Written answers
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
Department of Education and Skills
- Child Protection Guidelines
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the child protection standards in place in the English language school sector which uses host family accommodation; and if he will make a... - Education Schemes
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the scope and governance of the ICT action plan will be carried out to encompass all sources of ICT skills supply and ensure... - Student Visas Applications
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that the Libyan Government is reported to be sending over 20,000 students abroad to study, the contacts there has been... - Apprenticeship Programmes
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the recent budget decision to introduce a flat rate fee for apprentices for attending institutes of technologies during their... - Bullying in the Workplace
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of instances of various forms of bullying brought to the attention of his Department in the past 12 months to date; the extent to... - Traveller Community
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department currently collects information on the attainment, transfer, attendance, suspension and expulsion rates of Traveller students;... - School Patronage
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revisit his decision to provide for two newly built vertical schools on one site in Maynooth and provide for a junior-senior... - Autism Support Services
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children on the autism spectrum in primary schools in County Meath; the capacity at secondary school level in County Meath for... - School Staffing
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have lost a teacher in County Donegal as a result of the revised schedule; and if he will make a statement on... - State Examinations Issues
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he is refusing to give any information in view of the fact that the review is now complete by the Information Commissioner regarding... - School Accommodation
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 19 November 2013, if his Department official will now meet the school authorities to discuss this... - School Uniforms
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding school uniforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53766/13] - Schools Building Projects Status
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the planned new Gaelcholáiste in Carrigaline, County Cork, will open; the current status of the project; when the project is due to... - Physical Education Facilities
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of planned new primary schools and planned new post-primary schools, the minimum amount of outdoor sports and amenity facilities that... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on an appeal for a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider adding illness benefit to the list of qualifying payments for the special rate student grant as outlined in Schedule 2 of the... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will award a student grant top up appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects Status
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the progress on completion of a site acquisition for a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he... - School Services Staff
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if two FÁS workers are covering a caretakers job, who is out sick, and a third FÁS worker is teaching in a school (details supplied) in... - School Staffing
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinstate the third teacher and restore resource teaching hours to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a... - School Equipment
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be made available for ongoing maintenance and replacement of computer equipment in the design and communication graphics room... - Third Level Staff Issues
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 12 November 2013, of the 46 academic staff, if he can outline for each institution what the position... - Schools Building Projects Administration
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the framework for architectural services for large school project contracts includes a provision that applicant architecture practices... - Schools Numbers
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of one, two, three, four and five teacher Gaelscoileanna in non Gaeltacht areas by county at the end of September 2011, 2012 and 2013;... - School Enrolments
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the total number of junior infants admitted to schools in September 2013 (details supplied); the total still... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 13 November 2013, if he will ensure that priority be given to those schools who did not apply in... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding resource hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - School Curriculum
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures undertaken by his Department to develop and improve the ICT skills of students at primary and secondary level; and if he will make a... - Education and Training Boards Staff
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 4 December 2013, if he will instruct the City of Dublin and County of Dublin Education and Training... - Decentralisation Programme Staff Transfers
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline what offices relevant to his Department are located or have been decentralised outside of Dublin; if he will provide the total... - School Accommodation
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for additional school accommodation will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was told their appeal had been accepted on two occasions by Student Universal Support Ireland telephone... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve the application for funding under the summer works scheme in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he... - Education and Training Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason training providers who have submitted community and health services major level 5 awards for validation more than seven months ago... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54053/13] - Student Grant Scheme Applications
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite and award a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a... - School Textbooks Rental Scheme
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that non-DEIS schools which have a current book-rental scheme funded out of their own resources are not eligible to apply for the new... - State Examinations Issues
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department employs retired teachers as State exam correctors for oral exams, course work and written exams; if so, the reason this is... - School Transport Appeals
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills notwithstanding replies to previous parliamentary questions on the issue, if he will review the recent refusal of appeal for school transport in... - State Examinations Issues
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an examination reader will be provided to a dyslexic student (details supplied) in County Kerry for their Leaving Cert Examinations in 2014;... - Schools Amalgamation
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given that the enrolment deadline for the two-school model for Maynooth Education Campus, Maynooth Post Primary and Maynooth Community College... - School Management
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the method of appointment to the proposed governing body of Maynooth Education Campus under the current two-school model; the persons already... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department can resolve the difficulties experienced by the family of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 who have schooled their... - Schools Building Projects Status
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address overcrowding and long waiting lists in a school (details supplied). [54183/13] - Student Grant Scheme Applications
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a student grant application will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of any research undertaken that informed the recommendation not to recognise Down's syndrome as a low-incidence... - School Inspection Reports
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a whole school evaluation could have been carried out at a school (details supplied) in County Sligo without reference to the pupil or... - Schools Amalgamation
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is in possession of lands in Ennistymon, County Clare to facilitate the provision of a post-primary schools amalgamation; and... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any grants available in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 who is currently studying full-time but receiving no... - School Enrolments
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current policy on the use of catchment areas as a criterion for school enrolment; if schools are permitted to have an admission policy that... - School Transport Eligibility
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated with school transport; and if he will make a statement on the... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a higher education grant in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he... - Schools Building Projects Status
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Offaly will proceed to public tender in view of the fact that planning permission has been granted;... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of higher education grant applications received by Student Universal Support Ireland for the 2013-14 college year; the number of... - Skills Shortages
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills due to the fact that in 2012 some 20% of all jobs advertised were information technology based and that currently over 4,000 jobs available in IT... - School Patronage
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the instruction given to the two new secondary schools in Greystones due to be built and under the patronage of the Church of Ireland and Educate... - School Transport Provision
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions No. 263 of 5 November 2013, and No. 63 of 6 November 2013, his views on whether his responses relating to... - Capitation Grants
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine lists (details supplied); if he will confirm, in the case of each student listed whether or not a capitation grant is paid in... - Consultancy Contracts
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the estimated spending in 2014; and... - Departmental Legal Costs
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of legal action against his Department for the the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Public Sector Staff Remuneration (1 comment)
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide detail in tabular form by his Department and any agency under his remit, of any exemptions granted to the longstanding general...
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