Written answers
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Department of Education and Skills
- State Examinations
27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the junior certificate English examination, in view of the industrial relations dispute with the Association of Secondary Teachers... - Schools Building Projects Status
29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the delay in the proposed extension and refurbishment of a school (details supplied) is seriously... - Schools Refurbishment
30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will direct the appropriate officials in his Department to make a site visit to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will... - Third Level Funding
35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the process and timeframe for the Government's decision on the options laid out in the Cassells report on funding for third level... - Brexit Issues
36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on meetings and discussions he or his officials have had with counterparts in other EU states with regard to the... - Schools Building Projects Status
37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a new school for a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that the school is due to be open to students... - Schools Refurbishment
38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on extensions planned for secondary schools (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - School Enrolments
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contact his Department has had with primary schools in the Swords area in respect of their junior infant capacity; if these schools have been... - Educational Disadvantage
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the staffing schedules outlined in the DEIS programme; if his attention has been drawn to the consequences of applying the pupil... - Junior Cycle Reform
41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of history within the framework for junior cycle; and his views on the merits of history as a core subject. [10414/17] - Departmental Programmes
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for Music Generation; if the success of this initiative will result in similar initiatives for other art forms; and if he will make a... - Services for People with Disabilities
43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that is available for the inclusive learning initiative with NUI Maynooth and an organisation (details supplied) to enable students... - School Services Staff
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the current policy of his Department is for one secretary, one cleaner and one caretaker for schools with over 250 students, with no... - Services for People with Disabilities
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to broaden the opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities to undertake third level courses of study; and if he will make... - Student Grant Scheme
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to restoring maintenance grants for postgraduate students; the cost for doing so; and if he will make a statement... - Education and Training Provision
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions his Department is taking to address the severe shortage of specialist staff in the hospitality sector. [6199/17] - Technological Universities
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of any assessment that has been carried out by his Department to establish if there is a need for a higher education institute or... - School Transport Review
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of the school transport review; the measures he plans to implement to deal with difficulties which arose for many families prior to... - Educational Disadvantage
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the non-inclusion of certain schools in County Donegal that were unsuccessful in obtaining DEIS status following the recent... - State Examinations
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the new arrangements for the reasonable accommodations scheme for certificate examinations from 2017. [10336/17] - National Educational Psychological Service Administration
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the fact that there are 95,000 pupils in 396 schools across the country who have no National Educational Psychological Service,... - School Patronage
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his decision to give the Catholic Church the final decision over which patron to divest schools to, in view of the existing... - Schools Building Projects Expenditure
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options he is exploring for availing of the opportunities provided under the European Fund for Strategic Investments to boost capital... - School Enrolments
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the demographic review and need for school places in the Swords area; if, further to the parliamentary debate on 15 February 2017,... - State Examinations
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on resolving the dispute with the ASTI union over junior certificate reform; and his views on whether students sitting the... - School Patronage
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the proposed divestment process and establish an independent working group with representatives of all the patron bodies to... - School Funding
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to remove voluntary contributions from all schools, which the majority of parents are obliged to pay; if consideration has been given to... - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of DEIS schools throughout the country over the past five years; the number envisaged; the number of unsuccessful applications;... - Third Level Staff
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the rise of precarious employment and short-term contracts in higher education. [10115/17] - Departmental Funding
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction the €800,000 in capital funding for the upgrading of the old vocational education committee building in Roscommon town,... - Third Level Staff
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on recent plans announced by the board of Trinity College, which will make a secure future or career advancement for many staff an... - State Examinations
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place to ensure that junior certificate students do not lose marks as a result of the Association of Secondary Teachers in... - School Guidance Counsellors
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to and if he had the opportunity to examine the report, A Whole School Approach to Guidance Counselling in a... - Quality and Qualifications Ireland
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the Quality and Qualifications Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012, in particular his Department's... - Schools Building Projects Status
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the construction of a new school to allow a school (details supplied) to relocate to the site on the Borris road. [10326/17] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns of school principals that they have not been provided with enough information on the way the allocations of resource... - Schools Building Projects Status
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in expediting stage 2A of the architectural planning process for the extension and refurbishment of a school (details... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which, under the new model for allocation of resource teaching hours in primary and secondary schools, children who received diagnoses... - Third Level Reform
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions being taken in his Department on third level reform, as outlined in his Department's strategy statement for 2016 to 2019. [9928/17] - Brexit Issues
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of consultation he has had with An Taoiseach and Minister for Defence regarding the future use of the former Dún Uí Neill Army... - School Patronage
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the patron for the new primary school in Ballincollig will be announced; and if he will ensure that the new school will open in September... - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used when determining the new DEIS designations; the census information in addition to departmental data that was used; and his plans... - Lansdowne Road Agreement
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the fact that teachers who work in ASTI schools but chose not to join a union have not received pay increments,...
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