Written answers
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Department of Education and Skills
- School Staffing
567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reversing the adjustments made to the school staffing ratios in four-teacher; three-teacher; and two-teacher primary schools that... - Fire Safety Regulations
568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have been built since 2005 that have been found to be in breach fire safety regulations; and the name of the company... - Teacher Training Places
570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the difficulties teaching graduates are currently having in securing the full 100 hours to complete their higher diploma in... - School Curriculum
571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new integrated primary languages curriculum for primary schools will be developed; if she will incorporate a third language into the... - Disadvantaged Status
572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be reinstated with delivering equality of opportunity in schools status; if not, the reason; and if she will... - Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Eligibility
573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has been refused funding under the vocational training opportunities scheme for a course... - Schools Building Projects Applications
574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be included in her Department's five-year building programme; and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects Status
575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36176/15] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when resource hours will be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Cavan, given the child's entitlement to same and given that the... - Education and Training Boards Remit
577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the reason education and training boards have no structured links with local industries for trainees during and following completion... - School Funding
578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out in detail the funding provided to schools (details supplied) in County Cork for capital works since March 2011; the purpose of the... - Emergency Works Scheme Eligibility
580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the category of funding available to cover urgent essential work to the roof of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, as a... - School Patronage
581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out her plans for a new school for 2016 in the Stillorgan and Goatstown areas in County Dublin; when the patronage will be awarded; and if... - School Enrolments
582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the legislative provisions necessary to ensure that schools are no longer allowed to discriminate in admissions criteria on the basis... - Schools Building Projects Status
583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be included in her Department's five-year plan which is due to be announced shortly; and if she... - Educational Disadvantage
584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the progress to date in renewing the delivering equality of opportunity in schools programme; the outcome of the review process of... - School Accommodation
586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the replacement of old prefabricated units which are in poor condition, and the provision of a suitably fitted-out autistic... - Schools Building Projects Status
587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her views on correspondence regarding a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Transport Applications
588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the position further to Parliamentary Question No. 530 of 29 September 2015 in respect of a student with special needs whose parent... - School Enrolments
589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding advances towards secular education; access for unbaptised children to national schools; and the repeal of Section 7(3)(c)... - Teacher Data
590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans to revise the online claim system to record and differentiate leave due to an assault from regular sick leave, in order that... - School Staffing
591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans to amend the relevant circular relating to compassionate leave for special needs assistants to ensure it includes the death... - School Patronage
592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the position regarding a new school proposed (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36331/15] - School Transport Availability
593. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that Bus Éireann has refused a bus ticket to a child (details supplied) in County Offaly on the basis of a late payment,... - Student Grant Scheme Administration
594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene and seek a reply to an application for grant assistance by a person (details supplied) to Student Universal Support... - School Patronage
595. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify a situation in regard to a school project (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Review
596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding school extensions in County Kildare; if she will provide the information in tabular... - Ministerial Correspondence
597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to her interim response (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36387/15] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in a pupil (details supplied) in County Kilkenny receiving an assessment from the special educational needs officer... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria attached to the announcement earlier in 2015 that 600 new special needs assistants are to be put in place; if these will be... - Teachers' Remuneration
600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the starting pay scales for teachers introduced in 2011, which have led to severe inequity and stress on new teachers, and... - Higher Education Institutions
601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to further advance inter-institutional collaboration between institutes of higher education; the progress that has been made to ensure... - National Educational Psychological Service Staff
603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a psychological assessment from the National Educational Psychological Service;... - School Staffing
604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of, a situation at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the request regarding teacher numbers; and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs Expenditure
605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes that have been made in budget 2016 in regard to special education needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36448/15] - Educational Disadvantage
606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills due to the socio-economic make-up of the catchment area in question, if she will extend Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools status to... - School Accommodation
607. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a new primary school for the Doughiska and Roscam area of Galway, which has seen unprecedented population growth... - School Patronage
608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the community national schools' government by Education and Training Boards Ireland, out of the pilot phase; and the number... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will provide funding for a child (details supplied) in County Cork to attend the John Tracey Clinic in Los Angeles in the... - School Funding
610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the school voluntary contribution (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36538/15] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide extra resources to students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36539/15] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools will be invited to apply for a new summer works scheme which will commence in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Transport Administration
613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school bus ticket for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36589/15] - School Transport Eligibility
614. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will liaise with Bus Éireann concerning a family (details supplied) in County Offaly who obtained concessionary school bus tickets... - School Staffing
615. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of two-teacher schools; the minimum number of pupils required to keep the two teachers; if exceptions can be made to this; and if she... - School Enrolments
616. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support and advise parents whose children cannot receive a secondary school place due to living a few hundred metres outside the... - School Staffing
617. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the 2,260 additional teaching posts provided for in budget 2016 will be advertised; the location of these posts for a breakdown of the... - School Holidays
618. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to make changes to school holidays (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36644/15] - School Accommodation
619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the provision of accommodation in a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35947/15] - Schools Building Projects Status
620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application by a school (details supplied) in County Cork for funding under the capital funding programme will be determined; and if she... - Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a staff bonus scheme is in place at Caranua; if a scheme providing an annual bonus by way of payment or goods or services is available to any... - Schools Building Projects Status
622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be provided to replace prefabricated accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a... - School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to a previous parliamentary question, if she will confirm the timeframe for consideration by the appeals board of the case being made for... - School Guidance Counsellors
625. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to restore ex-quota allocations for Guidance Counsellors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36034/15] - Teachers' Remuneration
626. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a teacher (details supplied) in County Kildare will be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36024/15] - Schools Building Projects Status
627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the provision of an extension for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved; and if she will confirm the status of this... - Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Eligibility
629. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a number of instances of ambiguity of information (details supplied) from Education and Training Boards and her Department's... - Student Accommodation
630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which student accommodation requirements may be met in the short to medium term, with particular reference to putting the necessary... - Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
631. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position in regard to the acquisition of premises to accommodate life-long learning facilities at various locations in North Kildare;... - School Textbooks
632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of providing free school books at both primary and post-primary school level for a full year; if her Department has considered this; and... - Teacher Data
633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers and secondary teachers who have qualified each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Staffing
635. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time positions available in 2015 for primary teachers and for secondary teachers; and if she will make a statement on the... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to reduce the class sizes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Accommodation
639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide assistance to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 which was built in the 1950s and requires maintenance work and an end... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school placement for a person (detailed supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36131/15] - Schools Establishment
641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a proposal for a school (detailed supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36132/15] - European Globalisation Fund
642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a detailed report on the implementation of the European Globalisation Fund programmes for Lufthansa Technik Airmotive and... - Momentum Programme
645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the number of places on the Momentum programme by 20%. [36013/15]
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