Written answers
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Availability
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to make provisions for the school bus service for Ballymahon secondary schools to pick up pupils in the village of Ballymore, County Westmeath;... - School Transport Administration
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding persons over 70 years of age not permitted to drive buses to bring children to school.; and if... - Departmental Reports
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Cassells report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14248/16] - Third Level Data
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the staff-pupil ratio of Ireland's universities compares to the European average. [14249/16] - Student Accommodation
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has explored the feasibility of introducing value added tax incentives to third level institutions that have available landbanks to... - Third Level Funding
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will reintroduce capital funding for Irish third level institutions. [14251/16] - Teaching Qualifications
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reverse the Teaching Council's plan to abolish regulation 3, whereby Montessori teachers and primary teachers who trained outside of Ireland... - School Accommodation Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why an application for additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) was refused; if the matter will be reconsidered, given the small... - Cross-Border Co-operation
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State bodies under his remit that have developed memorandums of understanding with his counterpart in Northern Ireland with regard to the... - Special Educational Needs Staff
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why sensory processing disorder is not included in the criteria for the assessment of special needs assistants, SNA; and if he will make a... - School Guidance Counsellors
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the hiring of guidance counsellors for secondary schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14299/16] - School Funding
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14306/16] - Gaelscoil Issues
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the application by An Foras Pátrúnachta for a multidenominational Gaelscoil to serve the greater Drumcondra-Marino area in... - Schools Building Projects Status
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) is scheduled to be extended and the estimated time for completion; the extent of the intended project; and if he... - School Accommodation Provision
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve funding for a prefabricated structure, without delay, in view of the situation facing a school (details supplied). [14355/16] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why he has cut services at a school (details supplied) attended by 155 special needs students; his plans to address these cuts; if the school is... - School Transport Provision
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why he has cut transport to a school (details supplied); if he will restore this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14388/16] - School Accommodation Provision
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for funding for additional accommodation. [14391/16] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied) for a car park and associated works. [14393/16] - Schools Building Projects Applications
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for funding for additional accommodation. [14394/16] - Schools Building Projects
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in commencing construction of a purpose-built school (details supplied); when construction will commence and when the... - School Enrolments
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are sufficient places for new entrants to first year for the 2016-2017 term in secondary schools in Wexford town; why a student from... - Departmental Data
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the level of data that is collected on the issues which come under his Department's remit; the steps he will take to work... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a roll number is put in place for a new school (details supplied) in County Cork. [14527/16] - Student Support Schemes
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can provide funding, apart from a grant from Student Universal Support Ireland, for a person who has secured a place on a master's degree... - School Curriculum
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider the inclusion of basic sign language on the primary and secondary school curricula to enable more people to communicate with the deaf... - School Enrolments
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that enrolments in a school (details supplied) are being blocked by the school; if he is complicit in the campaign to close the... - School Transport
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to downsize school buses in order to reduce the number of children who avail of concessionary school transport; and if he will make a... - Teaching Qualifications
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reopen consultation on regulation 3 of the Teaching Council’s regulations to facilitate stakeholders in submitting their views... - Educational Reform
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who could potentially lose up to 10% of their marks in junior certificate English due to the non-implementation of the... - Physical Education Facilities
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to undertake an audit of the physical education facilities of all secondary schools prior to the introduction of physical education as... - Special Educational Needs
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of introducing individual education plans for students with special educational needs on a statutory basis; and if he will make a... - Third Level Facilities
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of buildings at third level which are rented or prefabricated; the annual cost of renting these; and if he will make a statement on... - State Examinations
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of reference of the review of the reasonable accommodations at the certificate examinations, RACE, scheme; the consultation process... - Capital Expenditure Programme
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the third level projects he will fund under the capital investment plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14561/16] - Early Childhood Care and Education
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a compulsory second preschool year under the programme for Government; if parents will still be able to send their... - Asylum Support Services
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of extending third level and post-leaving certificate supports to students in the asylum-seeking process who have been in the school... - Broadband Service Provision
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools which do not have access to broadband, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on... - School Accommodation
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commence the replacement of prefabricated classrooms under the programme for Government before 2019; if he will replace both purchased... - National Educational Psychological Service Staff
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists employed by the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of these who are on leave of any type and the... - National Educational Psychological Service Expenditure
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding his Department allocated to the National Educational Psychological Service in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date; and if he will... - National Educational Psychological Service
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the waiting time for the assessment of children with special education needs by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if he will... - Disability Services Provision
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact of the roll out of the network of disability teams on the provision of services to special classes; and if he will make a statement on... - Special Educational Needs Staff
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of resource teachers who will be allocated in advance of the roll-out of the new model of resource allocation in 2017; and if he will... - Special Education Review
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the report on the review of the special needs assistant scheme has been completed; his consultations with stakeholders as part of the review;... - Employment Rights
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing the recommendations of the Cush report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14576/16] - School Transport Expenditure
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department is paying to private contractors for school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14577/16] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will establish a national inclusion support service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14578/16] - National Training Fund
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the yield from increasing the employer contribution to the national training fund to 1, 2 and 3% of the reckonable earnings of employees; and if... - Garda Vetting Legislation
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make arrangements for students starting a post-leaving certificate course to start in advance of Garda Síochána clearance... - Higher Education Authority Staff
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in appointing a chief executive officer of the Higher Education Authority; if he will appoint an interim chief executive... - Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that the changes to the entrance requirements for universities, which reduce the value of a fourth A level for students from... - School Admissions
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2015, including if and why he has removed it as a priority from the legislative... - Schools Site Acquisitions
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to investigate the possibility of purchasing the Augustinian Novitiate building on Old Court Road, Killakee, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 as a... - Teaching Qualifications
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes to the Teaching Council's registration regulations, in particular, regulation 3 which is affecting the graduates of a college... - Schools Refurbishment
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide additional funding to a school (details supplied) to carry out works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14641/16] - School Transport Expenditure
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding mechanism by which he pays Bus Éireann and private contractors under the school transport scheme; if he provides funding per... - Bullying in Educational Institutions
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why an educational institution (details supplied) does not have an anti-bullying policy or established procedures for dealing with complaints of... - Higher Education Institutions Staff
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why an educational institution (details supplied) has a large student to staff ratio despite the teaching council's Initial Teacher Education:... - School Staff
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will review the staffing thresholds for two, three and four-teacher schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14690/16] - Teachers' Remuneration
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on entitlements for a teacher (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14717/16] - Special Educational Needs Staff
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to employ a second special educational needs teacher or a special education assistant in a school (details supplied) in which there are... - Schools Building Projects Applications
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will provide funding which has been granted to a school (details supplied) for an autism unit; and if he will make a statement on the... - Student Accommodation
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide assistance to the Dublin students union in the National University of Ireland in its proposed publicity campaign related to... - Schools Building Projects Applications
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for funding and the go-ahead in respect of adaptation works required, including when... - Schools Building Projects Status
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied), including when he will commence and complete the works; and if he will make a... - Pleananna Oideachais
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair atá sé i gceist Beartas Oideachais don Ghaeltacht a fhoilsiú; cad iad na bearta a chaithfear a dhéanamh sula... - Gaelscoil Issues
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist Gaelscoil bhreise a chur ar fáil i gceantar Dhroim Conrach/Marino; cad iad na critéir a úsáidtear... - Schools Building Projects Status
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an extension at a school (details supplied); why it is not going ahead; if he will provide extra funding for it to proceed; and if... - Access to Higher Education
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schemes he is running to promote access to third level education by lower socioeconomic groups, disabled students and mature students; the... - Special Educational Needs Expenditure
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to carry out a full costing of the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if he will... - Third Level Institutions
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the third level institutions that are running at a deficit; the amount of the deficit by institution; and if he will make a statement on the... - School Services Staff
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding his Department allocated to schools to cover ancillary services such as the employment of a school secretary or caretaker in each of... - Third Level Staff Recruitment
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing the academic staff to student ratio at third level to 1:15 in each of the years 2017 to 2021, taking forecasted increases in... - School Transport Data
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of empty seats on school transport buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14997/16] - Third Level Staff Remuneration
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget for salaries and for non-salary-related activities by third level institution in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Third Level Funding
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding his Department provided and the proportion this was of total income by third level institution over each of the years 2006 to 2016 to... - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the review of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme; his plans to make changes to the scheme for the... - Third Level Expenditure
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of carrying out the capital projects identified in the Higher Education Authority space utilisation of third level conducted in 2010 in... - Public Private Partnerships
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will conclude the selection process for the projects at third level that are to receive investment under public private partnership; and... - Schools Building Projects Expenditure
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of providing additional classroom accommodation at primary and secondary schools to address increased demographics over the next five,... - State Examinations Reviews
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has followed up on correspondence from the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland at the start of May 2016; if he has engaged with the... - Ministerial Correspondence
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of representations he has received from Members of the Oireachtas and the number of these to which he had not issued a substantive...
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