Written answers
Wednesday, 15 April 2015
Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Provision
669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding those over 70 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14001/15] - Education Standards
670. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the report of Quality and Qualifications Ireland on the academic standards necessary for the accreditation of... - Apprenticeship Programmes
671. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the trade papers that apprentice pipe fabricator welders and apprentice fitters receive upon completion state plumber rather than... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
672. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the Caranua fund, her plans to widen the criteria to include the children of the survivors of residential abuse in order that they... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the special education section within her Department has not replaced a person within the visiting teacher service and ensured that a... - Education and Training Boards Staff
675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the redundancies in January 2015 made by the Education and Training Board of four local training initiative co-ordinators and assistant... - Capitation Grants
676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason capitation grants are lower for primary schools than for secondary schools; her plans to increase primary school capitation levels;... - Language Schools
677. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the ability of non-Accreditation and Co-ordination of English Language Services schools to appear on international registers to... - School Staffing
681. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to ensure that a proper level of resource teaching is made available to pupils in a school (details supplied) in... - School Funding
682. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the policy of withdrawing funding for schools who were previously designated under the delivering equality of opportunity in... - School Staffing
683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that an appeal from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has been received by her Department's primary staffing... - Disadvantaged Status
684. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will designate a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme band 1, in view of... - School Staffing
685. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal to the decision of her Department not to award an English teacher as an additional language teacher to a school... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
687. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in the special education support service; their job titles; the number of these who will transfer to the new inclusion... - School Staffing
689. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in the visiting teacher service; their job titles; the number of these who will transfer to the new inclusion support service... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
690. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the new inclusion support service within the National Council for Special Education; the total number of staff who... - Youthreach Programme Funding
691. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rates of payment provided to Youthreach students during each of the past five years; and the total payments allocated to these students... - Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
692. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rates of grant available for students participating in post leaving certificate courses; and the reason students under 18 years of age cannot... - Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation
693. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where the leaving certificate applied fits within the quality and qualifications Ireland framework. [14050/15] - Schools Building Projects Applications
694. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-examine a submission for roof replacement in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact that the... - Broadband Service Provision
695. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made towards delivering high-speed broadband to all national schools; when all national schools will have access to high-speed... - Schools Establishment
697. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the Educate Together primary schools in Wicklow and Greystones in County Wicklow, form part of the new catchment area... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
698. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding students with mild general learning disabilities; and if she will make a statement on... - Teaching Council of Ireland
699. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a Teaching Council of Ireland regulation; and if she will make a statement on the... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
700. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grant, financial assistance and bursary available in respect of a person (details supplied) who wishes to continue studies in the United... - Irish Language
701. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to promote the use of Irish in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14172/15] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
702. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision not to make an item of equipment available to a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [14209/15] - School Curriculum
703. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the additional attributes achieved by teachers correcting their own students' work in a classroom, which is not... - Education and Training Boards
704. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a building (details supplied) in County Galway is currently being rented by the Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board; the suitability... - School Transport Eligibility
705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will include a child (details supplied) in County Cork in the free school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Patronage
706. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the deeds of variation change the legal standing of national schools; if there is a danger that such deeds of variation might be seen to... - Schools Building Projects Status
707. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in design work for the provision of a new school in the case of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will... - Residential Institutions
708. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 31 March 2015, the potential locations identified by Dublin City Council for the proposed memorial... - Teaching Council of Ireland
710. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the requirements for school placements set out by the Teaching Council of Ireland for qualifying as a teacher through professional master of... - International Students
711. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage increase in international students studying here each year, since coming to office; and the percentage increase in students coming... - Programme for Government Implementation
712. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the commitments under the programme for Government which her Department is responsible for; the progress... - Institutes of Technology Staff
713. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No.158 of 1 April 2015, the number of persons employed in Letterkenny Institute of Technology in County Donegal... - School Transport Eligibility
714. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a full reply will issue in respect of correspondence to her Department, regarding an application for a remote area grant in respect of a... - Schools Administration
715. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide for the obligatory ongoing maintenance of the Clárleabhar in primary schools, following the introduction of the primary... - Schools Refurbishment
716. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if maintenance works will be carried out at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14553/15] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
717. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to include the term Down's syndrome on the list of disabilities in all National Council for Special Education literature and... - Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
718. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pay a teacher is entitled to when on long-term sick leave. [14581/15] - Student Grant Scheme Representations
719. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if earnings paid in universal social charge will be disregarded as gross income in the higher education means testing system; and if she will... - School Enrolments
720. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the religion of a child's parents being used to allocate school places; her views on religion not being a criteria for the... - Schools Administration
721. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in a situation involving a school in County Kilkenny to resolve a lengthy dispute between the parents of a child (details... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
722. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 26 March 2015, in which she stated that she had been advised by Caranua that there are no applicants... - Physical Education Facilities
723. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding to build an Astro pitch at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact that physical education... - School Patronage
724. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the national school system (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14754/15] - Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
725. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was initially informed that the person would receive the special rate of student grant,... - Teachers' Remuneration
726. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address pay issues for teachers. [14764/15] - School Services Staff
727. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to improve pay and conditions for grant-paid school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14765/15] - Industrial Disputes
728. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the industrial dispute at Saint Angela’s College in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Sick Pay Scheme Reform
729. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on recent calls by teachers to introduce a regularised leave system for teachers who have been assaulted in the workplace, in order... - Teaching Contracts
730. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address casualisation of the teaching profession; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14768/15] - Schools Building Projects Application Numbers
731. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of schools built under the Fingal schools model; and if he will provide details of any such buildings presently planned... - Schools Extra Curricular Activities
732. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if planning permission is needed to run a crèche and-or after-school facility in a school; the requirements for running such a facility; the... - State Examinations
733. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the position in relation to a student suffering an illness (details supplied) during State examinations; and if she will make... - School Staffing
735. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will retain the current teaching complement at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Designation
736. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date a review took place in relation to the issue of the status of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo under the delivering equality... - Schools Building Projects Status
737. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made with re-tendering a project for a school building (details supplied) in County Galway; when a contractor will be appointed to... - School Patronage
738. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planned changes to the status of national schools; the proposals regarding the introduction of a lease by deed of variation; and if she will... - Departmental Reports
739. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the report on researching the policies and practices in other jurisdictions such as Wales and the Catalan region in Spain, that are... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
740. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes that have been introduced to Special Education Support Services; the rationale behind these changes; and if she will make a statement... - School Equipment
741. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding reading equipment in a school, in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on... - School Accommodation
742. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the payment of a grant under the additional accommodation scheme 2014 to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick;... - Semi-State Bodies
743. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the semi-State commercial companies under her control; the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each...
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