Written answers
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Department of Education and Skills
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes to the eligibility criteria on accessing funds under the scheme established by the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012... - School Transport
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has taken any steps to provide school transport for children in emergency accommodation which is located far away from their schools; and... - Teachers' Remuneration
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring entry level pay scales to pre-financial emergency measures in the public interest levels, that is, equal pay for... - Maternity Protection Entitlements
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the entitlements of a person (details supplied) under SI 654 of 2004, Maternity Protection, Protection of Mothers Who Are Breastfeeding... - Student Support Schemes
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the provision of an allowance in respect of a health course (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is allowed complete another academic year in a school in September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the... - Gaelscoil Issues
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he will work with his colleague the Minister with responsibility for regional development, rural affairs, arts and the Gaeltacht to ensure... - Arts in Education Charter
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has liaised with the Minister with responsibility for regional development, rural affairs, arts and the Gaeltacht on the development of... - Third Level Funding
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of customers of a bank (details supplied) who have credit cards with an affinity to each of the universities, National University of... - School Transport Review
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review into the nearest school rule relating to school transport; if its implementation has forced small school closures,... - National Training Fund
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding for the Skillnets programme from the national training framework in each year from 2011 to 2016 in tabular form. [19108/16] - Further Education and Training Programmes (1 comment)
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of any recent studies, undertaken or commissioned by his Department, of how Ireland compares internationally on macro... - Institutes of Technology
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no borrowing framework in place for institutes of technologies, IoTs, as there is for universities, whereby they can borrow... - Third Level Admissions Data
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any Irish universities have had to place a cap on student numbers due to funding difficulties; his views on student entry caps as a means of... - Departmental Bodies Data
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all unfilled board positions in bodies under his Department's aegis; and if each of these positions is a paid or an unpaid... - Technological Universities
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, when consulting on the technological university model and drafting the Technological University Bill, his Department had ever considered... - School Guidance Counsellors
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with a person (details supplied) to discuss the issue of guidance counsellors in post-primary schools; and if he will make a... - School Funding
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19121/16] - School Curriculum
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure effective mechanisms to facilitate children in opting out of religious instruction in publicly funded schools (details... - Third Level Data
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Irish students in third level education in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19144/16] - Third Level Education
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the strategies the Irish education system put in place to cope with the inevitably increased demand on the third level education system, given... - School Transport Review
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of concessionary bus tickets for school transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19146/16] - School Accommodation
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a new school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19164/16] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure funding is made available for repair work on the roof of a school (details supplied) where rain water is entering through loose... - SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Places
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will direct SOLAS the Further Education and Training Authority to place a person (details supplied) on the next electrical instrumentation... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a full-time special needs assistant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19241/16] - Third Level Admissions Assistance
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why he refused a person (details supplied) the disability access route to education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19244/16] - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reform the assessment criteria for Student Universal Support Ireland third level grants to reflect real family situations,for example, to... - Third Level Fees
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the increasing concerns of students at the prospect of student fees payable by those from the Republic of Ireland, who are... - Cross-Border Educational Provision
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which children from the Republic of Ireland attending schools in Northern Ireland will be affected by the Brexit outcome; and if he... - School Playgrounds
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the funding for a new playground at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19301/16] - Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Caranua is now closing clients' files and insisting that they must go through the approval process all over again just to be accepted... - Site Acquisitions
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will secure a site for a school (details supplied); the expected timeline for completing the process; and if he will make a statement on... - State Examinations
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the leaving certificate results for 2016 could be converted into the new points system which is to come into effect in 2017 as a reference for... - Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the manner in which complaints are dealt with by Caranua; and the number of complaints received by it during 2015. [19406/16] - Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of moneys received by Caranua as interest on money held in accounts by it and the way in which this revenue was spent. [19407/16] - Schools Building Projects
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or the Office of Public Works had a site manager for the building of a school (details supplied). [19417/16] - Schools Building Projects Status
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which a school (details supplied) was removed from the major school building projects list to proceed to construction in 2016; the... - Technological Universities
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19432/16] - School Accommodation Provision
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will receive an extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19433/16] - Schools Building Projects Status
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the commencement of building a new school (details supplied); the schedule for when he expects planning permission to... - School Accommodation
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual amount of rent being paid for the rental of a premises at a location (details supplied) for the temporary housing of a school; and if... - Education and Training Boards Funding
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money allocated to each education and training board for the purposes of youth education in each of the years from 2006 to 2016 to... - Schools Building Projects Status
203. 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. [19485/16] - School Curriculum
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce Mandarin Chinese as a leaving certificate examination subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19491/16] - School Playgrounds
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a primary school (details supplied) to develop a play area for the children in its new ASD unit; his... - Schools Building Projects Status
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names, locations and values of school rebuilding projects (details supplied) that were previously to commence in 2016 and have now deferred... - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction funding for emergency works which need to be carried out at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - School Enrolments Data
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Chinese nationals who attended schools here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19537/16] - School Curriculum
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage which plans to introduce the teaching of Mandarin as a language on the leaving certificate are at; and if he will make a statement on... - School Enrolments
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he and the education welfare office will take to secure a school place for September 2016 for a person (details supplied). [19585/16] - Schools Building Projects Status
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for a new school (details supplied): if it is ready to go to tender and if there is a date for completion of this project;... - School Accommodation Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19606/16] - Departmental Records
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff employed in his Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans to expand... - Schools Amalgamation
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the amalgamation of three schools (details supplied) which share a campus for funding purposes; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Properties
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if will relinquish a long-term lease held on a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19632/16] - State Examinations
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a reader for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19637/16] - Special Educational Needs
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has a special needs unit; if so, the number of clients it currently has; and if he will make a statement on the... - School Curriculum
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to put Mandarin on the curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19656/16] - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any changes planned in the medium to long term to adjust the minimum number of pupils required either up or down to maintain a... - School Transport Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements he will put in place to provide school transport for persons (details supplied); if he will approve an application under the... - Site Acquisitions
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his progress in identifying and securing a permanent site for a primary school (details supplied); when construction will commence; and if he... - Scéim na nOibreacha Samhraidh
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aige airgead breise mar atá iarrtha a chur ar fáil le hobair a dhéanamh ar scoil (sonraí tugtha);... - Scéimeanna Rannach
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach bhfuil iompar scoile curtha ar fáil do scoláire chuig an nGaelscoil is gaire a bhfuil folúntas inti de... - Schools Building Projects Status
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his progress on the planned construction of the new amalgamated primary school in Monasterevin, County Kildare; when the project will move to the... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will announce the second tranche of the summer works scheme for primary and secondary schools; if he is aware that many schools are... - Summer Works Scheme Data
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary and secondary schools in County Donegal he has approved for funding under the summer works scheme to date under various headings,... - School Accommodation Provision
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to provide accommodation to facilitate a school (details supplied) which has been upgraded and granted a fourth teacher... - Teacher Recruitment
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assist in having a teaching post reinstated as per correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Staff Recruitment
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional public sector staff hired in his Department over and above those who had retired or left the service, that is, new...
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