Written answers
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Department of Education and Skills
- Social Insurance
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to a parliamentary reply issued in respect of a person (details supplied), if he will review claims dating back to 1996 in view of the... - Gaeltacht Policy
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resources that will be provided for the new education policy for the Gaeltacht. [2709/17] - Schools Building Projects Status
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the redevelopment of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; when a technical team will visit the school; and if he will make a... - Third Level Staff
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has discussed with management of Trinity College Dublin proposals to freeze promotions for non-academic staff and to impose a moratorium on... - Special Educational Needs
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the incentives or assistance available to second level schools in County Louth to provide an autistic unit for students who require these... - State Examinations Exemptions
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that while the Irish language exemption on the basis of a learning difficulty is recognised as part... - Teaching Qualifications
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason resource hours teaching is no longer regarded as sufficient to enable primary school teachers to attain the 100 hours teaching... - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in Cork east that are currently designated under a category (details supplied); and the schools that will be added to this category... - European Fund for Strategic Infrastructure
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the potential investment projects his Department put forward to the Department of Finance task force report for the European Fund for... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application for assisted technology in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Critical Incidents in Schools
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times the critical incident policy has been implemented in primary and post-primary schools; the funding provided by his Department... - School Enrolments
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to tackle the issue of over subscribed primary schools; the number of primary schools that are over subscribed; and if he will make a... - Education and Training Boards
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the education and training board selection of a new premises for an organisation (details supplied); the reason another property... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for the summer works programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Site Acquisitions
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request (details supplied) has been made to his Department for a discussion on the future potential use of Columb Barracks, Mullingar, as an... - Schools Building Projects Status
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of applications for extensions to schools (details supplied). [2855/17] - School Curriculum
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has satisfied himself that the school curriculum that is set out for the home economics subject is not conflicting with the foods that are... - School Transport
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of persons (details supplied) who have been deemed ineligible for free school transport; and if he will make a... - Summer Works Scheme Administration
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding for the 2017 summer works scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2890/17] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will receive funding in 2017 under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2891/17] - Departmental Staff Data
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General in his Department at 1 January 2017; the expected... - Third Level Staff
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the growing concerns regarding work and contract conditions among support staff in Trinity College; if he has... - Third Level Funding
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has read the USI position paper on the funding of higher education regarding the effects a loan scheme would have on students; and if he... - State Examinations Reviews
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report on junior certificate syllabus, subject and assessment reforms and his key priorities in this regard for... - Apprenticeship Programmes
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the uptake in the number of apprenticeships by females; if his Department has proposals to address the issue; and if he will make a... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce class sizes and build on the measures to reduce class sizes in previous budgets; and if he will make a statement on the... - Education Policy
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to progress the three areas in the education sector that he has identified as his core priority areas of focus in the... - Teaching Council of Ireland
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are remaining sections of the Teaching Council (Amendment) Act 2015 to be commenced; the timeframe for commencing such sections; and the... - Education Policy
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he proposes to publish a draft of the education (parent and student charter) Bill; the details of the proposed pre-legislative scrutiny... - Teaching Council of Ireland
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he will address concerns that the Teaching Council, in the absence of a statutory complaints procedure for use at school level,... - Third Level Admissions Assistance
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific measures he plans in order to deal with concerns regarding third level student support and funding challenges for third level... - Teachers' Remuneration
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his view on whether there is a clear pay disparity between teachers recruited before 1 January 2011 and those recruited thereafter with regard to... - School Admissions
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has reviewed the recently published Labour Party Equal Status (Admission to School) Bill; his views on the aims and objectives of the bill;... - Teachers' Remuneration
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to issue a directive on implementing pay deductions for members of teachers' unions that rejected working additional hours under the... - School Curriculum
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the roll-out of the junior cycle reform process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2995/17] - Skills Shortages
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the areas that have been highlighted as having skills shortages by the skills and labour market research unit, such as business... - Schools Review
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the suggestions by the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation that related capital investment will be necessary if the... - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage at which the review of the school support programme through the DEIS initiative is at; when this review will be completed and... - School Curriculum
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide new courses in the leaving certificate, such as coding, physical education and politics; and if he will make a statement on... - School Staff
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the moratorium on filling certain promoted posts in schools will be lifted, in view of the fact it was introduced as an emergency measure in... - Teachers' Professional Development
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which, including the total investment involved, his Department supports teacher continuous professional development at primary and... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated timeframe for and cost of the Government programme commitment to reducing the pupil-teacher ratio in junior and senior infants; and... - School Patronage
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of all schools under religious patronage which he expects to be divested in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the restoration of postgraduate grants and their necessity to open up access to postgraduate studies and to ensure that a steady... - Teachers' Remuneration
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for equating newly qualified teachers since 2011 and those that entered the workforce prior to this date; if he will report on the... - Special Educational Needs (1 comment)
205. 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. [3009/17] - School Funding
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by his Department for deciding on applications for capital funding junior, senior and post-primary schools. [3011/17] - Technological Universities
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Technological Universities Bill; when it is to return to Dáil Éireann; the necessary changes he proposes to make to... - State Examinations
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the reported failure rate at leaving certificate maths; the measures his Department proposes to remedy this; and if he will make a... - Third Level Data
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the drop-out rate in third level institute of technology courses; the measures his Department proposes to remedy the situation; and... - Apprenticeship Programmes
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the lack of apprenticeships suitable for a number of employment vacancies, such as chefs and in the hospitality sector generally, to... - Equality Issues
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new national action plan for educational inclusion will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3017/17] - English Language Training Organisations
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ACELS-MEI schools that were inspected by staff from the Department of Justice and Equality and his Department during the ILEP... - Education Standards
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the international education mark will be introduced as per the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012; and... - School Closures
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the recent closure of a school (details supplied) and the difficulties students have in recovering their fees;... - Child Care Services
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals he is currently reviewing in conjunction with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to carry out the programme for Government... - Earcaíocht agus Soláthar Foirne Tríú Leibhéal
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an n-iarrfaidh sé ar Údarás Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar an gcinneadh gan... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3076/17] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assist in having a child (details supplied) in County Cork allocated a place at a specific special needs school. [3077/17] - Gaelscoil Issues
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Gaelscoileanna at the primary level that did not have the capacity to cater for all applicants to attend them in September 2016;... - Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure through which a company or a person providing early intervention services in a preschool setting to children with autism and-or ASD... - Schools Building Projects
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to support the provision of additional land and facilities at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children with SNAs in a school (details supplied) are given their allocated time; the reason some children are not receiving the time with... - Schools Site Acquisitions
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a site assessment at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3158/17]
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