Written answers

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Department of Education and Skills

 
  • Student Grant Scheme Administration
    102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which Student Universal Support Ireland has managed to deal with the total number of applications for higher education grants...
  • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
    103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil staidéar déanta aige ar na modhanna trína múintear an Ghaeilge, go háirithe i dtaca leis na moltaí...
  • Special Educational Needs Staffing
    104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the anomaly that full-time special needs assistants contracts are specified by the National Council for Special Education as...
  • Educational Disadvantage
    105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a detailed report on the cross-Border co-operative activities that are planned for 2014 which will draw on emerging evidence...
  • School Transport Provision
    106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department is not conducting its own separate investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption in Bus Éireann...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
    107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his response to the recommendations of the recent National Council for Special Education research report, Moving to Further and Higher Education;...
  • Industrial Disputes
    110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the industrial action being taken by secondary school teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42510/13]
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 342, 343 and 350 of 5 November 2013, if he will confirm that the financial implications regarding the...
  • Special Educational Needs Staffing
    114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the deadline dates for appeals to decisions made by the National Council for Special Education during special needs assistants reviews...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
    115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who have moved from a special needs unit to mainstream education and have sought a special needs assistant but have not...
  • Haddington Road Agreement Negotiations
    116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that ASTI members will continue to be paid the annual supervision and substitution allowance of €1,769 gross, in view...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the decision to change the funding model for apprentices before the review of the Irish apprenticeship training model which he...
  • Home Tuition Scheme Administration
    118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the qualification requirements for teachers providing home tuition for children with autism spectrum disorder were recently changed...
  • Special Educational Needs Data
    119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any analysis has been undertaken into the cumulative effect of cutbacks in learning supports at primary level for children with special needs,...
  • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
    120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason it is necessary to have a direct line available for Deputies and Senators to contact Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will...
  • Schools Administration
    121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will introduce legislation to ensure that schools provide to parents a breakdown of the way voluntary contributions are spent; and if he...
  • Haddington Road Agreement Savings
    122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that after all the deductions and restitution due under the Haddington Road agreement there will still be a permanent gap...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
    123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he considers educational supports for pupils with Down's syndrome to be adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50227/13]
  • School Uniforms
    125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he will ensure that all schools that operate a uniform policy will ballot parents on their preferences; the way he foresees the uniform...
  • Teaching Qualifications
    126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details on the collaborative agreement that has been reached by the Marino Institute of Education and the University of Ulster...
  • School Transport Provision
    128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has undertaken a cost benefit analysis of the school transport scheme operated by Bus Éireann; if he will account for the high cost of...

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