Written answers
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects Status
433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of any delays in the construction process of a new post-primary school at Maynooth in County Kildare; if the tender process for... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to support an application for the summer works grants 2016-2017 by the Presentation Junior School in Mullingar in County Westmeath. [4710/16] - Schools Building Projects Status
435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed secondary school for the Kinnegad area in County Westmeath. [4748/16] - School Placement
436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to expand the number of places in dedicated schools for children with autism, given the very high demand for such places in north Dublin city... - Schools Building Projects Status
437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the independent assessment carried out in January 2016 regarding the condition of the K prefabricated compound in Portmarnock... - Schools Building Projects Data
440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Tipperary that have applied for funding for building works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4769/16] - School Transport Administration
441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the accounts name given by Bus Éireann to its reserve fund, referred to as a piggy bank at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure a person (details supplied) receives the necessary full-time special needs assistant support, as outlined by an occupational therapist,... - Tax Code
443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason home tutors are treated as pay as you earn employees but pay a class-S pay-related social insurance contribution; and if she will make... - Schools Building Projects Status
444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a major extension for a school (details supplied) in County Galway has not gone to tender; when it will go to tender; and if she will... - School Transport Expenditure
445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the precise amounts in euros for the "Return to risk associated with School Transport business" forming part of the "contribution" as referred to... - Schools Site Acquisitions
446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the transfer of a site to allow plans for a new school (details supplied) in County Galway to proceed; and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of special needs assistant hours for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4794/16] - School Enrolments
448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will conduct a review of the decision to decline an aonad for the proposed Coláiste Loch Gile for County Sligo given that the... - Schools Refurbishment
449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that the wheelchair access lift in Coláiste Cholmcille in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, which two students wish to use, has... - School Staffing
450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of an additional teacher in a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [4826/16] - School Transport Expenditure
451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the Bus Éireann maintenance charges per kilometre for school transport to her Department for the years 2010 to... - Schools Building Projects Status
452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will sign a contract with the winning contractor for a new school building (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the... - State Examinations Exemptions
453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to investigate the provision of an exemption to help a person (details supplied) in County Dublin coping with dyslexia; and if she will make a... - School Transport Expenditure
454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the explanatory notes published with the audited statement of accounts of Bus Éireann, published on her Department's website,... - Schools Refurbishment
455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a decision on the allocation of moneys to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for its refurbishment; and if she will... - Technological Universities
456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to progress a technological university in the south east; the amount spent on the application process to date; and the funding she or... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of two late applications by persons (details supplied) in County Cork submitted to Student Universal Support Ireland; and if she will... - Schools Building Projects Status
458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status the progression of a school building and site purchase in County Meath (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs Staffing
459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status regarding the provision of a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on... - School Patronage
460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to support Educate Together’s Four Essentials for Equality in Education commitment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - School Accommodation
461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to support the EQUATE Open the School Gates Campaign (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4971/16] - National Internship Scheme Eligibility
462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to support a school in its request for a grant for a JobBridge scheme employment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence concerning funding under the summer works scheme in respect of a school in Dublin 9 (details supplied); and if she... - School Accommodation
464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence concerning a shortage of schools in the Dublin Bay North area and to consider a request to open another... - School Enrolments
465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding admission policies of secondary schools in Dublin Bay North and the long waiting lists for those persons living in the... - Psychological Assessments
466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of providing an educational psychologist for a person with dyslexia (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [4976/16] - School Accommodation
467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether Gormanston College in County Meath has sufficient space to accommodate children from September 2016; if not, her plans to... - Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if retired special needs assistants who have reached mandatory retirement age can be re-employed as special needs assistants; and if she will... - Education and Training Boards
469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned centralisation of the education and training boards' payroll; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5002/16] - School Transport Tendering
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the criteria used by Bus Éireann to tender bus routes to ensure that displacement of private operators by bodies in receipt of... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will announce the outcome of applications under the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5007/16] - Schools Building Projects Applications
472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will provide a revised allocation for a school extension (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Site Acquisitions
474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has secured a site for a permanent building for a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork; the next steps in the process of... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her definition of the role of a special needs assistant; if she recognises that the role, in practice, involves assisting a pupil with academic... - School Staffing
476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the proposed loss of a mainstream class teacher and the loss of a portion of a learning support post for a primary school... - School Accommodation
477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5061/16] - School Staffing
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5066/16] - Schools Building Projects Status
479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - State Examinations
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will have a waiver for spelling, grammar and punctuation in language... - School Accommodation
481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the cramped and inadequate facilities at a school (details supplied) in Cork City shared by children as young as three years... - State Examinations
482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the decision to refuse reasonable accommodations for a reader for a leaving certificate pupil (details supplied) in County Cork; and if... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5094/16] - School Staffing
486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the issue regarding the retention of a much needed teaching post in St. Peter's National School, Mountcharles in County... - State Examinations
488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a decision to refuse a scribe for a pupil (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5117/16] - Schools Building Projects Status
490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project (details supplied) in County Roscommon will go to construction; the reason for the delay in approving it; and if she will make a... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry under the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on... - Schools Building Projects Status
493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of enhancements for schools (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5146/16] - Special Educational Needs Staffing
494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that a school (details supplied) in County Longford retains its complement of special needs assistants until the end of 2016. [5152/16] - School Staffing
495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application to the primary staffing appeals board by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider favourably an application by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal under the summer works scheme, given that the... - School Transport Data
498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the data reports available that are generated by computer software by her Department and by Bus Éireann in relation to school... - School Staffing
499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and name of schools where demand is double or close to double the available intake capacity; if she will allocate additional teaching... - School Playgrounds
500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to allocate funds to repair school playgrounds (details supplied) in County Kildare which have been identified for repair since 2012; if she is... - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for emergency works to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Accommodation
503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to ensure adequate and acceptable accommodation for Rochestown Educate Together national school for the term beginning... - Schools Site Acquisitions
504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will secure a permanent site for Rochestown Educate Together national school; her medium plans for the development of same; and if she... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5288/16] - Schools Building Projects Status
507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction work will begin on a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the timeframe for completion; the steps she will take to improve... - School Placement
508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary school places demand projections that her Department is currently working to, in respect of Dublin 11 for each of the school years... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the commencement date and capacity for an autism unit for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [5314/16] - Schools Property
510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the general issue regarding schools which are prone to flooding or break-ins and consequently face very high insurance bills;... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the adjacent and non-adjacent rate of grants; her views on whether students who reside under 45 kilometres from where they... - School Closures
512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the decision to close the vocational school at Muine Bheag in County Carlow; the process which has to be... - School Transport Administration
513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she was consulted by Bus Éireann relative to the changes being made by the company to certain bus routes affecting children with a... - Departmental Staff Data
514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies which exist within her Department for candidates who must display competence in the Irish language; and if she will make...
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