Written answers
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Department of Education and Skills
- School Curriculum
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of the reform of the junior certificate, the changes that are planned for the Irish language curriculum with particular reference... - School Funding
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns of the Irish National Teachers Organisation with regard to schools in rural Ireland, including the issues of... - Student Accommodation
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on concerns regarding the shortage of accommodation for university students; the steps she is taking to address this; and if she will... - Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to her speech at the IMPACT conference in County Galway in September 2015, her plans to improve the working conditions and salaries of... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action that is being taken to reduce primary school class sizes to the European Union average; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Absenteeism
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has analysed the impact that homelessness has on school attendance, the education of pupils and the life of schools; her plans... - Student Accommodation
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she will take to provide for affordable student accommodation; her views that the lack of such accommodation has an impact on... - School Funding
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to fund primary schools in the same manner as secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33949/15] - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend the student grant scheme and the student support regulations in order that erstwhile legally resident Student Universal Support... - Schools Building Projects Status
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when architectural tender documents will be issued for the development of new permanent buildings to replace current prefabricated units at a... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a recent analysis (details supplied) which provides evidence that there are severe socio-economic inequalities in access to special... - Physical Education
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the role of physical education as part of the curriculum at primary and second level; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Management
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to hold an inquiry into the schools using resource hours for administrative duties; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Languages Programme
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for improving foreign language education at primary and secondary level to address the deficit of foreign language skills among the... - Educational Projects
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects to be in a position to make adequate provision through the capital works programme to meet the full preschool,... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the newspaper report (details supplied) which indicated that wealthier areas are accessing more resource teaching than poorer areas;... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the current special needs assistant allocation levels in the education system, particularly in the early years of... - Education Policy
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for primary school education; if she has any plans to restore teachers' pay and conditions, including newly qualified teachers; to... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reduce class sizes to the European Union average; the measures she plans to put in place to address this problem; when these... - Physical Education
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the importance of physical education, in particular swimming, for primary and secondary school students; and if she will make a... - School Patronage
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the lack of diversity of school patronage in areas of high multicultural populations, such as west Dublin at both primary and... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given her decision to allow students in protection to be provided access to student supports, if she will also consider extending eligibility to... - Education Schemes
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views regarding whether she has considered the patronage, access, curriculum, and teaching proposals from Atheist Ireland with regard to... - Broadband Service Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to support broadband provision for adult and further education and training centres; and if she will make a statement on... - Education Policy
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has taken note of the Irish National Teachers Organisation's Stand Up for Primary Education campaign; and the steps she plans to take to... - School Enrolments Data
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who left primary school in summer 2014 and who failed to enrol in a secondary level school in September 2014; and if she... - School Accommodation
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of her Department's pre-fabricated replacement scheme if she will provide a list of the number of schools which have benefitted... - Schools Building Projects Status
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the promised delivery of two new prefabricated units at a school (details supplied) in County Cork to properly cater for the... - School Discipline
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has ever sought legal advice on the operation of prone restraint and seclusion rooms in schools; if she will provide the... - Special Educational Needs Data
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children requiring resource hours of any kind during each year since 2009; and if she will provide an update on the National... - Counselling Services
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to re-introduce a policy for dedicated guidance counselling services in all secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the matter of pupil teacher ratios in Budget 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33944/15]
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