Written answers
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
737. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when and where an apprenticeship programme for bricklaying will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46477/15] - School Accommodation
738. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if favourable consideration will be given to the request for additional funding to complete a building project (details supplied) in County... - Departmental Properties
739. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a community council (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46431/15] - Teacher Training Provision
740. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of attendees recorded by the teacher education section at continuing postponed Department seminars for post-primary teachers,... - Research and Development Funding
741. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the research budget she administers and the budgets administered by agencies of her Department; how the spending of these budgets is prioritised;... - School Accommodation
742. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in temporary accommodation; and the number of these that are Gaelscoileanna. [46471/15] - Schools Refurbishment
743. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide urgent funding to make safe a school yard (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Accommodation
744. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the extension of a national school (details supplied) in County Galway, if this will be prioritised, when work will commence; and... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
745. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the differential in the pupil-teacher ratio between 16-teacher and 17-teacher schools; and her plans to address this. [46497/15] - Schools Refurbishment
746. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide information regarding construction works (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [46500/15] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
747. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for a project (details supplied) in County Cork under the summer works programme will be processed; when a decision will be... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
748. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills on behalf of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, if the new model for allocating resource teachers to special education needs schools... - School Patronage
751. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will develop a Steiner school in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46556/15] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
752. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application by a school (details supplied) in County Galway under the summer works scheme; and if she will... - State Examinations
753. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 was denied a reader for the leaving certificate examination despite having dyslexia and literacy... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
754. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for students in secondary schools who suffer from dyslexia, memory impairments and severe receptive speech issues; and... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
755. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the support schemes available to persons who return to education following unemployment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
756. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application under the summer works scheme from a school (details supplied) in County Cork; when a decision will be made;... - Teaching Qualifications
757. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding a teaching degree; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46597/15] - Teacher Recruitment
758. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to support matters (details supplied) regarding the provision of guidance counselling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46632/15] - State Examinations
759. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a reader for the leaving certificate for a person (details supplied) which had been refused; if she will examine... - Appointments to State Boards
760. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of the persons she has nominated to serve in positions carrying remuneration, other than out-of-pocket expenses, on commissions,... - Education Policy
761. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been refused an exemption from learning Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Transport Provision
762. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure that applies to a private bus contractor serving three schools in the midlands who is using a bus in which some of the seat belts... - Capitation Grants
763. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding capitation grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46686/15] - School Patronage
764. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Question No. 537 of 15 December 2015, if she will be meeting with organisations that advocate a secular education system such as... - Departmental Expenditure
765. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of annual subscriptions to external membership bodies and groups her Department has, including the cost and details. [46759/15] - Departmental Advertising Expenditure
767. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost to her Department of advertisements placed on its behalf in newspapers and magazines, and on television, radio and social media.... - Capitation Grants
768. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46794/15] - School Transport Provision
769. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the impact of the changes to the primary school transport scheme on Newcestown Central School (details supplied) in County Cork is fair; if... - Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation
770. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why qualifications from other countries are not recognised here (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46819/15] - Higher Education Institutions Staff
771. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the employment control framework for higher education for the period 2010 to 2014 remains in force; the conditions governing it and how these... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
774. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she appreciates the practical difficulties which arise when the number of hours required by pupils for special needs assistant support is... - School Enrolments
775. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the allocation of secondary school places and the relationship schools have with their feeder schools, particularly in relation to... - Schools Building Projects Status
776. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building programme for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; when the school building will be available for occupation; and... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
777. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine urgently a submission by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry under the summer works programme given the emergency works... - Capitation Grants
778. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding cuts to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46888/15] - Special Educational Needs Staffing
779. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a panel established for special needs assistants where there is no work available for them in a particular school; if they can be... - Pension Provisions
780. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of giving added years to a special needs assistant who is to retire on health grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
781. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who has been employed as a special needs assistant with a qualification other than a Further Education and Training Awards Council... - Higher Education Institutions
782. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Technological Universities Bill addresses the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - School Accommodation
783. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pupil capacity for the 2015-16 school year of two special needs schools (details supplied) in County Cork; if she will provide additional... - School Transport Eligibility
784. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review a decision regarding school transport whereby families of a new amalgamated school (details supplied) in County Cork are not... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
785. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to look favourably on an application from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal under the summer works application scheme; and if she... - Schools Building Projects Status
788. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a start date will be announced for the construction of a school (details supplied) in County Galway as legal issues have now been resolved... - Teaching Council of Ireland
789. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that the Teaching Council had compelled persons to pay registration fees before the commencement of section 30 of the Teaching... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
790. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support a person (details supplied) in County Dublin with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46944/15] - Home Tuition Scheme Provision
792. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to change the current system governing the provision of additional teaching hours to children, such as cystic fibrosis sufferers, who... - School Accommodation
793. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1005/16] - Student Grant Scheme Applications
794. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a refusal of a Student Universal Support Ireland grant to students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Student Grant Scheme Payments
795. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a Student Universal Support Ireland grant received by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement... - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
796. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for an emergency grant from a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if she will sanction this necessary grant;... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
797. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Number 573 of 17 December 2015, the cost of reducing the average class size, that is, the number of students... - Schools Building Contractors
798. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take steps to ensure that a construction company which has a number of school building contracts (details supplied) will ensure all... - Irish Language
799. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing the recommendation on page 12 of the 20 year strategy on the Irish language 2010-30 on offering partial immersion... - State Examinations Reviews
800. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing the junior cycle reform package to date and the estimated final cost, by item, such as teacher training costs,... - School Enrolments
801. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 10 December 2015 regarding the religious criteria for admission to... - School Accommodation
802. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give approval to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 for an extension, including two classrooms, a staircase and a special needs... - Teacher Fee Refund Scheme
803. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the issue of teachers paying registration fees to the Teaching Council prior to 2014; how a person (details supplied) can obtain a... - School Accommodation
805. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of prefabricated units which are no longer required by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
806. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many new primary school teachers will have to be employed in each of the next five years, from 2016-2017 to 2021-2022, to maintain the 27:1... - Departmental Expenditure
807. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional expenditure her Department will need to incur from 2017 to 2022 to deal with demographic pressures, with a breakdown of... - School Funding
808. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding she provided to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 in 2014 and 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects Administration
809. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the tendering process has been completed and contract documents prepared in respect of two schools (details supplied) in... - School Accommodation
810. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be prioritised due to the... - Legal Costs
811. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason University College Dublin did not submit for taxation the costs it was awarded by the Circuit Court and High Court (details supplied)... - Education and Training Provision
812. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which discussions continue to take place regarding the provision of facilities for life-long education, as put forward by Kildare... - Education and Training Boards Administration
813. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which progress continues in the acquisition of payroll and administration facilities for Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training... - Gaelscoileanna Issues
814. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the component of capital investment spent in the past five years and the component to be spent in the next five years on Gaelscoileanna. [1286/16] - Schools Building Contractors
815. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the details of the agreement she has reached with a developer to provide a sports hall for a secondary school (details supplied) in... - Schools Building Projects Status
816. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will supply further information to Cork County Council to allow for a planning application for a school (details supplied) in County... - School Equipment
817. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the annual spend on Irish medium classroom materials. [1313/16] - Schools Building Projects Status
818. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when construction will commence and be completed; and... - Languages Programme
819. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the changes that have been made to eligibility criteria and the allocation model for the language support programme since 2010. [1357/16] - Living Wage
820. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the discussions her Department has had with suppliers or service contractors to her Department or to agencies of her Department to... - School Transport Availability
822. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a substantive reply has not issued to this Deputy on a case acknowledged by a Minister of State (details supplied) on 8 September 2015. [1416/16] - Schools Data
824. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to supply the opening date of a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1470/16] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
825. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive approval in writing for a two-classroom autism unit. [1478/16] - Teaching Qualifications
826. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the qualifications required for teaching home economics at secondary school level; the institutions persons can attend to gain these... - Road Safety
827. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her views on special speed limits in the vicinity of schools and primary schools in particular; and if she will make a statement on...
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