Written answers

Tuesday, 28 February 2017

  • Youth Guarantee
    281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of youth guarantee money drawn down in each of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016. [10062/17]
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
    282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the assessment of family tax credits from Northern Ireland as reckonable income in the assessment of student grants (details...
  • Education and Training Boards
    283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give the authority to the Westmeath and Longford education training boards to release the proceeds from the sale of a former...
  • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
    284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a school in County Kerry. [9591/17]
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the two new reports issued on 24 January 2017 and 10 February 2017 to a school in respect of two students with complex needs that both require...
  • Freedom of Information Data
    286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legal fees incurred on FOI requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of FOI requests for the past three...
  • Child Care Qualifications
    287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the same child care level 7 course in Carlow IT and GMIT is being offered to students at different fee rates and a training centre...
  • Schools Site Acquisitions
    288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the allocation of a site for a new school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9741/17]
  • Education and Training Boards
    289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay regarding the letter of intent being issued to the contractor in respect of a project (details supplied); when this...
  • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
    290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact criteria that were used to assign the new DEIS status to schools; the way in which this was determined; the appeals process for schools...
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
    291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of single teacher schools in County Clare in each of the years 2010 to 2016, in tabular form; the current teacher pupil ratio in 2017...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for special assistance during school hours. [9791/17]
  • School Enrolments
    293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to build new primary schools in the Dublin 13 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9824/17]
  • Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
    294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of hours that constitute a full-time working week for a special needs assistant. [9831/17]
  • Student Grant Scheme Applications
    295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student grant application will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) following the refusal of a late application, in order...
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
    296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a decision on maintenance grants for third level students that attend private colleges. [9833/17]
  • Schools Designation
    297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the proposal for band 1 status submitted by a school (details supplied); the reason the school was not...
  • SOLAS Funding
    298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that is being drawn from the European Social Fund (ESF) for SOLAS (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Education and Training Boards
    299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ETBs are delivering training to private sector companies in the commercial market; and if so, if the service they are providing is...
  • School Accommodation Provision
    300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in determination of application for capital funding in the case of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • School Enrolments Data
    301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, together with the patron of a school (details supplied), he is in a position to accede to requests of the parents and management board of the...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in determination of eligibility for financial assistance pursuant to an application for major capital works in the case of a...
  • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
    303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further financial assistance is available in the case of a school (details supplied) to combat the impact of increased building costs; and if...
  • Gaelcholáistí Issues
    304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in respect of the provision of a gaelcholáiste to serve the area of County Kildare in 2019; and if he will make a...
  • School Accommodation Provision
    305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will accede to a request for additional funding for required accommodation in the case of a school (details supplied), with particular...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in regard to the provision of the twin school project at Moyglare Road, Maynooth, County Kildare; when he expects the tenders to be...
  • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
    307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of schools that applied for DEIS status in County Kildare; the details of those approved; if consideration will be given...
  • Summer Works Scheme Applications
    309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department has received requests from the authorities at a school (details supplied) for funding towards upgrading of the...
  • School Enrolments
    310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of primary school places in the Baldoyle area; his plans to add additional classes in a school...
  • School Catchment Areas
    311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for a new primary school at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9977/17]
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of planned changes from the 2018-19 school year to the provision of SNA and resource hours support to children with special needs in...
  • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
    315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the severe shortage of school places within specific speech and language units in primary schools in County Cork (details...
  • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
    316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not awarded DEIS status when all its neighbouring schools were and the students of these schools are...
  • Living Wage
    318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 per hour for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his department; and...
  • Psychological Assessments
    319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a NEPS assessment in respect of a person (details supplied). [10142/17]
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there has been a failure to build a new school or school extension for a school (details supplied) despite a ten-year commitment by...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the severe shortage of school places for children with autism and complex needs in Cork (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Third Level Participation
    322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has plans to promote third level education to those attending secondary schools in working class areas; if he will address...
  • Third Level Staff Remuneration
    323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on non-academic staff at Trinity College Dublin not being given access to permanent contracts; the action his Department is undertaking...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the rebuild of a school (details supplied); the stage it is at; the timeframe for construction; when ground works will commence;...
  • Schools Site Acquisitions
    326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions have taken place with Fingal County Council regarding the location of the new second level school for the Carpenterstown and...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the construction works to be carried out at a school (details supplied) as provided for under the capital programme; and if he...
  • School Funding
    328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to increasing the funding allocated to schools to cover ancillary services such as the employment of a...
  • Land Transfers
    329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of and timeframe for completion on the transfer of lands (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10198/17]
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the new model of allocating GAM hours and resource hours to national schools in the forthcoming school year; and if he will make a...
  • School Enrolments Data
    332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children admitted to junior infants in primary schools here in 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10230/17]
  • School Catchment Areas
    333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he has taken to ensure that the patrons opening any new primary schools here are required to serve the catchment for the area they...
  • Education Data
    334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a record of the stated religious composition of pupils entering junior infants in primary schools here for 2016 and 2017; and if he...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 21 February 2017, the estimated timeframe for the completion of the financial robustness element of...
  • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
    336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will adress issues with regard to the criteria for becoming a DEIS school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10299/17]
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
    337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if maintenance grants are available for postgraduate courses; and if so, the details of same. [10315/17]
  • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
    338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the long-standing request by a school (details supplied) to be reassigned from urban DEIS Band 2 to urban DEIS...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a primary school place will be offered to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10441/17]
  • Teacher Exchange Scheme
    340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of his Department's work on setting up a relocation panel for permanent primary school teachers who need to relocate but do not wish...
  • Gaelcholáistí Issues
    341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the enrolment to the Irish medium Aonad at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare for September 2014, 2015 and 2016 demonstrates...
  • School Transport
    342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the potential impact of the Bus Éireann industrial dispute on access to school transport for students; the alternative measures being...
  • Education and Training Boards Staff
    343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the administration and maintenance staffing levels in the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board since the organisations merged in...
  • Arts in Education Charter
    344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funds and programmes available for further development of talented young musicians while undergoing second level education; and if he will...
  • Tribunals of Inquiry Data
    345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the tribunals established under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts 1921 to 2011, in tabular form; the number of days each tribunal sat for;...

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