Written answers
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Guidance Counsellors
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement an analysis or assessment on the impact in schools arising from changes to the ex-quota allocation which has reduced the... - Disadvantaged Status
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commit to protecting DEIS in the coming years following the recent report from his Department on improved retention rates at post primary... - Schools Building Projects
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has submitted any further funding proposals to the European Investment Bank in view of the recent €50 million public private school... - State Examinations
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on comments expressed by the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland regarding the loss of national State certification at junior cycle... - Future Skills Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the progress made towards meeting the educational skills requirement of industry in the future with particular reference to... - Student Grant Scheme Delays
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of recent revelations regarding the numbers of students waiting for grants to be processed, the measures he will put in place to ensure that... - Teacher Training
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish a detailed implementation plan for the training of teachers from now until the beginning of the first phase of the new junior... - School Patronage
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the response to date to the first five parental surveys on patronage carried out by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in drawing up a plan for the implementation of the EPSEN Act 2004 to prioritise access for children with special needs to an... - Student Grant Scheme Reform
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the report of the Capital Asset Test Implementation Group regarding higher education grants will be published; if he has received this report;... - Bullying in Schools
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to publish the report of the working group on tackling bullying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51302/12] - School Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his attention has been drawn to the threat to smaller rural schools; the number of any such schools likely to be faced with... - Procurement Rules
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out the tendering process for the awarding of legal contracts by University College Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the... - Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria that had to be met by Dublin City Vocational Education Committee to win the tendering for administering third level applications under... - Departmental Staff Retirements
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount, if any, of the miscalculation of the cost of recent retirements within his Department; if he will also clarify any other costs which were... - Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that there are no cuts to funding for special needs assistants, resource and learning support teachers in Budget 2013; and if he... - Departmental Agencies
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list the personnel and resources assigned to Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will provide a breakdown of staff employed on a... - Student Grant Scheme Delays
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is acceptable that less than 5% of applicants to Student Universal Support Ireland have received their grant payments; and the... - Information and Communications Technology
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information on the various types of ICT education which is offered in primary and post-primary schools; if he will provide a list... - Student Grant Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of existing students that have received their initial grant payments from the 66 vocational educational committees and local... - School Transport
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is currently reviewing the school transport scheme for children with disabilities and or special educational needs; his views on whether the... - Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to review the special educational resource allocation system administered by the National Counsel for Special Education which is... - Student Grant Scheme Reform
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his intentions on the review of means assessments for higher education grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51217/12] - School Staffing
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Skerries Educate Together, County Dublin, was informed in the last two weeks of the loss of a temporary EAL post which will result in a... - Student Grant Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff currently allocated across the 66 vocational educational committees and local authorities to process the grant applications of... - Student Grant Scheme Delays
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he was first contacted by officials from Student Universal Support Ireland regarding problems and delays in processing third level... - Schools Building Projects
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will begin on a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [51348/12] - School Curriculum
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has concerns regarding the impact that the new junior certificate programme will have on the take up of history and geography; and if he will... - Skills Shortages
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce measures that will address the estimated 5,000 job vacancies in IT companies which cannot be filled because of the skills gap... - Higher Education Access
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any analysis or assessment has been carried out by his Department which projects the likely impact on access to higher education by persons in... - Student Loans and Fees
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the research his Department has regarding the current availability of student loans; the engagement his Department has undergone in relation to... - Student Retention Rates
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether, in order to sustain the current rise in pupil retention rates, current levels of investment in education must be maintained at... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if fee-paying, non-resident, and non-national primary and secondary boarding school pupils from outside of the EU are included in calculating pupil... - Physical Education
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to include physical education on the school curriculum in view of its health benefits and advantages in the prevention of issues such as... - Teacher Recruitment
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his Department's forecast in relation to the recruitment of teachers between now and 2016 when an extra 80,000 pupils will be in... - Higher Education Access
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to follow up on previous landmark reports on access to and participation in higher education such as the 2001 Report of the Action Group on... - Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the provision of special needs resources in primary schools; his plans to maintain such resources; and if he will make... - Departmental Contracts
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department's competitive tendering process for Departmental contracts is designed and implemented; if there is a process as part of the... - School Curriculum
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if external examiners will still be used in the new junior certificate cycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51323/12] - School Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the nature of the inspection carried out on the prefabs purchased for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin in December 2010 and the subsequent...
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