Written answers
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the allocation of funding to a school(details supplied) in County Kerry to provide an autism unit; and if he will make a... - Departmental Contracts
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any concerns have been conveyed to him in relation to non-payment, underpayment or late payment for work done on projects funded by his Department... - Maternity Leave
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the background to the maternity leave in lieu arrangements for teachers that he is proposing to abolish in 2013; the number of... - Public Sector Staff Grades
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he intends to review the salary grading structure of the public service as it affects his Department as committed to in the... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a... - Student Grant Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will be paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) County Kilkenny will be processed without delay; and if he will make a... - Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of student grant applications that have been received by Student Universal Support Ireland on a county basis; the number that have been... - Emergency Works Scheme
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an application for emergency works for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reasons this... - Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide copies of the minutes of meetings held between is Department and professional bodies representing behaviour analysts over the past... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will bring forward any derogation for fee-charging protestant secondary schools from the two point increase in pupil teacher ratio, in view of... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that farming families receive more educational grants than urban or PAYE families. [56472/12] - Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when grants will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56473/12] - Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the change over to Student Universal Support Ireland, the amount by which the costs will exceed the savings for year one and two. [56475/12] - Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in comparison to last year's figures the number of new or first time grant applications have been received this year. [56476/12] - Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in future years will there be an overall reduction in the moneys allocated for student grants and the proposed figures for same. [56477/12] - Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the impact of changes to pupil-teacher ratios on PLC courses and the total number of teaching posts in the Cavan/Monaghan area in... - Student Grant Scheme Delays
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the delay in the administration of student grants in 2012, if he will consider reverting to the old system whereby the grants were... - European Council Meetings
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the formations of the EU Councils of Ministers on which he sits; the number of meetings of that Council held from 9 March 2011 to date in 2012; the... - Schools Building Projects
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will commence on a project (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56563/12] - Public Procurement Contracts
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the impact of the loss of employment that will arise in various areas as a result of all primary and secondary schools having to... - Schools Building Projects
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will commence on a project (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56573/12] - Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the... - Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an dtuigeann sé an baol a bhaineann leis an gComhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta, COGG, a lonnú san fhoirgneamh... - Departmental Budgets
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the €25 million in cash reserves in the third level institutions which he identified as part of his savings... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student application grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on... - Capitation Grants
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information on the availability of emergency funds for primary schools who are under severe financial pressure at present and... - School Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a... - Schools Building Projects
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has ensured that all schools being constructed under public private partnership proposals will have inbuilt wifi and CCTV as part of their... - Student Grant Scheme Reform
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a capital assets test for means testing eligibility for third level student maintenance grants; the budget savings, if any, he... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate if a student (details supplied) in County Laois is eligible to receive the special rate of maintenance of €5,915, having... - Teacher Training
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if attendance on gaeltacht placement is a required element of programmes of initial primary teacher education and a requirement for registration; the... - Irish Language
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in view of its being moved into the aegis of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus... - School Staffing
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the current system of subbing lists in use in primary schools, in particular insofar as the way in which substitute teachers are... - School Transport
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has not been facilitated with school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56793/12] - Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for third level grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and when a decision will be... - School Funding
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make representations to ensure that schools will not have to pay the same fixed energy costs as small and medium business; and if he will... - School Numbers
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of post primary schools throughout the country and fully operational in the current academic year; the number, if any, in the DEIS... - Student Grant Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 20 November 2012, if he will give assurances to students in receipt of a maintenance and top up grant for... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement... - Student Assistance Fund
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the way the student assistant fund was distributed across higher education institutions, in tabular form, for the... - Public Private Partnerships
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which schools built under the public private partnership system are fully equipped to meet the needs of their student intake; for... - Teaching Qualifications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 8 November 2012 if teachers employed in substitute positions and in possession of a Masters Degree prior... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the entitlements regarding financial support towards the cost of fees of students from here studying in Northern... - Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth ar ghlac sé an cinneadh chun an Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (COGG) a chur faoin gComhairle... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [56981/12] - Schools Building Projects
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building project (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the timeframe involved should the school or his Department... - Vocational Education Committees
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline and stages of plans to amalgamate Cavan and Monaghan vocational education committees; if he will confirm that the incoming newly... - Student Grant Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances outlined by a person (details supplied) in relation to their student grant; if he will outline... - Teacher Training
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made to retain the Bachelor of Education Degree Programe at a college (details supplied) in County Sligo and if so, when this... - Student Grant Scheme Delays
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide additional resources to address the crisis in processing applications in the student online grant awarding authority City of Dublin...
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