Written answers
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
Department of Education and Skills
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why persons who participate in level 5 Quality and Qualifications Ireland courses through the National Learning Network cannot avail of the grant... - School Accommodation
15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the programme of replacing prefabricated classrooms in primary schools with permanent structures; and if he will make a statement on... - School Admissions
16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his response to the advice by constitutional law experts commissioned by an organisation (details supplied) which found that no constitutional... - School Enrolments
17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that the consequences of the policy of the patron of a school (details supplied) in refusing to enrol new children is having a... - Apprenticeship Programmes
18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the promotion of apprenticeships as a further education option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17914/16] - Literacy Programmes
19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the literacy and numeracy strategy; his views on the gap that exists in literacy and in numeracy between advantaged and... - Schools Establishment
20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will facilitate the establishment of a gaelcholáiste with a multi-denominational and inclusive ethos and with a catchment area covering... - Teachers' Remuneration
21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will end the position whereby new teachers are on lesser pay rates and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18266/16] - School Enrolments
22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will legislate to protect families from religious discrimination in the enrolment process to all schools, by amending section 7(3)(c) of the... - Legislative Programme
23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Technological Universities Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18258/16] - Ministerial Meetings
24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he met with teachers and their unions on the issue of post-2011 entrants to teaching having a different pay rate to pre-2011 entrants; and if... - Teachers' Remuneration
25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to restore full equality of pay for all teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17910/16] - EU Directives
26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he is implementing European Union Directive 77/486 in education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18255/16] - School Textbooks
27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to roll-out ebooks in schools, given the weight of school bags and the cost of hard-copy books; and if he will make a statement on the... - Physical Education Facilities
28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when he will audit all second-level schools which do not have a physical education hall on site. [18186/16] - Languages Programme
29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a new foreign languages strategy; how he proposes to accommodate the needs of new communities who are struggling to maintain their... - Education Policy
30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the practice in schools where a child's parents or a young person over 18 years of age can opt out of religious... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change the pupil-teacher ratio for island primary schools; if he is willing to revert to the previous policy, where all offshore... - Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes he will introduce in the provision of training and skills to assist unemployed young persons; and if he will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects Status
33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding for the building of a school (details supplied). [18241/16] - Equality Legislation
34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the advice his Department sought or received on the constitutional issues in relation to amending the Equal Status Act, to cease discrimination on... - Skills Development
36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his short-term and medium-term proposals to meet the education and skills requirements of a modern economy, given the needs of the manufacturing... - Schools Building Projects Status
37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to expedite the building and planning issues that have arisen for a school (details supplied); and if the school can be... - Legislative Reviews
38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to carry out or commission a revised plan for the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Acts,... - School Curriculum
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of negotiations with the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland regarding the outstanding dispute over reform of the junior... - School Transport Administration
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address concerns that the school transport programme is not being run on an efficient basis, especially with regard to route selection criteria... - Teachers' Remuneration
41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will end the position where newer teachers are on inferior pay rates and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18283/16] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Department of Health or any agencies acting for that Department informed his Department of their intention to remove supports to a school... - Teachers' Remuneration
43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with the Irish National Teachers' Organisation, the Teachers Union of Ireland and the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland... - Schools Mental Health Strategies
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider developing and issuing a circular to primary schools in order to incorporate weekly discussions on the issue of mental health and... - School Transport Administration
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the situation whereby persons over 70 years of age cannot transport children to and from school, but the same person can carry... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his proposals to meet the special needs school place requirements at primary and secondary level and if he plans to ensure the availability of the... - Special Educational Needs Staff
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the situation whereby a school that applies for hours under the special needs assistant scheme is not informed until August of that...
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