Written answers
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Department of Education and Skills
- Youth Guarantee
751. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funds drawn down or proposed to be drawn down from the European Union social funds in 2014 to support the national implementation of the... - Youth Employment Initiative
752. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funds drawn down or proposed to be drawn down from the European Union Youth Employment Initiative in 2014 to support the national... - School Enrolments
753. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 521 of 24 February 2015, if she will investigate and act to stop the apparent illegality in the admissions... - Institutes of Technology
754. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the negotiations and discussions that have taken place at a local level between local management and local trade union representatives in Dublin... - Autism Support Services
755. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of autism supports for secondary school students; her views that more needs to be done to put supports in... - School Management
756. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Dublin has been operating without a board of management;... - School Accommodation
757. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in relation to the accommodation needs, and water treatment system upgrade or replacement, in respect of a school (details... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
758. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of pupils, by county, in both primary and secondary schools who are in classes of over 30 pupils... - Apprenticeship Programmes
759. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no formal representation of the small and medium-sized enterprise sector on the newly established Apprenticeship... - Modern Language Teaching
760. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the National University of Ireland's moves towards removing foreign languages as an entry requirement to... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
761. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an extra teacher and additional resources to cater for the special educational needs of children attending a national school... - School Staffing
762. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of administrative principal posts in primary schools that have been suppressed since the removal of the ten teacher rule in favour of... - Schools Building Projects Applications
763. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in the status of a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
764. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate a situation where a Student Universal Support Ireland applicant insists they logged on to review the application for the... - Economic and Social Research Institute
765. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the ongoing Economic and Social Research Institute evaluation of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools and of the... - Disease Management
766. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of disease guidelines and other national guidelines regarding the way schools should deal with life... - Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
767. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is being assessed by Student Universal Support Ireland for a mature student grant on the basis of the... - School Staffing
768. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current arrangement for part-time auxiliary staff, including caretakers who are employed in primary schools in County Donegal; if they have a... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
769. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide support to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in advancing a scholarship; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Patronage
770. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options for parents who are prevented by school authorities from removing their children from junior certificate religion classes; and if she... - Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
771. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 501 of 10 March 2015, if the changes to adjacent rules of the grant actually yielded a saving of €30... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
772. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant can be facilitated in the case of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on... - Teaching Council of Ireland
773. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that was spent on the rebranding of, and new logo for, the Teaching Council, which was funded by the annual levies of teachers... - Educational Disadvantage
775. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will postpone cuts to a teaching post in a Delivering Equality of Opportunity in School (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will... - One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
776. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has consulted with the Department of Social Protection on the number of students who will no longer qualify for Student Universal Support... - School Accommodation
777. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for additional accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has been granted; and if she will make... - Schools Building Projects Applications
778. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials from her Department will meet with a school (details supplied) in County Mayo to discuss the urgent needs of the school; and if she... - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
779. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for emergency funding for roof-slate which is... - School Funding
780. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a submission in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Carlow regarding the provision of astroturf pitches; if... - Schools Building Projects Status
781. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the planned extension to Lucan Community College in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11441/15] - Educational Disadvantage
782. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of any assessments her Department has carried out examining the number of new schools built since January 2009, that... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
783. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate five hours learning support per mainstream teacher to a Delivering Equality of Opportunity in School (details supplied) in... - School Accommodation
785. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be made available for the building of additional classrooms in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
786. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of an appeal to the Student Grant Appeals Board in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [11506/15] - School Enrolments
787. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place has been found for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9; her plans to address this matter; the date on which she will bring... - Schools Building Projects Status
788. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be released in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon following her announcement that it would be... - State Examinations Statistics
789. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of junior certificate candidates that undertook the civic, social and political education course work and examination through the... - Bullying in Schools
790. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines issued to the board of management of secondary schools in relation to bullying policies; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Staffing
791. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assessments that have been carried out by her Department further to examining the impact of the moratorium on filling posts of responsibility... - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
792. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding roof repair work in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the... - Early Child Care Education
793. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the issues regarding early childhood studies raised by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Staffing
794. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school (details supplied) in County Kerry in relation to the possible loss of two teachers; and if she will... - Back to Education Allowance
795. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the maintenance grant to students in receipt of the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the... - Third Level Funding
796. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the State annually of putting a student through a medical programme. [11715/15] - School Staffing
797. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry with projected increases to 93, 101, 98 and 97 in enrolments for the next four years will retain... - Speech and Language Therapy
798. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on difficulties involving taking children out of schools to attend speech and language therapy at outside venues when teachers and... - School Enrolments
799. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the age criteria for compulsory attendance at primary schools and the way in which this can impact on attendance levels. [11754/15] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
800. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on allowing principals or teachers to advocate for children to receive an assessment of needs, where appropriate, and with parental... - Freedom of Information Data
803. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of occasions since the start of 2014 on which the Secretary General of her Department has been involved in the clearing or approval of... - School Staffing
804. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Donegal under the patronage of the Church of Ireland will have a two-teacher appointment and retention... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
806. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy in respect of dual-attendance pupils being supported with resources and special needs assistants in one school only; when this policy... - School Curriculum
807. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding to equip a room for the teaching of technology post-junior certificate by a school (details supplied) in... - Schools Building Projects Status
808. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the significant delays impacting on the planned development of a much-needed extension to a second level school (details supplied)... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
809. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary in respect of its application under the summer works... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
810. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children currently on the waiting list for a special school (details supplied) in County Cork; the way in which she will ensure... - Schools Refurbishment
811. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the proposed sale of land attached to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5, if this land is an integral part of the school; if the... - Youth Justice Strategy
812. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education settings under her Department’s control, patronage or funding which it is planned to transfer to the... - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
813. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be allocated to cover the cost of replacing a heating system in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if... - Schools Designation
814. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a change of status for three schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10 has been granted; if a change of status was granted, the criteria used to... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
815. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason illness benefit is not included as a qualifying payment for the special rate of student grant by Student Universal Support Ireland,... - Psychological Assessments
816. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the National Educational Psychological Service will carry out two assessments in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and... - School Curriculum
817. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to issue a circular to schools outlining her position with regard to plans by the Drink Aware organisation, which is funded by the... - Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta
818. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the composition of the bord stiúrtha of An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta to ensure that... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
820. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants available to assist a person who has been accepted into a university in the United Kingdom to study a degree in paramedic science; and... - Schools Administration
821. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding administrative control of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10; if consent was sought to change these schools to... - Scoileanna Gaeltachta
822. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills maidir le Scoil Naomh Eoin Baiste, Lios Póil, Contae Chiarraí, an dtabharfaidh sí dearbhú nach gcaillfear an... - Schools Building Projects Status
823. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new secondary school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12052/15] - School Enrolments
824. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of population growth, if she is satisfied that post primary schools in the immediate Ennis area, County Clare, can between them, cater... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
825. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary and post primary schools in County Carlow that have been approved to have an Autistic Spectrum Disorder unit, in 2014 and 2015. [12100/15] - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
828. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial support available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who cannot apply for a maintenance grant for college and... - Schools Building Projects Status
829. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building project (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this will be included in the next five Year... - Summer Works Scheme Administration
831. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the summer works scheme will take place this year; when schools can make applications for same; and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Amalgamation
832. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the proposed amalgamation of two schools (details supplied) in Dublin 12, her Department's involvement in the consultation and... - School Staffing
833. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 1 July 2014, the number of relief teaching days allocated to teachers on a departmental pension at... - Schools Establishment
834. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the M4 study in relation to the provision of secondary schools, the steps she will take to advance the conclusion of the study that a... - Schools Building Projects Applications
835. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12141/15] - Schools Building Projects Status
836. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for a construction project (details supplied); if it is a stand alone project or a bundled project; if so, the schools involved;... - School Accommodation
837. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the current lack of suitable accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; her plans to...
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