Written answers
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Department of Education and Skills
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Provision
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be available to a hairdresser and beauty therapist who hopes to train students with mild and moderate special needs to undertake... - SOLAS Administration
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) with 28 years experience as a welder-fabricator was, after a four-month delay, denied a certificate by... - School Enrolments
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the feeder area of a school (details supplied) has been changed, or is to be changed; the criteria which was used to make the said change; and... - Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the FETAC and FÁS arbitrary increasing of fees for special purpose certification without a reasonable... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that documents sent by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare on 23 November 2013 have been received by Student... - Schools Building Projects Status
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available for the refurbishment of a building to be transferred to the State (details supplied); when this funding will... - Student Grants Data
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of students during each of the past ten years who have applied for higher education grants assessed... - Student Grant Scheme Administration
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times each month since its establishment that Student Universal Support Ireland issues regular payments to students; the number of... - Schools Administration
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Rules for National Schools book was last updated; his plans to update same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52573/13] - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when a student under 23 is estranged from their parents that Student Universal Support Ireland... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available to students who have been eligible for student maintenance grants for the majority of their degree, for example... - School Patronage
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons the vocational education committee, VEC, was awarded patronage of the new schools in Maynooth, County Kildare; and his plans to hold... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 13 November 2013, if he will detail the 14 schools unsuccessful in their applications; the most... - Schools Building Projects Status
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the development of a new school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52630/13] - Redundancy Payments
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 265 to 267, inclusive, of 5 November 2013, which states his Department has directed third level... - School Uniforms
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 26 November 2013, his views on whether it is discriminatory that schools require girls to wear... - Student Grant Scheme Payments
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who had been awarded grants from Student Universal Support Ireland but not yet received a payment from SUSI as of 1... - School Accommodation
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that Educate Together will be moving into the former Scoil San Shéamus in Basin Street, Dublin 1; and if it is intended... - Summer Works Scheme Eligibility
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way colleges of further education will fund major repairs to their buildings if they can no longer apply or qualify for the summer works... - Schools Building Projects Applications
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52738/13] - School Funding
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average payment of voluntary contributions by parents per student for each of the past three years. [52749/13] - Departmental Expenditure
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the annual infrastructure and capital expenditure by his Department on a regional basis and a county basis over... - School Transport Eligibility
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason only one child of a person (details supplied) is covered by the school transport scheme. [52807/13] - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 5 November 2013, the position regarding an application for a special needs assistant in respect of a... - State Examinations Statistics
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of fee-paying schools here; and the number of fee-paying schools that offer the leaving certificate applied programme. [52845/13] - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times a student may appeal a Student Universal Support Ireland decision; the steps in the appeals mechanism in total; the point at... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to review the special needs assistant contract scheme to ensure that all schools are compliant with his Department's circulars.... - School Accommodation
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has agreed to the provision of additional accommodation for an ASD unit at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if... - School Enrolments
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools can amend admissions policies to prioritise children of a particular faith in instances where their applications for patronage stated... - Teachers' Remuneration
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of serving teachers on his Department's payroll; the number of retired teachers on his Department's payroll; the number of serving... - Momentum Programme Issues
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants currently on Momentum. [52935/13] - School Transport Provision
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the last year in which his Department saw independent proof that Bus Éireann do not make a profit from school transport; the name of the... - Departmental Expenditure
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills of the €7 million in capital spending recorded as not spent under the expenditure profile at end November in the most recent analysis of... - Child Safety
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department does not always report allegations of criminality to An Garda Síochána in view of its grim record of funding... - School Inspection Reports
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the situation where whole-school evaluation reports identify inadequacies in teaching and where the Department's... - School Equipment
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a laser machine is not included in the official Department list of equipment; when he expects that a laser machine will be included on... - School Patronage
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has been contacted by the patron regarding the reorganisation of four schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10, [53068/13] - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person who applied for a special rate Student Universal Support Ireland grant, who meets all income limits and benefit entitlements... - Irish Language Issues
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the strands and aspects of education being examined in the context of the review of education in the Gaeltacht; if international practice... - Book Rental Scheme
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the new book rental scheme as announced in budget 2014; if he will confirm that the new scheme will apply to all schools; if he... - Departmental Funding
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that his Department gives to Irish charities; the name of each organisation that receives funding; the amount of funding...
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