Written answers

Tuesday, 31 March 2015

  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a child with special needs in a special school was subjected to prone restraint 360 times in 2014; if she is aware that the...
  • School Enrolments
    541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the legislation on school enrolment will be enacted; and the current directive from her Department on enrolment in primary and post-primary...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 is eligible for a grant to purchase a laptop to help with college examination studies; and if she...
  • School Patronage
    543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the divestment process will be progressed in 2015 and beyond. [12678/15]
  • School Curriculum
    545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the education about religion and beliefs curriculum development by the National Council for Curriculum and...
  • School Staffing
    546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that continue to have a concessionary post under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme; and if...
  • State Examinations
    549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the marking system for the junior and leaving certificate examinations has not changed since 1969; her plans to review the system, and...
  • Departmental Funding
    551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of all non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding and-or grants from her Department in each of the past five...
  • Residential Institutions Data
    552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of groups for survivors of abuse in residential institutions that were funded by her Department during the period 2001 to 2013; and the...
  • School Accommodation
    553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the child protection and financial concerns outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
  • Child Abuse
    555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the judgment in a case (details supplied), if she will confirm if others are eligible to be included in any further redress in respect...
  • Transfer of School Infrastructure
    556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the negotiations for the transfer of school infrastructure owned by 18 religious orders, as cited in the...
  • National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy
    557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review guidance issued to schools as part of the national literacy and numeracy strategy in order to increase the length of time...
  • School Curriculum
    558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce comprehensive literacy planning for all classes in schools. [12834/15]
  • Literacy Levels
    559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department analyses literacy outcome data trends. [12835/15]
  • Educational Disadvantage
    560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to develop a strategy that clearly outlines the future strategic direction of supports for educational disadvantage. [12836/15]
  • Legislative Process
    562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will publish a plan for the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004. [12838/15]
  • Departmental Reports
    563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will publish the review of the visiting teacher service. [12839/15]
  • Departmental Funding
    564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to the schools building programme for the five years of its duration. [12840/15]
  • School Accommodation
    565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to keep the inventory of school accommodation updated on a regular basis. [12841/15]
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding assistive technology for children with autism spectrum disorder; and if she will make a...
  • Summer Works Scheme Applications
    567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding windows in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an application with her Department for a new school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and the position regarding same. [12881/15]
  • State Examinations
    569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for leaving certificate reform. [12912/15]
  • School Staffing
    570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the loss of legacy posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12914/15]
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when required special needs educational supports will be provided in the case of a child of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
  • Departmental Communications
    572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the consultation between her Department, the Office of Public Works and Dublin City Council on identifying a...
  • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
    573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the 18 religious congregations contributing towards the cost of the redress scheme for victims of abuse in...
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 11 March 2015 and subsequent correspondence (details supplied) concerning specific speech and...
  • Clár Tógála Scoileanna
    575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad é an líon áiteanna a bheidh ar fáil sna Gaelcholáistí (sonraí tugtha) sa chéad bhliain don...
  • Rollú Scoile
    576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad é an líon daltaí a bheidh ag fágáil na mbunscoileanna (sonraí tugtha) ag deireadh mhí an Mheithimh, 2016...
  • School Enrolments
    577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of a child (details supplied) in County Carlow; if the appropriate supports will be put in place at one of the local...
  • School Funding
    578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding options available for schools who wish to build an astro park on their school grounds; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • School Staffing
    579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of a school and the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme band 1 (details supplied) in Dublin 9, if she will provide an...
  • School Accommodation
    580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new autism spectrum disorder unit will be opened at a school (details supplied) in September 2016; if she will provide an update on the...
  • School Staffing
    581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare for curricular concession posts was refused by her Department, in view...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will remove the registration fee for apprenticeships which in some cases is now €900 and is creating an obstacle to persons...
  • School Staffing
    583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the appeal for the retention of a fourth classroom teacher in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans and timeframe for a new school (details supplied) in County Galway; if a site has been purchased for the new school; when construction...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will add Down's syndrome to the list of low-incidence disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13090/15]
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
    586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 776 of 24 March 2015, the form of consultation between her Department and the Department of Social...
  • Education Policy
    588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the work of the transition reform steering group and the proposals it is developing on the transition of school...
  • Site Acquisitions
    589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will arrange for her Department to contact an interested party with regard to the acquisition of a site currently owned by her Department...
  • School Management
    590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 756 of 24 March 2015, if a school is allowed to operate without a board of management under the...
  • School Transport Fees
    591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding travel expenses in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
    592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) in County Cork with autism spectrum disorder can receive an increase of home tuition hours; and if she will make a...
  • Sports Facilities Provision
    593. 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...
  • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
    594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to allocate schools under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme band 2 an additional base allocation under the...
  • School Staffing
    595. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a staffing appeal submitted by a school (detailed supplied) in County Tipperary; when a decision will be reached; and if...
  • Education and Training Boards Staff
    596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied) affecting a group of teachers in Limerick city; her plans to address this matter;...
  • School Patronage
    597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the purpose of the deeds of variation in national schools; and if there was any monetary compensation involved in the deeds of variation. [13273/15]
  • Schools Building Projects Applications
    598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve an application for additional classrooms in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make...
  • Special Educational Needs Staffing
    599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the current provisions of the job sharing scheme for special needs assistants in both primary and post primary schools...
  • Schools Building Contractors
    600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in relation to the public procurement process in respect of works to be carried out at a school (details supplied)...
  • Education and Training Boards Expenditure
    601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 26 February 2015 to detail the amount of expenditure on rented accommodation in the further...
  • Third Level Fees
    602. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 10 February 2015 when a reply will be provided detailing the projected cost of abolishing fees for...
  • Teaching Council of Ireland
    603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 17 February 2015 when the Teaching Council will provide an update on the operation of Regulation 5...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a progress report will be available on the promised new school building (details supplied) in County Galway; when the site will be...
  • Special Educational Needs Staffing
    605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the actions being taken to address concerns by special needs assistants over the reduction of their working hours and the...

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