Written answers
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Department of Education and Skills
- Irish Sign Language
625. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address a matter (details supplied) regarding Irish Sign Language. [5715/16] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
626. 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 programme; and if she will make a statement on... - School Funding
627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of emergency funding for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5355/16] - Tionscadail Tógála Scoileanna
628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a cheadófar togra tógála scoile (sonraí tugtha); cén chúis atá le moill a dhéanamh ó... - School Closures
629. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reverse the decision to close Muine Bheag vocational school in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5357/16] - Summer Works Scheme
631. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to allocate funding to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal under the summer works scheme; when she will announce those schools that... - School Curriculum
632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if first-aid training should be included in the curriculum for second level students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5360/16] - Traveller Education
633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of reversing cuts that were made in the previous Government's term for a community (details supplied) in County Kerry that wishes to... - School Transport Provision
634. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements she has made for the provision of school transport for primary school students from Sherkin Island to attend school on the... - Foirne Scoile
635. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fath nach bhfuil an dara múinteoir á cheapadh do Scoil Náisiúnta Inis Meáin do Mheán Fómhair seo... - School Services Staff
636. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on secretaries working in primary schools who are paid out of the ancillary grant, many of whom have been in employment for 16 years... - Schools Building Projects Applications
637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review an application for increased funding to extend a national school (details supplied) in County Clare, given its enrolment projections;... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to accept an application from a school (details supplied) in County Sligo under the emergency funding scheme along with its application under the... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has approved a third autism spectrum disorder class at a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork; if she will provide a... - Schools Building Projects
640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where she will locate the Shellybanks Educate Together national school in Dublin 4; and when she will make the announcement. [5454/16] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to accept an application by a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon under the emergency funding scheme along with its application under... - State Examinations
642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim can appeal a decision not to grant access to a Scribe for the Leaving Certificate examination;... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application under the summer works scheme by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on... - Special Educational Needs Staff
644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a person (details supplied) in County Cork is not being granted additional resource hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Properties
645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the delays and difficulties St. Marks Gaelic Athletic Association Club and St. Marks Community School in Tallaght, Dublin 24,... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
646. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider an application under the summer works scheme by a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on... - State Examinations
647. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the decision taken by the State Examinations Commission regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cork; why the... - Schools Building Projects Status
648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will approve stage 2A, including a revised budget, for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and when she will make a... - Schools Building Contractors
649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the contractor appointed for a development (details supplied) in County Cork. [5534/16] - Schools Building Projects Status
650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when work will commence on the replacement building for Clifden community school; if contracts have been signed to date; the reason for the... - Food Allergies
651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her role in ensuring that primary and secondary schools have appropriate policies to manage and protect children who have food allergies; and if... - State Examinations
652. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to investigate the provision of specialised assistance for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5558/16] - School Transport Data
653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide further information on the statement of the chief executive of Bus Éireann last year that Bus Éireann made €4 million... - Special Educational Needs
655. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in having an appointment made for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5584/16] - Summer Works Scheme
656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to investigate the difficulties which have arisen with a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [5585/16] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
657. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has approved an application by a school (details supplied) in County Cork under the summer works scheme. [5586/16] - Schools Building Projects Status
659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will advance a school project (details supplied) in County Carlow to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Accommodation Provision
660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to grant an application for funding for an additional classroom by a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, as a matter of urgency; and if... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her summer works scheme will re-open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5599/16] - Consultancy Contracts Data
662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names, dates and cost of the reports; the names of the consultants and experts who provided the reports; the date the tender contract notice... - Schools Establishment
663. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to sanction approval for a new special school premises (details supplied) in County Cork. [5605/16] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
664. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Cork under the summer works scheme 2016. [5606/16] - Schools Building Projects Status
665. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to liaise with a school (details supplied) in County Cork to enable a school development to proceed. [5612/16] - Student Grant Scheme
666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide assistance and advice to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick, given the person's circumstances; and if she will make a... - Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amounts paid under the Caranua scheme; and the range of awards in terms of the amounts paid to single persons. [5619/16] - School Enrolments
668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the lack of primary school places for the Naas area in County Kildare for the upcoming school year; and if she will make a statement... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding autism unit places in schools in County Kildare. [5626/16] - Schools Building Projects Status
670. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of her discussions with the developer of the community centre and sports hall at Adamstown community college in County Dublin; if she... - School Transport
671. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a nurse for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5661/16] - School Transport Provision
672. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 417 of 18 September 2012, why Bus Éireann, as her agents, did not comply annually with European Union... - School Accommodation Provision
673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to sanction an additional class for a school (details supplied ) in County Dublin, given that over 46 children who meet the eligibility category... - Schools Refurbishment
674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the dangerous condition of windows at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 which have been blown in on windy days because... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the resource services for all primary pupils with Down's syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5688/16] - Teachers' Remuneration
676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the pay deficit for newly qualified teachers vis-à-vis their longer serving counterparts; if she will implement a... - National Educational Psychological Service
677. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5695/16] - School Staff
678. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to retain an English-as-an-additional language post in a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the... - Further Education and Training Programmes
680. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to develop a course for a trade (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5711/16] - School Enrolments
681. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding equality in the education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5718/16] - Pension Provisions
682. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review an application for a children's pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Teacher Redeployment
683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why permanent post-primary school teachers have no work location transfer options available to them which do not require their permanent status... - School Accommodation Provision
684. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide funding to a school extension (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5737/16] - Schools Building Projects Status
685. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to agree a site for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5740/16] - School Transport
686. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money Bus Éireann paid to Coras Iompair Éireann from the revenue received for school transport services from 2005 to 2016... - State Examinations
689. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure a reader is provided to a person (details supplied) for the leaving certificate examination. [5754/16] - Sports Facilities Provision
690. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a sports hall for Adamstown Community College in County Dublin, including the timescale for this project, the... - Home School Community Liaison Scheme
691. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to amend the provision under the home school community liaison scheme whereby the existing co-ordinator having served the maximum five-year... - Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
692. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad é an líon iomlán foirne atá fostaithe ina Roinn faoi láthair; cé mhéad duine acu siúd atá ag... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
694. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why an application for a higher education grant by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been refused; if she will review the... - School Staff
695. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to approve an additional classroom teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Cork from September 2016 in accordance with the staffing... - Special Educational Needs Staff
696. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5910/16] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
697. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure additional accommodation is made available in the autism unit in a school (details supplied) in County Cork for autistic siblings of... - School Transport
699. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 22 March 2016, wherein she stated Bus Éireann's school bus maintenance costs per kilometre, to... - School Staff
701. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review an unsuccessful appeal by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for a mainstream post given the exceptional circumstances and the... - Technological Universities
702. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the concerns of many members of the teaching staff in the Tralee Institute of Technology in County Kerry relating to the... - School Enrolments Data
703. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who were unsuccessful in securing a junior infant place in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin for the year... - State Examinations
704. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why reasonable accommodation was not sanctioned for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the options open to this person; and if she will... - School Staff
705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rules governing the qualification and proficiency in Irish that teachers must have in order to teach in a special school even if no Irish is... - Student Grant Scheme Administration
706. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the anticipated timing and payment methods used for the payment of maintenance grants to students for the 2016-17 college year under the student... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
707. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if income from employment earned towards the end of 2015 by a prospective applicant under the student universal support Ireland system for the... - School Transport Eligibility
708. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why she has deemed a person (details supplied) in County Carlow eligible for transport to the school nearest the person's home in September 2016,... - School Transport Expenditure
709. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 22 March 2016, if there is any difference between the term "return to risk", associated with the... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
710. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the autism spectrum disorder early intervention unit at a school (details supplied) in County Cork for September 2016 onwards; and... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
711. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Cavan under the summer works scheme, given the urgent need to provide... - School Patronage
712. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 14 January 2016, the further work she has carried out to identify the need for school patronage... - School Accommodation Provision
713. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to arrange an expanded permanent school structure on her Department's owned land adjacent to an existing school (details supplied) in Dublin 17,... - Teachers' Remuneration
714. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is on an incorrect pay scale; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6094/16] - Education and Training Provision
715. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 10 November 2015 concerning the LATI European Globalisation Adjustment Fund programme why she stated... - Schools Building Projects
720. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Meath. [6109/16] - School Furniture Provision
721. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide funding for the cost of internal furniture and fittings for a school (details supplied) and to include funding for this onerous cost... - Schools Health and Safety
723. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why no pedestrian crossing has been built for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 even though this was a condition of the planning... - School Accommodation
724. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
725. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reverse her plans to proceed with changes to the way children with special educational needs in schools are assessed, as outlined in the... - Home Tuition Scheme Staff
726. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the employment status of home tutors who are paid through the home tuition grant which she administers with the Revenue Commissioners; if home... - Special Educational Needs
727. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Special Education will recognise the global development delay condition as a disability that requires the provision... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
728. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is enrolled in a special school for children with autism, given that the school changed... - Departmental Funding
730. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 1 October 2015 the status of plans for a second sexual abuse and violence in Ireland study; the... - School Equipment
731. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide funding to replace antiquated computer systems in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6249/16] - Schools Building Projects Status
732. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the tendering process for the new primary school in Furbo, County Galway, including the stage it is at and when construction will...
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