Written answers

Thursday, 1 October 2015

  • School Transport Eligibility
    204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will contact Bus Éireann in order to grant approval for travelling facilities, including wheelchair access, for a person (details...
  • Summer Works Scheme Applications
    205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of the schools in Dublin 5, 13 and 17 that were successful in having construction works carried out under the summer works scheme 2015;...
  • School Staffing
    206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the staffing figures for the retention and appointment for schools with three to four teachers, to ensure that both figures...
  • Special Educational Needs Staffing
    208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any study has been undertaken by the Teaching Council into the supply and qualifications of resource teachers in recognised special schools;...
  • Schools Administration
    210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the old school building on Eblana Terrace in Dún Laoghaire which is vacant, given that other schools are interested in...
  • Education Policy
    211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to provide support to primary education in Budget 2016 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Student Accommodation
    212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be measures in Budget 2016 to address the student accommodation issue in Counties Dublin, Cork and Galway; and if she will make a...
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
    213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to amend the income thresholds for families with students in receipt of a grant at third level in Budget 2016; and if she will make a...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the second phase of the building project for Lusk Community College; if she will provide information on the provision of...
  • Institutes of Technology Expenditure
    215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of remarks made by the chief executive of the Higher Education Authority in relation to...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to have a special needs assistant assigned to a person (details supplied) who cannot attend school due to requiring a personal special needs...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding for a school extension (details supplied) in County Mayo; when a decision is expected; and if she will...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application for a laptop for a child (details supplied) in County Cork, which was recommended by the Health Service Executive, has...
  • National Educational Psychological Service Administration
    220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current average waiting time for a child to be assessed by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will provide, in...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the development of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if Galway County Council has completed...
  • Teaching Council of Ireland
    222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average waiting time for the registration of teachers with the Teaching Council of Ireland, given the necessity for a person who has trained...
  • Departmental Funding
    223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support and facilitate the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre in conducting a second Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland study. [33760/15]
  • School Accommodation
    224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional classroom accommodation will be provided at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Education Schemes
    225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the first-year and full-year cost of extending the school books grant scheme to all students in primary and post-primary schools. [33774/15]
  • Capitation Grants
    226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing the capitation grant to primary and post-primary schools by 2%; and if she will make a...
  • School Staffing
    227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the situation in a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if she will sanction approval for the school to retain...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for an extension for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if the project will be expedited as the...
  • Teacher Redeployment
    229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process in place for considering applications from teachers who wish to transfer within the Vocational Education Committee sector from county...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of an extension to Lucan Community College in County Dublin; when this project will advance to planning stage; and...
  • School Equipment
    231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of providing a free laptop computer to every child in the State over five years of age, as recently suggested by the Minister for...
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
    232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio at primary level from 28:1 to 27:1; and to 26:1, with effect from 2016; and from 2017; and if she...
  • School Staffing
    233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reversing the cuts to the school staffing ratio in smaller schools which was introduced in Budget 2012; and if she will make a...
  • Education Expenditure
    236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of a 50% reversal and a full reversal in the cut to resource teaching hours introduced in Budget 2012; and if she will make a statement...
  • Student Assistance Fund
    239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided to the student assistance fund for students attending third level who are experiencing hardship; to students with a...
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
    240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of restoring postgraduate maintenance grants in 2016 at the level which previously applied prior to their abolition; the cost of a 50%...
  • Capitation Grants
    241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capitation fees paid in respect of second level Education and Training Board schools; the rates that apply to comprehensive and voluntary...

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