Written answers

Thursday, 16 July 2015

  • Aistear Curriculum Framework
    638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the roll-out of education inspections in early years settings from September 2015, the supports she has put in place for a...
  • Schools Establishment
    639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the number of current primary school students living within 3 km of a site (details supplied) indicates that the site is viable as a location...
  • Special Educational Needs Data
    640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in primary, secondary and third level education who have dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29568/15]
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed project for a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; when this project is likely to go to tender; the...
  • Departmental Programmes
    644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's priorities for the remainder of this Dáil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29583/15]
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reinstate the current level of special needs assistance support in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare, given her recent...
  • EU Funding
    648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application was not made to the EU Globalisation Adjustment Fund in respect of the former workers of a company (details supplied)...
  • Teacher Data
    649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed in counties Westmeath and Longford and nationally at the primary, secondary, and third level. [29642/15]
  • School Staffing
    650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants and school secretaries employed in counties Westmeath and Longford. [29643/15]
  • Schools Data
    651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills The number of schools constructed to date within counties Westmeath and Longford. [29644/15]
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    652. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Galway will be going to tender as the project is urgent and all design is complete and approved by her...
  • School Curriculum
    654. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the secondary school curriculum keeps changing on a regular basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29706/15]
  • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
    655. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a rental book scheme will be put in place for every school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29707/15]
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure a special needs assistant is provided in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement...
  • Student Grant Scheme Reform
    657. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the income criteria for Student Universal Support Ireland grants and to base the awarding of grants on net pay rather than...
  • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
    658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application under the emergency works scheme in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual spend on apprenticeship training in each year since 2010; the number of apprentices in training in each year; the way this is broken...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-examine the special needs assistant allocation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the complex...
  • School Transport Appeals
    661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the refusal of school transport in respect of children (details supplied) in County Wicklow who have special needs and...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    662. 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...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    665. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of investment from capital spending her Department has made to County Kildare since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Properties
    666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the current status of the legal transfer of property (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
    667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the position for students in repeat years who wish to apply for grant assistance which has caused confusion in...
  • Departmental Advertising
    668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost of public advertising, statutory and non-statutory, funded by her Department in 2013 and 2014 respectively; the corresponding...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost in 2013 and 2014 respectively of printing reports by her Department and agencies under the control of her Department; the corresponding...
  • Third Level Funding
    672. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the capital investment plan for third level institutions; the amount of such funding allocated to Cork Institute...
  • Ministerial Appointments
    673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is responsible for all board appointments where such power to appoint persons to State boards is vested in her by statute; if any...
  • Departmental Funding
    674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total current and capital funding allocated to her Department; the underspend or overspend in 2015 to date, under each category, based on her...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department or agencies under the authority of her Department have performed an assessment of the potential savings to be accrued, if...
  • School Transport Provision
    676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or the Minister of State responsible for school transport will meet with parents of students affected by her Department's decision to...
  • Teachers' Remuneration
    677. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the provision of incremental credits for resource staff in the education system, based on additional information (details...
  • Third Level Fees
    678. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who initially started a course as a non-European Union student, but...
  • Departmental Reports
    679. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30211/15]
  • Broadband Service Speeds
    680. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps which she is taking to ensure that every further education and training and Youthreach centre has direct access to 100 megabite...
  • Education and Training Boards Staff
    681. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps which she is taking to address the current shortfall in the management structure at principal officer grade within the Education and...
  • Education and Training Boards
    682. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve capital funding to Galway-Roscommon Education and Training Board to refurbish its offices and training centre at Lanesboro...
  • Education and Training Boards Staff
    683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction the Galway-Roscommon Education and Training Board to recruit an adult education officer, an adult literacy organiser and an...
  • Student Grant Scheme Reform
    684. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to change the student grant scheme so that mortgage repayments on the family home and the total number of dependent children in a...
  • Student Support Schemes
    685. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has prepared costings in respect of any proposals to provide student loans for postgraduate students. [30322/15]
  • Special Educational Needs Staffing
    687. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, figures estimates on the number of special needs assistants allocated by county in the years 2011 to 2014...
  • Capitation Grants
    688. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide estimates on the amount it would cost to restore the capitation grant for schools to pre-2008 levels. [30325/15]
  • National Council for Special Education
    689. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide estimates on the amount it would cost to restore resource teaching hours in primary schools to pre-2008 levels. [30326/15]
  • Springboard Programme
    690. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide figures on the annual cost of the Springboard Initiative. [30327/15]
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    691. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide guideline estimates or targets for the number of apprenticeships she expects to be provided annually under the apprenticeship...
  • Minor Works Scheme Expenditure
    692. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide grant aid to primary schools to develop playgrounds where such facilities are lacking; and if she will make a statement on...
  • National Council for Special Education
    693. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the provision of special needs assistants for a school (details supplied) for the new school term commencing in...
  • School Relocation
    694. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a meeting will take place between her Department and representatives of a school (details supplied) in County Laois to discuss its need for...
  • National Council for Special Education
    695. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria by which special needs assistants are allocated; and specifically how her Department can guarantee the reasonable safety of a child...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    696. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions made for providing essential educational resources for children with profound developmental issues to prepare them to enter...
  • School Staffing
    697. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of teachers employed full-time at primary and at secondary level in county Donegal, in tabular form, for the years 2007 to 2015;...
  • Teaching Qualifications
    698. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a contract of indefinite duration employee (details supplied) of the Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board is unable to...
  • School Enrolments
    699. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills Her views on correspondence regarding a meeting with a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30385/15]

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