Written answers
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Department of Education and Skills
- Student Contribution
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give a commitment to a timeline to reverse the increases he is making in the student registration fee, as proposed by the Union of... - Special Educational Needs Expenditure
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ring-fence current funding for special needs assistants in budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42210/13] - Student Grant Scheme Reform
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review means assessments for higher education grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42149/13] - School Closures
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to maintain the fabric of smaller rural and urban schools under the patronage of all churches,... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change pupil-teacher ratios. [42195/13] - Schools Guidance Counsellors
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide figures on the reductions secondary schools have made in guidance counselling hours as a result of his removal of the ex quota... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) whose application for a grant has been turned down despite the fact the... - Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that Student Universal Support Ireland will fulfil its obligations on time this year; and if he will make a statement on the... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria by which Student Universal Support Ireland assesses an independent or dependent mature adult when applying for a student maintenance... - School Enrolments
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to regulate the admission of children to primary and post-primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42255/13] - State Examinations Issues
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to ensure that there is no repeat of the events that happened with the mathematics paper in the leaving certificate; and... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason, in the context of 20% of children being educated in classes of over 30, for the way teachers are expected to cope with these numbers... - National Procurement Service Framework Agreements
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the ability of schools to purchase stationery supplies from local stationery businesses; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Appointments
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired or non-serving teachers or school principals or deputy principals who have been appointed to work with his Department to... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give an assurance that measures he may take in budget 2014 will not lead to any further increases in class sizes in view of the fact... - Back to School Costs
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the latest Central Statistics Office consumer price survey which shows the cost of education is 4.8% higher compared to September... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether children with Down syndrome have a low incidence disability and should be included on his Department's list of low incidence... - Bullying in Schools
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has contacted each board of management to see if they have complied with Circular 045/2013; and the number of schools which have not... - Schools Guidance Counsellors
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce guidance for counselling teaching posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42192/13] - State Examinations Issues
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his assessment of the 2013 leaving certificate results; if there were any aspects of these that caused him concern; and if he will make a... - Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in the establishment of SOLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41964/13] - Student Assistance Fund Issues
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that there is an increase in the student assistance fund for this academic year to ensure that all students who experience... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to his recent comments that there is no scope for more education cuts, and that he does not know where he can make savings, the efforts... - School Patronage
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in addressing the specific issues of rural schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42146/13] - Teachers' Remuneration
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that he has indicated that he will continue to pay ASTI members the annual supervision and substitution allowance of... - School Uniforms
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure parents have access to generic school uniforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42148/13] - School Curriculum
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to concerns that a possible union ban on training for the new English syllabus will delay plans for the implementation of a... - State Examinations Statistics
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who sat the leaving certificate applied in 2012; the number of those students who went on to PLC courses this academic... - Haddington Road Agreement Issues
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that his Department has engaged with the ASTI in an effort to resolve the industrial action by the ASTI following the... - Book Rental Scheme
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure universal availability of a school book rental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42145/13] - Special Educational Needs Data
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the report of the working group to review special education which he established in June 2013; and if he will make... - Student Contribution Fee
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to cap the student contribution fee. [42200/13] - Educational Disadvantage
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he intends to take to address the increasing numbers of disadvantaged children within the education system in view of the significant... - Traveller Education
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an assessment of the effects on Traveller children of the withdrawal of all major educational Traveller-specific supports; if... - Schools Building Projects Status
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the delay in a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin that has been in prefabs since 1995 and who had... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of support currently provided to persons to pursue level 9 third level courses; if he intends to introduce a State loan scheme to... - Disadvantaged Status
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons for the removal of the DEIS Rural category for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin, which has pressures that would... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a commitment to protect the maintenance grant and its qualification criteria at current levels; and if he will make a statement... - School Accommodation
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he will maintain the quality of school buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42257/13] - Bullying in Schools
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the work of his Department on tackling bullying; the timetable for the delivery of the action plan from the... - Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of PLC places funded by his Department in each Education Training Board area; and the number of PLC students in each ETB area. [42191/13] - Bullying in Schools
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that will benefit from the 70 anti-bullying training sessions to which he has allocated €40,000; and his plans to...
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