Written answers
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
Department of Education and Skills
- Further Education and Training Programmes Funding
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support a community training centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29306/14] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the allocation of funding for a centre (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the... - Adult Education
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocation in his Department in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 for adult literacy programmes. [29001/14] - Higher Education Schemes
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide clarity on the screening indicators for the higher education access route; the persons who qualify under the socioeconomic... - School Transport Eligibility
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [29020/14] - Freedom of Information Data
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form for each year from 2009 to date in 2014 the total number of freedom of information requests received by his... - Departmental Staff Career Breaks
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff in his Department on a sabbatical or career break, broken down by timeframe, that is, less... - Departmental Expenditure
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of... - Public Relations Contracts Data
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in tabular form, information on the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office;... - Schools Amalgamation
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the progress of the proposed amalgamation of the national schools in Kanturk, County Cork; and if he will make a... - International Students
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the progress that has been made in achieving the objectives and targets set out in Ireland's International... - Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a... - Appointments to State Boards
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011; the number of... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is his Department's policy that all children on the autism spectrum who qualify for home tuition should, instead of availing of the home... - Home Tuition Scheme Provision
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the continuation of home tuition in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork for the 2014 to 2015 school year;... - Legislative Process
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Bills his Department has published since March 2011; the number of regulatory impact assessments that his Department has published... - School Curriculum
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the proposed politics and society subject for the senior curriculum may be hampered by the change in status of civics,... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a primary school in County Cork has had its special needs assistant allocation cut from four posts to two for the forthcoming school... - Debt Collection
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or agencies under its auspices have engaged the services of a debt collection agency in pursuing moneys owed to them; if his... - Private Schools
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following newspaper reports on the imminent sale of All Hallows College, if he can guarantee that the students will be returning in September to... - EU Funding
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the European bodies that are responsible for overseeing the funding of SOLAS courses here. [29345/14] - SOLAS Funding
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding arrangements for outside organisations which provide training on SOLAS courses; if they get paid per student per day or a fixed... - School Curriculum
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of civic, social and political education, CSPE, teachers that consideration is being given to the... - Health Professions Admission Test
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the number of private colleges offering tuition courses in the health professions admission test; and if his Department has made any... - Teachers' Panel Rights
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers who qualified here but later worked in the United Kingdom may not have their experience in the UK taken into account when... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to deal with the fact that County Meath has the second highest pupil-teacher ratio in the country; and if he will make a... - Schools Building Projects Status
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the work that has been carried out to improve school facilities, by school, in County Meath in each of the... - Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an applicant to Caranua who is unhappy with a decision handed down by an appeals officer has the right to appeal the decision to the... - Departmental Bodies
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who engaged in multi-annual courses and to whom commitments were made by the Education Finance Board; the number of these... - Education Policy
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 27 May 2014, if section 28 of the 1998 Education Act has been enacted and is in place; the timeframe... - Education and Training Boards
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used for short listing candidates for teaching positions in ETBs; and if he will indicate if this a centralised system for all ETBs.... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason when upskilling from dental nursing to dental hygienist, students are not eligible for a grant even though dental hygienist is level 7... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a full-time special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a... - Departmental Funding
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork for each year since the commencement of the project; if his... - Education and Training Boards
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue in respect of correspondence sent to him regarding an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if a solution can... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in respect of appeal for higher education grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will... - Departmental Funding
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding his Department provides for library services for persons with a visual impairment; and if he will make a statement on the... - Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to each of his special advisers; and if he will provide details of any request... - Schools Building Projects Status
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on progress made on the outstanding matter of school extensions for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin... - Student Grant Scheme Administration
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Student Universal Support Ireland has recently added the additional requirement of providing a copy of a passport with the... - Schools Building Projects Status
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be officially approved for its new school building; and if he will make a statement on the... - Site Acquisitions
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following recent announcements in local media, if a new site has been selected for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will... - Fee Paying Schools
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of the fee paying schools annual State subsidy during each of the past five years. [29725/14] - School Equipment
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools using iPads and other tablet equipment rather than hard copy books. [29726/14] - Special Educational Needs Staffing
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children attending resource teachers during each of the past five years; and the number of resource teachers employed during each... - School Textbooks
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost of the school book rental scheme for the next two years; the number of schools it will cover; and the number of schools that... - Departmental Expenditure
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital expenditure dedicated to first and second level schools, third level, FÁS and training and others, set out in tabular form, for... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average primary school class size for the 2013-14 school year. [29734/14] - Schools Data
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers employed on 30 September 2013; and the number of pupils in primary school on that same date. [29737/14] - Education Fees Waiver
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of waivers and exemptions granted to groups under section 80(3)(13) of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance Education and Training... - Departmental Expenditure
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of allowing all community groups have a fee waiver of QQI fees. [29740/14] - School Transport Applications
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 30 April 2014, if his Department will cover school transport costs as a student (details supplied)... - Education and Training Boards Data
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and variety of training courses currently available through SOLAS to residents in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the... - School Accommodation
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work that will be done in July and August with a college (details supplied) in County Meath to ensure it is ready to accept students in... - Exchequer Savings
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the net and gross annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay scales of chief executives of education and training boards were capped at... - Fee Waiver Applications
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a fee waiver in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Erasmus Programme
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the Europe 2020 Strategy, the increased investment in education, training, youth and sport by the European Commission, the increased... - European Globalisation Fund
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the benefits he envisages of the application to the European Commission for co-funding support for a programme of guidance, training, education... - SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of persons with disabilities and mental health difficulties as a result of the withdrawal of the... - Schools Building Projects Status
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed start and completion dates in relation to the pending re-development of a college (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will... - Site Acquisitions
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report on the efforts of Donegal education training board to secure a site at Buncrana, County Donegal, of adequate... - Schools Building Projects Status
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new proposed primary school for New Ross town will proceed to construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29872/14] - European Globalisation Fund
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the concerns of former employees of a company (details supplied) in County Limerick arising from the non-provision of IT... - Teacher Registration Issues
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29906/14] - Apprenticeship Programmes
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on Ireland’s engagement with the European Alliance for Apprenticeships which is intended to bring together efforts of... - Quality and Qualifications Ireland Administration
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the introduction of the Quality and Qualifications Ireland's fees on the community based education organisations; and if he will... - Departmental Staff Remuneration
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form details of increments paid since 2008 in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30529/14] - Departmental Staff Rehiring
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired civil and public servants who have been rehired on temporary contracts or as consultants under his remit; if he will...
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