rate of tax on the first €75,000 lump sum pension... - Special Educational Needs
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if full special needs assistant support will be restored to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if he will make a statement... - School Curriculum
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the reform of the core curriculum for the junior certificate and specifically the inclusion of geography as a core... - FÁS Training Programmes
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the tendering process undergone by FÁS for the barber training pilot scheme; where the scheme was... - School Accommodation (1 comment)
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his chair specifications complies with the Irish and European Standard which is I.S.EN 1729; if these are the same device... - Vocational Education Committees
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a headquarters has been identified for the new Mayo and Sligo VEC entity. [27231/11] - Third Level Courses
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information on the numbers of students attending each university here; if he will categorise the students under the... - Scientific and Technological Fund
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the broadband contract for schools under the National Centre for Technology in Education is currently being advertised; the... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all companies providing an external professional service to his Department such as ICT, legal advice,... - Jobs Initiative
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the jobs created by initiatives funded by him under the jobs initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27330/11] - Ministerial Staff
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost of all staff, permanent and non-established, allocated to assist him with constituency work in the 100 days following... - Home Tuition
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he will not issue payment in respect of home tuition hours for the period from 7 February 2011 to 23 March 2011 stating that... - Higher Education Grants
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding grant aid in respect of a person (details supplied). [27354/11] - Departmental Expenditure
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of his capital programme for 2008, 2009, 2010 that was awarded to companies outside of this jurisdiction; and the... - Public Procurement
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if complaints have been received by him regarding public works potentially being carried out by contractors operating in the black... - Residential Institutions Redress Board
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite an application with the Residential Institutions Redress Board in respect of a person (details supplied) in County... - Special Educational Needs
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider, by way of minimising the distress to parents in schools when a special needs assistant review is planned, that his... - School Transport
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on... - School Placement
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who was offered a place in a local... - Third Level Charges
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if post leaving certificate courses will involve a registration fee of €200; if the registration fee will be fixed at its current... - School Accommodation
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has secured new accommodation for a school (details supplied) in Mullingar, County Westmeath. [27507/11] - Higher Education Grants
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when qualifying students will expect to receive their grants as on 28 September 2011, no grant has been paid; and if he will make a... - Universities and Institutes of Technology
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consult with the relevant institutions with a view to extending the opening hours for academic libraries. [27509/11] - Redundant Apprentice Placement Scheme
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the apprentices who took up the redundant apprentice placement scheme offered by FÁS, the number who were employed in... - Higher Education Grants
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the non-adjacent grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27517/11] - Third Level Access
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the student assistance fund to third level institutions to reflect the increasing hardship being experienced by... - Health and Safety Regulations
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 27 September 2011, if he will order an investigation into these allegations, giving... - Special Educational Needs
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to meet the educational requirements of autistic children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27542/11] - Skills Development
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm entitlement to funding for the degree course which has been offered through the Springboard scheme in respect of a... - Teaching Qualifications
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current amount of time it takes the Teaching Council to process applications for registration; the current number of applications... - EU Funding
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No.150 of 14 September 2011, if he will provide a list of the measures already being provided to the... - Vocational Education Committees
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a company (details supplied) was paid €27,299.11 by Wexford Vocational Education Committee under an invoice dated 30 July...
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