Written answers
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Department of Education and Skills
- Student Grant Scheme Delays
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for those who may be refused Student Universal Support Ireland grants following the delays and may then want to defer... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been an assessment done on the number of job losses as a result of the changes made to the pupil teacher ratio; and if he will make... - Proposed Legislation
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when legislation establishing the new education and training authority SOLAS will be published; when he expects the new authority to be up and... - School Accommodation
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the rental of prefabs is centralised or devolved to an individual school or vocational educational committee; if he has examined the potential... - Teaching Qualifications
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on proposals to develop a standard procedure for the recognition of professional qualifications across the EU; his views on... - Literacy Levels
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report on his literacy and numeracy strategy; the numbers of teachers and principals who are currently... - Skills Development
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which education policy for primary, secondary, third and fourth level needs to adapt or change to meet current and future... - Student Grant Scheme Delays
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to address the issue of students waiting many months for grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2684/13] - Student Assistance Fund
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have applied for emergency funding from the student assistance fund since September 2012; and the way this compares... - School Curriculum
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with the teaching unions and organisations representing parents to discuss the roll out of the junior certificate; and if he will... - Student Grant Scheme Delays
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he expects all grant awards to be made prior to 31 January 2013 the latest date for payment of college fees; if not, the arrangements he is... - Higher Education Institutions
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the recent proposals from the university presidents recommending five regional clusters; if he has sought further... - School Patronage
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to engage with the authorities in smaller and/or rural schools including those under patronage of the Church of... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the impact of changes to pupil teacher ratios in terms of classroom numbers and job losses; and if he will make a statement... - Student Grant Scheme Reform
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on his plans to include productive assets in the assessment of third level maintenance grants; and when a decision... - Departmental Agencies
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the administrative services in Irish of equal standard to those provided in English that the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment will... - Student Grant Scheme Delays
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of unprocessed student grant applications that remain to be dealt with by Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will make a... - Social Welfare Code
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale behind reducing training allowance for further education and training participants in view of the fact that the majority of these... - School Patronage
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish in full the results of the 38 parental surveys on patronage; the number of schools that he expects to be divested from the... - Student Grant Scheme Delays
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of grant applications that remain unprocessed; the number of students who have had to drop out of college because of delays in... - National Educational Psychological Service
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills since the withdrawal of the NEPS psychologists from carrying out testing in relation tot he awarding of readers to leaving certificate students,... - Teacher Recruitment
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department will conclude an investigation into schools which are in breach of his Department's rules by hiring retired primary teachers... - School Staffing
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the publication of a survey carried out by Life Care Psychological Services on behalf of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors... - Special Educational Needs
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that the percentage of children attending primary school is increasing annually, if the cap on special education assistants... - Literacy Levels
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the findings of a reassessment into the amount of time that is allocated to subjects in the Irish curriculum are to be... - School Accommodation
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills since February 2011 the number of prefabs that have been replaced with permanent classrooms; the savings that have been made in the prefab budget... - Higher Education Institutions
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met any of the university presidents recently; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2354/13]
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