Written answers
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Department of Education and Skills
- Pension Provisions
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is contemplating a gratuity payment for part-time school bus drivers who retired before 2010; and if he will make a statement on... - Special Educational Needs
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is proposed to open a special education unit at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement... - Youthreach Programme
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of approved Youthreach places in each operating centre in County Kildare in 2012; if he intends providing for additional... - Special Educational Needs
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who requires a school placement; and if he will make a statement... - School Accommodation
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Cork is in breach of the minimum guidelines for classroom size; and if in view of the... - Weight of Schoolbags
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports and funding opportunities in place for post-primary schools that wish to introduce e-books or e-learning initiatives to... - School Staffing
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the cutbacks on rural DEIS and the other budget cuts will impact on a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in terms of... - Redundancy Payments
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding redundancy payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; if he will expedite the matter;... - European Globalisation Fund
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason all the staff of a company (details supplied) were not included in the European Globalisation Fund application. [14904/12] - Schools Building Projects
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of his response to Parliamentary Question No 65 of 8 February 2012 if he will explain the reason a school building project... - Special Educational Needs
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the special class is being discontinued at a school (details supplied) in County Galway from September 2012; and if he will... - Student Loan Facilities
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will discuss with the Department Finance the issue of the provision of student loan by banks; and if there are any situations in... - Capitation Grants
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a report (details supplied) regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to establish an all Irish Secondary School in North Kildare; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are... - Scoileanna Oileáin
Question 114: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil sé i gceist aige a chinntiú go mbeidh dhá oide ag múineadh i ngach bunscoil sna hoileán nach bhfuil ceangailte leis an... - Foirne Scoile
Question 116: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an gcreideann sé go mba cheart go mbeadh dhá oide ar a laghad i ngach bunscoil mar gheall ar chúinsí sláinte agus sábháilteachta;... - Departmental Reports
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the second implementation report on EGF construction programmes due to be submitted to him on 12 March 2012; and if... - Higher Education Grants
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the expenses payable to members of the Garda Reserve are taken into account by local authorities and vocational education committee... - Schools Building Projects
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will release a detailed timeline of when work will proceed on each of the schools on the new school build programme and provide... - Special Educational Needs
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the withdrawal of special needs assistants posts from a special needs school (details supplied) in County Cork;... - Schools Building Projects
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) County Roscommon was excluded from his Department's multiannual capital programme; if he will... - School Staffing
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding legacy posts in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Meath. [15079/12] - Schools Building Projects
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school (details supplied). [15080/12] - School Enrolments
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the ongoing review of school enrolment, when he anticipates publishing the conclusions of this review and bringing... - Departmental Schemes
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an emergency work scheme for schools with an emergency need for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - School Accommodation
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to announce another prefab replacement scheme later this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15205/12] - Schools Building Projects
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding building projects for school in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - School Staffing
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of primary and secondary schools in County Donegal that have been notified that they will lose a teaching... - Educational Disadvantage
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is not a DEIS school despite being located in a disadvantaged area and a parish where every... - Schools Building Projects
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not been included on the recent major school building projects... - Schools Building Projects
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not been included on the recent major schools building projects list... - Pension Provisions
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current pension provisions for vocational education committee chief executive officers. [15307/12] - Schools Building Projects
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide exact locations for the schools numbered 12, 13, 14 and 19 in the five-year programme of projects to go to... - School Staffing
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a reduction in the number of teaching posts allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for... - Teachers' Remuneration
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the full breakdown of cuts to the pay of new entrants to the teaching professions in recent years including cuts to... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the estimated expenditure in each year for the next years of the new schools building programme; and... - Schools Building Projects
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a full list of new schools building projects announced in the school building programme 2012-16 but not including... - School Staffing
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views that sufficient numbers of teachers will be provided over the next five years to meet the increase on the number of school... - Departmental Programmes
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the ways in which he has brought greater transparency to the new schools building programme for 2012; and if he will... - Higher Education Grants
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was turned down for a higher education grant; and if he will make a statement on... - School Staffing
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding legacy posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15339/12] - Schools Building Projects
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify when a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 will go to construction as it was understood that this school was... - School Staffing
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in regard to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, the next step to keep its teacher and resource teacher; the steps that have... - Special Educational Needs
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the counselling services available in respect of special schools for students aged between four and eight years with mild general... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a primary school (details supplied) in County Wexford for emergency electrical works; and if... - Schools Building Projects
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a primary school (details supplied) in County Wexford for a school extension; and if he will... - School Staffing
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal for the loss of an EAL teaching post for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will... - School Accommodation
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grounds on which reasonable accommodation was refused to a pupil (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider a matter (details supplied) regarding autistic children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15410/12] - Schools Building Projects
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the tender process for the construction of new school buildings; the criteria upon which decisions are based; if he intends to... - School Staffing
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies in teaching posts at second level that will become available from September 2012 in respect of the exodus of... - Departmental Agencies
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the position, salary, allowance and expenses paid to each of the employees in 2011 of... - Ministerial Travel
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out the mileage claimed by any Minister of State in his Department for each year from 2005 to 2010, inclusive; and if he... - Third Level Charges
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in cases of clear inability to pay, payment of the third level registration fee can be postponed pending receipt of the grant which... - Schools Building Projects
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the recent publication of the five year school building programme if he will clarify the situation regarding a proposed new... - Third Level Fees
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason when a student enters a course in an Irish university or institute of technology their eligibility for State support such as... - Teaching Qualifications
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost to his Department over the past ten years to probate newly qualified teachers at primary level; if he will provide a... - Redundancy Payments
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in processing redundancy payments for three former special needs assistants in a school (details supplied);... - Site Acquisitions
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the owner of the property on which a school (details supplied) is situated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15581/12] - Telecommunications Services
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he anticipates that a school (details supplied) in County Meath will benefit from the roll-out of broadband. [15595/12] - School Staffing
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the cutbacks on rural DEIS, changes to resources hours and the other budget cuts impact on a school (details supplied) in terms... - Schools Building Projects
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was left out of the school building programme announced last Monday; the options available to... - School Accommodation
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the money that has been set aside for the extension of a college (details supplied); and when the work programme is due to commence.... - Special Educational Needs
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a new class at an ASD unit at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he has... - Job Creation
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the budget provision for labour market activation measures as provided for in the December 2011 budget; when... - Education Schemes
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has conducted any research into the adequacy of the current arrangements for children with a high IQ; the resources available to... - Home-School Liaison Scheme
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if we will give his full consideration to the appointment of separate home-school community liaison positions to a school (details... - School Transport
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15716/12] - Schools Building Projects
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the progression of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal was not included on the five-year... - School Staffing
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to ensure that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 17 does not lose one of its legacy posts in the staffing... - School Staffing
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to ensure that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 17 does not lose one of its legacy posts in the staffing... - Schools Building Projects
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of the site on which the proposed new building project for a school (details supplied) in County Meath will proceed; and... - Youthreach Programme
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a full-time youthreach programme is considered as full-time education for the purposes of family law maintenance payments in respect... - School Accommodation
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the file in relation to sanctioning the rent allowance to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to move onto... - Schools Building Projects
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of a proposed building project for a school in Dublin (details supplied); when the project will proceed to the next stage;... - Higher Education Grants
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give detailed consideration to the concerns outlined by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the criteria for... - Schools Building Projects
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the proposal to provide a new school building (details supplied) in County Dublin; when this project is...
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