Written answers
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Department of Education and Skills
- Teachers' Remuneration
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the case involving an alleged administrative error regarding a teacher's payroll (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he... - Student Grant Scheme Payments
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the full student maintenance and fees grant was not awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan in view of the fact that... - Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what will happen to BTEC HND, higher level 6, NQF, courses and the two honours degree programmes, level 8 NQF, which account for over 60% of all... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason higher education students are ineligible for receiving maintenance grants and not afforded the same rights and privileges as students... - Schools Building Projects Status
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has plans to build a new school in a new housing area that has been specifically zoned for a school (details supplied) in... - School Patronage
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the patronage of Educate Together for the promised second level school in Balbriggan in 2016. [23695/13] - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reader assistant will be approved for a student (details supplied) in County Laois sitting their leaving certificate examination; and if... - Teacher Training Provision
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update in the Higher Education Authority's advice in relation to a college (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he... - Schools Building Contractors
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail, for each of the past four years, the number of schools that have had building contracts terminated prior to the schools... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford was refused a special needs assistant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Ministerial Travel
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form, the amount of travel and subsistence, both foreign and domestic, claimed individually by each Minister and... - Ministerial Staff
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form, the number of staff appointed by each Minister and Minister of State in his Department or constituency office... - Schools Building Projects Status
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the plans for a new buildings at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on... - Adult Literacy and Numeracy Strategy
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to include a specific commitment in the FET SOLAS Bill 2013 to develop a national adult literacy and numeracy strategy; and if he will... - Site Acquisitions
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the purchase of a site for a new primary school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a... - Traveller Community Issues
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that in February 2013 the Children’s Rights Alliance awarded the Government a grade E for its unacceptable... - School Enrolments
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a submission regarding a school that operates under Church of Ireland management; his view of the cultural and local roles of... - Schools Inspections
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual budget spent on employing school inspectorates at primary and post primary level; if he will list in tabular form the number of... - Academic Year
330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to increasing the academic year to a third semester; and the potential savings to be accrued from implementing... - Teachers' Remuneration
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the savings that would be made if there was an annual salary cap of €100,000 applied to the wages of all teaching staff, third level... - Third Level Fees
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent by the State in subsidising third level fees for the 2012/13 academic year. [24019/13] - Energy Schemes
333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fully implement the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan; and the estimated savings should these measures be applied to all school... - Departmental Staff Remuneration
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of personnel working within his Department and FÁS who received an annual take home pay based... - Third Level Staff Remuneration
335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular the number of third level lecturers who receive an annual take home pay based on salary and allowances that... - Teachers' Remuneration
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of teachers who receive an annual gross pay that exceeded €100,000 annually in the 2011/12... - Fee Paying Schools
337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the amount paid in State subsidies to fee charging schools for the 2012/13 academic year. [24024/13] - State Examinations Issues
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the amount spent by his Department to provide substitute cover for teachers assessing oral examinations in the... - Third Level Fees
339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the total number of third level students for the 2012/13 academic year, to include separately... - Schools Refurbishment
341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grant allocation to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 for refurbishment, additional accommodation in each of the past four years; the... - Schools Building Projects Status
343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 24 April 2013, if he will clarify the reasons a school (details supplied) in County Cavan went from... - Teaching Qualifications
344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the difficulties facing many newly qualified primary teachers, if he will consider changes to the probation system that will take into... - State Examinations Commission
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department and the State Examinations Commission have failed to honour the contracts of 17 teachers in ISM International School in... - Teaching Qualifications
347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 20 March 2013, the reason his Department has not yet contacted the person; and if he will make a... - Student Grant Scheme Administration
348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is confident that the delays experienced in processing student grants in the past academic year will be avoided next term; and if he will... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a directive or legislation is needed to include Down's syndrome in the low incidence disorders; and if he will make this a priority issue.... - Schools Building Projects Status
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that have been put in place for new school buildings in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when he... - Student Grant Scheme Administration
351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action has he taken to improve the processing system for student grant applications; the recommendations of the external review of Student... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to give approval for a second ASD class to be provided in a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork for the 2013/14 school... - Traveller Community Issues
353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding unemployment in the traveller population; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - State Examinations Commission
354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - University Status Review
355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a complaint be made to him contending that the functions of a university are being performed in a manner which prima facie constitutes a... - Third Level Courses Availability
356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of CAO applications for BSC Honours Computing and Creative Multi-Media Courses in Limerick Institute of Technology; the number of... - Institutes of Technology Staff
357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Limerick Institute of Technology staff specifically supporting the Clonmel Campus of LIT Tipperary as defined from shared services;... - State Examinations Issues
358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding extra supports and assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a... - Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the measures taken to support the position and role of community education in the changing of the further education and... - Departmental Reports
360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an action plan will commence within his Department based ion the findings of the School Completers - What's Next report highlighting the low... - Teacher Redeployment
363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary was not granted supplementary panel rights; if his attention has been drawn to the... - Schools Building Projects Status
364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate the status of an application for a replacement primary school (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [24495/13] - State Bodies Accounts
365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out in tabular form the names of all State owned or substantially State funded organisations under his Department whose latest... - Ministerial Meetings
371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will accept a request to meet with the alliance of retired public servants to discuss proposed cuts to pensions over... - Pension Provisions
372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the way the 2% cut to public service pensions will be applied to pensions between €32,500 and €34,000;... - Departmental Properties
373. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the decision taken by the Shannon Airport Authority to allow farming organisations to cut grass on property owned by them to... - Flood Risk Assessments
374. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made between the Office of Public Works and the Irish Insurance Federation in respect of the insurance... - Ministerial Travel
375. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline in tabular form, the amount of travel and subsistence, both foreign and domestic, claimed individually by each... - Ministerial Staff
376. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline in tabular form, the number of staff appointed by each Minister and Minister of State in his Department or... - Flood Prevention Measures
377. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when work will commence to alleviate flooding in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the... - Office of Public Works Projects
378. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the supports or design work the Office of Public Works has provided to the Irish Jewish Museum; the...
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