Written answers

Tuesday, 29 January 2013

  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the redundancy replacement scheme through FÁS will be available this year to apprentices based in the Dublin area who require to work...
  • Education and Training
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available in relation to training for those that are not in receipt of either jobseeker's benefit or allowance and are only signing on...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide statistics, in tabular form, for the number of apprenticeship registrations with FÁS each year for the past ten years per...
  • Education and Training
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to maximise the number of training and or up skilling places likely to be provided through SOLAS and or other agencies with consequent...
  • Student Grant Scheme Delays
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a third level grant has not been awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon despite the fact that they have submitted...
  • Anti-Racism Measures
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the existing anti-racist educational programmes targeting school children will be introduced to all educators, possibly through the reformed Junior...
  • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a student (details supplied) in County Clare will be notified of a decision with regard a Student Universal Support Ireland appeal; and if he...
  • School Transport Provision
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus service will be provided in new estates (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3802/13]
  • Schools Amalgamation
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extra staffing supports available to two schools that amalgamate; if a favourable staffing ratio is still in place; and if he will outline other...
  • School Patronage
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the progress being made on the white paper on patronage of schools; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on...
  • School Accommodation
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo in a poor physical condition and in a non population growth area that was...
  • Road Safety
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a school board of management when An Garda Siochána has advised that school traffic is a serious traffic hazard but when...
  • Student Grant Scheme Applications
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is due back to college on...
  • School Patronage
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department decided not to proceed with a survey of parents on the issue of school patronage at a location (details supplied) in County...
  • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the furnishings and equipment provided in or funded by his Department for the special needs units in each of the second bundle of public private...
  • Student Grant Scheme Applications
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for student grant. [3836/13]
  • School Enrolments
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a child in sixth class who cannot access a secondary school place in their locality; the advice he will give to parents of such...
  • Special Educational Needs
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the availability of places or plans for children with PDD-NOS or mild to moderate autism who are currently in ADS units with mainstream primary...
  • Schools Building Projects
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update in relation to the development of a secondary school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Substance Abuse Prevention Education
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans an assessment of alcohol education in the school curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3957/13]
  • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the statutory fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3961/13]
  • Schools Building Projects
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update in relation to the school building works which are outstanding at a primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
  • School Staffing
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the new panel arrangements in respect of primary school teachers; the priority, if any, that will be given to those who...
  • School Accommodation
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has plans to purchase prefabricated classrooms for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; his views on whether this would...
  • Schools Building Projects
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm if a new site has been acquired for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when work on the new school building is due to...
  • Student Grant Scheme Delays
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is consistently being asked for information by Student Universal Support Ireland; if he will...
  • State Examinations
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding aids for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4020/13]
  • Irish Language
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a response will be issued to a parents committee (details supplied) in County Donegal with particular emphasis on the correspondence sent to him...
  • School Discipline
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy in place regarding circumstances in which a school might consider it necessary to expel a student in the latter part of the Leaving...
  • Student Grant Scheme Applications
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has been asked to withdraw their Student Universal Support Ireland registration grant; and if he...
  • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals received by the Independent Student Grant Appeals Board; the number of appeals that have been decided on; if he will provide a...
  • Public Procurement
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the new procurement rules which can result in schools being required to purchase their stationary supplies from one national...
  • Student Grant Scheme Applications
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, may expect their higher education grant application to be processed; if he will expedite the...
  • School Staffing
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria his Department will be setting out regarding teacher appointments under developing school status for the 2013/ 2014 school year; if the...
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was not awarded the tuition fee grant when in this case the applicant had satisfied all of the conditions for...
  • Third Level Courses
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports and or options available to private colleges who are now seeking to avail of Government funding and supports; if he will explain the...
  • School Services Staff
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 13 November 2012, the position regarding an application for gratuity payment on retirement in respect of...
  • School Accommodation
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the requirement for a new school building (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Public Service Reform Plan Update
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with reference to the public service reform document published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on 17 November 2011, Appendix IIa,...
  • School Accommodation
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on an application for an additional classroom in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
  • Further Education and Training Programmes
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had consultation with the Teachers' Union of Ireland in advance of the decision to reduce the PTR for students in adult and further...
  • Special Educational Needs
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are currently no ASD Units in Limerick City; his plans to put same in place; and if he will...
  • School Staffing
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of posts of responsibility by grade lost in primary schools each year since the imposition of the...
  • School Transport Eligibility
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 16 January 2013, the assistance available with regard to transport costs in view of the fact that this...
  • State Examinations
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an exemption from the requirement to take Irish in the junior certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • School Enrolments
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to correspondence regarding a pupil (details supplied) in County Donegal who has been denied access to their school;...
  • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received an appeal against the decision to disallow the student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Schools Refurbishment
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 23 October 2012 and 92 of 23 January 2013; if he outline in his reply specifically if there are grants...
  • Student Grant Scheme Applications
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student grant application will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he will make...
  • School Accommodation
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Galway will have its inadequate, temporary accommodation replaced. [4429/13]
  • Schools Building Projects
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm when the Five Year Schools Building Programme will be updated and published. [4430/13]
  • Student Grant Scheme Applications
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a grant submitted to Student Universal Support Ireland in August 2012 will be expedited and approved in respect of a person...
  • School Placement
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appropriate school placement will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [4445/13]
  • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will be approved and expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [4449/13]
  • Vocational Education Committees
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the persons who hold the responsibility for the decision regarding the location of the headquarters for the proposed Mid West Regional Vocational...

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