Written answers

Wednesday, 18 January 2017

Department of Education and Skills

 
  • Institutes of Technology Funding
    39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the ongoing funding issues regarding institutes of technology across the country and in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
  • Special Educational Needs
    41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the disparity between primary and secondary level education in the number of school places for children with...
  • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
    42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the development of the new plan for education inclusion. [1889/17]
  • Third Level Staff
    43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Action Plan for Education will address the increasing use of precarious contracts and poor work conditions and pay in the third level...
  • Schools Building Projects
    44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the development of an education campus comprising three schools at Ballinrea, County Cork, in association with the Cork...
  • Education Policy
    45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Action Plan for Education will address pay inequality and ensure that workers in the education system receive equal pay for equal work; and...
  • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
    47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the DEIS programme; when the review will be published; the details of the expansion of the programme; the methods by...
  • Schools Healthy Living Strategies
    48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make recommendations and provide support to schools to include certain advertisements in their school journals that promote health and...
  • Teacher Recruitment
    49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve the resources that may be necessary for the allocation of a temporary teaching post until June 2017 for a school (details...
  • School Patronage
    50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report on the divestment programme commenced by the last Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
    51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the concerns regarding special education teachers who cannot complete their probationary requirements due to the lack of...
  • School Patronage
    52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has satisfied himself with the processes in place to determine patronage of new schools, particularly in areas with religious and cultural...
  • School Curriculum
    53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a subject on education regarding religions, beliefs and ethics in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • School Admissions
    54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to alleviate the inordinate waiting lists faced every year by students applying for first-year places in secondary schools...
  • Third Level Participation
    55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the inequalities seen in the league tables of students' accession to universities; and if he will make a...
  • School Admissions
    56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to end the baptism barrier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2009/17]
  • Multidenominational Schools
    57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will announce his action plan objective to map new approaches to reach the target of 400 multidenominational schools by 2030; and if he...
  • Education Grants
    58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the position regarding SUSI grants whereby persons are finding it extremely difficult every year to prove independent living as...
  • National Educational Psychological Service Administration
    59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the length of time it takes for children to be publicly assessed by the National Educational Psychological Service; his further views...
  • Special Educational Needs Data
    60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autistic spectrum disorder, ASD, units attached to primary and post-primary schools in the Clondalkin catchment area and the Lucan...
  • Schools Establishment
    61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will establish a second level educational campus in Enfield, County Meath, to cater for the accelerating population growth in this area of...
  • Skills Shortages
    62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of sufficient persons with suitable skills to meet the requirements of the modern...
  • National Training Fund
    63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans relating to the surplus of the national training fund. [1890/17]
  • School Equipment
    64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the decision of the education procurement service, which is his Department's sector sourcing hub, to issue a tender (details...
  • Schools Refurbishment
    65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the budget granted to a school (details supplied) for its new classroom extension will be increased to cover the current...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the services and schools available for children who have been diagnosed with dyspraxia and DCD in the greater Dublin area; if the current services...
  • Industrial Relations
    67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to resolve ongoing serious industrial relations concerns in second level education highlighted by the ASTI trade union; and...
  • Literacy Levels
    68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to improve adult literacy levels in view of the comparability of the Irish sample in PIAAC with that of other participating...
  • Education Schemes
    69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the interventions his Department makes to assist the educational needs of asylum seekers and refugees; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • School Staff
    70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the extra resources as a matter of urgency to a school (details supplied) to end the current situation where there are 33...
  • School Transport Eligibility
    71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the decision to use a route over Mamore Gap when calculating the nearest school for children living in Urris, County...
  • Departmental Reports
    72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the report of the review which his Department commissioned to identify the supports and barriers to accessing higher...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the delivery of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Institutes of Technology
    74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the impending strike of caterers in a college (details supplied) arising from a ten year pay freeze endured by...
  • School Curriculum
    75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the 300 hours of mental health classes to be provided to students in schools will commence, as announced by the Minister of State for Mental...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for developing apprenticeship opportunities for persons with disabilities. [1898/17]

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