Written answers

Tuesday, 1 October 2013

  • FÁS Training Programmes Provision
    222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons persons (details supplied) were not awarded the FETAC course results; the reason this class has to repeat the examinations; the steps...
  • Research and Development Funding
    223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the exact amount of research and development that institutions in the south east have attracted in comparison to the rest of...
  • Haddington Road Agreement Issues
    224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if secondary school teachers who are not members of a trade union are subject to the terms of the Haddington Road Agreement or to the Financial...
  • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
    225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for home tuition will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
  • Private Schools
    226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding his Department has allocated or committed to paying off the debts of a college (details supplied) in County Kilkenny,...
  • School Transport Eligibility
    227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the regulation surrounding school transport and make exceptions for families that have no other means of transportation...
  • School Staffing
    228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the secondary schools in County Louth that currently have guidance counsellors in place and the way this compares with the situation before he...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
    229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate resource hours to all children with Down Syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40475/13]
  • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
    230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite and award a student grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
  • School Transport Provision
    231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Irish Authorities informed the Commission that the school transport scheme was operated under contract by Bus Éireann for his...
  • Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
    233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements put in place by his Department to ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act, specifically requirements for signage in...
  • Disadvantaged Status
    234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in RAPID designated areas; the number of these schools that are classified as DEIS; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Legislative Process
    235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of the Acts or specific provisions of Acts under his Department that have not yet been commenced; if it is intended to...
  • State Examinations Issues
    236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the correction procedure for State examinations; the review process within the initial marking procedures; the number of...
  • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
    237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has evaluated the rates at which the third level student maintenance grant is awarded in view of the rise in numbers receiving assistance...
  • Schools Building Projects Applications
    238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
  • Third Level Participation
    239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown by socio-economic background of all those pursuing both full-time and part-time higher education who entered...
  • Third Level Fees
    240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a structured and graduated approach to assessing the incomes of college applicants and their families to determine a more...
  • EU Directives
    241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of compliance with European Union directives within his Ministerial areas of responsibility; the current fines resulting from...
  • Postgraduate Loan Scheme Implementation
    242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a postgraduate loan scheme; if he intends to include private sector sponsorship as part of this plan; and if he will make...
  • School Transport Applications
    243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 386 of 18 September 2013, if he will review his reply and advise this Deputy on the school transport...
  • Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
    244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons currently in receipt of a student maintenance grant at third level. [40745/13]
  • School Staffing
    251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the country with five teachers. [40753/13]
  • Special Educational Needs Staffing
    257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the number of resource teachers in our schools this year and every year since 1997. [40759/13]
  • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
    259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the amount of funding given to special schools and to mainstream schools with special classes in each year...
  • Capitation Grants
    263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the rate of capitation grant paid this year and every year since 1997. [40765/13]
  • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
    266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of hours the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund board has met since it was formed this year. [40775/13]
  • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Establishment
    274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money transferred from the former Education Finance Board to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund on the establishment day;...
  • Residential Institutions Issues
    276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet the group Right to Peace around the issue of statutory redress services for survivors of institutional abuse; and if he will make...
  • Third Level Fees
    277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the fees status in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40796/13]
  • University Libraries
    278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 18 June 2013, his views on a matter regarding libraries in a publicly-funded university (details...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of capital spending incurred directly within his Department as a result of measures undertaken as part of the 2011 Jobs...
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
    280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the distance from college for students to be considered eligible for the non-adjacent grant to cover a distance less than 45km...
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
    282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 24 September 2013, if he will confirm the number of students in each classroom in a school (details...
  • Student Grants Statistics
    283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students at third level who, having previously qualified for maintenance grants, that no longer qualify as a result of reductions...
  • Child Protection Issues
    284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protection that exists for children and teachers who are regularly in a position where there is only one adult present with a number of young...
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
    285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will pursue all possible avenues to avoid increasing the pupil teacher ratio in primary schools in Budget 2014 due to, for example, the...
  • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
    286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been an increase in the past 12 months in the contributions being made by the 18 religious orders to the statutory fund designed to...
  • Physical Education
    287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a national school sports module (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41112/13]
  • School Curriculum
    288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to the restructuring of the Irish language curriculum at senior cycle with a view to introducing a more...
  • Regulatory Impact Assessment Data
    289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on all Regulatory Impact Statements carried out on Bills in his Department since this Government took office to...

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