Written answers
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs Expenditure
441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total yearly cost of providing educational supports for children with additional needs, such as special needs assistants, language support... - School Textbooks Rental Scheme
442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for easing the costs of school books on parents with secondary school pupils, by introducing a School Book Rental Scheme Fund for... - Youthreach Programme Funding
443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons under 25 years of age who were in receipt of a reduced Youthreach social welfare payment in each of the years 2012 to 2014... - Schools Building Projects Administration
444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Cork can apply for a top-up grant to build a sports hall as recommended, in view of the fact it would be... - Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy on second-chance education; the budget allocated for same; her plans to develop this policy in rural areas; and if she... - Departmental Contracts Data
446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by her Department. [17218/15] - School Discipline
447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines her Department issued on the use of face-down prone restraints in primary or secondary level schools, including schools that... - Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Student Universal Support Ireland can assess a person (details supplied) as an independent mature student, in view of that person's... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on a Student Universal Support Ireland appeal; and if she will make a statement on the... - EU Funding
450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application will be made to the Globalisation Fund in respect of a facility closure (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if she will... - Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a circumstance of on-going tuition allocation of approximately 500 hours to further education learners in a publicly funded college,... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for children with autism in schools in the Clondalkin, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Lucan, and Palmerstown areas of County Dublin;... - Schools Building Projects Status
455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of applications for funding through public private partnerships in respect of schools (details supplied) in County Wicklow which are... - School Placement
456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which second level educational needs will be met in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has grown out of... - Third Level Funding
457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will release capital funding to aid the development of Mary Immaculate College Library, County Limerick. [17352/15] - School Breaks Standardisation
458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (detail supplied) regarding the opening of schools during the tourism season; and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects Status
459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of the new community school building in Clifden, County Galway; when it is envisaged that the... - Schools Designation
460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the analysis undertaken of the impact of the removal of the rural Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools category; and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects Status
462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in relation to progressing a new school building (details supplied) in West Cork subsequent to the transfer of... - Personal Public Service Numbers
463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department is requesting children's personal public service numbers; and if information regarding same cannot be obtained from... - Schools Building Projects Administration
464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the provision of a new secondary school (details supplied) in County Meath in view of the significant local population... - Departmental Budgets
465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total allocations to the education budget each year since 2009. [17433/15] - National Educational Psychological Service Administration
467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the current arrangements regarding the area of psychologists' requirement to register with a regulatory board, if there... - School Staffing
468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will reply to a query regarding a fifth teacher in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a... - School Accommodation
469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application from a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow for new classrooms; if so, the status of the application;... - Traveller Community
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which she has improved co-ordination and integration to delivery of services to the Traveller community across all Government... - Information and Communications Technology
471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is now greater use of online platforms in a wider range of subjects and lessons; the additional subjects and lessons available online... - Departmental Consultations
472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her consultation with the publishing industry to develop more online learning resources and new mediums for... - School Accommodation
473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the phasing out the inefficient renting of prefabricated units for schools; if the negotiation of rental... - Schools Building Projects Status
474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that the current site of a school (details supplied) in County Galway is not fit for purpose, when the pupils and teachers of... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the current pupil-teacher ratio in primary and secondary schools, in schools under the Delivering Equality... - Capitation Grants
477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular format, the current capitation rate in primary and secondary schools, in schools under the Delivering Equality of... - School Enrolments Data
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who completed primary education in June 2014, but failed to enrol in a secondary level school in September 2014; and if... - Teacher Redeployment
479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who did not qualify for the educational panel; if this case will... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of special schools currently in receipt of funding; the number of special classes in primary and... - National Educational Psychological Service Staff
481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of National Educational Psychological Service psychologists each year for the past ten years;... - National Educational Psychological Service Administration
482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current waiting list for assessment by the National Educational Psychological Service psychologists, and for the past five years; and if she... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of resource teachers in both primary and post-primary schools, each year for the past five... - Speech and Language Therapy
485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action taken by schools where a pupil requires speech and language supports in primary and post-primary schools; and the level of engagement... - Schools Health and Safety
486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to banning vending machines in primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Educational Projects
487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a digital strategy for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17562/15] - Teacher Data
488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in dealing with underperforming teachers; the role the Teaching Council can play; and if she will make a statement on... - Teaching Qualifications
489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on primary teachers being restricted from gaining their professional probation in special schools, where the full curriculum is taught;... - School Accommodation
490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that the additional costly pipe work requirements will be funded in addition to the standard grant already approved for two... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a special needs assistant (details supplied) in County Carlow, who was made redundant in 2012, will not be considered for future... - Third Level Staff
492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that the Irish Federation of University Teachers calls for the implementation of the European Commission recommendation on... - Schools Refurbishment
494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received a submission and or representations from the authorities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare, requesting funding... - School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an appeal submitted by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal was not upheld; and if she will reconsider the decision not to... - State Examinations
496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a reader to assist a person (details supplied) in County Kerry with the leaving certificate; and if she... - School Transport Administration
497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the tendering arrangements for school transport, in view of a European Commission ruling (details supplied); and if she will... - Third Level Facilities
498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an extension of the current library at Mary Immaculate College, County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Schemes
499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend the Caranua survivor scheme to allow the children of survivors avail of education grants, which were available under the... - School Accommodation
500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved funding for a corridor extension. [17703/15] - Schools Refurbishment
501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 9 December 2014 if she will confirm that the tender process to appoint the design team to complete... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will set out in detail the way the inheritance of a sum of money is dealt with when assessing the reckonable income of the parents of a... - School Enrolments
503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans to deal with the projected increase in demand for school places at primary and post-primary level in the Littlepace,... - Schools Building Projects Applications
504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 383 of 28 April 2015 if an official will be nominated to deal directly with the school in question so that... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the glowing report the Government has given itself in its spring economic statement whether she will immediately reverse the 15% cut... - Momentum Programme
506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the average cost to the Exchequer of a place on the Momentum programme, excluding income support. [17769/15] - Higher Education Institutions Expenditure
507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her views on the pressures on educational services at the National College of Art and Design as a result of graduate numbers... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the interim measure recently introduced whereby schools will receive 2.5 resource teacher hours per week for each child with... - Third Level Courses Availability
509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that there will be no reduction in courses or resources available in University College Cork, pertaining to the study of... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to means testing for Student Universal Support Ireland grants, if consideration will be given to an applicant's outgoings as well as... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of all-girl primary schools; the total number of pupils in these schools; the cost to her Department, if these schools were... - School Staffing
513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support primary education in respect of class size, posts of responsibility and loss of income over the past number of years; and if... - Educational Disadvantage
514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of all-girl primary urban band 2 schools under the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme; the total... - Schools Building Projects Status
516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the position regarding progressing the provision of extra facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if all... - Public Sector Staff Recruitment
517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of recruitment to public sector bodies under the aegis of her Department since the partial lifting of the embargo on...
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