Written answers
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
Department of Education and Skills
- Skills Shortages
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific actions have been taken to address the skills shortage in the technology sector, where there currently exists significant... - Higher Education Grants
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will award a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the... - Irish Language
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the total expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the... - After School Support Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available for after school support services, involving child care and help with homework (details supplied). [31643/12] - School Staffing
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected number of schools as of 25 June 2012 that will have one teacher in September 2012. [31668/12] - School Staffing
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to one teacher schools to allow for the full implementation and monitoring of all child protection procedures... - School Staffing
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to one teacher schools to allow for the full implementation and monitoring of all health and safety procedures... - School Patronage
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role his Department will play in assessing the preferred patronage for the new primary school to be established in the Dublin 2/4... - School Accommodation
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional classroom accommodation will be provided in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a... - Free Fee Scheme
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the situation in which a person (details supplied) in County Dublin, is being deprived of their educational... - European Globalisation Fund
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that funding promised from the European Globalisation Fund to support former construction workers had to be returned... - Schools Building Projects
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the up-to-date progress report in respect of the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Kerry as per... - School Management
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines and supports his Department has offered schools and school boards of management for complying with new procedures set... - School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Cork; the appeal mechanism available to the school; and if he will make a... - Legal Cases
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against his Department. [31781/12] - School Transport
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make available an additional bus to accommodate the increase of 18 students attending Causeway Comprehensive School, County... - Higher Education Courses
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Higher Education Authority has decided to discontinue the teaching of carpentry apprentice classes at a college (details... - Departmental Funding
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons, non governmental organisations and quangos, that receive remuneration from... - Education Schemes
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in County Waterford that have applied for the Springboard Initiative since its inception; the number of persons... - Schools Building Projects
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is planned to have a new school (details supplied) in County Cork up and running; if he will advise the steps that are being... - Special Educational Needs
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision he has made to ensure that the special needs of a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be fully met when he... - Education Schemes
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the application of a school (details supplied) to be on the list as one of the five pilot areas surveyed;... - Special Educational Needs
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the special needs assistant allocation to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9, in view of the complex special... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all allowances and the payment rates of those allowances paid to staff in his Department that are subject... - Student Grant Scheme
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish a student loan scheme for post graduate students who are no longer eligible for a maintenance grant; if so the... - Schools Building Projects
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will commence on new primary school buildings at a location (details supplied) in County Meath. [31998/12] - School Staffing
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if part time work, primary school teaching, entitles teachers to panel rights for September 2012; if he will provide an update on his... - National Council for Special Education
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Special Education falls under the remit of the Ombudsman for Children; if not, the reason for same; and if... - School Staffing
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a full time class assistant position will be restored in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if a decision... - Special Educational Needs
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the absence of screening for hearing problems in infants at maternity hospitals has left certain children with... - School Transport
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32060/12] - School Transport
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32062/12] - Schools Building Projects
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 22 November 2011, if he will provide a detailed report in respect of the provision of a... - Special Educational Needs
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) in County Donegal has been refused resource hours. [32178/12] - Schools Building Projects
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Louth in view of their extension plans; and if he will make a statement on... - Schools Building Projects
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new school and attendant facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when it... - Schools Building Projects
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the need to upgrade and extend and or replace the facilities at having particular regard to the... - Schools Building Projects
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is likely that the plan to replace permanently existing and proposed temporary buildings at a school (details supplied) in... - School Curriculum
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider embedding information technology within the secondary school curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the... - Teaching Qualifications
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the situation in which students are requiring private tuition or grinds to achieve the basis of the course material... - Special Educational Needs
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that will be in place for a student (details supplied) in County Cork due to commence secondary school in September; if... - Appointments to State Boards
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of all appointments made to State boards under his remit; the boards to which they were appointed since March 2011; and if he... - School Transport
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason parents were not informed in advance of entrance exams that their children would not be eligible for school transport if... - School Transport
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans he has in place for the pupils of a school (details supplied) in County Cork who cannot afford the weekly bus fare to allow... - School Transport
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure a reduced rate on the weekly bus fare for low income families who cannot secure a place for their children at their... - School Textbooks
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to introduce the use of ebooks and digital facilities to ease the burden on parents buying new editions of books; and if... - Special Educational Needs
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick was refused a special needs assistant. [32316/12] - Schools Building Projects
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been identified for the new secondary school for Claregalway, County Galway; if negotiations have commenced with a... - FÁS Training Programmes
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in County Kerry that received offers of training from FÁS in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if... - Higher Education Grants
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 is not eligible for the maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Cork does not have basic facilities which are normal for a school with 10 teachers and... - School Curriculum
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 25 April 2012, the position regarding the background paper on ePortfolios and when will... - Special Educational Needs
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct the National Council for Special Education to extend the schools' appeals process it intends to have in place for... - Special Educational Needs
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of the 2012/2013 resource teachers and special needs assistant posts allocations and the schools to which... - School Transport
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been refused a bus ticket; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
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