Written answers
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
919. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department discriminates against girls who attend an all girls primary school, in view of... - Bus Éireann
920. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that Bus Éireann is the organisation responsible for keeping safety records on school transport, and with regard to the... - Road Safety
921. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that her staff have made known to her the existence of a report that remains in draft form, that was commissioned in... - Education and Training Boards
922. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reinstate the training allowance for persons who are engaged on community-based training programmes, to ensure that these allowances... - Schools Building Projects Status
923. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans on building and opening a secondary school in an area (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
924. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places currently in Autism Spectrum Disorder classes in Dublin North, by school; the number of places due to come on stream in the... - Schools Building Projects Status
925. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding recent correspondence in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on... - Educational Projects
927. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the withdrawal of funding from the post-primary European Studies Programme; and if she... - Teaching Council of Ireland
928. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will be credited with the time from when that person's application to the Teaching Council was... - School Patronage
929. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the proposal for a new Irish Medium Primary School in the Marino, Dublin 3 and Drumcondra, Dublin 9 area; and if she will... - Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
930. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will indicate eligibility for a higher education grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
931. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action that is being taken to reduce primary school class sizes to the European Union average; and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Administration
932. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding teaching in primary schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21358/15] - School Funding
933. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the same funding will be provided to primary schools as to secondary schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Teacher Recruitment
934. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding promotions for teaching staff (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21361/15] - Teachers' Remuneration
935. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding teachers' pay (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21362/15] - School Funding
936. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide support to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in 2015-16; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21380/15] - School Enrolments
937. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school enrolment for students based in a catchment area (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement... - Schools Building Projects Status
938. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be released for a new school (details supplied) in County Roscommon following the announcement that it will be included in... - School Guidance Counsellors
939. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the findings of a new survey of guidance counsellors (details supplied) which found that 69% of respondents in the free education... - Educational Disadvantage
940. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the exclusion of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal from the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS,... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
941. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a pilot study will examine resource hours' allocation for children with Down's syndrome; when the changes from the pilot study will be... - Educational Disadvantage
943. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if eligibility for Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools status will be reviewed for schools currently not covered (details supplied);... - School Accommodation
944. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's position on correspondence which it received from a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow regarding the need for... - Teachers' Panel Rights
945. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a qualified primary school teacher with five years' experience may access panel rights to secure a permanent position; and if she will... - Seirbhísi trí Ghaeilge
946. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé na bearta atá á ndéanamh ag a Roinn chun an pobal a chur ar an eolas faoi na seirbhísí i nGaeilge atá ar... - Third Level Fees
947. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial assistance with regard to fees that is available for a person entering third level for the first time who is on the back to... - School Accommodation
948. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the need for prefabricated units to be replaced by permanent accommodation in Lucan, County Dublin; and if she... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
949. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is acceptable or fair for adults in their early 30s who have returned to college to obtain further skills and knowledge... - School Enrolments
950. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding school admissions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21564/15] - Schools Building Projects Applications
951. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new building will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21587/15] - Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
952. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills conas mar atá ag éirí leis an scéim phíolótach páirt-tumoideachais a luaitear i dtuarascáil na Roinne,... - School Transport Eligibility
953. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be allowed use a bus service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21611/15] - School Enrolments Data
954. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the increasing enrolment in primary schools annually, the projections in terms of attendance and school buildings her Department has... - School Curriculum
955. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the primary curriculum review being carried out by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment will be completed; if she will provide... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
956. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the savings accrued annually from the changes made to the pupil-teacher ratio of fee-paying schools; the number of staff positions annually that... - Schools Building Projects Status
957. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the tendering process for the new building approved in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; when it is... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
958. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite the appointment of a special needs assistant in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will... - Proposed Legislation
959. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the draft technological universities Bill 2014 in view of the fact that if implemented as currently drafted it will lead to a... - School Transport Administration
960. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and her Department told the 2007 European Commission investigation into... - School Transport Provision
961. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a long-running school transport scheme on a County Mayo island (details supplied) is supported into the future; her views... - Educational Disadvantage
962. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to lower the enrolment threshold for an administrative principal in Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools 2 in urban areas; and... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
963. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the allocation of an additional alleviation post in respect of a primary school (details supplied) in County Galway in view... - State Examinations
964. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for readers that were received by the National Educational Psychological Services, on the grounds of a specific... - School Accommodation
965. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position and status of an application for funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects Status
966. 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... - School Patronage
968. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, figures on the number of primary and post-primary schools that have been established since 2000, including... - School Staffing
969. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a temporary English language teacher as an additional language teacher;... - School Enrolments
970. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence regarding a non-denominational school in the Dublin Bay North area (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
971. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is unjust that victims of institutional abuse, who had previously been eligible for services under the Education Finance... - Teacher Training Provision
973. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No.159 of 28 May 2015, the criteria that were used for the application of derogations with regard to... - Student Grants Data
974. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of students receiving maintenance grants under the third level student grant scheme at each... - State Examinations Appeals
975. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of fully paid-up entrants in the 2014 leaving certificate who appealed their results, and the corresponding figures for exempt... - Teacher Data
976. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the pilot of new model for allocating resource teachers to schools, the cost of adding the additional resource teacher posts; the... - Fee Paying Schools
977. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, for each of the past five years, the amount of funding provided to each fee paying school for the purchase... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
979. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an appeal for a student grant by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement... - Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
980. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request that Caranua make contact with a person (details supplied) in order to process that person's claims for payment with regard... - Education Policy
981. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 7 May 2015, the nature of the succession planning engaged in by the support services; the reason the... - Third Level Facilities
984. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received a report on the increased rent for campus accommodation at third level colleges for the next college year; the proposed... - School Accommodation
985. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22053/15] - Institutes of Technology
986. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the proposal to merge Cork Institute of Technology and the Institute of Technology Tralee, County Kerry; and if... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
987. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the proposed cut to the provision of special needs assistants at a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork [22126/15] - State Examinations
988. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for reasonable accommodation at the certificate examinations scheme due to physical or behavioural conditions made to... - Education and Training Boards
989. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures for schools within the Education and Training Boards structure which leave to become community schools directly under control of... - State Examinations Reviews
990. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a concession made to teachers on having projects which are at a current level of 50% or over the final grade, retained within certification,... - Third Level Fees
993. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if student fees will be refunded by the National University of Ireland Galway to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if her... - Teacher Training Provision
994. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an audit of the skills, specialisms and expertise of each seconded member of the support services, such as her Department's constituent... - Schools Building Projects Status
995. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24, stating the progress made to date, the next steps and... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
996. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a detailed report, in tabular form, of the average class size, per subject, in secondary schools. [22191/15] - Teachers' Remuneration
998. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is entitled to be paid at the pre-January 2011 salary scale as a teacher, similar to those persons... - Teacher Data
1000. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of qualified teachers, members of the Teaching Council, who operate in post-leaving certificate colleges, and the number of... - Teaching Contracts
1001. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff who had reached 65 years of age, had retired from an institute of further education (details supplied) in County Wicklow and... - Schools Building Projects Status
1002. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a new school building project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the... - State Examinations Fees
1004. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of difficulties encountered by parents in rural areas when paying examination fees to the State Examinations Commission; and if... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
1006. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 810 of 26 May 2015, the reason her Department did not also facilitate the parents of the children who... - Home Tuition Scheme
1007. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 811 of 26 May 2015, if she will confirm that the millions of euro that were paid annually to the one... - Pension Provisions
1008. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 17 July 2014, if the pension related deduction was improperly applied to a person (details... - Physical Education Facilities
1009. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure that an application for a sports hall by a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath, which was originally submitted in... - Schools Building Projects Status
1010. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the planning permission for a new school (details supplied) in Fermoy, County Cork, will be lodged; and if she will make a statement on the... - Third Level Courses Availability
1011. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason post graduate courses in social work are not available, given the age profile of many mature students, who would be excellent... - School Discipline
1012. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the important work done in the behaviour support classroom in a school (details supplied) in County Cork; that this was a... - Commissions of Investigation
1013. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of commissions of investigation established under the aegis of her Department, in tabular form, since the Commissions of...
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