Written answers
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a matter (details supplied) regarding SOLAS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3752/15] - Public Sector Allowances Review
422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision made when the honours degree allowance was abolished that teachers, who were not working on the 5 December 2011,... - Food Industry Development
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that there are sufficient opportunities for training operatives in the meat industry, including butchers-boners; the details... - Schools Building Projects Status
424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school extension project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on... - Teachers' Remuneration
428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the anomaly which has arisen regarding allowances paid to primary teachers who achieved degree qualifications... - Apprenticeship Programmes
429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will permit students to go directly into apprenticeships after their junior cycle exams where such students, though gifted in certain... - Industrial Disputes
430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions being taken to resolve the junior cycle dispute with teachers; if a resolution is imminent; and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects Status
431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18 which is planned to progress to construction in 2015;... - Teachers' Remuneration
432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the honours allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3391/15] - Student Universal Support Ireland Expenditure
434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual budget the Student Universal Support Ireland has for advertising and for communications each year since its establishment. [3408/15] - Irish Language
435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the report Analysis of Bilingual Competence: Language Acquisition Among Young People in the Gaeltacht by an Chomhairle um... - School Patronage
436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the fact that national schools of all patronages, when seeking State recognition and thereby State funding, legally committed... - Children First Guidelines
445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes made since the publication of a report (details supplied) regarding the enforcement of legislation and constitutional provisions in... - School Patronage
448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a report that does not indicate that the Department's present policy of creating multi-denominational patronages will ultimately lead... - Schools Data
450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a copy of all school roll numbers from the introduction of such numbers; if she will include the name and position of the... - Visiting Teacher Service
452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 877 of 4 November 2014, if her officials have completed their consideration of the review of the visiting... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that offers of places to the only new autism spectrum disorder classes in the Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown... - School Funding
456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the board of management of a Catholic primary school will be made liable for the recent compensation award to a teacher; and if she will make... - Visiting Teacher Service
457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the review carried out into the visiting teacher service; when the review will be published; and if she will... - School Curriculum
458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to making computing a compulsory subject for the leaving certificate (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Teachers' Remuneration
459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of Circular 0008/2013 her views on a situation (details supplied) pertaining to a number of persons who are excluded from receipt of a... - State Examinations Exemptions
460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student (details supplied) in Dublin 15 with a learning difficulty has been refused a waiver for the leaving certificate when a... - School Funding
461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the amount invested by her Department into schools in County Galway, broken down by year between 2011 and 2014 and by primary... - Residential Institutions (1 comment)
462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that have been expended to date by Caranua and under which headings; and the number of persons that received payment, including... - Schools Building Regulations
463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy of her Department to new school buildings; and the provision of access for disabled children, particularly where the new building has... - Institutes of Technology Staff
464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in each institute of technology employed in permanent wholetime posts; the number of staff in each institute of technology... - Schools Building Projects Applications
465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the capital application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if it will be included on... - Schools Health and Safety
467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the external lighting in the internal road network within the school campus at Blacklion, Greystones, County Wicklow will be made... - School Management
468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding loco parentis in a classroom situation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3699/15] - Teachers' Remuneration
469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding teachers' pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3702/15] - Industrial Disputes
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on discussions with teachers since the strike action on 22 January 2015; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Transport Eligibility
471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a public transport route operated by Bus Éireann from Listowel to Tralee, County Kerry bus station only is considered as a school... - Schools Amalgamation
472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the proposed amalgamation of the national schools in Kanturk, County Cork; and if she will make... - School Accommodation
473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a planning decision will be made on temporary accommodation for a new post-primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when a... - Schools Building Projects Status
474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval for a new building project (details supplied) in County Kildare will be included in the Government's five year plan or if a... - Teachers' Remuneration
475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the situation of a primary school teacher (details supplied) and 29 similar cases who, due to an anomaly, lost the payment of... - Schools Data
476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason, when completing the primary online database forms, parents are being asked for their children's PPSN numbers and religion; the... - Schools Building Projects Status
477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will prioritise the building of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [3768/15] - Third Level Institutions
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a third level sub-campus or institution in Drogheda, County Louth particularly a concept of a Drogheda/Dundalk Institute of... - Capitation Grants
479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the reduction in capitation grants will be reversed as the cumulative effect of these cuts are placing serious strain on many schools'... - Advertisements in Schools
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that it is appropriate for Irish Water to sponsor a poster competition for green schools, in view of the fact that the United Nations... - Schools Building Projects Status
482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3837/15] - School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an appeal to retain teaching posts in a primary school for 2015-16 will be accepted and decided upon by her Department; the full process and... - Schools Building Projects Status
484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding provision of a new primary school to replace the existing old school and prefabricated classroom accomodation of... - Education and Training Boards
485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the new education and training board are selecting qualified trainer / trainer companies; the consideration that is being given to... - Education and Training Boards Staff
486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that the supervising officers from the education and training board are versed and experienced in the discipline on the... - School Accommodation
487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in analysing demographic data to determine where additional school accommodation will be required; the basis upon which certain... - Home Tuition Scheme
488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to correspondence sent to her by a person (details supplied) regarding the home tutorial scheme dated 6 October... - Schools Amalgamation
489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 534 and 535 of 20 January 2015 regarding the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied), if she... - School Enrolments
490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she has become aware of school enrolment difficulties at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare and other locations... - Schools Building Projects Administration
492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she can meet or enhance the school building programme at primary and second level with particular reference to locations of... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects pupil-teacher ratios and class sizes to improve in the current year; and if she will make a statement on the... - Gaelscoileanna Issues
494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she continues to examine the case put forward by promoters in Leixlip, County Kildare, for the provision of a... - Bullying in Schools
495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which efforts continue to be made to combat school bullying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3903/15] - Special Educational Needs Staffing
496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which special needs teachers remain available to all schools throughout County Kildare in line with requirements; if any particular... - Student Grant Scheme Administration
497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which Student Universal Support Ireland continues to deal adequately with the administration of higher education grants; the number... - Industrial Disputes
498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she continues to have ongoing dialogue with the teaching unions with a view to reaching agreement in respect of outstanding... - School Enrolments
499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of enquiries, section 29 appeals or other submissions received in connection with difficulties arising in respect of access and... - School Patronage
503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of her ongoing dialogue with the authorities in respect of smaller urban or rural denominational schools with a view to meeting, in so...
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