Written answers
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial assistance exists for persons and families to cover costs associated with learning disabilities, specifically dyslexia; if this... - Apprenticeship Programmes
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the steps he has taken to ensure there will be an adequate supply of chefs available to the hospitality industry here in view of the... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the criteria for students in the asylum protection system to gain access to the student support scheme to ensure that they can... - Further Education and Training Programmes
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions are taking place with the Department of Justice and Equality to allow persons in the asylum protection system to enrol in a range... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if resource hours will be allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10550/17] - Schools Extra Curricular Activities
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has issued any circular letters or other guidelines to schools regarding the private organisation of evening study for which students make... - School Supervision and Substitution Scheme
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the supervision of lunchtime detention by teachers can form a part of their timetabled class contact hours in the case that the teacher is... - Institutes of Technology Staff
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of lecturing staff, the number of students and the number of other staff for LIT Tipperary for each of the years 2012 to 2016, in... - Disadvantaged Status
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has or will be given to including new schools in the DEIS band 2 designation. [10575/17] - Schools Building Projects Status
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of the project and funding as announced in 2015 of a major school building project for a post-primary school in County Carlow (details... - School Accommodation Provision
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a grant available to second level schools for the provision of a computer lab (details supplied). [10586/17] - Teacher Data
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed by his Department and-or ETBs as unqualified eligible part-time or full-time teachers since 1994; and the number... - Schools Building Projects
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department's map relates to Finglas and Scribblestown but not Pelletstown in respect of the proposed new school for Pelletstown,... - Physical Education
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocated hours for physical education in the curriculum at post primary schools. [10602/17] - Schools Building Projects
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the updated cost benefit analysis and financial robustment element of the tender process for the Maynooth Education Campus, Maynooth, County... - Schools Building Projects Applications
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in considering a request for capital funding for a school (details supplied); when the school authorities will receive a... - Schools Building Projects
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the design team for a new school (details supplied) has submitted the review of the impact to tender documents for the project arising from... - Institutes of Technology
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the announcement from Galway Mayo Institute of Technology that a significant number of courses are to be axed at the campus; and the... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the student grant appeals board will accept a late student grant appeal from a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will... - Third Level Qualifications Data
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 7 December 2016, the reason for the delay in supplying the information requested; and if he will make... - School Management
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the model of leadership in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10673/17] - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide primary and post-primary average class size figures for Ireland and for other EU member states; his plans to tackle large... - Commencement of Legislation
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are remaining sections of the Teaching Council Act to be commenced; the timeframe for commencing such sections; and the number of... - Proposed Legislation
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to publish a draft of the education (parent and student charter) Bill; the details of the proposed pre-legislative scrutiny process;... - Third Level Funding
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific measures he plans to deal with concerns regarding third level student support and funding challenges for third level institutions.... - Teachers' Remuneration
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is a clear pay disparity between teachers recruited before 1 January 2011 and those recruited thereafter, with regard... - School Admissions
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has reviewed the recently published Labour Party's Equal Status Admission to Schools Bill; his views on the aims and objectives of the... - Croke Park Agreement Implementation
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to issue a directive on implementing pay deductions for members of teachers' unions which rejected working additional hours under the... - Junior Cycle Reform
141. 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. [10682/17] - Skills Shortages
142. 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... - Child Care Services
143. 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... - Education Policy
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to progress the three areas in the education sector that he has identified as his core priority areas of focus in the sector, including... - Educational Disadvantage
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage the review of the school support programme through the DEIS initiative is at; when this review will be completed and published; if he... - School Curriculum
146. 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... - Teacher Recruitment
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the moratorium on filling certain promoted posts in schools will be lifted, since it was introduced as an emergency measure in 2009; and if... - Teachers' Professional Development
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ways, including total investment involved, in which his Department supports teacher continuous professional development at primary and... - School Patronage
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of all schools under religious patronage which he expects to be divested in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Education Grants
153. 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
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for equating newly qualified teachers since 2011 with those who entered the workforce previously; if he will report on discussions with... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
155. 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. [10697/17] - Irish Sign Language
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to Irish Sign Language courses for persons with hearing disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - School Accommodation Provision
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by his Department for deciding on applications for capital funding for junior, senior and post-primary schools. [10699/17] - Technological Universities
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Technological Universities Bill 2015; when it is to return to Dail Éireann; the necessary changes he proposes to make to... - State Examinations
160. 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... - Institutes of Technology
161. 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
162. 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... - Third Level Funding
164. 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... - School Staff
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of substitute teachers for primary schools and the serious difficulties this is causing for... - Minor Works Scheme
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance he will provide to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10708/17] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding under the summer works scheme by a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures for an appeal system in respect of the new model for access and support scheme, which is to replace the learning support and... - Schools Building Projects
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the school building programme at primary and second level in County Kildare continues to proceed as planned having particular... - Teacher Data
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which new primary and second level teaching posts have been approved in respect of primary and second level schools throughout the... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of special needs places available at primary and second level schools throughout north Kildare; the extent to which further... - Education Policy
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to continue support for smaller urban or rural schools with a denominational ethos; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Skills Development
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects the education system at all levels to be in a position to meet the skills demand in the workplace; the extent to... - Schools Building Projects Data
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of schools throughout the country likely to benefit from refurbishment or replacement in 2017; the extent to which adequate... - School Guidance Counsellors
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to augment the career guidance service throughout second level education; his views on whether... - Student Grant Scheme Applications Data
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of higher education grant applications received, pending, approved and refused for the current academic year; and if he will make a... - Special Educational Needs Staff
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate resource teachers remain available throughout all schools in north Kildare; his plans for augmentation in specific... - Third Level Staff
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that the board of Trinity College Dublin has decided that the majority of members of the college staff will no longer be... - Schools Building Projects Status
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received the tender documents and stage 2b documentation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - State Examinations
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to mitigate the impact of the proposed strike action by the ASTI on students sitting their leaving certificate and junior certificate...
No comments