Written answers
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Administration
444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is appropriate for the Freight Transport Association to carry out inspections on private buses contracted to Bus Éireann given that... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the decision to cut a special needs assistant from Saint Christopher's Service in County Longford given that the HSE has... - School Enrolments
446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advocate at Cabinet level for the amendment of the Equal Status Acts to give effect to the principle that no child should be given... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grant financial assistance or bursary available to Irish persons who wish to obtain a postgraduate degree in nursing in a university (details... - School Accommodation
448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will facilitate the repair of the prefabricated unit which is owned by her Department, further to the recent report from the environmental... - Schools Building Projects Expenditure
449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding and grant-aid provided to primary schools and post-primary schools and education centres through her various schemes for major works... - Apprenticeship Programmes
450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected number of new apprenticeship training places that will be created in the period to 2020, by year, by employment sector; her... - School Enrolments
452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a school place will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3986/16] - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size for each primary and post-primary school and education centre in County Donegal, in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Gaelscoileanna Issues
454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 2 December 2015, what criteria will be used in assessing the sufficient viability of Aonad; which... - Schools Building Projects Status
455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 155 and 156 of 2 December 2015, the differences between the proposals in the original applications for... - Flood Risk Assessments
456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 2 December 2015, if she will reconsider her earlier reply with regard to extending the brief of the... - Schools Site Acquisitions
459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of apparent deadlock in relation to the proposed sites for schools along the Hazelhatch Road, if the Kildare Wicklow Education and... - Schools Building Projects Status
460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (detailed supplied) in County Tipperary, including details of the works applied for; and if... - Schools Amalgamation
461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her short-term and medium-term plans for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4031/16] - Student Grant Scheme Administration
462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently examine and expedite Student Universal Support Ireland grant review for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to issue a policy recommendation to all schools that children with special educational needs receive individual education plans, along with... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry under the summer works programme; and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects Status
465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered the submission for Louth Meath Education and Training Board and specifically O'Fiaich College in Dundalk, County Louth to... - Departmental Staff Recruitment
466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when vacancies in the office in her Department in Athlone, County Westmeath following a number of retirements, will be filled. [4104/16] - Schools Establishment
467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding a Gaelscoil (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4105/16] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has made a decision on an application for funding by a school (details supplied) in County Cork under the summer works scheme; and if she... - SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Places
469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding apprenticeships; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4123/16] - Schools Building Projects Status
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4129/16] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she received an application from a school (details supplied) in respect of energy efficiency measures under the summer works scheme; when she... - School Curriculum
472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make history a compulsory junior certificate subject rather than a choice subject in the junior certificate, depending on the school... - Schools Building Projects Status
473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4165/16] - Schools Refurbishment
474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the poor physical condition of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; if she will improve the facilities at the... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding financial support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4196/16] - Teachers' Remuneration
476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding remuneration for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4199/16] - Departmental Correspondence
477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will issue a final response to correspondence (details supplied) sent to her in September 2015; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Transport Data
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, per county, the number of applications received for each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 under the primary... - School Funding
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided to primary and post-primary schools for capital works by county from 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the... - State Examinations
481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will have a reader in place in time for the leaving certificate applied... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the rules for assessment of income for self-employed persons to allow for current-year income to be considered similar to the rates... - School Enrolments
483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to support a matter (details supplied) regarding school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4305/16] - Teaching Council of Ireland
484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 17 June 2015, if she has made a decision on the matter; if not, when she expects to make a decision;... - Capitation Grants
485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional funding she has allocated to schools through the capitation and ancillary grant, given the recommendation of the arbitrator to... - Schools Building Projects Status
487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the construction of the community school in Clifden in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4359/16] - State Examinations
488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision whereby a person (details supplied) in County Cork was denied access to a scribe for the leaving certificate... - Teaching Council of Ireland
489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of regulation 3 of the Teaching Council registration regulations dealing with those persons who have applied for registration as a... - Apprenticeship Programmes
490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of traineeships and the number of persons who participated on these courses in 2015; the estimated numbers for 2016; the cost of... - School Transport Provision
491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide school transport to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [4405/16] - School Equipment
492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide equipment for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4409/16] - Schools Building Projects Status
493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned extension and refurbishment works at a second level school (details supplied) in County Cork; when the project will... - Third Level Funding
495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of routine capital funding or steady State fixed capital investment that will be required for all universities, and for all institutes... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4459/16] - Special Educational Needs Data
497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism spectrum disorder units attached to primary and post-primary schools by location; the overall number of places available; if... - School Enrolments (1 comment)
498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the research she conducted of population figures to ensure the adequate provision of secondary school places in Ongar, Castaheaney and Littlepace... - Schools Building Projects Status
500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the commencement date for construction of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; given that the tender process is complete and all legal... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with reference to those who are self-employed in the dairy farming sector, to make the student grant scheme more accessible by allowing... - Appointments to State Boards Data
502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application process or... - Gaelscoileanna Issues
503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that an entire class of students in north County Kildare have been denied access to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin,... - School Funding
504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why she has declined funding to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [4637/16] - Gaelscoileanna Issues
505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why she decided that An Aonad in Maynooth, in County Kildare was preferable when there is a clear, demonstrable demand for a Gaelcholáiste...
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