Written answers
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Provision
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there was a change in the timetable of the bus collecting children from a school (details... - Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional weekly payment a young jobseeker aged 23-24 and aged 25 will receive under the proposed new rates for jobseeker's allowance if... - FÁS Training Programmes Provision
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide clarification on the delay in resolving an issue with FÁS and a company (details supplied) in County Donegal; if any... - FÁS Local Training Initiatives Funding
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views that in the absence of a second free HGV driving test as part of the FÁS-CPC driving course, in cases where the first test has... - Jobs Initiative
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated total number of full time jobs that have been created from initiatives which have been directly funded by the pension levy since... - Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the Haddington Road Agreement will apply to non-unionised teachers. [45999/13] - Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Numbers
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of training places available for those who are currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit nationally; the... - Teachers' Remuneration
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has guidelines for time off for State employees such as teachers who are elected members of the local authority and are... - School Transport Provision
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the EU Commission made a mistake when it stated that the school transport scheme was operated under contract by Bus Éireann in 2007; if... - Departmental Expenditure
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department pays private contractors for the visual inspections of school transport vehicles; if he will publish the contract award... - Redundancy Payments
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm as per the circular issued by his Department, the current position within the university-third level sector regarding persons... - FÁS Training Programmes Provision
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address and deal with the anomaly that appears to be emerging for hairdressers who have just come out of hairdressing college and are... - School Transport Provision
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school route (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45614/13] - Teacher Redeployment
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure that exists for the transfer of a teacher from one supplementary panel to another; if such transfers are common; the body... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the decision of Student Universal Support Ireland not to pay the contribution fee in respect of a person (details supplied) in... - Schools Building Projects Status
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with reference to the Government's capital investment programme which committed to the construction of a Gaelscoil in Tuam, County Galway, if the... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a special needs assistant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a... - School Placement
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made to assist with securing a mainstream national school place for a student with a cochlear implant (details supplied) whose... - Teacher Recruitment
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps and intervention he is taking in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Louth which currently employs a retired teacher for... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in determination of an application for higher education grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review eligibility for a higher education grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - Springboard Programme Issues
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason only 6% of participants on Springboard courses are under 25 years of age; if he is concerned at this low number; the actions he will... - Youth Unemployment Measures
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the announcement in budget 2014 that 2,000 places would be ring-fenced for young jobseekers under 25 years in the successor to the... - Schools Amalgamation
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information on the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Galway; if an impact analysis for the staff... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who applied for and was awarded a higher education grant... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a special needs assistant in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make... - Schools Building Projects Status
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on his plans for the provision of accommodation for Navan Educate Together national school, County Meath; and if he... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the following case regarding provision of a special needs assistant (details supplied). [45900/13] - Special Educational Needs Data
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the number of special needs assistants currently employed in primary schools across the State; and indicate if the cap on SNA... - Third Level Admissions Reform
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times during each of the past four years representatives of the NUI group of universities have met to discuss the matter of A Level... - Ministerial Appointments
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name, qualifications and current salary of each political staff member appointed by him. [46085/13] - Schools Building Projects Status
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any short to medium term plans to provide an Educate Together secondary school in Carlow. [46109/13] - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special needs assistant will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46114/13] - Home Tuition Scheme Provision
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the decision to restrict the home tuition grant to tuition provided by teachers registered with the Teaching Council of... - School Curriculum
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to include the important topics of blood donation and organ donation as part of the curricula. [46258/13] - Relationships and Sexuality Education
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the ShoutOut sex-education programme operating in counties Galway, Cork and Dublin; and his plans to extend this to other locations.... - Schools Building Projects Status
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of new schools due to be completed in 2014. [46272/13] - Information and Communications Technology Issues
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the work of extending the use of ITC into the classroom; and if his Department is engaging with the private sector in... - Schools Building Projects Status
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide assurances that funding is available for phase 2 of a school (details supplied) in County Meath; the expected commencement and... - State Examinations Commission
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants and the number of approvals granted for reasonable accommodations at the leaving certificate examinations for each of... - School Funding
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the sufficient funding to meet the day-to-day operational costs of school (details supplied) in order that the costs do not... - School Transport Availability
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in relation to a school bus route extension (details supplied); the reason for the delay in this decision; and if he... - Schools Building Projects Status
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available for phase two of a school (details supplied) in County Meath; when this phase of the school will be completed and ready for... - Student Grant Scheme Administration
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if payment of the student contribution charge of €2,500 for the academic year 2013-14 for third level colleges, which may be paid in two... - Schools Building Projects Status
310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of a school (details supplied) agreeing in principle to a schedule of accommodation, if he will confirm that it will be able to make... - Special Educational Needs Expenditure
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be granted to the Brothers of Charity for the provision of five therapy-changing beds for children with profound general learning... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding his Department would need if an allowance was given for the second and subsequent child in third level education for those... - Information and Communications Technology Issues
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way parents can deal with a school that requires them to purchase an Apple iPad for €800 for their children starting secondary school;... - School Transport Provision
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money refunded to his Department since 2005 for the scrappage of buses from the school transport scheme in view of the fact that... - School Staffing
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of the appeal board hearing held on 22 October 2013 regarding his Department's plans to withdraw a teacher form a school (details... - Information and Communications Technology Issues
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a community college (details supplied) in County Dublin is requiring parents to purchase Apple... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on... - Schools Building Projects Status
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a facility (details supplied) in County Dublin; when repairs will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the... - School Transport Provision
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures used by his Department to ensure that money spent on school transport is used solely for this purpose. [46684/13] - School Transport Availability
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to put all school bus routes online. [46685/13] - School Transport Provision
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the methods used by his Department to decide which school bus routes to pay for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46686/13] - Schools Amalgamation
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he could clarify his Department's intentions regarding the new local area plan for Ballycullen, Oldcourt, Dublin 24 which recommends a... - School Accommodation
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of children currently being educated in prefabricated buildings per school; the number of... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to commence section 10 of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004, while extending the provision to address... - Literacy Levels
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any studies have been conducted by his Department on the reading habits of children under 12 years of age, outside of reading required for... - Schools Building Projects Status
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed school at Bannow Road, Cabra West which is currently the subject of a planning application; if this is a... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason this application was... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding plans to cut the assignment of visiting teachers for blind children in mainstream primary schools; and if he will make a... - School Transport Provision
339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction the extension of a morning school bus route (details supplied) in County Kerry which will incur no additional cost to his... - Broadband Services Provision
341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of the mini-tender held in August for broadband for schools; the winners of contracts; the relevant schools; the relevant values of... - FÁS Training Programmes Provision
342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will justify the discrimination proposed in respect of charging FÁS apprentices a fee for the time they spend in institutes of... - Departmental Expenditure
344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the partial year and the full year monetary effect of his Department's budget 2014 reductions to expenditure.... - Early Retirement Scheme
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of early retirements from the post-primary education full-time teaching pool in each of the past seven years, 2006 to 2012, inclusive.... - Springboard Programme Issues
347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who availed of third-level courses subsidised under the Springboard initiative in 2011 and 2012. [47100/13] - Student Grant Scheme Applications
348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason when calculating distance to college to determine adjacent or non-adjacent grant rates, Student Universal Support Ireland is using old... - Schools Building Projects Status
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the position of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare, which is on the five-year building programme, for the 2014...
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