Written answers
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Eligibility
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a place on a school bus has not been provided for a person (details supplied). [28122/16] - School Funding
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for capital funding for two new classrooms by a school (details supplied). [28169/16] - Skills Development
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date to meet 74% of industry demands domestically for information and communications technology, ICT, professionals by 2018 as... - Apprenticeship Programmes
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action points and deliverables which are laid out in Enterprise 2025; Innovative, Agile, Connected to increase the number of females enrolled... - Home Tuition Scheme Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of home tuition for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28090/16] - Teachers' Remuneration
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that all newly qualified teachers since 2011 get equal pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28124/16] - Irish Language
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is currently a leaving certificate chemistry textbook as Gaeilge available for those persons studying leaving certificate chemistry... - Schools Building Projects Status
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of an autistic unit at a school (details supplied); the proposed timeline for the commencement for its... - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, further to his letter (details supplied), he will provide an update on the review of the DEIS programme; when the review will be finalised;... - School Transport Appeals
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact number of decisions overturned in respect of the school transport application process by the school transport appeals office within his... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding cut off levels for SUSI grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28202/16] - School Transport Data
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the precise cost of the school transport scheme in each of the years 2012 to 2015, inclusive. [28209/16] - School Transport Expenditure
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of returning to previous catchment boundaries in the school transport scheme before changes introduced in 2012. [28210/16] - School Transport Review
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the State aid complaint made in relation to the school transport service. [28211/16] - School Transport Provision
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if figures are available for repeated or semi-permanent non-use of school transport tickets; and his views on whether this is an issue which... - Teaching Council of Ireland
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the case of a person (details supplied) seeking a teaching number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28220/16] - Education Policy
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in its statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way... - Schools Building Projects Status
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school for the Malahide and Portmarnock areas of County Dublin, as announced in November 2015; if... - School Transport Eligibility
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a place on a school bus has not been provided for a person (details supplied). [28266/16] - School Accommodation Provision
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has conducted a particular study of the demographic needs of the east Meath, north Dublin and south Louth region to establish... - Schools Building Projects Status
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a technical assessment will take place on a school building (details supplied). [28320/16] - School Transport Provision
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28329/16] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students from this State attending the autism unit in Middletown, County Armagh; the level of services provided at that unit at... - Employment Support Services
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes he will introduce in the provision of training and skills to assist unemployed workers; and if he will make a statement on the... - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in County Donegal which are currently included and not included respectively in the DEIS programme, in tabular form; and if he will... - School Curriculum
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expand the ISL programme in secondary schools currently available to those in the junior cycle to encourage an increase in the... - Summer Works Scheme Eligibility
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a school to apply for funding to insulate an old section of a school that is in need of urgent upgrading; and if he will... - Third Level Institutions
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department and the HEA are attempting to resolve the situation of two suspended staff members in the University of Limerick... - School Management
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to free up teaching principals from classroom duties; if he will facilitate substitute cover for one day per week to facilitate this;... - Teacher Recruitment
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to end the current ban on promotions at primary school level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28538/16] - Home Tuition Scheme
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of families with deaf children who are availing of his Department's home tuition scheme; and the steps his Department is currently... - Teaching Council of Ireland
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 484 of 2 February 2016, if he has made a decision on the matter; if not, when he expects to make a... - Education and Training Boards
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a query from a person (details supplied) regarding a KETB course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28571/16] - School Curriculum
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department is undertaking to promote the practice known as behavioural economics; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Educational Disadvantage
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the DEIS scheme; if existing schools in the scheme will be examined in any future review; the timeframe envisaged for such a... - Special Educational Needs Expenditure
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full-year cost of increasing the number of resource teachers from 7,450 to 8,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28585/16] - Schools Building Projects
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction of a new school building, approved in 2012, will commence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Third Level Funding
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider increasing funding to third level institutions to bring it back in line with 2009-2010 levels; if his attention has been... - Counselling Services Provision
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to augment the career guidance services throughout second level education; if he anticipates... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he expects special needs teaching requirements in all schools throughout County Kildare at primary and second level to be met... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the pupil-teacher ratio at primary and second level throughout County Kildare is a matter of concern; the extent to which he... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which children with autism continue to have ready access to primary and second level school places throughout County Kildare; the... - Schools Building Projects Status
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in regard to the provision of the proposed two new schools at a location (details supplied); the extent to which the tenders... - Bullying in Schools
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which ongoing efforts continue to be made to combat school bullying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28677/16] - Education Policy
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will continue to support smaller urban or rural schools with a denominational ethos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28678/16] - Student Grant Scheme Applications Data
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of higher education grant applications received, pending, approved and refused for the current academic year; and if he will make a... - Education Policy
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects the education system at all levels to be in a position to meet the skills demand in the workplace; the extent to... - Schools Refurbishment
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any financial assistance can be given towards the resurfacing of a playground in the case of a school (details supplied); and if he will make... - Apprenticeship Programmes
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which any particular deficiency has been identified in regard to the number of apprentices available for location throughout the... - Schools Building Projects
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which upgrading extension works at a school (details supplied) is likely to progress in the near future in line with submissions... - School Funding
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to approve an increase in funding offered to a school (details supplied) given the increase in... - Schools Refurbishment
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of schools throughout the country likely to benefit from refurbishment or replacement in the coming year; the extent to which... - School Transport Review
212. 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 particular reference to the objective of the... - Departmental Staff Data
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff employed by his Department or seconded to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28990/16]
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