Written answers
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Broadband Access Programme
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding plans to roll out broadband services for all schools here; the cost of such services to each school; if this cost will be... - Youth Guarantee
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if central Government will have full discretion over the youth guarantee budget for Ireland when it has been allocated in accordance with the... - School Accommodation
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list in tabular form the schools that are to have their prefabs replaced with permanent classrooms as part of the €15 million... - Student Universal Support Ireland Eligibility
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare in... - Research and Development Supports
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the Research Prioritisation Exercise, the approach that will be taken by him to areas of higher education research that are not... - Higher Education Course Provision
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the strategies he has in place to deal with the anticipated significant increase in numbers seeking higher education places over the next decade... - Educational Disadvantage
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of demographic changes over the past decade, his plans to review the way schools are classified as DEIS schools; the number of schools... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will update Dáil Éireann on his Departments consideration of requests that children with Down syndrome be allocated maximum... - School Transport Eligibility
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on school transport arrangements (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28730/13] - School Funding
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that has been provided by his Department to a school (details supplied) since the school was opened; if he will provide a... - Schools Building Projects Status
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Wexford taking up a soon to be vacated premises; and if he will make a statement on... - School Staffing
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to cover a requirement for substitute teachers to cover for teachers who will be travelling abroad with students who... - School Transport Eligibility
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way decisions are being made to establish the nearest school for a student under the terms of the post primary school transport scheme when... - Institutes of Technology Issues
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role his Department has in the proposed restructuring of the Department of Science in Cork Institute of Technology and the course offerings... - Student Support Schemes Issues
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advise Irish families who support third level students of the financial supports available where reckonable household incomes exceed... - Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and organisations used by his... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending the eligibility of the July Educational Programme to children diagnosed with Dyspraxia (details supplied). [28825/13] - Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta works concurrently and cooperatively providing resource... - School Funding
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his plans to meet the needs of students who attend potestant schools, the plans to support families from such groups and,... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the growing knowledge regarding the Autism condition and the demands on individual schools and on the education system, if he will... - Schools Building Projects Status
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline any plans he has to replace the two prefab buildings of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 with a permanent structure;... - State Examinations Commission
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the circumstances of the mistakes that were reported in the leaving certificate math papers; if his Department has carried out... - Student Support Schemes Issues
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide confirmation as to whether any of the recommendations as outlined in the Accenture Report on 17 May 2013 in relation to... - Physical Education
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of the estimated 500,000 primary school pupils currently within the system that are availing of swimming lessons and instructions... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for retention of three special needs assistants at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the... - School Curriculum
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider providing additional resources to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal to enable them to extend their Irish stream... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason school a (details supplied) in County Wicklow has only received sanction for a special needs unit as opposed to a completely furnished... - Teacher Redeployment
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify a persons (details supplied) in County Kerry position and requirements for a position on the 2014 supplementary teaching... - Appointments to State Boards
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appointments made to State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions that have been advertised;... - Schools Building Projects Status
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on progress made in relation to the provision of a new school building (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make... - Education and Training Provision
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that SOLAS develops an adult literacy and numeracy strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29035/13] - Schools Building Projects Status
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposad commencement date for a school building project (details supplied) in County Louth; the timeframe for completion of this project;... - Information and Communications Technology Issues
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve the practical skills of third level graduates in the information communications technology sector before they enter the... - Schools Building Projects Status
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration being given by his Department to having the proposed amalgamated primary school for Ballyroan, County Laois, progressed to the... - University Libraries
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons for his stated opinion that the exclusion as a rule of the public from the library of University College Dublin is not at variance... - School Textbooks
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding school books; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29175/13] - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason persons are still awaiting Student Universal Support Ireland grants; the reason SUSI has failed to deal with a case (details... - School Staffing
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinstate a person (details supplied) on the main redeployment panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29185/13] - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is still awaiting a decision on their student grant, their appeal was received by... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on concerns (details supplied) about the adverse effect of the increase in student teacher ratio on protestant secondary schools around... - Departmental Staff Sick Leave
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department; the average uncertified sick... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give a comprehensive assurance that a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath which caters for students with a profound... - Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the running costs of Student Universal Support Ireland from its inception to the end of May... - Residential Institutions Issues
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has been denied access to the fund for survivors of institutional abuse in order to pay for... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has had their higher education grant cancelled; if he will instruct Student Universal... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on a student grant appeal to Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied) in County... - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if emergency works funding will be granted to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29388/13] - Student Grant Scheme Delays
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that he and his Department have recently put in place to ensure that the delays seen in the last academic year with the Student... - Departmental Agencies Issues
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list the regulators which are accountable to his Department; the administrative cost of operating each regulator in 2012; the... - Departmental Bodies
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the number of semi-State organisations currently in operation under the aegis of his Department; and if he...
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