Written answers
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which a motor mechanic apprenticeship or alternative is available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who... - School Transport Appeals
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that an appeal lodged by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is approved. [34421/13] - School Transport Provision (1 comment)
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the profit or loss incurred by Bus Éireann in respect of the provision of the school transport scheme each year since 2004. [34427/13] - Schools Building Projects Expenditure
311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total capital cost of school building in 2013 and 2014. [34847/13] - Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Numbers
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of persons in receipt of the vocational training opportunities scheme in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the current... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his officials requested the National Council for Special Education to make the announcement of the resource teacher and special needs... - Schools Building Projects Status
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the proposed extension of a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [34192/13] - School Accommodation
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details on the number of schools in County Cork that have benefitted from additional accommodation approval in the past 12... - Schools Building Projects Application Numbers
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on developing new schools in Cork city, Douglas and Carrigaline areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - School Funding
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding extra funding in 2013 in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 to deal with increased running costs; and if... - School Textbooks Rental Scheme
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of providing free school books to all children in the State. [34304/13] - Speech and Language Therapy
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the significant delays in speech and language therapeutic input for children of school going age and that the... - Departmental Agencies Issues
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form all appointments made to the National Council for Special Education consultative forum since March 2011; the... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if resource hours will be reduced in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [34367/13] - Education Schemes
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a review for July provision hours in respect of children (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason these children... - Departmental Staff Recruitment
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who in currently employed at executive officer level in an Irish university to transfer to a similar level in his Department. [34384/13] - Schools Building Projects Status
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of school building projects including emergency works, building extensions, prefab replacement and new-build projects... - Consultancy Contracts Issues
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant... - School Transport Provision
330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made in the forthcoming academic year to facilitate bus transport for post-primary students in Celbridge, County Kildare who... - Site Acquisitions
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow has been asked for local contribution view of the fact that the site was given in lieu... - State Examinations Commission
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason unemployed teachers have lost out again on exam supervisory posts this summer in view of eight to ten jobs going to full time or... - Schools Building Projects Applications
333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school extension application (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34462/13] - Exchequer Savings
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the net and gross annual saving to the Exchequer if VEC chief executive officers salaries were capped at €100,000. [34481/13] - Student Grant Scheme Applications
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34490/13] - Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration
337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board to include the chair and board... - Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the annual salary of all non-commercial State sponsored bodies chief executive officers under the aegis of his... - Departmental Expenditure
339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory,... - Exchequer Savings
342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer of 1%, 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction to travel and expenses... - Education Grants
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the back to education grants that are available to stay at home mothers who do not have enough credits and are not in receipt of social welfare... - Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the non EU student fee could be waived in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the... - Programme for Government Implementation
347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the commitments in the Programme for Government under his remit; if the commitment has been met or is in the... - Departmental Expenditure
348. 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 organisations... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a proposed new model to improve the way resources for children with special educational needs are allocated to schools will be... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a method of geographically prioritising, or moving between panels for teachers who have children with special needs. [34745/13] - Education Grants
351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants available to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [34785/13] - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the cuts made regarding special needs assistants and that no further cuts be made to special education. [34787/13] - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected annual savings to be made from increasing the pupil-teacher ratio in Gaeltacht schools from September 2013 onwards. [34831/13] - Exchequer Savings
354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected annual savings that are to be made from cutting the Gaeltacht grant for teachers delivering the school curriculum through the... - Gaelscoileanna Issues
358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on his plans to overhaul the school admissions policies and the way he intends to bring to an end the practice of... - Legal Matters
359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has sought and received legal advice outside of the Office of the Attorney General; the number of times advice was sought per year from... - Education Grants
360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a peson (details supplied) in County Kerry attending Queen's University, Belfast, was told that they were not entitled to assistance... - Education and Training Provision
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding vocational training in the hospitality industry (details supplied) in which there are no training for the past two years;... - Education and Training Boards Issues
362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the opportunities for the vocational education committees to participate in the hospitality industry (details supplied); and if he will make a... - School Accommodation
363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the findings of the report following the pilot study on school accommodation in five areas as announced by his Department in June 2012. [35142/13] - School Textbooks Rental Scheme
365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made by his Department to ensure that all resource material and relevant text books relating to the school curriculum at... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be considered for fees which were incurred as part of the approved course they attended; and... - Schools Building Projects Expenditure
367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding his Department has granted in respect of capital building and refurbishment projects, as well as rental accommodation and to which... - Physical Education
372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to concerns raised by the National Activity Planning Group that physical education will be downgraded from 180 hours to 100... - School Accommodation
373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of prefabs in primary and secondary schools here at the end of March 2011; the number that have been replaced since then, providing a... - Departmental Expenditure
374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that was spent or invested by his Department over the past twenty years on capital infrastructure, summer or emergency works and other... - Schools Building Projects Administration
376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new primary or secondary classrooms that have been built or provided for including the replacement of prefabs since 1 March 2011 by... - Education Grants
378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of higher education maintenance grants awarded in the last academic year; the number awarded to students with a parent working... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will change Special Education Circular 02/05 to include Down syndrome as a low incidence disability; if he will ensure that children with... - Schools Building Projects Expenditure
380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in tabular form, the schools in County Kerry that have received or have been allocated funding since March 2011 for summer... - Education and Training Provision
381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No 131 of 10 July 2013, if he will outline the specific education and training supports to lone parents and the... - Public Sector Pensions Issues
383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a pension review in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [35507/13] - Student Support Schemes Issues
384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Student Universal Support Ireland application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he... - School Transport Provision
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason annual school transport charges for category B have increased while the other categories, A, A1, C and D, remain unchanged; and if he... - Student Support Schemes Issues
386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advise the reason the IT section of Student Universal Support Ireland have failed to answer a security breach notified to them on 29... - Exchequer Savings
387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual saving to the Exchequer if all State Agency board fees were reduced by 25% under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a... - Official Travel
388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is confident that all overseas travel undertaken by staff in State agencies is necessary; if the agencies ensure that there is a robust... - Departmental Bodies
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in a tabular form a list of all non-commercial State sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a...
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