Written answers
Thursday, 29 May 2014
Department of Education and Skills
- Summer Works Scheme Expenditure
6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to his recent announcements regarding school improvements under the summer works scheme, in which only applications within categories 1, 2,... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
10. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the serious issue of large class sizes within the education system; his views on whether the current pupil-teacher ratio... - Autism Support Services
13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he did not issue a policy document on educating children with autism and the consequences of this failure such that there is complete... - Special Educational Needs Staffing (1 comment)
14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the likely impact of his Department's circular 0030/2014 on children with special needs in our schools; and if he will make a statement on the... - School Curriculum
16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has any plans to incentivise the number of students taking physics, chemistry and applied mathematics at leaving certificate... - State Examinations
20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that all children with dyslexia and other learning difficulties are provided with the assistance needed for the leaving... - Autism Support Services
22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 4 February 2014, his views on the way his Department's early intervention preschools, set up to... - Teacher Redeployment
23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether June is too late for the appeals board to sit in relation to teachers from primary schools; if he will consider bringing it... - Schools Anti-Bullying Procedures
24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the lack of momentum, as reported in the education supplement of a national newspaper last week, in... - Gaelscoileanna Issues
25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve an application by a school (details supplied) to set up a new gaelcholáiste on the northside of Cork city to cater for the... - School Management
26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has had a manager in place managing the school, and not a board of management, for over a year; the reason... - School Closures
27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will alter his small schools policy in the wake of remarks he made on a recent visit to County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the... - International Students
29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the engagement his Department has had with the Department of Justice and Equality on the issue of allowing students... - School Costs
30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to provide free education to families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23282/14] - Student Grant Scheme Reform
31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the operation of the higher education grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23281/14] - Special Educational Needs Expenditure
32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to be in an position to meet the educational requirements of children with special needs at primary and second... - International Students
33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that international students left stranded as a result of the recent closure of a number of international language... - School Textbooks Rental Scheme
34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any further discussion in his Department regarding the possibility of opening up funding to two school book rental schemes... - Disadvantaged Status
35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way elements of the DEIS programme are being protected in view of the move of aspects of the programme to the Department of Children and Youth... - School Enrolments
36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the board of management of a school (details supplied), with the support of parents and staff,... - School Placement
37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with representatives of the parent body whose children urgently require a place to start school in Swords in September, where a... - School Enrolments
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will be making a formal decision in relation to school enrolment policy; when we can expect to see legislative proposals; if he will... - Special Educational Needs Expenditure
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or his Department has plans to make additional funding available for psychological services and employment of special needs... - Education Policy
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, under the upcoming European cohesion policy headline target for education, development and strategy to promote the EU flagship initiative,... - School Guidance Counsellors
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expand on his recently expressed opinion that guidance is a whole-school activity and does not just involve the guidance counsellor;... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on his plans for the full implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 in view...
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