Written answers

Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Department of Education and Skills

 
  • Education Expenditure
    108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on Barnardos research stating that an extra €103 million per annum would ensure free primary education for all school children;...
  • Schools Building Projects Applications
    109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with representatives from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal, given that the school is in urgent need of a new...
  • Education Policy
    114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the maintenance of religious beliefs as grounds for teachers and other workers in education to be refused employment or to be...
  • Institutes of Technology Staff
    115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the practice within some institutes of technology of appointing chaplains, and using public funds to do so without...
  • School Completion Programme
    116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who left a primary level school in summer 2014 and who failed to enrol in a secondary level school in September 2014; and...
  • School Enrolments
    117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the use of religion to determine admission to schools. [25805/15]
  • Education and Training Provision
    118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will be pushing for greater supports for lone parents from rural areas to access educational opportunities, including online courses,...
  • School Accommodation
    119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number by county of prefabricated primary and post -primary school units being rented; the cost of same...
  • Student Accommodation
    120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns that the combination of rising rental prices and lack of supply of accommodation for students attending third level...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of the engagement she has had with Middletown Centre for Autism and services offered to school children with autism; and if she will...
  • Summer Works Scheme Administration
    122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will be making provision for a summer works grant scheme for primary schools in the 2015-16 school year, sufficient to clear the backlog...
  • Broadband Service Provision
    123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the roll-out of high speed broadband for all primary and post-primary schools in Dublin; and if she will make a statement...
  • School Patronage
    124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that documents released to this Deputy under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (details supplied) show a sustained increase in...
  • Education Policy
    125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the public consultation process on the new proposals for education in the Gaeltacht; when the process will be complete; a...
  • School Accommodation
    126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the additional accommodation that is urgently required by schools (details supplied) in Counties Leitrim and Roscommon within...
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
    127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recommended pupil-teacher ratio for best practice; the extent to which this ratio is currently being exceeded at primary level; and if she...
  • Education and Training Boards Administration
    128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the anti-bullying policies of the education and training boards; the policies in place to ensure employee consultation in the...
  • Education Expenditure
    129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a policy paper recently launched by Barnardos calling for an additional €103 million in education funding to provide a...
  • School Staffing
    130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that she has amended downwards the number of pupils required for the retention of teachers in two-teacher, three-teacher and...
  • Institutes of Technology
    131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the results of a survey of academics in institutes of technology commissioned by the Irish Federation of University Teachers...
  • Third Level Staff
    132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the damage to the reputation of the National University of Ireland by recent high profile discrimination against female academic staff...
  • Schools Health and Safety
    133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recent survey (details supplied) carried out by the Irish Heart Foundation researching the state of nutrition standards in...
  • Site Acquisitions
    134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the purchase of a site for the three-school Crana college campus in Buncrana in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
  • Education Policy
    135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the concerns of many teachers regarding the impact the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will have on the education...
  • Educational Disadvantage
    136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the evaluation process under which a school is designated under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme; if the evaluation...
  • School Curriculum
    137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to encourage schools to provide alcohol and drug awareness programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25816/15]
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any possibility of fast-tracking the transfer of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin to its permanent location, as the...
  • Education Expenditure
    139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide additional investment in education spending to provide a totally free primary education for all children which would cover...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she is satisfied with the availability of special needs classes throughout the primary and secondary level sectors; if...
  • Data Protection
    141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of an incident in a County Limerick school where it has emerged that hidden cameras were placed inside the school without the...
  • School Staffing
    142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the situation whereby teachers and other workers in the majority of primary and secondary schools could be disciplined due to their...
  • Third Level Facilities
    143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware two students with disabilities at Saint Angela’s College in County Sligo are unable to visit the canteen because of...
  • Schools Building Projects Administration
    144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to meet to the maximum extent possible the full requirements as set out in the school building programme and as reflected in...
  • School Guidance Counsellors
    145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary schools that have a full-time guidance counsellor; the number that do not have a full-time guidance counsellor; the...

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