Written answers
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Department of Education and Skills
- School Funding
498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing funding to the school books grant scheme by 30% in 2016. [25885/15] - Third Level Institutions
499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a 40/02 declaration has not been made in relation to the services agreement for chaplaincy services at a college (details supplied) in... - Third Level Staff Recruitment
500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis on which chaplaincy services at a college (details supplied) in County Louth were not advertised or tendered for when a successor was... - Capitation Grants
502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the much vaunted and often heralded economic recovery, she will restore the capitation grant for national schools to the level... - Third Level Staff
503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if education support workers who are hired and paid by their respective third level institutions to assist those with disabilities can be made... - School Management
504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will issue a reply to correspondence regarding a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason she granted permission to a... - Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the expert group on fixed-term and part-time employment in lecturing, as per the terms of the Haddington Road agreement, will be appointed... - Schools Building Projects Status
506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for major capital works or relocation to a green field site by a school (details supplied) in County Cork has been received... - School Staffing
507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider an appointment of an additional teacher as an additional English language teacher at a school (details supplied)... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an appeal of a higher education decision from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when a decision will be expected on... - Educational Tours
509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school trips in respect of a family (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25875/15] - Education Policy
510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures taken to ensure that circulars from her Department uphold the best interests of the child and Ireland's international legal... - School Guidance Counsellors
511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and the percentage of schools in County Wexford that have a full-time guidance counsellor broken down by fee-paying schools and... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 746 of 16 June 2015, if a full explanation will be provided as to the reason there has been a reduction of... - School Enrolments
524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 3 who has been on a school waiting list since birth, who is living in the... - Apprenticeship Programmes
525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding trades; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25944/15] - Special Educational Needs Staffing
526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will advertise the vacancies created by retirements in the visiting teacher service for deaf, blind and visually impaired... - School Staffing
527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form for the 2015-16 school year the allocation of mainstream classroom teachers, special needs assistants, any... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to deal with class teaching resources for schools where the class pupil numbers range from 30 to 34 and 35 to 39; and if she will make... - School Staffing
529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 736 of 16 June 2015, the reason the general allocation model and English as an additional language... - Schools Building Projects Status
530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of development works at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26014/15] - School Transport Administration
533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-examine the current criteria, as outlined under her Department's primary school transport scheme with regard to rural areas, in... - School Services Staff
534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will justify the fact that school secretaries in secondary schools are not employed directly by her Department but paid for from... - Parent and Student Charter
536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of the parents' and students' charter; when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects Status
537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to a school (details supplied) in County Sligo, which operates from temporary premises and out of prefabricated classrooms, the... - School Accommodation
539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional funding to supplement an all-in devolved grant application under the 2014 additional accommodation... - Schools Building Projects Status
540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment and extension work will take place at a college (details supplied) in Dublin 16; the duration of such works; and if she will... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, by county, the average class size in all primary schools. [26262/15] - Teacher Data
546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the cost of reducing the staffing schedule in primary schools by one point, two points, three points, four points, and five... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the pupil-teacher ratio in primary and secondary schools for each of the years 2011 to 2014 and for 2015 to... - Capitation Grants
550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reversing cuts to the capitation grants for primary and post primary schools; her plans to do so; and if she will make a statement on... - School Staffing
551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on reducing the threshold for the appointment of administrative principals in primary schools to 170, 160, and 150 pupils; the cost of... - Psychological Services
553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of psychologists employed by the National Educational Psychological Service on 1 January in each... - Special Educational Needs Expenditure
554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of providing special needs assistant supports for children with additional needs for the years 2011 to 2015; and if she will make a... - Data Protection
557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the communication she has had with an association (details supplied) in County Limerick regarding the installation of covert closed-circuit... - Schools Building Projects Status
558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; when she expects the board of management to be established; if a start date for... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the employment of special needs assistants and timings of the school term; and if she will... - Teacher Data
561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 557 of 23 June 2015, requesting information on the number of teachers in the primary school sector teaching... - School Guidance Counsellors
562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 519 of 23 June 2015 requesting information on the number of schools currently without guidance provision,... - Teacher Data
564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of English teachers employed within the secondary school system. [26291/15] - School Curriculum
565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce a cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, and defibrillator training module to the transition year module; and if she will... - School Accommodation
566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application made by a school (details supplied) in County Waterford for funding for upgrading its school buildings; and if she... - Departmental Correspondence
567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a final response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26318/15] - School Accommodation
568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will issue a decision on an application for additional accommodation at a primary school (details supplied) in west Cork; and... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) in County Dublin, who is severely visually impaired and registered blind, is being refused entitlement to a... - Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the oversight arrangements in place in her Department relative to the funds being administered by Caranua; if her Department insists on a monthly... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clear guidelines to grant authorities dealing with higher education grants, which would permit an applicant for a grant... - Higher Education Grants
572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of adjacency rate measurements for the purpose of higher education grants, if she will change the 45 km requirement to travel... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when notifications in respect of the allocation of special needs assistants will issue for the 2015-2016 school year; and if she will make a... - Education Policy
574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which education continues to meet the educational and training requirements of the workplace; the extent to which discussion is... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which provision is ongoing to reduce class sizes and to improve pupil-teacher ratios in 2016; if specific targets are being set;... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of special needs teachers currently available in the primary level and secondary level sectors; the extent to which this may be... - School Accommodation
578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of deficient or prefabricated school buildings replaced by her Department in respect of primary level and secondary level... - Schools Building Projects Status
579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the total number of new schools on greenfield sites or replacement for existing deficient structures approved, funded and completed in... - Bullying in Schools
580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of incidents of school bullying reported or brought to her attention in respect of primary level and secondary level... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the total number of special needs teachers currently available throughout County Kildare in primary level and secondary level sectors;... - Education Policy
585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the degree to which she remains satisfied with her ability, and the need, to provide for smaller rural denominational schools, with... - School Staffing
586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the extent to which she has received submissions from the various primary school authorities with specific reference to achieving an... - School Patronage
588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her willingness to continue her support for smaller urban or rural schools with a denominational ethos; and if she will make a... - Third Level Facilities
589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the extent to which a deficit in student accommodation has been identified in the catchment areas of the various third level... - Schools Refurbishment
591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the extent to which she expects to be in a position to include the Hewetson School development in Clane in County Kildare in the... - Gaelscoileanna Issues
592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the progress to date in determining the response to the submissions made by the various school authorities promoting the need for a... - Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
593. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the extent to which Student Universal Support Ireland continues to deal adequately with the administration of higher education grants;...
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