Written answers

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

  • Pension Provisions
    Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding deductions from a pension in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Third Level Courses
    Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the retaining of the programme of general nursing in Tralee Institute of Technology, County Kerry, in view of...
  • FÁS Training Programmes
    Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the possibility of providing additional places on the competency determination validation electrical course, which...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amounts made available to the National Centre for Technology and Education in 2010 and 2011 and the amount expected to be made...
  • Special Educational Needs
    Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a set standard number of hours that special needs assistants are expected to work per week; if he will provide details of...
  • Psychological Service
    Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount expended on the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments in 2010 and 2011; the number of assessments carried out...
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3280/12]
  • School Supervision and Substitution Scheme
    Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total annual expenditure by him in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively, on providing temporary classroom cover for teachers who are...
  • Departmental Funding
    Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm if there will be any subsidies available for parents wishing to send their children to schools with a Protestant...
  • School Patronage
    Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue in relation to the patronage of a proposed new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new primary school is being planned for an area (details supplied) in Dublin 1. [3363/12]
  • Chaplaincy Services
    Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the financing of chaplaincy services in secondary schools and the cost of this service to...
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of leaving certificate students who have applied for the higher education...
  • Book Loan Scheme
    Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on plans to introduce a national book loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3388/12]
  • School Staffing
    Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will not cut three teachers at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [3399/12]
  • Pension Provisions
    Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application for a supplementary pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he...
  • Teachers' Remuneration
    Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a qualification allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) [3438/12]
  • School Accommodation
    Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current cost of prefab rental and projected cost of prefab rental between now and 2017 in a school (details supplied) in County...
  • School Enrolments
    Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the study carried out in Ballina, County Mayo, identifying the areas in which, due to demographic...
  • School Transport
    Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the situation regarding the closed school rule and entitlement of siblings to school transport when other siblings...
  • School Closures
    Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of schools he intends to close in County Cork; and the dates on which he intends to close them. [3533/12]
  • Special Educational Needs
    Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any consideration has been given to the combining of learning support and resource teachers in rural areas when clustering would...
  • School Accommodation
    Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the allocation of funds to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin in order that the prefabs currently...
  • School Curriculum
    Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if changes are proposed to the physics curriculum; if so, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3565/12]
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the building to commence following his announcement of a new school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will...
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if he will...
  • Education Staff
    Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that our education service which is dependent on teachers, lecturers and tutors will be adequately staffed after the...
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
    Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in regard to budget 2012, along with all other cuts in education, Gaeltacht schools are being particularly targeted and are under...
  • Public Service Contracts
    Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the tendering of works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3647/12]
  • Redundancy Payments
    Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the redundancy claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
  • Schools Refurbishment
    Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the summer works programme will go ahead in 2012; and if so, if a school in County Westmeath can secure funding to acquire land in...
  • Special Educational Needs
    Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will lift the embargo on the sanctioning of extra resource hours. [3717/12]
  • School Staffing
    Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils attending a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in the 2010-11 academic year on which the teacher...
  • FÁS Training Programmes (1 comment)
    Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the reduction in the payment to students attending the National Learning Network, Hollyhill, County Cork; and if he will...
  • Higher Education Grants
    Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the vocational education committee grants for mature students, the reason it is necessary for students to provide...
  • Schools Funding
    Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of changes that were made in budget 2012, if he will consider engaging with the Department of Finance to examine the impact...
  • Special Educational Needs
    Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a home tuition grant was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on...
  • School Staffing
    Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the issue of job-sharing for principals of primary schools; the difficulties that are being encountered for...
  • Traveller Education Strategy
    Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the closure of a centre (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3895/12]
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the granting of funds to a school (details supplied) in County Meath for the development of their school...
  • Postgraduate Education
    Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby business degree graduates who are attempting to access postgraduate diplomas...
  • School Supervision and Substitution Scheme
    Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of additional substitution hours given to schools for use at their discretion; the amount of hours returned unused by...
  • School Accommodation
    Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered building an additional eight new classes at a school (details supplied) in County Meath to provide for his...
  • School Staffing
    Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin. [3969/12]
  • Pension Provisions
    Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects that payment of pension entitlements will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
  • Schools Amalgamation
    Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has conducted research into the value of infant primary schools and, by extension, senior primary schools; if he has ever...
  • Schools Building Projects
    Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will prioritise the building of a new school (details supplied) in County Kerry; the position regarding same; and if he will make...
  • Redundancy Payments
    Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4029/12]
  • Schools Amalgamation
    Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the closed school rule in view of the serious additional financial pressure this will place on parents of children in...
  • School Staffing
    Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the cut of permanent learning support teacher in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [4042/12]
  • Teacher Education
    Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with a person (details supplied). [4058/12]
  • Third Level Fees
    Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any financial assistance available for students attending the Irish College of Humanities and Applied Sciences, Limerick;...
  • Behavioural Support Service
    Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role of the National Behavioural Support Service; the numbers working in the service; the cost of the service in 2010 and 2011; and...
  • Teacher Education Centres
    Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the teacher education centres that have received support from him in 2010 and 2011; the amount of such support received by each; and if...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount made available to the National Qualification Authority of Ireland in 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Agencies
    Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if robust service level agreements between parent Departments and State bodies are now in place for all non-commercial State agencies....
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount paid in remuneration and expenses that are paid to members of publicly appointed State boards both public sector and...

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