Written answers
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Department of Education and Skills
- Child Abuse Issues
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the State Claims Agency withdrawing the letters it sent to persons currently suing the State for compensation... - Home Tuition Scheme Administration
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to correspondence by the Irish Centre of Behavioural Support and Research regarding changes being made to the home tuition... - Schools Amalgamation
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consultative process related to primary school amalgamations and specifically the requirements regarding consultation with parents and school... - School Curriculum
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in rolling out the new English junior cycle course in 2014-15, teachers are finding the... - School Closures
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a vacant school building (details supplied) in County Mayo; the amount of money spent on maintaining this building in 2011 to 2013,... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the summer works application from a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been received by his Department; when a decision will be... - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the emergency works application from a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been received by his Department; when a decision will... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 28 November 2013, regarding the opening of a new second-level school in Carrigtwohill in 2016-17... - Appointments to State Boards
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will itemise in tabular form the occasions on which his Department has engaged the services of external professional advice such as a... - Professional Qualifications Recognition
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many highly skilled immigrants work below their skill-set or are unemployed as a result of a... - Language Interpretation Services
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the development of a State recognised directory of accredited interpreters. [5064/14] - Foreign Language Assistant Scheme
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to immigrant parents who often have difficulty negotiating the school system; if he will consider introducing... - Teacher Recruitment
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will amend the Employment Equality Act to prevent schools from recruiting or dismissing teachers based on their religious ethos. [5066/14] - In-service Training
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the type of in-service training for teachers on racism and managing diversity in schools; and his plans to improve same. [5067/14] - School Curriculum
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will introduce a module on interculturalism, including the use of existing anti-racist education programmes. [5068/14] - Foreign Language Assistant Scheme
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will increase language supports for migrant students. [5069/14] - After-School Support Services
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will utilise under-employed teachers and trainee teachers for after-school programmes. [5070/14] - School Curriculum
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will create a State-wide secondary school English language immersion framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5071/14] - Teacher Training Provision
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that continual professional development courses for English as an additional language teachers are available. [5072/14] - Modern Language Teaching
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will conduct a feasibility study to determine the costs of reinstituting the modern languages primary school initiative. [5073/14] - Adult Education
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the provision of vocational courses combined with English teaching at further education colleges and university level.... - English Language Training Organisations
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a comprehensive standard curriculum and recommendations for State-funded English language providers; and if he will make a... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a lack of awareness of immigration categories by colleges and grant-awarding... - Educational Disadvantage
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria that are considered when deciding whether to award a school DEIS status, either band 1 or band 2. [5112/14] - Schools Guidance Counsellors
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a comprehensive response will be issued to correspondence sent to him on 8 October 2013 from a person (details supplied) regarding guidance... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any leniency or flexibility in respect of the date of birth or age and timing of a person's 23rd birthday for grants for mature... - School Transport Appeals
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - An Teanga Gaeilge
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén gníomh atá beartaithe aige a dhéanamh chun gníomhú de bhun mholadh an Choimisinéara Teanga i leith... - Special Education Review
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he will receive policy advice on education for children with autism from the National Council for Special Education. [5205/14] - Student Grant Scheme Applications
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in determining eligibility for a higher education grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he... - Adult Education
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a centre (details supplied) in County Longford will be allowed to take on a kitchen attendant at the facility; the reason the centre has been... - Third Level Fees
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if tax relief can be claimed in respect of tuition fees paid for approved courses at approved colleges of higher education, including Government... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding Student Universal Support Ireland applications in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he... - School Enrolments
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school place in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [5345/14] - Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will appoint an appeals officer to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Child Abuse Issues
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights in vindicating the case so courageously pursued by a person... - Teacher Statistics
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191, 220, 247 and 248, if he will clarify that schools are not obliged to make returns to his Department... - School Staffing
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the management structure at a school (details supplied) in County Waterford. [5398/14] - National Internship Scheme Data
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of JobBridge interns currently working for an organisation (details supplied); and the number who have previously completed... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way new early intervention preschools set up by his Department to support children with additional needs are functioning; if there has been... - Third Level Fees
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a joined-up approach between the Central Applications Office for third level education courses and the SUSI grants system because in... - Information and Communications Technology Issues
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the apps his Department or attached agencies have been involved in developing for smartphones and other multimedia devices in the past three... - School Accommodation
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the total number of prefabs that were rented in County Waterford in the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, that... - School Management
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his proposals to remedy a boundary issue affecting a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if his officials will meet with school... - Schools Building Projects Status
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a primary school and secondary school in Dublin 13 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5530/14] - Weight of Schoolbags
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the concerns of parents that their childrens' school bags are too heavy with the weight of all the school books needed for class;... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills since the abolition of maintenance grants for postgraduate students, the provisions that are being made for students from lower socio-economic... - Site Acquisitions
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dialogue between an organisation (details supplied) regarding the purchasing of a small parcel of land adjacent to a school in County...
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