Written answers
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Provision
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will work with Bus Éireann to provide a school bus from Cluain Dara, Derrinturn, County Kildare, to Oakland secondary school in... - Preschool Services
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 301 of 17 May 2016, to expedite an application by a school (details supplied) for a naíonra as a... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide additional hours to a person (details supplied) under the special needs assistance scheme; and if he will make a statement on... - Bus Éireann
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 26 May 2016, if he monitors payments to Bus Éireann under state aid rules; if Bus Éireann... - Student Grant Scheme
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of meetings between his Department officials and representatives of the Wake Up SUSI campaign who are seeking grants for low-income... - Teacher Redeployment
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans he is putting in place to create equal supplementary panel rights for regulation 2 and regulation 3 teachers (details supplied); and if... - School Curriculum
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the removal of rule 68 from the Rules for National Schools; the progress he hopes to make in amending the rules to reflect the... - Preschool Services
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current policy towards the opening and facilitation of preschools in existing primary schools where there is adequate space to provide a... - Ministerial Appointments
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will appoint a new chair of the Higher Education Authority as a matter of urgency given that the authority has been without a chair since... - University Governance
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of universities that currently provide a residence for their president; if he is aware of any universities in the process of... - School Transport Provision
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport service will be provided to a primary school (details supplied); if he will ensure that a scheme is put in place given the... - Special Educational Needs
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why he did not put in place proper individual education and care plans and make provision for physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and... - Torthaí Scoile
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad iad na torthaí atá ar fáil ó na cineálacha éagsúla scoileanna iar-bhunoideachais sa chóras oideachais... - Schools Building Projects Status
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of permanent buildings for schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16827/16] - Teacher Training Places
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of difficulties being experienced by students of post-primary teaching qualification courses in finding suitable work experience... - School Accommodation
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider co-location as an option to resolve the situation whereby parents in north County Dublin cannot access a school through the medium of... - Irish Language
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will carry out a projection of the future demand among parents for the provision of education through the medium of the Irish language; and... - Departmental Funding
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he provides any type of grant towards the costs of courses in the Gaeltacht for students who attend them; and if he will make a statement on... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that currently have no special needs unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16918/16] - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children currently being taught in classes that have fewer than 25 pupils, have between 25 and 28 pupils, and have over 28 pupils,... - EU Funding
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the closing date for the submission of final claims and documentation for the 2007-2013 Human Capital Investment Operational Programme; if he... - Literacy Programmes
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money he has allocated for each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date for the provision of adult literacy services; and if he will make... - Student Assistance Fund
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money he has allocated for each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date under the student assistance fund; and if he will make a... - Fund for Students with Disabilities
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money he has allocated for each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date under the fund for students with disabilities; and if he will... - School Inspection Reports
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will carry out an independent review of the operation of the community national school model; and if he will make a statement on the... - Gaeltacht Policy
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will finalise and publish the Gaeltacht education policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16925/16] - Youth Employment Initiative
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why his Department had to refund €19.8 million under the programme for employability, inclusion and learning; the impact of this on the... - Education Policy
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the science, technology, engineering and maths report will be published and referred to the Oireachtas committee; and if he will make a... - Access to Higher Education
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the independent examination of the supports and barriers to accessing higher education for lone parents, as referred to in the programme for... - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been allocated over each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date to the delivering equality of opportunity in schools (DEIS)... - Third Level Staff
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will implement the recommendations of the Cush report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16930/16] - Technological Universities
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he remains of the view that the merger of institutes of technology is a pre-requisite for the application for, as opposed to the granting of,... - National Educational Psychological Service Data
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils currently awaiting assessment by a National Educational Psychological Service psychologist, by county; the number that have... - Schools Building Projects Applications
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in granting permission for a new walkway between a school (details supplied) and the local shopping centre; and if he... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for the summer works scheme by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16934/16] - SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the construction skills certification scheme, quarry skills certification scheme and safe pass... - Special Educational Needs Data
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students with special needs in mainstream classes at primary and post-primary level in the school years 2014/2015 and 2015/2016, in... - Third Level Fees
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if third level institutions in receipt of considerable State funding, should be allowed to discriminate against Irish citizens, in the matter of... - Schools Building Projects Applications
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction a building project at a school (details supplied) to enable it to open another class for children with autism; and if he will... - Special Educational Needs Data
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications from schools he received for special educational needs posts in 2016 and the number of applications by county. [17019/16] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the July provision should be provided for children with special needs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when he will provide funding to a school (details supplied) under the emergency works given the urgent and substantial works required; and... - School Expulsions
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can challenge an overturning by third parties directly affected with regard to the expulsion of a student from a secondary school and the... - Student Support Schemes
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of the €407 million he allocated for the purposes of student support and related expenses, that is paid to education... - School Services Staff
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) which wishes to receive a second caretaker in the school; and if he will make a... - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an emergency works application by a school (details supplied); if the application will be successful, given that funding is vital... - Schools Building Projects Status
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) under the capital works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17065/16] - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is additional student grant financial support available to students who are living in isolated rural areas; and if he will make a... - Schools Establishment
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he will meet the growing demand for school places in the Harold's Cross and Terenure areas, including current demand for primary school... - School Transport Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide school transport to a school (details supplied), given that it has more than the required number of pupils who meet the... - Schools Building Projects Applications
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make funding available to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17187/16] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse a decision regarding the supply of the July provision for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Student Universal Support Ireland
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of an anomalous situation whereby a SUSI maintenance grant is not payable to a person (details supplied) who is on a work... - Schools Building Projects
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name of the architect or architectural firm which designed a school (details supplied); the name of the builder who, or building company... - Schools Refurbishment
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of carrying out repairs to faulty roofs in newly built schools in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a... - Schools Grievance Procedures
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why he has not introduced an adequate school complaints procedure despite calls for reform from the Ombudsman for Children and the National... - Schools Site Acquisitions
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the identification and acquisition of sites for the two new secondary schools to serve the communities of Malahide, Portmarnock and... - Physical Education Facilities
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take in relation to a school (details supply) which urgently requires funding for a new floor in the physical education hall;... - Schools Building Projects Status
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take about the requirement for the replacement of the K block in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Ministerial Meetings
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with the Irish National Teachers Organisation since his appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17274/16] - Technological Universities
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dialogue he has had with the Teachers Union of Ireland regarding technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Cearta Painéal Mhúinteoirí Scoile
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cathain a bheidh duine i nDún na nGall (sonraí curtha ar fáil) curtha ar phainéal forlíontach na Roinne; agus an... - Home School Community Liaison Scheme
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will accede to the request from the principals of schools (details supplied) who share a home school liaison community co-ordinator... - Schools Refurbishment
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to expedite a decision on an application for funding under the schools capital appraisal scheme for urgent refurbishment work in a school... - Teachers' Remuneration
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) raised in correspondence regarding teachers. [17340/16]
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