Written answers

Tuesday, 16 April 2013

  • Mental Health Awareness
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties that some of the colleges, universities and students' unions are facing in respect of students...
  • Teachers' Remuneration
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline any plans that are being developed to revise Gaeltacht, Island and Secretary to Board of Management allowances that are provided...
  • Research Funding
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a place on the enterprise partnership scheme involving the Irish Research Council in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
  • FÁS Training Programmes
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding FÁS payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 [17102/13]
  • FÁS Local Training Initiatives Eligibility
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the support available through FÁS or other Government agencies to support the training and reskilling needs of the 70 former employees of a...
  • School Transport Eligibility
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child is eligible for school transport under the primary school transport scheme to a school other than their nearest school on an equal footing...
  • Schools Building Projects Applications
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update of the progress of the application for an extension in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when his...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the impact that cuts to Health Service Executive Beechpark Autism Services are having on schools with ASD classes,...
  • Residential Institutions Issues
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has given consideration to amending the Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002, to allow for the inclusion of additional State supports,...
  • Student Support Schemes Issues
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of scholarships given to students by his Department to study at an educational institution (details supplied) in Italy over the past six...
  • Teacher Statistics
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for next academic year, 2013/14, with regard to the number of teachers in each of the primary schools in Ratoath, County Meath; if the...
  • Student Grant Numbers
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who qualified for a student maintenance grant in each of the past five academic years detailed by the level of award and the...
  • Education and Training Provision
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the total number of participants who have successfully completed a springboard programme; the success rate of the...
  • School Curriculum
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is reviewing the operation of project maths in view of the ongoing concerns that have been raised by students, parents and maths teachers in...
  • Schools Building Contractors
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the tendering for the construction of new schools and extensions to schools in Lucan, County Dublin; if he will...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that could be taken to increase the number of persons with a disability who complete second and third level education; and if he will...
  • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on an appeal on a student grant award in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
  • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in relation to an application for emergency works grant made in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Galway;...
  • Renewable Energy Incentives
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans, if any, he has to provide funding for schools who wish to use renewable energy on their premises; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) [16270/13]
  • Schools Building Projects Applications
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16279/13]
  • School Staffing
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the attached correspondence (details supplied) in County Kerry regarding school cuts. [16306/13]
  • School Funding
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a funding deficit (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if they have been contacted by the association in regard to...
  • School Accommodation
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school building (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16343/13]
  • Student Grant Scheme Applications
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a Student Universal Support Ireland grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) is processed in view of their...
  • Schools Amalgamation
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals on hand to amalgamate second level schools in Galway City; the time frame for any amalgamations and the schools involved; and if he will...
  • School Equipment
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the contrast in price and service between the mandatory Viking contract for stationery consumables for schools and...
  • Teacher Fee Refund Scheme
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the teacher refund scheme 2011; when a date will be set for refunds of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • School Accommodation
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for emergency works in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if his Department has any further...
  • Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills f he will clarify a matter regarding third level qualifications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16453/13]
  • FÁS Training Courses
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it a good use of money to provide funding to further education institutions, such as FÁS, who employ private contractors to...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for resource hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
  • Schools Designation
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the eligibility criteria that apply in respect of a secondary school to be designated a DEIS school in the context in which the school is taking in a...
  • Public Procurement Regulations
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that small companies involved in the provision of supplies to schools, will be able to compete with the large...
  • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate a student grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Schools Building Projects Applications
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available for a gym extension and new classrooms in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dubln 15; if so, when such...
  • Pension Provisions
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision of his Department not to award a pension to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a...
  • Student Grant Scheme Representations
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student grant application will be processed as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
  • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a Student Universal Support Ireland grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will be heard; and if he will make a...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the construction of six new classrooms at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [16573/13]
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has further considered the submission from Down Syndrome Ireland that they submitted regarding his Department's review of the General Allocation...
  • Ministerial Travel
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost incurred by his Department, in respect of this year’s overseas travel programme for St Patrick’s Day; and if he will make a...
  • Scéimeanna Teanga
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an gcailleann múinteoirí atá ag múineadh i nGaelscoil agus a bhfuil an liúntas as múineadh trí Ghaeilge acu, an...
  • Student Grant Scheme Representations
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the circumstances of a Student Universal Support Ireland grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
  • Primary School Statistics
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the number of two, three and four teacher schools in County Tipperary; if he will provide a guarantee that these schools will be...
  • Student Grant Scheme Representations
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills If he will expedite a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • School Transport Eligibility
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve a school transport application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath [16645/13]
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the legislation governing the Student Union Supoort Ireland grant discriminates against students whose parent for the purposes of...
  • Student Grant Scheme Representations
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • School Closures
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact criteria which will govern the decisions to leave open or close the many hundreds of rural schools throughout the country; and if he will...
  • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information on the status of a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the current...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the National Council for Special Education advised him in June 2011 that there were school placements available for children attending...
  • Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the position regarding a redundancy package in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if he will make a statement...
  • Residential Institutions Issues
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he attention has been drawn to the concerns of the Munster Survivors Support Services Limited regarding the statutory fund established for the...
  • Schools Designation
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the need for a co-educational secondary school to meet the demand for a non-fee paying local secondary school in an area (details...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that he is meeting the special needs requirements in primary and post primary schools in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
  • Student Grant Scheme Administration
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he has taken to improve the processing system for student grant applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16750/13]
  • Bullying in Schools
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the initiatives he has introduced to tackle cyber bullying in all schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16751/13]
  • School Patronage
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of a proposed new school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the type of school; the size; the catchment area; the time...
  • Vocational Education Committees Staff
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has reviewed the impact statement prepared by Ballyfermot College for Further Education assessing the impact of the new 19:1 student...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism classes that have been opened in schools here since March 2011; the names of these schools and their location; the total number...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building project (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when the building will commence; the current stage of the...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the current status of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act; the provisions in this Act that...
  • School Patronage
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to parents who wish their children to commence catholic primary school in Ashbourne, County Meath in the years September 2013,...
  • Special Educational Needs Staffing
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if he intends to increase the number of special needs assistants to the school and...
  • School Enrolments
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline on a county basis the number of schools with less than 80 pupils currently in operation. [16908/13]
  • Departmental Funding
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 92 and 93 of 29 November 2012, if the information sought is now available; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to address the specific concerns of the various support groups regarding the residential institutions redress scheme; the...
  • FÁS Training Programmes
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will open up retraining facilities provided by his Department to persons who are unemployed but not eligible for jobseeker's allowance due to...
  • Institutes of Technology Expenditure
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to public funds of legal fees and consultancy fees and all other related costs in relation to injunctions, judicial reviews and legal actions...
  • Third Level Courses Availability
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to prevent the duplication of third-level courses in institutes of technology across the country; and if he will make a...
  • Schools Refurbishment
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension and refurbishment works to a school ( details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make...
  • Site Acquisitions
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been chosen for a proposed Gaelscoil (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the criteria that has been applied for the selection process;...
  • Student Grant Scheme Applications
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Land Acquisition
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of hectares purchased in Munster by his Department between 2008 and 2011; the amount paid by his Department and vocational education...
  • Public Procurement Regulations
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy in relation to the procurement of school supplies; if procurement has been centralised; if he will acknowledge the potentially adverse...
  • Chaplaincy Services
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of chaplaincy services by his Department; the amount of money spent on these services; the denominations...
  • Student Grant Scheme Delays
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 27 March 2013, if he will provide the number of third level student grant applicants who have waited more...
  • School Transport Provision
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm who has the legal responsibility to provide school transport in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; the...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has discussed the issue of special needs education policy with his counterparts at an EU level in terms of Council of Minister meetings or...
  • Disability Support Services Issues
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of all reports and strategies which have been developed by his Department or agencies under his Department's remit in...
  • School Staffing
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Kerry did not receive an additional teacher for 2013/14 as a developing school with growing numbers;...
  • Schools Building Projects Applications
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Limerick will be placed on a school building list.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17200/13]
  • Technological Universities
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current progress on the development of a technological university for the south east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17234/13]
  • State Bodies Establishment
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new SOLAS organisation will be fully established and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17238/13]
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the contract has now been signed in relation to the completion of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the name of the successful...
  • Site Acquisitions
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, when the site has been acquired for a new post primary school at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare, his Department will avail of the...
  • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a Student Universal Support Ireland pplication in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been a change to the rules for children to get access to resource teaching hours this academic year; if a decision has been taken that...
  • Schools Building Projects Applications
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of two new schools (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17397/13]
  • School Staffing
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied). [17428/13]
  • Teachers' Remuneration
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a teacher who started teaching prior to 1 February 2012 but was not yet qualified will be treated any differently in terms of pay and allowances as...
  • Residential Institutions Issues
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the residential institute State fund can be accessed; the entitlements from the fund available to a person who believes they are passed the...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on children with Autism; and the reason he is not issuing a definitive policy document on Autism. [17464/13]
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when building will commence on a new school building (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17467/13]
  • School Staffing
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a shortage of staff at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17468/13]
  • School Accommodation
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for funding in respect of an extra classroom and resource room for a school (details supplied) in County...
  • School Staffing
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [17657/13]
  • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow has been approved by Student Universal Support Ireland. [17658/13]
  • Student Grant Scheme Applications
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application to Student Universal Support Ireland will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [17659/13]
  • School Curriculum
    To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure for a new poet being accepted to the English syllabus of the junior certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17660/13]

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