Written answers
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Department of Education and Skills
- Momentum Programme
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost in 2017 of increasing the Momentum programme by 20% on a voluntary basis for persons in receipt of disability allowance; and... - School Transport Eligibility
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason persons (details supplied) cannot be granted a concessionary bus ticket for secondary school on their medical card, as was the case in... - Teachers' Remuneration
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount it would cost to re-instate all allowances to new entry teachers which were abolished in 2012-2013. [21148/16] - Schools Building Projects Status
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the situation with regard a school (details supplied) that was approved for funding for a new autism spectrum disorder unit... - Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is concerned that in its updated guidelines on applying for services, dated June 2016, Caranua has indicated to survivors that an audit... - Teachers' Remuneration
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who earn between €10,000 and €100,000 per year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Higher Education Institutions Expenditure
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the deficit incurred by Waterford Institute of Technology in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date; the measures being put in place to address... - Technological Universities
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the institutes of technology that have expressed an interest, or are involved, in a process to become technological universities; the stage each... - Schools Building Projects Status
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has fallen off his Department's list for funding and when funding will be made available to bring this... - Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Caranua has signed a memorandum of understanding with a service (details supplied); and if so, the terms of this memorandum of understanding,... - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for emergency works funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20571/16] - EU Funding
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount... - State Examinations
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider additional examination options for leaving certificate students who have either suffered a bereavement or illness and who... - Schools Building Projects Status
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe and expected completion date for extension works due to take place at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - National Educational Psychological Service Data
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department retains data on the number of private referrals made by schools to private psychologists, outside of the scheme for the... - National Educational Psychological Service Administration
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any guidelines, direction or other form of communication has ever been issued by his Department or the National Educational Psychology Service... - Psychological Assessments
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average number of educational assessments carried out by the National Educational Psychology Service and the scheme for the commissioning of... - Child Sexual Abuse Cases
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of cases and litigation that comes within the parameters of the O'Keeffe judgment; the implications of this for the State; and if he... - Industrial Relations
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of talks with the Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20640/16] - Gaelscoil Issues
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of counties that currently have one or more Gaelscoileanna but no Gaelcholáiste; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Irish Language
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the capital programme for school buildings takes account of the future demand for the provision of education through the Irish language; and... - Student Grant Scheme Administration
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra staff are being brought into the Student Universal Support Ireland offices in 2016 to deal with the application process; if he envisages... - Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of vacant positions; when each vacancy... - Appointments to State Boards
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for a seat on the board of the National Council for Special... - Higher Education Institutions
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any public money has been expended directly or indirectly by a university (details supplied); if any financial arrangements for retired staff... - School Staff
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 14 June 2016, the reason his response and the decision of the board fails to take into consideration... - Student Grant Scheme Administration
256. 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. [20745/16] - Teachers' Remuneration
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the issue of incremental credits awarded for teaching service given outside the EU, which under the terms of the Agreed Report... - Schools Health and Safety
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish guidelines with current information regarding good nutrition for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - School Curriculum
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish his departmental policy as regards directing schools to include up to date nutritional education in the curriculum, with an... - Schools Refurbishment
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to grant an additional funding request to facilitate the alteration of bathrooms and assist the amalgamation process of a school (details... - School Staff
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reconsider the refusal of a concessionary post following the approval of the amalgamation request of a school (details supplied) and to assist... - Capitation Grants
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for an increase in capitation grants to schools, particularly in counties Cavan and Monaghan (details supplied); and if he will make a... - School Textbooks
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to abolish value added tax on education books bought on e-readers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20813/16] - Youth Enterprise Initiatives
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has implemented the structures and systems necessary to certify expenditure under the European Union regulations and have them verified by... - Schools Building Projects Status
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for capital funding for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); when he will make a decision on... - Autism Support Services
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is no legislative requirement on schools to provide special classes for children with autism spectrum disorder; his plans to remedy this... - School Accommodation Provision
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available for a national school (details supplied) for equipping a new resource classroom and if not, why not; and if he will make... - Springboard Programme
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a person in receipt of payment under the invalidity pension scheme is not eligible to apply for a Springboard course; his plans to alter this... - Sick Pay Scheme
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sick leave entitlements of an employee of an education and training board in the event of a workplace accident; if the entitlements are... - School Patronage
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the safeguards that he is proposing to allow a school to determine and preserve its ethos, specifically given the Education (Admission to... - School Placement
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest information with on the numbers of over-subscribed primary and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21061/16] - School Patronage
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his Department's involvement with the forum on patronage and pluralism in the primary sector; and if he will make a statement on... - School Closures
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of primary schools that have been closed in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21063/16] - Capitation Grants
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing the capitation grant for post-primary schools from €296 to €316; and if he will make a statement on the... - Teaching Qualifications
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers registered under regulation 3 who are holders of AMI or level 7 St. Nicholas qualifications will remain unaffected by changes to... - Teachers' Panel Rights
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for those teachers who are registered under regulation 3 to gain panel access; and if he will make a statement on the... - National Educational Psychological Service Data
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of child psychologists he employs under the National Educational Psychological Service. [21118/16] - Schools Establishment
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 21 June 2016, to provide details of the process for development of the new schools in the Dublin 2,... - Autism Support Services
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to amend Circular 0030/2014 so that children with high functioning autism can receive more assistance under the special needs... - National Educational Psychological Service
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the NEPS service interacts with the CAMHS service; and the number of referrals that have been made by NEPS to CAMHS for each of... - Maternity Protection Entitlements
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 5 July 2016, if an employer disregards the statutory instrument (details supplied) the name of the... - Schools Building Projects Expenditure
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding provided in 2016 for the school building programme; the amount that has been committed to date; if he is in a position to... - Schools Building Projects Status
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed extension to a school (details supplied) which it was hoped would have started construction during the summer... - School Transport Eligibility
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a person (details supplied) has been changed to a concessionary school bus ticket when they used to have an eligible one; and if he will make... - Departmental Expenditure
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of agency and or locum staff hired by his Department for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Services for People with Disabilities
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department's website is accessible to persons with a disability; if the accessibility of this website is regularly reviewed to take...
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