Written answers
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Department of Education and Skills
- Weight of Schoolbags
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the issue of the weight of children's schoolbags; the risk they may pose to the health of children; the action he is taking; and if... - Momentum Programme Issues
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason travel allowances for particpants (details supplied) in County Meath of momentum courses who reside a considerable distance from the... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an apprentice will now be able to avail of a student grant as a result of the changes in the payments introduced in budget 2014. [48823/13] - Schools Building Projects Expenditure
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding extra funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - National Internship Scheme Data
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of schools currently utilising the JobBridge scheme to employ interns in a teaching capacity. [48863/13] - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a student (details supplied) may expect a decision on their appeal to Student Universal Support Ireland and the student grant appeals board... - Schools Amalgamation
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that parents and pupils are central to any decision to amalgamate four schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10 into two... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a Student Universal Support Ireland application submitted in June will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County... - School Transport Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 5 November 2013, the additional costs to Bus Éireann of an extension of a morning bus route... - School Accommodation
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is still housed within the premises of another school, when this arrangement was supposed to be a... - Student Grant Scheme Payments
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a Student Universal Support Ireland grant payment in respect of a person (details supplied). [49093/13] - Information and Communications Technology Issues
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that currently require children to use ipads or tablets, or that will require them to do so from September 2013; and if he... - Educational Tours
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the departmental criteria governing foreign trips run by schools for students. [49101/13] - School Accommodation
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the rejection by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council of the Department's planning application for permission to construct the... - School Transport Provision
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department provides supervised transport for children with special needs to a college (details supplied) in County Cork; the way approval... - Capitation Grants
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students in a vocational education committee school get €212 more capitation per head than students in a voluntary secondary... - Schools Building Projects Status
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [49190/13] - Student Grant Scheme Applications
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure a person (details supplied) is granted a special rate of Student Universal Support Ireland grant payment. [49263/13] - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adequate support will be offered to persons in a school (details supplied) in County Longford in terms of special needs assistants; his views... - School Uniforms
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all schools in Fingal will be included in the parents questionnaire on school uniforms; if not, the schools that will receive the... - Student Grant Scheme Delays
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in processing a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied). [49325/13] - Education and Training Boards Remit
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that construction, warehousing and other other courses being offered to jobseekers in future have a safe pass and manual... - Training Programmes Provision
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the courses in ECDL, manual handling, first aid, driving and safe pass that were offered free to social welfare recipients in the Dublin 8, 10... - School Textbooks Rental Scheme
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revise the guidelines issued by his Department regarding school book rental schemes to include a greater emphasis to encourage... - Departmental Staff Remuneration
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will restore the €10,243.09 withheld from a person's (details supplied) redundancy payment on the basis that his Department claims... - Third Level Courses Availability
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the range of agriculture-related courses available to prospective young farmers in each of the country's State-funded third level institutes,... - Traveller Community
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his future plans for Traveller education; the reason for recent cuts in this area of education; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - School Funding
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is permissible for schools to charge a €110 for mock exams papers to be corrected by an external examiner; and if he will consider... - Higher Education Courses Provision
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to develop access to third level education particularly at masters and doctorate levels for mature students. [49555/13] - Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant can be employed as a substitute during the year after which they have been made redundant without having to repay... - School Transport Availability
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons school transport has not been provided to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if a review requested recently has been... - Schools Building Projects Status
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
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