Written answers
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Department of Education and Skills
- Skills Shortages
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he is investing money in encouraging persons to specialise in areas where no jobs are available in this field (details supplied).... - School Transport Review
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the school transport system in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork will be carried out in view of the increase... - SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Administration
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a refund in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21180/14] - School Enrolments Data
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20835/14] - National Educational Psychological Service Administration
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where the guidelines for schools on supporting students with behavioural and emotional and social difficulties is available; if copies have been... - School Accommodation
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review his Department's decision to decline provision of additional classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County... - School Enrolments Data
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the systems in place within his Department to evaluate the section 29 appeals process; if the issue of inconsistencies in appeals decisions has... - Departmental Bodies Data
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of commercial semi-state companies under the aegis of his Department; the current value of the pension fund assets held by... - SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Places
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the impact on apprentices arising from the changes made to their payment while studying in the institutes of technology from a... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the... - School Staffing
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to address the issue of excessively large class sizes at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a... - Schools Building Projects Status
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the position regarding the proposed extension to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a full-time nurse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21002/14] - Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will supply the signed agreements or a file copy between the various trade unions and his Department that took place in 2004, which contain... - School Staffing
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged in discussions with interested parties regarding the likely impact of proposed cuts to the staffing schedule for small schools... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the reason a school (details supplied) was not successful in the recent summer works scheme; if consideration will be given to an... - School Costs
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to address the financial problems for parents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21097/14] - Preschool Services
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advise the way a parent of a child with special needs can seek the support of a special needs assistant as the child enters preschool;... - School Transport Provision
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure free school transport will be provided to students whose school (details supplied) in County Kerry is closing at the end of... - School Accommodation
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding the provision of an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; if the works will be carried out... - Minor Works Scheme Suspension
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to fully reinstate the minor works grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21123/14] - School Curriculum
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has compiled a report of the recommendations of the schools, teachers and students who took part in a pilot scheme of the new junior cycle... - School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a status update on a staff appeal application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick to maintain the... - Departmental Communications
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being, or ever have been, recorded, and, if so, will he provide details of the systems... - School Transport Administration
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 6 May 2014 if he will furnish a copy of the briefing he was issued with regard to the RSM Farrell... - School Transport Provision
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will arrange school transport for a bus route to collect children at a location (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a... - School Establishment
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a report on the possibility of opening an Educate Together secondary school in the Dublin north west area. [21324/14] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for funding under the summer works scheme to replace windows will be approved in respect of a school (details supplied) in... - School Transport Administration
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the statement on page 174 of the FGS report (details supplied) and the fact that his answer to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 10... - Teaching Qualifications
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be reached as to whether a student will have to study honours maths for the leaving certificate in order to study for a... - School Accommodation
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's position in relation to the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on... - Autism Support Services
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an ABA school (details supplied) will be permitted to avail of the July education programme for students with learning difficulties or autism;... - School Transport Applications
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a school transport application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal on health grounds; and if he will... - Schools Building Projects Applications
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application from a school (details supplied) in County Dublin for an extension in order to meet the needs of students,... - Autism Support Services
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 15 April 2014, when the officials will contact the person concerned as outlined in the reply; and if... - School Equipment
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a determination will issue on an appeal against the decision not to approve sufficient funding to equip two new classrooms at a school... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider a decision in an application under the summer works scheme which is now under appeal in respect of a school (details... - Autism Support Services
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 30 April 2014, if he will confirm the date on which the actual Model A document that was presented... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to keep a school (details supplied) in County Meath operational on some level throughout the summer months in view of the importance of... - School Enrolments
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his decision to refuse sanction for a second infant class in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the widespread concerns in relation to the new requirement that persons providing tuition for children with... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will receive funding through the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21550/14] - Education and Training Boards
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the position regarding the redundancy and work contracts of employees in community training centres, CTCs, since the... - State Examinations
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage in meaningful discussion with representatives from the secondary schools teachers' unions regarding the proposals advanced by... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that all special needs assistants, SNAs - rather than the most senior SNA - will be trained to provide sign language to... - School Enrolments Data
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in tabular form, the capacity of junior infants classes in each junior school serving the Greystones area from 2008 to 2014;... - Departmental Bodies Data
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of State agencies and public bodies under the remit of this Department that have been merged or abolished in each year since 2011; the... - Departmental Staff Remuneration
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of public servants employed in his Department who are on lower pay scales than their colleagues; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Legal Cases Data
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal cases that have been served against his Department arising from disputes regarding pay and conditions of public servants; and... - Departmental Staff Data
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current average age of full-time public service staff in his Department; the way this compares with the average age of public servants in... - Ministerial Travel
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department intend to take between now and the end of...
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