• Departmental Investigations
  229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the investigation into the administration and financial management of the FÁS scheme at a hostel and other locations has been completed;...
• Special Educational Needs Service Provision
  230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction a preschool for autistic children at a location (details supplied) as per the application submitted by the school; and if he...
• Information and Communications Technology
  231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has commenced a review of the ICT skills action plan, as committed to in the 2016 Action Plan for Jobs; the timeframe which has...
• Third Level Education
  232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will increase the funding given specifically for the provision of adequate counselling services to all third level students either through...
• International Mother Language Day
  233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered marking international mother language day in line with the United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/Res/61/266 to...
• Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
  234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of full-time students that applied via the Central Applications Office for a State approved Quality and Qualifications Ireland...
• Special Educational Needs Data
  235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of early intervention autism spectrum disorder units attached to primary schools catering for boys and girls with a diagnosis of...
• Apprenticeship Programmes
  236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 6 July 2016, if he still considers that the 31,000 places target by 2020 on existing and new...
• Student Grant Scheme Applications Data
  238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of student grant applicants which were successfully awarded, both in respect of the numbers of applicants who were awarded fees only...
• Departmental Funding
  240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State funding provided by his Department and agencies under its remit to non-profit or non-governmental organisations, including schools and...
• Third Level Funding
  242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he favours the introduction of a third level loan scheme; his views on the impact the introduction of similar scheme has had on access to...
• Third Level Costs
  243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will undertake to provide some form of subsidy to Irish students attending UK universities and other third level institutions in the event...
• School Accommodation Provision
  244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide emergency classroom space for a school (details supplied) which has submitted an application under the additional school...
• School Curriculum
  246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Mandarin Chinese will be included on the curriculum for the leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22179/16]
• Apprenticeship Programmes
  247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure on apprenticeship training and the number of apprentices in training, by employment sector, in each of the years 2006 to 2010;...
• School Transport Eligibility
  248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position for the next academic year with respect to the school transport arrangements for persons (details supplied); if he will consider...
• European Globalisation Fund
  249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to seek funding under the terms of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to provide training grants and upskilling to...
• Special Educational Needs Service Provision
  251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is not entitled to the provision of a special needs assistant; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Special Educational Needs Staff
  252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the services of a special needs assistant have been removed from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
• Gaelscoil Issues
  253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a Gaelscoil in the south Kildare region; and the number of children who attend Gaelscoileanna in Kildare South. [22224/16]
• Special Educational Needs Service Provision
  254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the premature removal of funding by HSE Donegal for special education needs grants for children with disabilities attending...
• Student Support Schemes
  255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend the eligibility criteria of the HEA student hardship fund to private fee paying colleges; and if he will make a statement on...
• School Guidance Counsellors
  256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider introducing two interventions per student per annum over the range of their second level education, that is, for a duration of five...
• Appointments to State Boards
  257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies advertised on the HEA board in 2016 that have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22324/16]
• Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
  259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend student grants to students who attend private higher education colleges with suitably accredited and recognised programmes....
• Third Level Funding
  260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of the funding received by each third level institution from the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22328/16]
• Third Level Fees
  261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of registration fees which are received from third level students on a national level, and also by third level institution; and if he...
• Third Level Costs
  262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost of the provision of third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22330/16]
• Third Level Participation
  265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to safeguard third level access programmes for those persons from socioeconomic groups who have traditionally been excluded from such...
• Third Level Funding
  266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of subsidising third level institutions if the student contribution charge were reduced to €0, €100 or €250; and if...
• Departmental Funding
  267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the private institutions or charities to which his Department or the agencies under the remit of his Department provide financial or other...
• Residential Institutions
  268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that have been made to ensure adequate consultation takes place with the survivors of residential institutions as part of the...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new site and new premises for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22348/16]
• School Transport Eligibility
  270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport place will be provided for a person (details supplied) and if they are entitled to free school transport as their father is...
• School Staff
  271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the minimum number of pupils required by a school (details supplied) to maintain its two-teacher school status; the lowest number of pupils to...
• Home Tuition Scheme Staff
  274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason home tutors are not employed by his Department and must register as self-employed; his plans to change this practice; if his...
• Gaelscoil Issues
  275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Gaelscoileanna and Gaelcholáistí currently recognised by his Department; the number of students that are receiving their...
• Schools Recognition
  278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ways in which he has considered the demand for Irish-medium education in the context of the new arrangements for the recognition of schools;...
• Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
  279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken by his Department to promote immersion education through Irish as set out in the 20-year strategy for the Irish language; and if...
• Special Educational Needs Service Provision
  281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sections of the EPSEN Act that have not been commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22407/16]
• School Accommodation Provision
  282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of prefabricated classrooms that were replaced under the previous programme for Government; the number that were identified but not...
• Legislative Measures
  283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sections of the Teaching Council Act 2001 that have not been commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22409/16]
• Child Abuse
  284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of victims of child sex abuse that have received offers of payment from the State in view of the O’Keeffe judgment; and...
• Departmental Legal Costs
  285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount paid by the State in fees to legal professionals for the purposes of defending the O’Keeffe case and other cases of...
• Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
  286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been allocated to the DEIS programme over each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22412/16]
• Education Policy
  287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the report on science, technology, engineering and maths has been finalised and presented to his Department; the timeframe for publication of...
• Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation
  288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he intends to apply the recommendations of the Cush and Ward reports only to those who have signed up to the Lansdowne Road agreement;...
• Special Educational Needs Staff
  289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of reference of the review into the scheme for special needs assistants to be carried out by the National Council for Special...
• Apprenticeship Programmes
  290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the occupations, trades or professions for which there is an apprenticeship currently established; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• School Transport Review
  293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has determined the terms of reference for the review of the school transport scheme; the date upon which the review is to commence; and if...
• Special Educational Needs Service Provision
  294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to publish the focused policy assessment of the special needs assistants scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22420/16]
• Education Policy
  295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has commenced the review of the barriers to education for lone parents; when the review will be concluded; the terms of...
• Autism Support Services
  297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to develop autism spectrum disorder units at primary and secondary level schools in Clonmel, County Tipperary; the numbers of...
• Schools Refurbishment
  298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide necessary funding for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) which was recently damaged in a fire; and the steps he...
• School Funding
  299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide capital funding to a school (details supplied) following the fire that has destroyed another school, designated as the new...
• Teachers' Panel Rights
  302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a qualified special needs assistants and Montessori teachers can be placed on the relevant panels for employment in their area...
• Schools Site Acquisitions
  303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to place a school (details supplied) in Roslyn Park national learning network, Beech Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4, which his Department...
• Schools Building Projects
  304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to build a new school on the Poolbeg Peninsula, Ringsend, Dublin 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22683/16]
• School Management
  306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has a provision for sign language interpreters to be in attendance at parent-teacher meetings where there is a requirement for...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will take steps to ensure funding is provided for vital and necessary mechanical and electrical services for a primary school (details...
• Ministerial Advisers Data
  308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of politically appointed staff working in his Department, including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in the case of...
• Special Educational Needs Staff
  309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education needs organisers yearly by county in each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on...
• Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
  312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a FETAC level 5 course is considered an interruption in the five-year break in studies for a person (details supplied) who is applying...
• Data Protection
  314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether or not his Department has yet issued instructions to schools informing them of the arrangements for dealing with the data protection...
• School Costs
  315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether or not his Department has undertaken any surveys asking parents and-or schools regarding the amount asked for annually in voluntary...
• North-South Ministerial Council
  316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date for the next meeting with the Northern Ireland Minister for Education in sectorial format, as provided for in the North-South...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision is likely regarding the status of an application for funding for a school building project (details supplied); and if he will...
• Emergency Works Scheme Applications
  318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will send an inspector or official from the schools building unit to a school (details supplied) to view at first hand the work required to...
• Departmental Staff Data
  319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff who entered the public service after 1 January 2011 in his Department and by year of entry to date; and if he will make a...
• Departmental Staff Remuneration
  320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing a pay increase to all those employed under the remit of his Department after 1 January 2011 of 2%, 4% and 5%; and if he...

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