Written answers
Thursday, 17 December 2015
Department of Education and Skills
- Teachers' Remuneration
536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rate of pay for new entrants to primary education; the changes that were made to the entry level; her plans to reverse this and any other... - School Staffing
537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend the current rules under the school transport scheme whereby in determining eligibility for school transport, applicants must... - Freedom of Information Fees
539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department has received in fees from freedom of information requests in 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the dilapidated state of the playground at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; that this situation has persisted... - Ministerial Staff
541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of political staff working in her Department, including the role and salary of each staff member. [45784/15] - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who was in a position to confirm their address by way of social protection and other... - Legislative Process RIA
543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Bills her Department has published since 9 March 2011; the number and Title of those Bills that included a regulatory impact... - Schools Building Projects Status
544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in identifying and securing a site for a planned new second level school (details supplied) in County Cork; when construction will... - Further Education and Training Programmes Funding
549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding she has allocated to education training boards to provide training and how much of this funding has been returned to her... - Departmental Properties
550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is still the owner of a building (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45865/15] - Schools Building Projects Status
551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to previous parliamentary questions, if urgently needed classroom space will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry;... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to previous parliamentary questions, if an urgently needed new roof will be provided under the summer works scheme for a school (details... - State Examinations Commission
554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the recent interview process carried out by the State Examinations Commission for the senior examiners panel; if the spouse of... - School Transport Provision
555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to previous parliamentary questions to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, if her Department will be in a position to assist... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if urgently needed car-parking space will be provided under the summer works scheme for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if retention thresholds for two, three and four-teacher primary schools for 2016-17 will be 18, 52 and 82, respectively; and if she will make a... - School Transport Tendering
558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will liaise with Bus Éireann with a view to implementing fairer tendering criteria for school bus routes so that companies in receipt... - Third Level Fees
559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if habitual residency criteria for qualification for free fees for third level courses will be eased for returning Irish emigrants, as many... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and the documentation that is required by Student Universal... - Preschool Services
561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure that permission for a naíonra in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will issue shortly, given... - Schools Building Projects Status
562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for a building project (details supplied) in County Cavan will be approved; the stage this project is at; when it will... - Institutes of Technology Funding
563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding for Dundalk Institute of Technology; if she is aware of the concerns of the Teachers Union of Ireland regarding this issue;... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places in autism spectrum disorder units which are part of mainstream schools at primary level and at secondary level in Cork city... - Departmental Properties
565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of inquiries she has processed on the use of a vacant site at a location (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for the purposes of... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of dental nursing award classification on the national framework of qualifications; why dental nursing is categorised as a foundation... - Schools Building Projects Status
567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for new permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Cavan, including when this project will... - School Enrolments Data
568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools on offshore islands and the number of pupils and teachers in each school, in tabular form. [46214/15] - Teachers' Remuneration
569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of the restoration of the islander allowance to all teachers teaching on islands. [46215/15] - Higher Education Institutions Staff
570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ratio of senior to junior staff in academic and administrative grades by higher education institution for each year since 2010, with... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to a previous parliamentary question (details supplied), if she will provide a reply to the question which was set out on two occasions,... - Teacher Data
572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of employing 100 new secondary school teachers. [46237/15] - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing the average class size to the European average of 21 pupils. [46238/15] - Disability Support Services Expenditure
575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual budget for the disability access route to education in each of the years 2010 to date. [46240/15] - Physical Education
576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of employing a physical education teacher and the guidelines her Department provides on the time to be given each week to physical... - School Curriculum
577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the material change that will occur in schools as a result of the abolition of rule 68 and the reasons for abolishing the rule. [46242/15] - Special Educational Needs Staffing
578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of changing the role of special needs assistants in schools to give them an educational support role, as opposed to a purely... - National Educational Psychological Service Staff
579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of employing 100 additional psychologists in the National Educational Psychological Service. [46244/15] - Home-School Liaison Scheme
580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special schools have access to home-school liaison officers and, if not, the reason why. [46245/15] - Teacher Training Provision
581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why students training to be teachers can only undertake their teacher probation period in mainstream schools and not in special schools; if she... - Appointments to State Boards
582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appointments to State boards under the aegis of her Department and the number of appointments that have been advertised on her... - Commencement of Legislation
584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the Acts currently in force for which she has lead responsibility and that have Parts or sections yet to be formally commenced,... - Departmental Agencies Funding
585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual budget for the National Centre for Technology in Education in each of the years 2009 to date. [46294/15] - School Curriculum
586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of a roll-out of modern languages in the primary school curriculum pilot project. [46295/15] - Irish Language
587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of a roll-out of partial immersion programmes for the Irish language, where 50% of subjects are taught through Irish to 20% of primary... - State Examinations
588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will designate physical education as a subject for the leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46297/15] - School Management
589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of removing the moratorium on posts of responsibility for middle management posts in schools. [46298/15] - School Curriculum
590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of rolling out a new primary school farm safety course modelled on the Road Safety Authority safety campaign. [46306/15] - School Accommodation
591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the accommodation situation facing a school (details supplied) in County Cork for the 2016-2017 school year; the steps she is... - Living Wage
592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by her Department; and if she...
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