Written answers
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
10. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the July Provision Programme for children with Autism and if siblings with Autism will be entitled to one-to-one... - Education Statistics
11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his response to the latest OECD Education at a Glance report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32265/13] - Third Level Fees
13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that no plans for a graduate tax, student loan or student voucher system in relation to university fees will be considered in... - Student Grant Scheme Administration
14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason school guidance counsellors were not informed by Student Universal Support Ireland that the closing date for higher education grants... - Graduate Statistics
15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent OECD Education at a Glance report showing that Irish graduates are more likely to be unemployed in comparison with other... - Value for Money Reviews
17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans regarding smaller rural schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32250/13] - School Staffing
18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that guidance counsellors in many schools are reporting that up to seventy per cent of their case load... - Public Procurement Regulations
19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change the procedures in place for stationery procurement in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32272/13] - Institutes of Technology Issues
21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the proposed reorganisation of third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32259/13] - State Examinations Issues
22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the report he has ordered the State Examinations Commission to make into the typographical errors and mistakes... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Student Universal Support Ireland applications outstanding; the number of applications that are currently under appeal; the impact... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to retain workable levels of pupil-teacher ratios in all schools throughout the country,... - Third Level Funding
28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to objections raised by staff of Dublin Institute of Technology regarding the provision of Shell funding towards the new visual... - Industrial Disputes
29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contingency plans he has in place to deal with any industrial action by teachers in the autumn; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta
30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills céard é an beartas faoi neamhspleáchas na Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta; agus an ndéanfaidh... - School Staffing
31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department wrote to the National Council for Special Education on 30 May regarding the 75% resource teaching allocations they were... - Student Support Schemes Issues
32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Student Universal Support Ireland application system was not available online earlier than its launch in May when many sixth year... - Special Educational Needs Expenditure
33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact of the special needs assistant cap on access to special needs support from next September in view of the increase in demand; and if he... - Student Support Schemes Issues
34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene to stop third level institutions employing debt collectors to pursue student debt, in view of the serious difficulties that... - National Council for Special Education
35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on reports that children with special educational needs from middle-class backgrounds continue to receive more support at school than... - Traveller Community Issues
36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is appropriate for the statistics section of his Department to contact schools to request in writing from the parents of traveller children... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a guarantee that he has shelved plans to include assets such as farmland and business premises in the means tests for third... - Child Care Guidelines
38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the implementation of Síolta and Aistear; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32269/13] - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason it is taking until 2015 to implement the National Policy on Educating Children with Autism; and the reasons behind the lengthy delay... - Institutes of Technology Funding
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the capital funding which has been allocated to Institutes of Technology over the past three years; and if he... - School Textbooks
41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans for the wide-spread introduction e-books in schools nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32282/13] - Educational Tours
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements for supervision of students during school organised Gaeltacht residential trips and classes; if his attention has been drawn to a... - Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the case of a student (details supplied) who cannot access their examination results due to difficulties with Student Universal... - School Completion Programme
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the proposals put forward by the SCP co-ordinator of the Dominican Campus School Completion Programme with the support of the three... - Education and Training Boards Issues
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact of the move from Dun Laoghaire to Tallaght, Dublin, for the staff of Dun Laoghaire Vocational Education Committee and the delivery of... - School Textbooks
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to assist families with the cost of school books; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32267/13] - Special Educational Needs Staffing
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the case of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford which has recently lost 2.5 special needs assistants even though two... - Third Level Participation
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether third level institutions need to be more ambitious in opening up undergraduate programmes to Northern Ireland residents; if... - State Examinations Issues
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason geography is being considered for removal as a compulsory junior certificate subject under his reform proposals; and if he will make a... - School Staffing
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to the claims that the reduction in the number of school guidance counsellors reflects his lack of understanding of the... - Departmental Expenditure
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to the findings contained in the education at a glance 2013 report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to address the increasing numbers of special needs pupils at primary level, in view of the curtailment in funding to... - Third Level Fees
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a State-funded study on the impact of increasing student registration fees was conducted in recent years; and if so, what the findings... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an assessment of the impact the changes to pupil-teacher ratios is having on class numbers; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Submissions
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will update Dáil Éireann on his Department's review of submissions that may have been received from organisations which represent... - Special Education Review
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his long-term plan for special needs education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32163/13] - Schools Building Projects Status
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Dublin may expect to receive funding for much needed refurbishment; when this refurbishment is... - School Staffing
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the principal and board of management at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 2 have permission from his Department to allocate resource hours...
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