Written answers
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Department of Education and Skills
- Teacher Redeployment
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances under which a teacher who has had dismissal proceedings brought against them may be redeployed using the panel system. [18533/14] - School Enrolments Data
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide map based information regarding the location of primary schools nationwide; if the map will state the number of mainstream... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for refund of field trip expenses for the academic year 2013-2014 will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in... - State Examinations
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a student (details supplied) in County Cork who does not have access to a reader for forthcoming State exams and a... - Special Educational Needs Courses
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for promoting special needs assistant courses when persons cannot get on the panel which is the requirement to get a job; and if he... - State Examinations
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cavan has not been assigned a reader for their exams; the way they can get one in view of their... - Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Eligibility
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are upper age limits in place for acceptance on the VTOS home care course, if so, the age limits, and if these age limits must be... - Information and Communications Technology Issues
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is in a position to provide any assistance to a school (details supplied) in County Cork that must replace 12 classroom... - SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Administration
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the report on the evaluation of the skills development and work experience phases of the momentum programme has been published; if not, when... - School Uniforms
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the survey of parents by school boards on uniforms; if his attention has been drawn to the number of schools that... - Youthreach Programme Funding
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual budget for the Youthreach programme in each of the years 2008 to 2013, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Expenditure
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual budget for the VTOS programme in each of the years 2008 to 2013, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18842/14] - Youthreach Programme Funding
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training, travel, accommodation and meal allowance payable to Youthreach participants for those aged under 18 years and above 18 years in... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special needs assistants will be trained up in the PEC and ABA learning system for children with autism; and if he will make a statement on... - Autism Support Services
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to introducing teaching assistants into the classroom in addition to special needs assistants, who could possibly... - Teaching Qualifications
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the picture exchange communication system, which has been proven to be very beneficial for children with autism could be more widely used and... - School Curriculum
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when and which leaving certificate subjects were last revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18892/14] - State Examinations
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that have been taken to ensure no future mistakes will occur on leaving certificate papers which has previously happened; and if he... - Health Promotion Issues
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the implementation of guidelines in promoting mental health in primary schools; and if he will make a statement... - Education and Training Boards Establishment
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to include representatives of community education in the new education and training boards structure; and if he will make a statement... - Teaching Qualifications
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who have participated in the professional diploma in mathematics for teaching announced by his Department in May 2012; and... - Physical Education
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procurement and tendering procedures used by the PDST in determining what tablets were to be used on the Department's initiative Points for... - Education Fees Waiver
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the Quality & Qualifications Ireland, if the Cork City Network of FETAC Quality Assured Community Education Providers will... - School Textbooks Rental Scheme
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend the budget 2014 school book rental scheme grant fund to schools that currently have a book rental scheme and wish to purchase... - School Accommodation
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will have extra accommodation provided to meet the population needs of the area; and if he will... - Sport and Recreational Development
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide capital funding for Adamstown Community College, Lucan, County Dublin for the purposes of providing a sports hall, and the... - School Transport Eligibility
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department is asking the parents of a special needs student (details supplied) in County Westmeath to pay transport costs to a... - State Examinations
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider reversing the decision to not make an access reader available to a special needs student who will sit the leaving certificate... - Employment Support Services
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19058/14] - SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the reason a FÁS apprenticeship qualification is not recognised by certain organisations; and if he will make a statement on the... - Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new €200 financial contribution to the post-leaving certificate programmes was introduced in the last budget; if his Department... - Schools Building Projects Status
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction on a school (details supplied) in County Wexford will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19071/14] - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider amending the student grant criteria to ensure that cases (details supplied) do not arise in the future especially when they... - School Enrolments
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Wicklow and Greystones Educate Together primary schools will form part of the new Educate Together secondary school in Bray, County Wicklow;... - School Transport Provision
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the measures he will put in place to provide for the transport of children to school in County Donegal by a company (details supplied)... - School Costs
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to ensure that costs to send a child to school are kept to a minimum (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Education and Training Boards Issues
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the position regarding integrating the community training centres into the education and training boards (details supplied) in respect... - School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the position regarding a school that had 85 pupils on its roll last September and consequently lost a class teacher because the school... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the financial benefit to the State if there was a freeze on the pupil-teacher ratio for the 2014-15 year; and if he will make a... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 15 April 2014 if he will provide details of the person who specifically gave him the advice that... - Teaching Council of Ireland
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 15 April 2014 if he will provide a date on which section 39 of the Teaching Council Act 2001 will be... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 15 April 2014 in view of his confirmation that over 500 autism spectrum disorder units were opened... - Special Education Review
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether his Department has previously declined or ignored invitations from the Psychological Society of Ireland's division of behaviour analysis... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that the Special Education Support Service advised teachers and his Department that teachers providing applied behaviour... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a temporary principal can be brought in to cover a programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19168/14] - Schools Building Projects Applications
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for funding in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19172/14] - School Staffing
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the projected need for an additional 4,000 teachers; and if he will make a statement on... - Third Level Fees
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any grant assistance available for students wishing to undertake a PhD; and if he will outline all funding options available. [19207/14] - Schools Building Projects Status
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on a proposed new school (details supplied); if the design work has been completed; when building work is expected... - School Accommodation
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding for extra accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [19219/14] - School Staffing
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow is oversubscribed to fill two classes of junior infants, but the school has capacity for a third... - Educational Disadvantage
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the ongoing funding from the Christian Brothers for the Cork Life Centre has come to an end;... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Student Universal Support Ireland are seeking the recoupment of a grant from a person (details supplied) in County Mayo on the basis... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis upon which the Health Service Executive has asked Clonmel Covers to devise a calm room for special schools and units for pupils with... - Autism Support Services
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the supports available for persons with autism when they finish school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19357/14] - School Establishment
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on developing new schools in the Cork city, Douglas and Carrigaline areas; if Rochestown will be considered as a possible... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received policy advice from the National Council for Special Education on the reclassification of Down's syndrome as a low-incidence... - School Curriculum
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process by which the curriculum for history taught in our schools is drawn up and the way that history is verified to be accurate; and how... - Third Level Fees
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he will receive the Higher Education Authority report on the practices currently operated by individual higher education... - Departmental Funding
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 6 February 2014, the organisations in receipt of departmental funding that are subject to a service... - Schools Building Projects Status
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary that has applied for major capital funding; the timeframe for completion... - Apprenticeship Programmes
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has personally met with representatives of the TEEU to discuss the introduction of apprenticeship fees. [19518/14] - SOLAS Administration
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the five-year strategy for SOLAS will be published. [19521/14] - School Management
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the complaints procedure for parents who wish to complain about certain actions of a board of management in a school; and if he will make a... - Schools Inspections
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the cost of inspections of educational institutions during 2012 and 2013. [19598/14] - State Examinations Reviews
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration that was given to the recommendations of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment and the opinions of the teaching... - Autism Support Services
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact date in 2006 that Model A was no longer part of his Department policy on autism; the job title of the person whose position it was to... - Departmental Legal Cases
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the change of policy regarding Model A was ever communicated to the State's legal team in a case (details supplied); and the date on which... - School Funding
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to promote shared reading programmes in primary schools; if grants have been put in place to support the development of...
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