Written answers

Thursday, 2 March 2017

  • School Patronage
    58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the consultation with Educate Together and with persons regarding the plans to change the patronage of schools in line with...
  • State Examinations Commission
    60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has not been provided with a reader or scribe for the 2017 junior certificate...
  • Student Grant Scheme Delays
    61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in approving a SUSI grant in the case of a person (details supplied). [10842/17]
  • Languages Programme
    62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a recent EUROSTAT report (details supplied) showing that Ireland has the second lowest level of foreign-language learning in schools...
  • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
    63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not successful in its application for urban DEIS band 1 from urban DEIS band 2; the criteria and...
  • Special Educational Needs Staff
    64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of special needs assistants in each school in Waterford city and county for each of the years 2014 to 2016; and if he will make a...
  • Technological Universities
    65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he plans to progress legislation on technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10913/17]
  • Institutes of Technology Expenditure
    66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Waterford Institute of Technology was running a surplus or deficit in each of the years 2008 to 2016; if so, the amount of the surplus or...
  • Technological Universities
    67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if newly formed technological universities will have the ability to borrow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10915/17]
  • Third Level Staff Data
    73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the difference between a teaching contract operational at institutes of technology and university contracts; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Institutes of Technology
    74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if capital funding will be made available to progress the building of an engineering block at WIT; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of colleges providing courses for apprentice mechanics; if all colleges charge the apprentices for courses provided or if there are...
  • Pátrúnacht Scoileanna
    78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén sásra a bheidh ann chun measúnú agus freastal a dhéanamh ar an éileamh ar oideachas lán-Ghaeilge faoin...
  • State Examinations Reviews
    81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the State Examinations Commission has written to schools to advise them of the process for the classroom based assessment for the junior...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools will be expected to make provision for newly enrolled or newly diagnosed children with special educational needs under the current...
  • Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
    84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will review the decision not to designate a school (details supplied) as a DEIS school; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
    85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the staff included in the calculation of the pupil-teacher ratio including resource teachers, learning support...
  • Third Level Fees
    87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will oppose an end to the free fees scheme and abolish the student registration charges in view of the recent figures on the number of...
  • Third Level Funding
    88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the checks and balances in place to ensure third level institutions are not using public funds to access legal services to defend themselves...
  • Education Policy
    89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the European Commission’s country report on Ireland and the finding that skills shortages are increasing in certain sectors...
  • Further Education and Training Programmes
    90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the participation rate in lifelong learning in 2014, 2015 and 2016 based on latest data at hand, in addition to the EU average rate, in tabular...
  • Skills Development
    91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of persons in the labour force who have basic or above basic digital skills based on latest data at hand in addition to the...
  • National Educational Psychological Service Staff
    92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recently announced appointment of ten additional NEPS psychologists will be used to deal with staff shortages due to leave; and if he will...
  • School Services Staff
    93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current salary scale for primary school caretakers. [11084/17]
  • EU Bodies
    94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department entered into discussions with the EU with regard to the relocation of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Teacher Secondment
    95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondments which have exceeded five years in the period July 2009 to October 2014, inclusive; the length of time for which the five...
  • English Language Training Organisations
    96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the lack of regulation covering pay and conditions for teachers in the English language college sector; and his...
  • Legislative Process RIA
    97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legislative proposals published by his Department between 2011 to 2016, inclusive, that underwent a regulatory impact assessment; the...

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