Written answers
Tuesday, 7 July 2015
Department of Education and Skills
- Institutes of Technology
449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the next stage of the development of the Dublin Institute of Technology campus at Grangegorman in Dublin 7; and if she will make a... - Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost of changing the measurement of geographical distance to a measurement of travel distance in respect of qualifying for grant... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that students over 23 years of age who are classed as mature students are assessed on their personal income, and not that of... - Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of fully reinstating the postgraduate maintenance grant. [26899/15] - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the rules around transitional courses at third level for the purposes of supports under the Student Universal Support Ireland... - Student Grants Data
460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who received a grant in a repeat year of studies during the years 2013-14 and 2014-15; and the guidelines used to decide... - School Staffing
461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding the very merited appeal, due to exceptional circumstances, and the importance of the retention of two... - School Management
462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the accountability of boards of management in respect of spending locally raised funds and in respect of capitation grants provided by her... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a sufficient number of special needs assistants to meet demand at primary level in the forthcoming academic year; and if she will... - Special Educational Needs Data
474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of hours of special needs assistance allocated to schools in Counties Louth and... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise further on schools submitting applications for resources for special needs assistants in March 2015; and if the level of... - Education and Training Boards Funding
482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the funds held in the capital reserves of the Longford-Westmeath Education and Training Board, following the disposal of the old... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when information regarding the allocation of special needs assistant is likely to become available for the forthcoming academic year; and if she... - School Transport Availability
484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the school bus from Cullen to a school (details supplied) in County Cork is not running for the coming school year. [27119/15] - Languages Programme
485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the campaign to secure recognition for Irish sign language; if her Department is the lead Department in that regard; and if she will... - Further Education and Training Colleges
486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide figures, in tabular form, on the funding allocated to each of the further education and training colleges from September 2011... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is a delay in the allocation of special needs assistants to primary schools, given that concerned persons are unaware of whether... - School Transport Availability
489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students from the Urris area of Clonmany in County Donegal who commenced at a school (details supplied) in September 2012, or subsequently,... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on applications for special needs assistants in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she... - Departmental Investigations
491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to a report (details supplied) on the allegations made by a whistleblower with regard to corporate income tax, if she will confirm... - Disadvantaged Status
492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be considered for inclusion under the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools scheme,... - Schools Building Projects Status
493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra funds have been available for her Department to comply with planning conditions set down by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council... - Departmental Circulars
494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide additional funding to schools to offset the extra costs associated with Circular 33/2015, as electronic systems for the... - School Services Staff
495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the concerns of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 at the absence of proper security as a result of the withdrawal of... - Schools Establishment
496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to develop a secondary school in the Firhouse-Ballycullen area of Tallaght, Dublin 24, given the future demand in this area; if she... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application (details supplied) to provide preschool services for children with autism in September 2015; if she will expedite a... - School Transport Eligibility
498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a change to the school transport scheme (details supplied); and that this change means many large lower-income areas in Galway... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the learning support provided for a pupil (details supplied) in County Meath to ensure the support reaches the 30 minutes per... - Professional Fees
501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the concerns of community and voluntary training providers at the proposed fees for engagement and validation of... - Third Level Participation
502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions her Department is taking to address the non-progression of up to 7,000 students from first year to second year at third level, as... - Schools Building Projects Expenditure
503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of capital funding her Department has provided for major school building and modernisation projects in Counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan... - Bullying in Schools
504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the national anti-bullying policy to combat an increase in cyber-bullying; the procedures in place to monitor the... - Grant Aid
505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis upon which ancillary grants to schools are calculated, including if there is a statutory regulation and guidance surrounding the... - School Transport Eligibility
507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if free school transport will be provided in respect of a student (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Staffing
508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-examine the current staffing resources at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, and provide the necessary compliment of... - Scoileanna Oileáin
509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad iad na socraithe atá déanta aici lena chinntiú go bhfuil clár cuimsitheach ábhar ar fáil ag an 200... - Outdoor Education Centres
511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application for capital funding to upgrade the facilities at Petersburg Outdoor Education Centre in An Fháiche in... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of special care assistance that will be available for the 2015 / 2016 school year; if this provision will remain at the same level as... - Services for People with Disabilities
514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to applicants under the disability access route to education, who are in genuine need of this access to third... - Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the anomaly whereby a person may be in receipt of family income support, but because of gross income limits as applied by Student... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the avenues of financial assistance and maintenance that are available from the State to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for third... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the allocations for special needs assistants for the 2015 / 2016 academic year will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Education and Training Boards Establishment
519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a delegated sanction, permitted under the Act establishing the education and training boards, will be sanctioned to the Galway Roscommon... - Broadband Service Provision
520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the success of the roll-out of high speed broadband to secondary schools, if consideration will be given to a similar initiative for... - Institutes of Technology Funding
521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on providing capital assistance to Galway Technical Institute for modernisation, including an extension, particularly in view of the... - School Transport Provision
522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the withdrawal of school transport routes to a school (details supplied) in Counties Longford and Westmeath; and if she will make a... - School Enrolments
523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that second level schools on islands should be treated as a special category for teacher allocations in recognition of the specific... - Outdoor Education Centres
524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that outdoor educational training centres operated by the education and training boards could be included in capital funding schemes...
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