Written answers
Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Department of Education and Skills
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Administration
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason persons under the age of 26 on jobseeker's benefit only receive €100 training allowance on a FÁS training scheme while... - Pension Provisions
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that employment scheme supervisors who were working for FÁS up until its dissolution and who continue to work in that... - Minor Works Scheme Restoration
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reinstate the minor works grant scheme for the 2014-15 school year in view of the importance of this scheme over the years to maintain... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the fact that Irish primary schools are among the most overcrowded in the EU with an average of 25 pupils per class; if there will be... - School Staffing
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal for a Student Universal Support Ireland grant in respect of a person (details supplied) will be expedited in view of the fact that... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding remedial and special needs teachers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39331/14] - Home Tuition Scheme Provision
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive approval for home tuition; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will restore the previous austerity cuts of 15% for the new special needs assistant programme, to ensure that the role of special needs... - Special Educational Needs Expenditure
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current cost of providing the maths recovery programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39371/14] - Departmental Staff Remuneration
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if performance-related pay has been paid to any of her staff or staff in her Department for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; if... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to concerns in respect of proposals to change the system of allocating teaching resources to schools to support... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the purpose served by the three year requirement in the definition of re-entry, for the purposes of the student grant scheme 2014 in SI No. 20 of... - School Transport Eligibility
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the problem of the ending of school transport for students with special needs when they reach a certain age; and if she will... - State Examinations
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that retired teachers on pension are taking from young qualified teachers in schools, correcting, and... - School Staffing
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure young qualified teachers get work in preference to retired teachers. [39431/14] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of schools in the Dublin 3, 5, 13 and 17 areas that were successful in getting works carried out during the 2014 summer works scheme;... - School Accommodation
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to substantial concerns that parents of children attending a school of 277 pupils (details supplied) in County... - Education Policy
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the historical model that has been utilised by her Department when anticipating future educational needs across the State; and if she will make a... - School Accommodation
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a minimum floor area that is specified for a classroom; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some schools are approaching... - Teaching Council of Ireland
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will implement the recommendation of the gaeltacht placement working group; if she will address the issue of huge costs of approximately... - Gaelscoileanna Issues
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that progression from Gaelscoil to Gaelcholáiste is close to 100% where commute distance is not... - School Staffing
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine an issue of 35 pupils in a classroom (details supplied) in County Kerry; if she will address the issue; and if she will make... - State Examinations
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of leaving certificate students doing higher level subjects by subject in the country, in particular the number doing higher level... - School Enrolments Data
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of 16 year olds and the number of 17 year olds currently not in full-time education. [39507/14] - Education and Training Boards Funding
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the education and training boards who have notified her or her Department of their intention to apply for overdraft facilities; the stage at...
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