Written answers
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Department of Education and Skills
- Teacher Training Provision
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to meet with representatives of the Walk Tall programme urgently to facilitate his being apprised of the situation and to seek a solution before... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to increase the number of public preschools that can adequately cater for children with autism spectrum disorder. [12625/16] - Bullying in Schools
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to address the policy gap whereby sexual harassment in schools among students falls between his Department's action plan on... - Apprenticeship Programmes
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to introduce a new apprenticeship scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13370/16] - Education and Training Boards Staff
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide costing for the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing education and training board chief executive officer pay by 10%.... - Public Sector Staff Data
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of persons who have left the public service in his Department in each of the past five years to date, either by way of... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to re-open the redress board to investigate cases from a school (detrails supplied). [12503/16] - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the supports available for persons (details supplied). [12507/16] - Irish Language
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will issue a reply to an interim response (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12533/16] - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to extend the Student Universal Support Ireland grant scheme to third level students who attend non-state-owned colleges, given that these... - Information and Communications Technology
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when he will provide an information and communications technology grant to primary schools (details supplied); and if he will make a... - School Enrolments Data
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the provision of a new post-primary school in the Ongar Hansfield Little Pace area of Dublin West; and if he will make a statement on... - School Accommodation Provision
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for three additional classrooms and other refurbishment works; and if he... - Student Grant Scheme
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reasons each of the 37 applications for student support under the scheme aimed at making third level education accessible for... - School Accommodation
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 398 of 20 April 2016, when a written decision will issue to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal... - After-School Support Services
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his upcoming three year strategy, which will include increasing after-school hours, will take into consideration the after-school care... - Departmental Advertising Expenditure
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out in tabular form the amount of money spent by his Department on media advertising from March 2011 to February 2016 by media... - School Patronage
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline how parents can make a submission to his Department regarding the patronage of new second level schools in the Dublin 15 area; if he... - Schools Building Projects
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans for the provision of new post-primary schools in the Ongar and Littlepace areas in Dublin 15 in the five-year school... - Teaching Council of Ireland
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans for Montessori teaching; if he will retain regulation 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12968/16] - State Examinations Reviews
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 17 May 2016 if he will provide figures on the number of schools that are not currently in a position... - Schools Building Projects Status
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been identified for a secondary school (details supplied) in County Dublin as the school is currently located in Kilternan Rugby... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to allow a school (details supplied) to maintain its existing pupil-teacher ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13127/16] - Departmental Meetings
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if progress is being made in respect of issues raised with his departmental officials in Tullamore by a sports club (details supplied); his views... - Summer Works Scheme
310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is dealing with a request for urgent works on the school yard at a school (details supplied); his views on the fact that there... - Schools Building Projects Status
311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to confirm the go-ahead for the long promised extension at a school (details supplied); his views on concerns of the school community... - School Accommodation Provision
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the necessary funding will be made available to a school (details supplied) to proceed with their building project; and if he will make a... - Schools Building Projects Status
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13150/16] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position relating to a summer works application for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the... - School Costs
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills who is providing insurance for buildings, specifically for schools that are State owned (details supplied) and built on land bought by the State.... - Schools Procurement Unit
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views that national schools are failing to receive more than one insurance quotation for cover on building/contents/liability, and principals... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position of a summer works application for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13156/16] - School Costs
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will cover the cost of an overspend incurred by a school (details supplied) for the construction of an autism unit; if his... - Special Educational Needs Expenditure
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider providing funding for the WALK Peer Project in County Louth (details supplied). [13229/16] - State Examinations Commission
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if direction has been given from his Department to the State Examinations Commission to review all refusals of readers, given the recent High... - Schools Building Projects Status
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the initial design plans for the new build in respect of the three schools (details supplied) have been drawn up; and if he will make a... - School Curriculum
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ten year old children here currently learning a modern language and the number of primary schools here that teach a modern... - Technological Universities
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of stage 4 of the designation process for technological university status, that is, an application for designation; the length... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the application by a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme. [13357/16] - School Transport Data
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to his reply to Question No. 134 of 28 April 2016, if he will, for the years 2008 to 2015, repeat and expand on the information in the... - Ombudsman's Remit
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed role and powers of the ombudsman for education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13424/16] - School Guidance Counsellors
330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the increased funding required to restore guidance counselling to secondary schools as provided for in the programme for... - School Accommodation Provision
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to support and expedite the provision of a physical education hall in a school (details supplied) which has been without same for over 30 years... - Teachers' Remuneration
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Government's timeframe to end the pay inequality that teachers who qualified after 2011 endure, considering it has now been five years of... - School Guidance Counsellors
333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of guidance counsellors employed in secondary schools in each county, for the years 2011 to 2015. [13456/16] - Budget Measures
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reverse the cuts imposed by his Department in budget 2012. [13459/16] - Schools Building Projects Status
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) which is awaiting a grant for an extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13466/16] - Schools Amalgamation
339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) which has been amalgamated since September 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13483/16] - School Staff
340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13484/16] - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is giving consideration to an application by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo under the emergency funding scheme; if the... - Schools Building Projects Status
342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed two-storey extension to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13509/16] - Third Level Charges
343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding university fees. [13511/16] - School Accommodation Provision
344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the third phase of development will be sanctioned for approval by his Department at (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Teachers' Remuneration
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can respond to issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding unequal pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - State Examinations Data
346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students aged 18-20 who sat the leaving certificate for the first time in 2015; the number expected to sit the leaving certificate... - School Staff
347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding an appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13571/16] - Departmental Expenditure
348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year savings for 2017 from reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
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