Written answers
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Department of Education and Skills
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place or are intended to put in place for FÁS/Solas to reduce delays in providing certificates including... - Departmental Agencies
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is expected that the new education and training authority SOLAS will be finally set up; and if he will make a statement on the... - Higher Education Grants
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding student grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16839/12] - Home Tuition
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra home tuition hours will be allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the... - Higher Education Grants
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 13 March 2012, if he will provide clarification to a person (details supplied) regarding... - Teachers' Remuneration
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify whether teachers may work a maximum of 25 hours per week; if he will further clarify if a resource or learning... - School Staffing
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allow a school (details supplied) in County Donegal to retain its permanent learning support teacher; if not, if an... - Schools Building Projects
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork is rapidly expanding, that it has... - Special Educational Needs
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the retention of the special class and the existing special needs assistant provision at a school (details... - Third Level Courses
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the number of degree courses in oil and gas exploration in universities here; if he has plans to address this... - School Staffing
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will take action to ensure that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 17, does not lose two of its legacy posts in the staffing... - Gaelscoileanna
Question 174: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén fath nach bhfuil síneadh ar Ghaelscoil Mhic Amhlaoibh ar an gClár Cúig Bliana do scoileanna a fógraíodh le gairid, i bhfianaise... - Third Level Fees
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the policy of a university (details supplied) to charge non-EU resident fees for persons who are... - Schools Building Projects
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason two schools (details supplied) in County Meath are not listed as part of the school building programme 2012-2016. [16142/12] - School Accommodation
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Clare. [16150/12] - Special Educational Needs
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm when a school place will be made available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [16159/12] - School Placement
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath is not being allowed to continue their dual school placement; the way they can... - Schools Building Projects
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used to establish which schools were included in the school building programme which he recently announced [16287/12] - School Accommodation
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason every application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary to have the prefabs on the school grounds replaced with... - Schools Amalgamation
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the amalgamation of two schools (details supplied) in County Laois were not included on the schools building programme... - Schools Building Projects
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Laois was not included on the schools building programme announced by him on 12 March... - Higher Education Grants
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the eligibility criteria for higher education grants for farmers sons and daughters remains based on the yearly... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way roofing and construction companies can be included on his Departments tender lists for works; and if he will make a statement... - Training Programmes
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the eligibility criteria for those 9,000 construction workers who were included in the globalisation funding; and who defined who was... - Departmental Staff
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of staff in his Department that serve as directors of companies arising from their employment; the names of... - Ministerial Expenses
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of expenses claimed on a monthly basis since March 2011 by all Ministers attached to his Department; and if he will make a... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total capital allocation in his Department for school building in 2012; the amount of this which is available for devolved grants;... - School Staffing
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the suppression of four teaching posts in a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in the past year; if he will... - Statutory Trust Fund (6 comments)
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he is proceeding with the establishment of the Statutory Trust Fund despite the objection of many survivor group leaders... - Special Educational Needs
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consult with professional bodies in Applied Behaviour Analysis Ireland to ascertain the extent of the misrepresentation of... - Religious Education
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Ireland mislead the UN Human Rights Committee by rejecting the request to eliminate religious education on the grounds that... - Special Educational Needs
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autistic children and children with special needs for Inishowen, County Donegal, that are forced to travel to... - Schools Building Projects
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to each of the five new schools announced for Lucan, Dublin, when were these projects initiated; the anticipated timeframe... - FÁS Training Programmes
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be allocated a place on a FÁS ECDL course; the reason for the waiting list for... - Schools Building Projects
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an extension for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow will take place; if the urgent nature of this extension can be... - School Staffing
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which urgently required extra facilities at a school (details supplied) have been identified in the wake of meeting... - Departmental Bodies
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that the English language sector is represented on the Board of Directors of the Qualifications and... - School Staffing (1 comment)
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the National Council for Special Education review will take place at a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the cost of the provision of transition year imposed on the Exchequer each year since its... - School Curriculum
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a national transition year curriculum programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16661/12] - School Staffing
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers that are employed by the State to teach transition year students; and if he will make a statement on the... - Transition Year Programme
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of students who are partaking in transition year in 2012; the number of students per... - School Curriculum
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the average extra cost imposed on families who have a child partaking in transition year; and if he... - Schools Building Projects
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Galway was not included in the school building programme considering it had been... - Special Educational Needs
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to a school (details supplied) the position regarding the Health Service Executive recommendations compiled after... - Grant Payments
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal against his decision not to pay 40 hours of home tuition will be expedited in respect of persons (details supplied) in... - Disadvantaged Status
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time it will take to consider a submission from a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny with regard to the... - School Staffing
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the time frame for considering a submission and appeal in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny relative to the... - Schools Building Projects
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will confirm whether the... - Higher Education Grants
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the method by which the distance from a person's normal residence to an approved institution is measured for the purposes of... - Stay Safe Programme
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, due to the new primary school staffing schedules, a school is reduced to a staffing complement of one, and if there is no other... - Higher Education Grants
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16783/12] - School Staffing
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding small schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16822/12] - School Transport
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will grant an exemption to proposed changes in school transport rules in relation to students (details supplied) if it can be... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding survivor groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16840/12] - State Examinations
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers involved in oral Irish examinations, oral French examinations, oral German examinations and oral Spanish... - School Staffing
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total staffing complement for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1 for 2011/2012; the number of teachers this school will have... - Schools Refurbishment
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for major capital works at a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; if correspondence sent... - Special Educational Needs
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will end the proposed reduction in provision for special needs students at exam time (details supplied). [16943/12] - School Staffing
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a DEIS Band 1 primary school (details supplied) in County Tipperary, which had two legacy posts, has not had these posts... - Pension Provisions
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for early retirement in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a... - Higher Education Grants
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant application to Dublin VEC (details supplied); and if they may appeal a decision as they did not... - National Lottery Funding
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the amount of National Lottery funds allocated to his Department; if the funds are spent on specific projects; if... - Appointments to State Boards
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a full breakdown by gender of all appointments to State boards since February 2011; the current status of State... - Departmental Equipment
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of laptops in use in his Department; the number of tablets in use in his Department; the number of the laptops in use that...
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