Written answers
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Department of Education and Skills
- English Language Training Organisations
908. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an offer to teach English to refugees being housed (details supplied) in County Kerry will be considered; and if she will make a statement on... - Education and Training Boards
909. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if staff paid directly by a recognised school orvVocational education committee, whose salaries were adjusted with effect from January 2011, in... - School Transport Eligibility
910. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the transport measures that will be put in place to assist a child in County Laois (details supplied) to attend school; the reason for the delay... - Departmental Properties
911. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a vacant site (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be made available to the Kilkenny Order of Malta; and if officials from her... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
912. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) who has just completed a level 8 degree in social care is not able to avail of Student Universal Support... - School Services Staff
913. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the statutory and additional entitlements of those employed to provide secretarial and or caretaking services to schools through the ancillary... - School Funding
914. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Designation
915. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the delivering equality of opportunity in schools programme, and the review that was taking place; and if a school... - Teaching Contracts
916. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why her Department does not allow a partial day's leave to be recorded for teachers who require time off from the classroom, and instead requires... - School Placement
918. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she and her Department are taking to address a situation (details supplied) regarding a school place; and if she will make a statement... - Departmental Budgets
919. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated expenditure of her Department in 2015, in tabular form; the budget for expenditure agreed at the start of the year for 2015; the... - School Transport Eligibility
920. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37311/15] - Student Grant Scheme Applications
921. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a student grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37314/15] - Departmental Expenditure
922. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation for her Department in 2016 which covers the Lansdowne Road agreement; and the demographic or other inflationary pressures. [37276/15] - Student Support Schemes
923. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on supports available for low-income students attending fee-paying institutions such as Griffith College and the Dublin Business... - Appointments to State Boards
924. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will indicate, in respect of State boards under her Department's remit, the name of each appointee made from 7 March 2011 to date in 2015;... - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
925. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm receipt of an application from a school (details supplied) in County Cork for grant aid under the emergency works scheme; if... - State Examinations
926. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs students who avail of examination aids such as laptops and memory sticks; and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Administration
927. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have a ban on edible nuts in place; if any legal issue has arisen because of such a ban; if her Department... - Schools Building Projects
928. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis upon which there was a request for an extension to a planned school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if she is aware of the existing... - International Students
929. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken in the United States of America to bring additional students from there to Ireland for academic studies; and if she will... - Home Tuition Scheme
930. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students availing of the home tuition grant in County Cork; the number of these who are at primary level and at post-primary level;... - Schools Establishment
931. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the necessary requirements for a voluntary group of parents wishing to set up a new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37414/15] - Special Educational Needs Data
932. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school places available for children with autism-specific learning challenges within special educational units in County Cork at... - School Staffing
933. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that the current ban on promotion in our national schools is seriously affecting schools and their ability to deliver a quality... - National Council for Special Education
934. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to include the term Down syndrome on the list of disabilities in all National Council for Special Education literature and... - Home Schooling
935. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a teacher can only remain in a home school liaison scheme post for five years; her plans to change this; the number of exemptions... - Languages Programme
938. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of English as an additional language posts awarded from 2010 to September 2015 to date; by full-time post; by part-time post; by year.... - School Transport Eligibility
942. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will continue to be provided for a family (details supplied) from September 2016; if not, the reason; and if she will make a... - School Enrolments
943. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 589 of 20 October 2015, and noting that the religious values exception to the Act applies to more than 96%... - Multidenominational Schools
944. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views regrading the lack of secular, multi-faith, non-faith primary and post-primary schools in the Dún Laoghaire constituency; that the... - Schools Building Projects Funding
945. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received a request from a school in County Cork (details supplied) regarding additional funding for works unforeseen at the... - School Admissions
946. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the decision by the Canal Way-Basin Lane Educate Together school to only accept one stream of junior infants from 2016. [37601/15] - School Accommodation
947. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the board of Ard Scoil Éanna secondary school roll number 60990G on the Crumlin Road in Dublin 12 has contacted her Department to offer... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
948. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a family who are in receipt of family income supplement from the Department of Social Protection cannot qualify for a SUSI grant due... - Schools Building Contractors
950. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that all contractors working on a school in County Tipperary (details supplied) have been paid for the work they completed;... - Further Education and Training Colleges
951. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Question No. 656 of 6 October 2015 regarding accountability and transparency in further education grading procedures, if she will note... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
952. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine and allow a grant appeal from a student (details supplied) in County Kerry as all the relevant documentation has been... - Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
953. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if home tuition can be provided for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who has autism and is awaiting the outcome of a section 29 appeal,... - School Staffing
954. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a staffing appeal and DEIS status for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on... - School Transport Provision
955. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of school transport for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Staffing
956. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse a decision to suppress a post at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if not, the reason; and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects Status
959. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress on a new building for a primary school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason for the delay in sanctioning... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
961. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-consider her Department's decision to refuse an appeal of a student grant by a person (details supplied), given that the person... - School Placement
962. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place for 12 to 16-year old children who are expelled from school in County Wicklow (details supplied); and the funding... - School Staffing
963. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence regarding the appointment of an additional administrative deputy principal for a school (details supplied) in County... - Home-School Liaison Scheme
964. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for a reduction in the allocation of home-school liaison to a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; the steps the school may... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
965. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate resource teaching hours to a student (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Transport Administration
967. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school bus ticket for a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the... - Weight of Schoolbags
968. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to roll out the use of electronic tablets by all schoolchildren in an effort to reduce the stress and negative health effects... - Schools Building Projects Status
969. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure that the building of the new Holy Family school in Cootehill in County Cavan receives priority; and if she will... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
970. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants allocated to a special school (details supplied) in Cork city for the 2014-15 and the 2015-16 school... - Schools Building Projects Status
971. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for capital funding for a building project submitted by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if she is... - School Enrolments
972. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond positively to the request for a third junior infants class for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16, due to the serious... - School Patronage
973. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the patronage selection for the new national school in Stillorgan and Clonskeagh in County Dublin will commence; and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects Status
974. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 to undertake extension and upgrading works; and if she will make a... - Student Grant Scheme Payments
976. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a student grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37960/15] - Minor Works Scheme Applications
977. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve funding under the minor works grants scheme for the necessary structural improvements to a school (details supplied) in... - Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Eligibility
980. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale behind the requirement for participants in vocational training opportunities scheme to be in receipt of a payment from the... - School Enrolments Data
981. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will analyse, the numbers attending primary and secondary schools in Kilkenny city; the projections for each school over the next five to... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
982. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is in receipt of an invalidity pension and who wishes to pursue a third... - Schools Extra Curricular Activities
984. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are guidelines regarding whether schools should stream school sports groups based on ability; and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
985. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of pupil places at a school (details supplied) in County Louth; the number of available places for this school for the 2016-17... - State Examinations
986. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm if there is a policy in place whereby a definite percentage of students sitting each leaving certificate subject will fail... - Psychological Assessments
987. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the need for a behaviour assessment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38107/15] - Schools Building Projects Status
988. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an application for capital funding (details supplied) for additional and improved accommodation by a school; and if she... - Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Eligibility
989. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Number 629 of 20 October 2015, the reason his Department's website does not make reference to the cumulative... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
990. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise on the status of an application for a grant from Student Universal Support Ireland by a person in County Meath (details... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
991. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills notwithstanding a reply to a previous parliamentary question, the second level school placement options currently available to the child of a... - School Funding
992. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of funding provided to schools in County Cork for capital works since March 2011; including the purpose of the funding; when... - School Enrolments Data
993. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the increasing enrolment in primary schools annually, if she will provide an update on the projections, in terms of attendance; and school... - Higher Education Institutions Staff
995. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the embargo on third level teachers returning to teach part-time still exists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38238/15] - Residential Institutions
996. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what options are open to people who are not happy with the decisions that Caranua make; if she is satisfied with this situation; and if she will... - School Enrolments
997. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes she is planning to introduce regarding the school admissions policy; when she expects these changes to be in place; and if she will... - Schools Building Projects Status
998. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding for an extra classroom and hall at a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; if approval and funding... - School Transport Tendering
999. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will arrange for a substantive reply to correspondence issued to her Department on 23 September 2015 regarding school transport, which was... - Site Acquisitions
1000. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in identifying and securing a permanent site for a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork; when construction of the new... - School Accommodation
1001. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the substandard accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if her Department intends to consolidate the... - Schools Building Projects Status
1002. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a proposed new school (details supplied) in County Louth; when works are expected to commence; and if she will make a statement on... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
1003. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the working week hours for a special needs assistant (details supplied) in County Cork will be reinstated. [38307/15] - Schools Building Projects Status
1005. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for the purpose of a school building project; and if... - Education and Training Provision
1007. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Exchequer in 2016 of extending the MOMENTUM programme to persons in receipt of disability payments and illness... - Minor Works Scheme Eligibility
1008. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a minor works scheme will be introduced to enable schools to undertake improvement works. [38384/15] - Schools Refurbishment
1009. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision by her Department concerning works to prefabricated facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Galway can be reviewed,... - School Transport Eligibility
1010. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate a shortfall in the payment of the remote area grant for the years 2001 to 2011 to a person (details supplied) in County... - Departmental Staff Career Breaks
1011. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of civil servants under her remit who have been reinstated in recent years after taking a career break; and if she will make a...
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