Written answers

Thursday, 23 February 2017

  • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
    159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools, if any, in the Dublin Mid-West constituency that are set for additional supports and or resources from the recently announced DEIS...
  • Psychological Assessments
    160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Dublin that do not have access to psychological services such as NEPS; the number of students this impacts upon; and if...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of schools building projects (details supplied) based on time to proceed to construction, type of accommodation to be provided and the...
  • School Enrolments
    162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an explanation for his reply to parents who contacted him regarding the shortage of places in a school (details supplied)....
  • Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
    163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) who was recently expelled from school can avail of the home tuition scheme. [9199/17]
  • Disadvantaged Status
    164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) did not receive DEIS status; if there will be any further announcements regarding schools receiving more...
  • Departmental Properties
    165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will release his interest in a property (details supplied) in view of the fact that this former school closed 35 years ago and it is now...
  • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
    166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring the rural co-ordination service under DEIS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9230/17]
  • National Educational Psychological Service Expenditure
    168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of ensuring that every school has access to a NEPS psychologist for the purposes of carrying out an assessment; and if he will...
  • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
    169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the data sources his Department utilised in order to establish the new schools under the DEIS plan 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • National Educational Psychological Service Data
    172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS schools that do not have direct access to a NEPS psychologist for the purpose of carrying out an assessment; and if he will...
  • School Textbooks
    173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all DEIS schools currently avail of a school book grant; the number that do not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9237/17]
  • EU Funding
    174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of projects in receipt of EU funding under his Department in which partnership between an institution here and in the North was...
  • Third Level Funding
    175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department has provided for demographic growth in the higher education sector for the next five years; the amount provided in...
  • Third Level Staff Data
    176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of staff in the higher education sector in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9241/17]
  • Capitation Grants
    177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average rate of capitation per primary and post-primary pupil over each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
    178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated costs of providing an administrative principal to all urban DEIS schools and for rural DEIS schools with more than 100 pupils; and...
  • School Staff
    179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated costs of the establishment of 100 assistant principal posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9244/17]
  • Higher Education Schemes
    180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated costs of extending the HEAR and DARE schemes to students undertaking level 6 and level 7 courses; and if he will make a statement...
  • Modern Language Teaching
    181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an estimated cost of the re-establishment of the modern languages in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • School Guidelines on Obesity
    183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement policy measures in schools to tackle the growing issue of obesity and to encourage healthy eating and awareness of a...
  • Physical Education
    184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has put in place a strategy to encourage children to be more physically active in schools; the resources that have been...
  • School Curriculum
    185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of all funding allocated to his Department over the past ten years in order to implement curriculum reform, either...
  • School Staff
    186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching posts as additional English language posts over each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • School Transport Eligibility
    187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an estimated cost of extending free school transport to concessionary pupils who hold a medical card; and if he will make a...
  • School Transport
    188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has put in place guidelines or issued circulars to schools on the standards of vehicles to be used when transporting children...
  • Disadvantaged Status
    189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not included on the DEIS list; if he will reconsider the exclusion in view of the fact that the...
  • International Study Opportunities
    190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an Irish citizen, enrolled on a course of study in an Irish university, should be subject to the same fees in an institution in another EU...
  • School Enrolments
    192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the establishment of a third stream in a school (details supplied) to meet local demand for the children to be...
  • Junior Cycle Reform
    193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinstate history as a core subject for the junior cycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9289/17]
  • Departmental Records
    194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost per year for the past three years for the retrieval and return of hard copy files stored at off site locations; and if he will make a...
  • Education Expenditure
    195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of public spending on education institutions per pupil here; the position of Ireland in this regard among the OECD and EU nations; and...
  • Summer Works Scheme Applications
    196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive funding under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Departmental Records
    197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost per year for the past three years for the storage of data and-or files on cloud storage or third-party servers; and if he will make a...
  • Regulatory Impact Assessment Data
    198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all regulatory impact assessments for his legislative proposals are published on his Department websites; the web address for each such site;...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of ASD units at secondary level in County Kildare; the number of ASD places available at secondary level in County...
  • School Enrolments Data
    200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools here which were oversubscribed for admissions for entry to junior infants in August and September 2015 and 2016;...
  • Narcolepsy Issues (3 comments)
    202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available for children in the education system that have been diagnosed with narcolepsy; and the funding for these supports in each...

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