Written answers
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
Department of Education and Skills
- Commemorative Events
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9854/16] - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider an amendment to the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 for cases to be re-examined which have considerable new information... - Teachers' Remuneration
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that retired teachers of woodwork and building studies who qualified in 1980 and who worked in schools run by a vocational... - Education Policy
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to issue a final response to an issue (detail supplied) referred to his office in September 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will issue a final reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9365/16] - School Accommodation Provision
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to support and expedite an application for an extension by a school (details supplied) given the urgency expressed by the board of management.... - Teaching Council of Ireland
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to request the Teaching Council to review its proposal to abolish regulation 3, which gives full recognition to Montessori teachers to teach all... - Summer Works Scheme Expenditure
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to make further funding available under the summer works scheme 2016 prior to June 2016; and when he will make an announcement on the matter.... - Teaching Council of Ireland
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of the Teaching Council's review of the Teaching Council (Registration) Regulations 2009 under the Teaching Council Acts;... - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why he declined funding for the resurfacing of a yard at a school (details supplied) given the serious health and safety issues outlined in the... - Teachers' Remuneration
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide without delay a person's (details supplied) sick leave record from its earliest date and the personal record of the person's temporary... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reverse the decision to further cut the allocation of special needs assistants at a school (details supplied) in County Cork, leaving it with... - State Examinations Commission
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a reader for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9485/16] - School Accommodation Provision
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of an application for additional accommodation at Kilkenny College (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, including whether... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to expedite and approve a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied). [9471/16] - Teachers' Remuneration
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address pay inequality among new entrant primary school teachers; to re-instate allowances for additional qualifications; and if he will make... - Schools Building Projects Status
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of a school project (details supplied); to meet the board of management to finalise plans; and if he will make a statement... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide funding to assist a third level student with a placement which is to be undertaken in Europe as part of a course; and if he will make... - School Curriculum
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the consultation that took place in advance of the change in cycling training for primary schools that is funded through the Road... - State Examinations Reviews
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of the implementation of the junior cycle reform, including the issue of revised correction arrangements and additional... - School Staff
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to expedite and approve an additional teacher for a school (details supplied), based on the detailed information submitted. [9487/16] - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of a situation in a school (details supplied) where during the course of renovations to its playground it was discovered that the... - Schools Building Projects Status
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of the progression of a new school build (details supplied) scheduled to be constructed in 2015; the reason for the delay;... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will issue a roll number to a centre for autism (details supplied) in Carrigaline in County Cork which has submitted an application for a... - Special Educational Needs Staff
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of new special needs assistants he is allocating to counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal out of the 610 announced in... - Summer Works Scheme Eligibility
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to accept a late application for electrical works from a school under the summer works scheme which missed the deadline due to a genuine... - School Staff
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of the moratorium on posts of responsibility within schools, including his plans to change this; and if he will make a... - Educational Disadvantage
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of the review of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme. [9697/16] - Teacher Redeployment
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the challenges facing teachers under the existing panel process who are seeking redeployment to a different location; to amend... - Early Childhood Care Education
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why the level 7 course in childcare run by Carlow Institute of Technology which has been sanctioned by the Department of Children and Youth... - School Patronage
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the progress he has made on the forum on patronage and pluralism recommendation for a protocol for an inclusive school; the section in... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a school (details supplied) has received no communication in response to its application for an upgrade of its electrical system under the... - SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the proposed changes to the SOLAS tendering process for contracted training; if the key determining factor in the tendering... - Student Grant Scheme Applications Data
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of students in receipt of Student Universal Support Ireland support in County Dublin and elsewhere, in each of the years... - National Educational Psychological Service
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate additional educational assessments for dyspraxia to primary schools, given that the waiting list for pupils in County Donegal... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review procedures for parents to access teachers under the July provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9718/16] - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of persons (details supplied) who were late in applying to the redress board; and if he will make a statement on the... - Education Welfare Service
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of homeless children in primary and in secondary level education. [9409/16] - School Staff
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary school teachers recruited in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9785/16] - Teacher Training Provision
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all teachers should be trained in first aid and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation; if he should provide a training day in every school to... - Schools Building Projects Applications
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 4 May 2016, when he will commence construction at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a... - School Patronage
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a transfer of patronage by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9879/16] - Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the concerns that grade comparisons may be working at a disadvantage to Northern Ireland students and if he will resolve this... - Schools Building Projects
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to provide a permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9884/16] - School Accommodation Provision
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a secondary school for the Pelletstown area of Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9885/16] - School Staff
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to accept an appeal from a school (details supplied) further to the loss of two teaching posts on the grounds that its rooms are too small to... - School Accommodation
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will build a secondary school in Enfield, County Meath. [9946/16] - State Examinations
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a case, to provide reasonable accommodations for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he provides funds to assist students with fees in Northern Ireland; if there are European Union funds that a student can apply directly for;... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be no further reductions in the learning support services in schools in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - State Examinations
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that a person (details supplied) is being refused a reader for the leaving certificate examination in June 2016, despite having... - Schools Refurbishment
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will make a decision on the allocation of moneys for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - School Accommodation Provision
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received an application for an extension from a school (details supplied) and the timeframe for awarding the funds. [10169/16] - Preschool Services
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 561 of 17 December 2015, to outline in more detail the complex issues that need to be considered in respect... - School Patronage
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10179/16] - Schools Refurbishment
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the refurbishment and provision of an extension for the Portmarnock community school in County Dublin; and if he will make a... - Summer Works Scheme
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Roscommon and in east County Galway which applied and which received grants under the summer works scheme. [10215/16] - Schools Complaints Procedures
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of allegations of bullying and financial and professional misconduct as reported by a person (details supplied) under the... - Schools Building Projects Status
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will commence on-site work on the replacement building for Clifden community school in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he... - Scéim na nOibreacha Samhraidh
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a cheadófar an chuid eile de na tograí faoin scéim na noibreacha samhraidh do 2016; cén líon tograí... - Foirne Scoile
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aige athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar an gcóimheas daltaí le múinteoir do scoláirí i... - Religious Discrimination
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure the requirement that faith formation in State funded schools is confined to a distinct period of time, not permeated throughout the... - School Patronage
310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to diversify patronage arrangements in order that it is easier for schools to change patrons while continuing to increase the number of... - School Accommodation Provision
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that the application for full planning permission for a school (details supplied) would reflect the current demand of enrolment, that... - State Examinations
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a consultant's letter is needed to claim reasonable accommodations at the certificate examinations for a person (details supplied) [10388/16] - School Staff
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to be on the supplementary panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - State Examinations
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide reasonable accommodations to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10431/16] - Schools Building Projects
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his progress in providing the proposed two new schools at Maynooth Education Campus on Moyglare Road, Maynooth, County Kildare; if the tenders... - School Transport Data
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school pupils who avail of the school transport scheme in County Kildare and the cost of providing this in each of the... - Schools Building Projects Status
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned extension of a school (details supplied) including a timeline for the work; if he will expand this school into a... - School Transport Provision
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 405 and 406 of 26 April 2016, the date of the first time Bus Éireann informed his Department and the... - Schools Designation
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to designate island status to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10488/16] - Schools Building Projects Status
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed new development for a school (details supplied) which is included in the capital programme; to permit the project to... - School Transport Provision
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to a previous parliamentary question and the definition of a "distinct locality", the minimum number of ten children to form the basis of... - Educational Disadvantage
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to publish the review of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme commissioned by his predecessor; and if he will make a... - School Enrolments
325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to re-examine the enrolment situation for 2016-17 in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10524/16] - SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expand the safe pass tutor accreditation programme so that the pool of accredited safe pass training establishments may be... - Technological Universities
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what the mission of new technological universities is proposed to be and how this differs from both a traditional university and from an... - School Accommodation
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10552/16] - School Staff
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to immediately address the unequal salary position for teachers who entered the profession post-February 2012 (details supplied); and if he will... - State Examinations Reviews
333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and percentage of teachers who have fully engaged in training for the new junior cycle curriculum and assessment; the number of... - Schools Building Projects
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to assist with an issue (details supplied) regarding the permanent location of the school. [10596/16] - School Accommodation Provision
335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a national school (details supplied) will open in September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10599/16] - School Staff
337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal by a school (details supplied) will be successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10601/16] - School Enrolments
339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the shortage of primary school places in Gorey in County Wexford; his long-term plans to address the demographic challenge that... - Schools Building Projects Status
340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a new school building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10659/16] - Disability Services Provision
341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the alternative arrangements on behalf of Down Syndrome Ireland in the event of the closure of its literacy classes at the Mater Dei Institute of... - Education Schemes
342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide additional places (details supplied) for mainstream children who need extra curricular help under the July provision . [10691/16] - State Examinations
344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) and arrange for the provision of a reader to provide a fair opportunity to this person to... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a way that the calculation of travel distance could be subject to a physical measurement in relation to a Student Universal Support...
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