Written answers
Tuesday, 21 February 2017
Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if persons are required to hold a valid CSCS, construction skills certification scheme, trainee card during the time they are building up their... - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names and addresses of the 110 schools he plans to provide with additional supports through the DEIS programme 2017 which he announced... - School Enrolments
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to relieve high levels of over-subscription in schools in the Swords area (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Teacher Recruitment
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any of the permanent teaching posts announced in budget 2017, in particular special needs assistance or resource teaching, will be advertised... - Teacher Exchange Scheme
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the possibility of a specialised transfer system in teaching to allow a change in location for permanent teachers, due to... - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide all of the information used in the assessment of primary schools in County Tipperary under the new DEIS programme; the reason... - Scoileanna Oileáin
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aige an leithroinnt múinteoirí ex cuóta speisialta do mheánscoileanna ar oileáin a... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend the July provision scheme for autistic children to children with Down's syndrome in 2017, in view of their urgent need for... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a SUSI grant application in respect of a person (details supplied). [8153/17] - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that are in the DEIS programme by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8198/17] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if this person is entitled to one to one support; if he will provide clarity on an... - Adult Education Provision
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available to persons suffering from dyslexia who are returning to adult education; and if he will make a statement on... - Schools Amalgamation
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a school (details supplied) following amalgamation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8355/17] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the summer works scheme application from a school (details supplied); when decisions on applications for summer works scheme will... - Disadvantaged Status
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal had its DEIS status withdrawn some years ago; the reason the school has not been... - Schools Refurbishment
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine a request for funding by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8384/17] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extra provision available for students already enrolled who now present with a specific diagnosis from this point forward with regard to the... - Disadvantaged Status
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the criteria for admission of schools to DEIS. [8390/17] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will grant full funding to a school (details supplied) as applied for under the summer works scheme 2017; and if he will make a statement... - Disadvantaged Status
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact criteria used by his Department in determining the eligibility of additional schools to be added to the DEIS scheme; if eligibility is... - Education and Training Boards Administration
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the acquisition of a suitable location for the shared payroll service centre for the education training boards... - Education and Training Boards Staff
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in the resourcing of suitable staff to work in the shared payroll service centre for all education training... - Disadvantaged Status
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will be putting in place an independent review mechanism, as was put in place after the initial assessment for DEIS in 2006, to address the... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns of some schools over the new resource and learning support teaching hours allocation model, in particular concerns... - Industrial Disputes
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that a number of schools will not meet the minimum of 167 teaching days in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the evidence his Department or a body under its aegis has to support the claim made by the NCSE that the current allocation model for resource... - Schools Building Projects Status
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the letter of intent to the successful contractor for the building of a school (details supplied) will be issued; when the contracts will be... - School Accommodation Provision
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the serious lack of primary school places in Swords, County Dublin, where hundreds of children cannot gain... - Schools Building Projects Status
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status regarding progress being made on the following schools (details supplied). [8541/17] - School Accommodation Provision
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the assessment process for an application for a school (details supplied) will be complete; when moneys are likely to be granted; and if he... - Third Level Admissions Assistance
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he will facilitate greater access to third level education for young asylum seekers as recommended in the McMahon report in 2015; and if... - Educational Disadvantage
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, with regard to the staffing schedules outlined in the DEIS programme, his attention has been drawn to the consequences of applying the... - Junior Cycle Reform
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made to resolve the ongoing dispute between his Department and the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland on changes to... - Disadvantaged Status
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter with regard to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry that was not included in the DEIS scheme; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services Provision
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extra supports that are being put into schools to deal with an issue (details supplied); if he has met with the Minister for Health on this... - Education Grants
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the hardship being imposed on students that apply for a higher education grant through SUSI, whereby they are... - Capital Assistance Scheme Funding
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a grant by a school (details supplied); if there is a backlog in assessing grant applications for construction... - Schools Building Projects Applications
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delays for a new build for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8593/17] - Disadvantaged Status
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason schools (details supplied) were not included in the DEIS plan 2017- new DEIS schools list published on 13 February 2017; and if he... - Junior Cycle Reform
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to rectify a situation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8614/17] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine an application by a school (details supplied) for the summer works scheme; when the school might expect to find out if they... - Information and Communications Technology
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of upgrading information technology systems and or databases to incorporate the use of Eircode; if the use of Eircode is mandatory in... - Disadvantaged Status
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish a detailed outline of the new assessment framework now used to determine if a school qualifies for DEIS supports; if he will... - School Accommodation Provision
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new secondary school for Swords, due to open in September 2017; if this school will open on time and if temporary accommodation... - School Admissions
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the strict access criteria in place in special reading schools in view of the refusal by a school (details supplied) to accept... - Schools Building Projects Status
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will correct the record of Dáil Éireann in regard to his response to Parliamentary Question No. 35 of 18 January 2017,... - Clár Tógála Scoileanna
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a cheadófar an togra tógála atá beartaithe le tamall do scoil (sonraí tugtha); cén chúis... - EU Funding
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the EU funds his Department accesses; the plans he is putting in place to access these funds to a greater degree in view of Brexit; if he will... - Legislative Measures
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the Technological Universities Bill 2015; if he still favours the amalgamation of AIT with Dundalk; if his Department is... - Apprenticeship Programmes
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which efforts continue to be made to create apprenticeship opportunities under various trades; the degree to which specific... - Departmental Funding
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the public funding supplied to trade unions and representative bodies in 2015 and 2016 from his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make...
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