Written answers
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Department of Education and Skills
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of persons in receipt of the vocational training opportunities scheme in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the number in receipt broken... - Youthreach Programme
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 2 May 2012, if a person (details supplied) has been registered with Youth Reach; and if they are... - Childcare Education and Training Scheme
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider expanding the childcare employment and training support scheme to include students participating in third level education... - Graduate Medicine Programme
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the difficulty medical graduate entrants are having in securing bank loans in order to complete their qualifications; if the situation is... - Home-School Liaison Scheme
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is only 20 hours a week of home tutoring available for two siblings with autism. [48617/12] - Site Acquisitions
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of the 25 of September 2012, if he will respond to a query; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Third Level Staff
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons of Professor or Associate Professor grade who have left each university in the State since January 2011; if they have been... - School Staffing
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will have their position reinstated on the panel for teachers; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Staff
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of each staff member within his Department that has been rehired since March 2011 and the cost involved in each case; and if he will make a... - Energy Conservation
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to require all schools in receipt of capitation funding to implement targeted energy efficiency programmes to cut wasteful usage of... - School Transport
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has had one of their remote area grant payments stopped and if it is possible to have it... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in Count Carlow will receive a decision on their Student Universal Support Ireland application and if he will... - Third Level Fees
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form for the academic years 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 in Dundalk Institute of Technology, the number... - Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is a differential between the rate of pay for special needs assistant €88.50 and teacher/lay persons €112.04 who act as... - School Staffing
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a teacher was removed from the system a primary school (detail supplied) in County Meath; if this decision will be reviewed; and if he will... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a higher education grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; his views on whether it is acceptable that... - School Staffing
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current staffing schedule in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow for the current and previous school years; and if he will... - Teaching Qualifications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will seek to have a special needs assistant (details supplied) in Dublin 12 registered as a teacher and moved to the teaching pay scale; and if... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of student grant applicants still awaiting a decision on their application; when he expects the grants to be fully processed; and if he... - Third Level Staff
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his position in relation to a personnel situation at a third-level institution (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will... - School Staffing
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the number of new teachers who were hired and commenced employment in primary and post primary schools since September... - Disadvantaged Status
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal no longer qualifies for DEIS status despite considerable levels of economic disadvantage in... - Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an embargo on the employment of special needs assistants; and if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a higher education grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons students who take out UK loans in order to fund themselves at college in England are refused student grants by Student Universal Support... - Capitation Grants
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the year in which the additional capitation funding for children with special educational needs was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding allocated for special needs education in each year since 1997 including this year. [47638/12] - National Educational Psychological Service
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of educational psychologists working with National Educational Psychological Service; and the number in place each year since its... - School Curriculum
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the possibility of introducing driving lessons and driving theory as a compulsory component of the transition year programme in the... - School Patronage
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the methodology by which the patronage model was decided for the new post primary school (details supplied); if this methodology... - Broadband Services
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants being provided to broadband suppliers to ensure that their services are connecting to schools in rural areas; and if he will make a... - Site Acquisitions
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a site for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47703/12] - School Staffing
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a vice-principal for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47704/12] - School Curriculum
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he intends safeguarding the status of history in the proposed new junior cycle; the role of the History Teachers' Association of Ireland in... - Supervision and Substitution Scheme
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the Exchequer in monetary terms of supervision and substitution allowances in the secondary education sector; if the allowance is paid... - Schools Building Projects
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if clarity from the lease holders of the site has been received; if it... - Education and Training
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the Programme for Government commitment to provide 60,000 new education and training places. [47746/12] - Teacher Recruitment
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list in tabular form, the numbers of newly qualified teachers who have secured a full-time appointment on or after the 1 January 2011 and... - Schools Building Projects
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in regarding a new school building (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47752/12] - Energy Conservation
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider making it mandatory for boards of management to factor in water harvesting facilities for all new school builds; and if he will... - School Transport
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details regarding the number of school transport appeals submitted to the School Transport Appeals Board; the number granted and... - Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department are working on a research document regarding the introduction and merits of applied behavioural analysis in respect of teaching... - School Transport
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason concessionary students who are not allocated tickets under the school transport scheme in the lottery are not allowed to avail of the bus... - Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the July programme in respect of a school (details supplied) [47816/12] - Third Level Grant Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in issuing payment of a student maintenance grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he... - Adult Education
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the decision to discontinue the adult refugee programme, if the services provided by the programme will be replaced by new schemes or if... - Schools Refurbishment
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been refused funding for the installation of a fire alarm system and for the provision of... - Home-School Liaison Scheme
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address an issue regarding the home tuition scheme raised in correspondence (details supplied). [47885/12] - Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that the proposal to erode the current therapy services provision operating in special needs schools is vital to the holistic... - Third Level Grant Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant application with Cork County Council in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a... - Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a special care assistant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the... - School Equipment
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants available to schools, primary and post primary, for gym equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47977/12] - Schools Building Projects
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding available to build a new school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 now that planning permission has been granted by Dublin City... - Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his Department's response in relation to a proposal put forward by a school (details supplied) in relation to the provision of a... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason it is taking so long to process college grant applications to Student Universal Support Ireland, in some cases up to four months since... - Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48002/12] - Third Level Grant Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in receiving approval for a thrid level grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will... - School Transport
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for school transport 2012/13 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; the refusal of which... - Public Procurement
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy of his Department and schools in the procurement of stationary for use in schools; if there has been any instruction issued that... - Education Schemes
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a four day Saorview course can be accredited with a Fetac level 5 qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48145/12] - School Transport
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the issue where a school bus has to collect 14 students to take them home and then return for the remaining six students waiting on... - Teaching Qualifications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of teachers working in the education system who hold a BCBA or BCaBA qualification. [48167/12] - Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he confirm that his officials received a submission from a person (details supplied) detailing a peer-reviewed academic study from Howard et al... - State Examinations
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the proposed junior certificate assessment by teachers, if he any procedures have been put in place to ensure teachers are not assessing... - Schools Building Projects
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to have a contract awarded for the construction of an extension to a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will... - School Patronage
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action being taken to cater for the provision of Church of Ireland schools, taking into account the absence of any secondary schools with a... - Schools Building Projects
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the issue of the unsafe and substandard prefab accommodation in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin in view of the further... - Third Level Grant Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when persons (details supplied) in County Donegal may expect their applications for a higher education grant be processed. [48235/12] - State Examinations
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Leaving Certificate students sitting the honours maths paper in the Leaving Certificate in June 2013 are at unfair disadvantage as they are... - Languages Programme
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools with more than 20% of pupils requiring English as an additional language support are automatically entitled to an English as an additional... - Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify comments made by the National Council for Special Educational Needs in recent days in which it claimed that the hiring of 10,300... - Fee Paying Schools
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding fee paying schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48306/12] - Schools Building Projects
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a second level school for the town of Kinnegad, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Agencies
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the institutions under the remit of his Department that have full-time, permanent staff with contract of indefinite duration without a pay scale; and... - Schools Building Projects
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building application by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; his views on whether it would be more... - School Curriculum
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the new curriculum for leaving certificate honours maths, project maths, keeps changing though students are expected to sit this paper in... - National Educational Psychological Service
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of psychologists in the national educational psychological service at present and the number in 2009, 2010 and 2011. [48438/12] - School Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the State currently in prefab buildings; the cost to the State on an annual basis of those schools continuing to remain in... - Teachers' Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a refund in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48447/12] - Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for Student Universal Support Ireland grant; the reason... - North-South Ministerial Council
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the type and frequency of North South engagement his Department undertakes; the current priorities in this area; the... - Bullying in Schools
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of recent high profile deaths of school children, if he will outline the steps, if any, he intends to take to address the issue of cyber... - Early Childhood Education
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop a comprehensive, national pre-school service that is focused on early childhood development. [48596/12] - Schools Building Projects
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a second level Educate Together School in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48597/12] - Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the current level of spending in his Department with respect to children with special educational needs and the... - Education and Training Boards
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the general criteria that will be used to determine the destination of a training centre or associated external provider under the formation of the... - School Transport
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport route can be altered slightly to accommodate a family (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on... - Access to Higher Education
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider a scheme whereby spare capacity, unfilled places in third level courses in EU third level institutions could be advertised within... - Teaching Qualifications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Montessori teaching qualifications are not recognised as qualifying a person to teach in primary schools, and the action that needs to be... - School Staffing
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1 received in 2012 in respect of salaries, teachers, caretakers and so on; if they will... - Schools Building Projects
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the full list of PPP schools to be built under the stimulus package; the status of each of these projects along with the projected... - Institutes of Technology
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the various stages that form the plan to consolidate the Dublin Institute of Technology in Grangegorman; the work each stage involves; and if he will... - Public Sector Staff
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sectors of the public sector that are currently employed on a roster basis and if there are any plans to remove employees from the rostering... - Departmental Staff
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact number of public servants who are back in employment in the public service, who are on pensions and have accepted lump sums; and if he will...
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