Written answers
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Department of Education and Skills
- Child Care Qualifications
465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the involvement her Department should have in setting the training, educational and professional development requirements and standards preschool... - School Patronage
466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, in Dublin alone, there are approximately 9,000 children attending national schools who have... - State Examinations Exemptions
467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for removing the waivers for those with dyslexia from the junior certificate to leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement... - School Accommodation
468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that a grant will be increased in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation regarding the 375 post-primary students (details supplied), categorised as autism spectrum disorder, at the end of the 2013-14... - School Staffing
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter regarding island status in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Mental Health Strategies
471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent on promoting positive mental health and-or resilience training in primary and secondary level schools, detailed... - Schools Establishment
472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process and timeframe for establishing a school in Greystones, County Wicklow, in September 2015, including details of patronage and... - Redundancy Payments
473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding redundancy payments for an external school supervisor (details supplied) in County Donegal, who was made redundant as a... - Pension Provisions
474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the full teaching service records of visiting teachers, who are fully qualified teachers and registered with the Teaching Council as such,... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be allowed job-share a special needs assistant position, based on the person working 15... - School Accommodation
476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval for schools to build additional classrooms, to cater for planned increases in teacher numbers, in September 2015 has been notified to... - Teacher Redeployment
477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to allow permanent teachers to make a permanent teacher exchange move, pending approval by the board of management of both schools; and... - Primary Online Database
479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the requirements for collection and transfer of personal data under the pupil online database; and if she will make a... - Third Level Staff
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding needed to reduce the current teacher-student ratio in the Irish university sector, from 1:23 to 1:20; and if she will make a... - School Staffing
481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the staffing levels in national schools (details supplied) in County Donegal will be affected by the recent changes announced by... - School Accommodation
482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the status of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8950/15] - Ombudsman for Children Remit
483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider appointing an ombudsman for education. [8961/15] - Minor Works Scheme Expenditure
484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of the minor works grant for national schools, the reason for the variance in the rate for special needs pupils in special needs... - School Accommodation
485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to a submission from a post-primary school (details supplied) in County Cork; if a departmental inspector has... - State Examinations
487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no actual certificates were issued by her Department for those sitting junior and leaving certificate examinations; and if the fee... - Schools Building Projects Status
488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided in respect of a school (details supplied) for additional works - following approval for one mainstream classroom - as... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, application appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in... - Public Sector Staff Retirements
490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on extending the retirement period in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who is in exceptional circumstances;... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate five hours learning support in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on... - Schools Building Projects Status
495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be relocating to a new school building in Balbriggan, County Dublin; and if she will make... - Special Educational Needs Expenditure
496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reverse cuts to supports for children with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9150/15] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision to assign school resource hours to children, by disorder, which discriminates against some children with Down... - Early Child Care Education
498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that preschool educators, such as Montessori teachers, should have income support from the State during school holiday times, as is the... - Preschool Services
499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that Ireland's current investment in preschool education and care, at 0.2% of gross domestic product, is sufficient; the level it... - School Curriculum
500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a person (details supplied) in County Wexford may apply for an exemption from Irish in secondary school. [9154/15] - Teaching Contracts
501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations in the expert group report on the level of fixed-term and part-time... - Departmental Legal Costs
502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of her Department, use solicitors' firms (details supplied); the amount paid to... - School Enrolments Data
503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students currently attending second level education aged 18 years and over. [9225/15] - Special Educational Needs Staffing
504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding special education needs organisers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9233/15] - Proposed Legislation
505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which she will publish the Education (School Admissions) Bill 2015. [9235/15] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Down syndrome has been added to the list of disabilities for which individual resource teaching hours is automatically provided; if she will... - Educational Disadvantage
508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the development of new second level schools and the programme of school amalgamation that is happening across the country, if she will... - School Accommodation
510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to make necessary improvements to a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects class sizes to improve in the course of the next 12 months at primary and secondary level; and if she will make a... - School Curriculum
513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she has managed to achieve a resolution in respect of issues associated with junior certificate reform; and if she will make... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she continues to be in a position to maintain adequate mainstream classes, at primary and secondary level, to meet the needs... - Schools Building Projects Status
515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she has received submissions from the authorities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the extent of the extra... - School Enrolments
516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she continues to monitor issues arising from difficulties experienced by parents in obtaining school places at primary and... - School Accommodation
517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of children at primary and second level currently accommodated in prefabricated or other forms of temporary buildings; and if... - Gaelscoileanna Issues
518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in respect of the provision of a gaelcholáiste in north Kildare, the requirement for which has been set out by local support... - Bullying in Schools
519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of incidents of school bullying reported, or identified, in the past 12 months; the extent to which a reduction has been achieved in... - National Educational Psychological Service Remit
520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which child psychiatric services have been called upon at primary and secondary level schools, annually, over the past six years;... - School Management
522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will facilitate a meeting between the various primary school authorities in Kilcock, County Kildare, including the patron, with a view to... - School Accommodation
523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she has received requests for extra second level school accommodation at Clane, County Kildare; when she expects to be in a... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects to be in a position to ensure adequate places in secondary level school throughout County Kildare for children... - Grant Aid
529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a project (details supplied) qualified for the Per Cent for Art scheme; when the application was made; the nature of the project and the cost... - Teaching Qualifications
530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to extending the time required to be spent in the Gaeltacht improving language skills, as part of teacher... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the rules regarding the distance from a third level college for students to receive a higher level of maintenance grant,... - Child Protection
532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding sexual abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9367/15] - Departmental Reports
533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 801 of 14 January 2015, when she will publish the report on the configuration and development of... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined the cost of ensuring that schools do not lose any special educational needs resources by introducing a rule... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will change the rules in relation to the situation whereby a person in a part-time job may receive a third level maintenance grant but a...
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