Written answers
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Department of Education and Skills
- English Language Training Organisations
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a regulatory body and or regulations in place covering the area of foreign language students studying here including payment made to... - School Transport Eligibility
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider either the boundaries of the school transport scheme or the cost of transport to the child's chosen school (details... - FÁS Training Programmes Data
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of FÁS training courses currently in each of the north east counties, Meath, Louth, Cavan and Monaghan; the title and short... - School Transport Eligibility
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) in County Galway recently enrolled in junior infants class is not entitled to free transport; and if he... - School Transport Provision
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Bus Éireann make a profit from school transport in view of the existence of minutes of a meeting on 29 June 2011, which he attended, with... - School Accommodation
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the over-capacity and on-going demand for school places, the current status of the application for new accommodation, including... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information regarding the status of a Student Universal Support Ireland higher education grant application made by a person... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which qualification income guidelines affect eligibility for a higher education grant in the case of a person (details suppled) in... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive notification of the result of their Student Universal Support Ireland appeal; and if... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve a full time special needs assistant for a child (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide figures as of 16 July 2013 the number of persons that have Student Universal Support Ireland grants at an appeal stage; and if... - Further Education and Training Programmes Funding
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who wishes to complete an apprenticeship; and if he will make a... - School Textbooks
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is a difference in price between the English and Irish versions of the same school book (details supplied); and if he will make... - School Patronage
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the patronage applications received by his Department for the new post-primary school set to open in North... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Teacher Statistics
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of individual primary schools and secondary schools where the number of English as an additional language teacher was... - Gaelscoileanna Issues
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the list of Gaelscoileanna that have opened since 2008. [36977/13] - Student Grant Scheme Delays
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that are still awaiting Student Universal Support Ireland grants on the 16 July 2013; and if he will make a statement on... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for special educational needs supports has been processed by the National Council for Special Education in respect of a school... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a student grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a student grant special rate top up grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a... - European University Institute
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work Ireland has undertaken as the chair of the High Council of the European University Institute in Florence, Italy; and if he will make a... - Universities Global Rankings
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question 223 on 18 July 2013 regarding U-Multirank, if he will confirm that all third level institutions here,... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will immediately reverse the decision to cut special needs assistants hours by 15% as this decision will have serious implications for... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an educational grant in respect of a person (details supplied). [37177/13] - State Examinations Issues
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers with one or two years experience, who have fixed term regular part-time contracts that applied to the SEC for... - Gaelscoileanna Issues
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will protect the 40 years of progress and the work that has been done and the ethos of the Irish-medium schools; and if he will make a... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding pre-school places in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [37209/13] - Teacher Redeployment
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a person being placed on the supplementary special panel. [37214/13] - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline all grants that are available to Irish students who have accepted postgraduate and masters level courses at universities in... - Education and Training Boards Staff
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form on the record of Dáil Éireann the new board members of each new of the 16 new Education and Training... - School Curriculum
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department has developed a strategy to modernise the State education system to reflect a curriculum based on ethical... - Third Level Course Accreditation
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if hewill take steps and measures to ensure that third level education institutions here are not allowed to commence courses until they receive... - Transition Year Issues
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list in tabular form the schools in 2011/12 that provided voluntary and compulsory transitional year programmes; the number of... - Teacher Training Provision
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers who participated in summer training schemes in 2011/12; the amount of days in lieu awarded to PS teachers... - Minimum School Entry Age
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has discussed with Minister for Education in Northern Ireland the possibility of standardising the minimum age for when primary school... - School Enrolments
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make changes to school enrolment policies at primary level; if the proposed changes will have a lead in period in terms of their... - Residential Institutions Issues
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the operation of a group (details supplied) to help the survivors of industrial schools; the amount of State funds that have been... - School Curriculum
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider implementing a review of the leaving certificate agricultural science syllabus, in view of the fact that 7,414 students sat... - University Libraries
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills from which publicly-funded university libraries the public is as a rule excluded. [37370/13] - Access to Higher Education
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that students who have their Leaving Certificate results rechecked do not miss out on a third level place due to the long delay... - Public Sector Pensions Issues
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding pension contributions in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [37398/13] - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options for a victim of abuse in industrial schools, now residing in the United States and currently receiving counselling through the... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve funding for an autism unit (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the current status of this project; and if he will make a... - Departmental Advertising Expenditure
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost of all media advertising to his Department for each of the past five years; the efforts his Department is making to ensure that... - Ministerial Appointments
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all bodies, boards or committees under the remit of his Department to which ministerial appointments are made; the... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that students will be entitled to a third level grant from Student Universal Support Ireland if, satisfying all other... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [37560/13] - Schools Building Projects Status
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the status of plans for the new building for Griffith Barracks MDNS; and if he will confirm that building work... - School Holidays Issues
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the return of schools in the last week in August is damaging to the domestic tourism industry, in view of the fact that the... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [37594/13] - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the Student Universal Support Ireland website clearly states that under the student grant scheme, PLC students are only... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will specify the elegibility criteria for joining the special needs assistants supplementary panel for filling permanent posts; and if he... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in terms of the criteria set down by the student grant scheme which states that an applicant is judged as having dependent/independent residence... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the situation regarding recently established panel rights for special needs assistants; the way this operates on a... - School Curriculum
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a proposal (details supplied) to stimulate economic growth and increase employment through the introduction of entrepreneurship as a... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give an assurance that there will no changes to the pupil teacher ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37805/13] - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Student Universal Support Ireland refused to assess a mature student (details supplied) from County Clare independently from their... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare who has a valid Garda National Immigration Bureau Card was refused a Student Universal... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a college of further education (details supplied) and its teacher allocation needed to ensure that it can deliver its... - Schools Building Projects Status
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the timetable and up-to-date position regarding the commencement of work on the extension to a college (details supplied) in... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether 39 students in an infant classroom is acceptable practice by school management; the steps he has taken to ensure such a... - School Transport Appeals
330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a decision of the school transport appeals board with respect to a family (details supplied) in County Laois; if he will... - School Transport Provision
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the post-primary school transport scheme in view of the difficulty that it is causing families; if his attention has been drawn... - School Funding
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the resources that are available to schools to ensure that they have sufficient funding available to them to acquire adequate... - Stay Safe Programme
333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork where it has been alleged that Government policy is being... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the largest class size and the number of students in the largest class size bracket; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37870/13] - Special Educational Needs Staffing
335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department requires a person working as a special needs assistant, and who wishes to accept... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a long-term education plan in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dubln 13. [37920/13] - Weight of Schoolbags
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being taken to reduce the weight of school bags for pupils which is having an adverse affect on posture and the ability of children... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an Irish citizen (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who satisfies all the relevant criteria to avail of help and... - Departmental Expenditure
341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail by name, location and cost the number of capital projects funded by his Department for each of the past five years to date in... - Teaching Contracts
342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered this Deputy's proposals from the meeting of the Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection of July 2013 on... - Third Level Fees
343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered alternative models of student contribution towards higher level course provision; if he is concerned that access to higher... - Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills of the 59,000 first-time applicants to Student Universal Support Ireland which were submitted for the 5 August deadline, the number that have... - School Transport Provision
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Bus Éireann publishes a profit and loss account; if Bus Éireann make a profit on school bus routes; if there is a written contract... - Proposed Legislation
346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of draft legislation regarding the international education mark; if this legislation will cover third party study abroad providers... - Home Tuition Scheme Provision
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that, in some circumstances, home tuition is provided even where a school placement is available to a child; the criteria that... - Schools Building Projects Status
351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the provision of additional classroom facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will... - Back to School Costs
360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts he is making to reduce the cost for parents of children beginning school and children returning to school after the summer holidays;... - State Examinations Commission
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the State Examination Commission's assertions that errors which appeared on State exam papers this year were attributable to... - Ministerial Meetings
362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with representatives of the Union of Students of Ireland as the representative body of many third level students here to hear their... - Special Education Review
363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the policy advice on special needs education that he received from the National Council of Special Education; if an... - Site Acquisitions
364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on his Department's engagement with a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow in terms of finding a location for... - School Funding
371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of procuring ICT equipment for learning, particularly regarding special needs education in mainstream schooling, if there are any... - Literacy Levels
372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the progress of the roll-out of the national literacy and numeracy strategy and in particular the interaction of the... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he plans to take to reduce the percentage of primary school children attending classes of 30 or more pupils; and if he will make a... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for student grant. [38236/13] - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for student grant. [38237/13] - Services for People with Disabilities
381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the policy recommendations set out by the National Council for Special Education in its Policy Advice Paper on the Education... - School Accommodation
382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding for a national school (details supplied) in County Cork to replace prefabs with permanent accommodation; and if he... - University Rankings
384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that the majority of Ireland's seven universities dropped places in the QS world university rankings table; and if he will... - School Accommodation
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if St. Michael's House has received a lease from the Vocational Education Committee at Greendale School, Dublin 5; and the position regarding the... - School Transport Availability
386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate the way a student may avail of free travel when there is no bus service to the school in their catchment area but there is a... - Teacher Registration
387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding teacher de-registration in respect of a person (details supplied) in Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Student Grant Scheme Delays
390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that there will be no delay in processing higher education grants this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Site Acquisitions
391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on plans to develop a new education campus at Ballinrea, Carrigaline, County Cork; the new school facilities that... - Student Support Schemes Issues
392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the progression stipulation of the student support scheme regulations is impacting negatively on... - Schools Building Projects Status
393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a detailed update, including a description of the works planned or underway, on development projects at schools in a town... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will include illness benefit as an eligible payment for the special rate of maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement on the... - School Transport Eligibility
395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the post-primary school transport scheme, if the eligibility rule requiring a pupil to live at least 4.8 kilometres from the... - State Examinations Issues
396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Leaving Certificate Chief Examiner has to ensure that exam results for each subject fit within a bell shaped curve statistical chart in... - Teacher Substitution Scheme
398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost per annum to the supervision and substitution scheme in the education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38409/13] - Postgraduate Course Fees
399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that Universities and Institutes of Technology are increasing their fees for postgraduate courses each year in view of the... - Third Level Participation
400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the lack of grant support for living costs for postgraduate students prevents some persons from undertaking postgraduate... - Student Grant Scheme Payments
401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that were provided with grants for postgraduate studies for the college year 2012/2013; the amount that was spent; and if... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason membership of the special needs assistant supplementary assignment panel is restricted to SNAs who were made redundant after 1 May... - Schools Building Projects Status
404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38529/13] - School Enrolments
405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the numbers of voluntary amalgamations will increase as a result of the increases in pupil enrolment thresholds for the... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to include Down syndrome in the list of low incidence complex disorders that will enable children with Down syndrome to receive special... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the refusal of a grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on... - Child Protection Issues
412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will supply the details of the contact person in his Department that deals with children at risk (details supplied). [38615/13] - Special Educational Needs Staffing
413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that there is a register of special needs assistants applying for an SNA position in a school; and if this exists, if he will... - Bullying in Schools
414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support an initiative (details supplied) regarding bullying for 2013-2014 [38617/13] - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to include a provision in Budget 2014 for the continued education and structured environment for severely disable children over 18... - School Transport Provision
416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the changes in the primary school transport scheme that have commenced in September 2013 as they relate to closed schools and... - School Enrolments
417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding catchment areas for schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38625/13] - Student Grant Scheme Applications
418. 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... - Education and Training Boards Issues
419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year saving to the Exchequer if all Education and Training Board CEOs salaries were reduced by 10%. [38642/13] - Teaching Contracts
420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year saving to the Exchequer if the weekly teaching hours of third level lecturers were increased to 18 per week. [38643/13] - School Textbooks
421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of providing free schoolbooks to primary and secondary school children. [38645/13] - School Staffing
422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the monetary full year saving to the Exchequer arising from the Haddington Road Agreement measure to increase academic staff working hours by an... - School Equipment
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that prior to the commencement of the 2013/2014 academic year parents were being asked to borrow sums... - Schools Building Projects Status
424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will undertake an assessment of the need for a primary school in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 11, in view of the current age... - Departmental Funding
427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be provided for a project (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38803/13] - Exchequer Savings
428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year saving to the Exchequer if all commercial semi State CEO's pay under the aegis of his Department were reduced by 10%; and if he...
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