Written answers
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Site Acquisitions
25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department will make a decision on the permanent location of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Education Funding
26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he will respond to the various requests received from primary, secondary and third level educational interests wherein the... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the growing number of complaints and delays regarding the processing of applications to Caranua; and if he will... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the concerns of a group of parents whose children attend a school (details supplied) that classes are too big in the school; and if... - Legislative Programme
35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill will reach Committee Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28381/16] - Third Level Funding
36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the Union of Students in Ireland survey (details supplied) showing 87% of students feared leaving third level education due to the... - Special Education Review
37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to carry out a specific assessment of the educational outcomes of children with special educational needs, as recommended by the... - Third Level Funding
38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the proposal from the Union of Students in Ireland for a Government injection of an additional €140 million into the higher... - Croke Park Agreement Issues
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether his Department's withholding of certain payments from members of the ASTI will help achieve the Government's aim of... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to special educational supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28393/16] - Multidenominational Schools
41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to achieve by the end of 2016 the Acton Plan for Education objective to map out new approaches in order to reach the target of 400 new... - Schools Building Projects Status
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied); when construction will commence and be completed; and if he will make a statement on... - Industrial Disputes
43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the indications from the ASTI that it will ballot for strike action on the grounds of the use of financial emergency measures in the... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools in the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28379/16] - School Transport Availability
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the large number of students from north-west Kildare who cannot get a school bus place despite his... - Apprenticeship Programmes
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the initiatives he will implement to increase the uptake of apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22541/16] - Teaching Council of Ireland
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views regarding the way the Teaching Council withdraws payment to teachers for late subscriptions when there can be legitimate reasons for the... - Schools Building Projects Applications
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve a new school building to progress to tender stage for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Third Level Funding
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the expert group on future funding for higher education chaired by a person (details supplied); if he will rule out the imposition of... - Industrial Disputes
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether present disputes may affect the morale of secondary school teachers and the ability of the system to deliver excellence and... - School Transport Review
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is expected a review of the school transport system is likely to be undertaken with the objective of the streamlining of school transport... - University Global Rankings
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent decline experienced by Irish universities in international rankings; and the way he plans to restore to proper levels the... - Third Level Participation
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to create more equal access to third-level education. [28335/16] - Schools Building Projects Applications
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advance an application for a new school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28043/16] - Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the serious situation where teachers who are not members of unions are being treated as unionised based on the primary... - University Global Rankings
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the recent Times Higher Education World University Rankings which show no Irish university in the top 200... - Speech and Language Therapy Provision
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new model of in-school speech and language therapy will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28392/16] - School Guidance Counsellors
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore the ex-quota provision of guidance counselling to secondary schools; his views on the benefits to pupils of ex-quota... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for an assessment of the effectiveness of current laws, policies and spending on special needs and disability supports in the education... - Institutes of Technology Funding
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make additional funding available in the upcoming budget to institutes of technology, which have been disproportionately affected by... - Industrial Disputes
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on discussions with the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland in view of the ballot for industrial action due to issues...
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