Written answers

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Department of Education and Skills

 
  • Preschool Services
    65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a commitment that the early start preschool scheme that currently exists in 40 DEIS schools on a pilot basis will remain in...
  • Third Level Quality Assurance Compliance
    66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the linkage agreement between Dublin City University and All Hallows; and if he will confirm that this agreement...
  • Construction Contracts
    67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investigations that have taken place into employment practices on construction sites of educational facilities, such as St Patrick's College,...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to section 4 of Circular 0030/2014, if children are expected to assist in catering for the care needs of their fellow pupils who have...
  • Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation
    69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he envisages that the QQI will determine the fees that will apply to the providers with which it engages; his views on whether the fees could...
  • Overseas Students Data
    70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on increasing the numbers of international students studying here, as committed to in the programme for...
  • Construction Contracts
    71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the serious allegations which have been brought to his attention of illegal or hidden economic activity on some building...
  • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
    72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when An Grianán Institution was added to schedule A of the Residential Institutions Redress Act; the rationale for its late inclusion; the...
  • Autism Support Services
    73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the work of his Department in conjunction with the National Council for Special Education in producing a...
  • Fee Paying Schools
    74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pupil-teacher ratio in private schools will be reduced to ensure equality between fee-paying and non-fee-paying schools; and if he will...
  • Schools Establishment
    75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a new secondary school in Swords, in view of the current and projected population; the likely timescale for delivery of same; and...
  • Schools Anti-Bullying Procedures
    76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 24 of 29 May 2014 and the subsequent completion of the school year at primary and secondary level, if he...
  • State Examinations
    77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has examined the possibility of making leaving certificate results available earlier in order to provide students with more time to prepare...
  • Teacher Statistics
    78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will act on the calls by the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals for a State-wide audit of teachers in order to ensure...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for increasing special needs resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29402/14]
  • Special Educational Needs Staffing
    80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to meet the full requirement in respect of special needs teachers and special needs assistants...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when Gaelscoil Phádraig will gain access to Archbishop Mc Quaid national school in Loughlinstown, which was allocated to it in 2005 by his...
  • Physical Education Facilities
    82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools at both primary and secondary level that have adequate facilities to implement the PE curriculum in full; and if he will...
  • Teacher Statistics
    83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he and his Department will conduct an audit of teaching resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29396/14]
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the number of additional accommodation approvals and the number of projects to go to construction under the five-year plan...
  • Residential Institutions Issues
    85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications made to Caranua to date; the number of payments made to applicants; and if he is satisfied with the speed at which...
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
    86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the operation of Student Universal Support Ireland in order to ensure those who fall outside the rigid application of the...
  • Schools Establishment
    87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the progress on securing new premises and establishing new schools (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
  • School Staffing
    88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of small schools expected to lose a teacher in 2014-15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29397/14]
  • Special Educational Needs Staffing
    89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he agrees that, as a trained professional, the class teacher in a primary or secondary school is best placed to judge whether the appointment...

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