Written answers
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Department of Education and Skills
- Disadvantaged Status
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not been included as a DEIS school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13547/17] - Student Accommodation
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the disparity between rents being charged in private purpose built student accommodation (details supplied) and the average rent... - Special Education Review
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when new arrangements for the NCSE model for special education needs in schools will be released to primary schools in view of the fact the... - Schools Building Projects Status
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time a school building project (details supplied) has been at stage 2B, detailed design; the average time a new school construction... - Teaching Council of Ireland
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can use their current teaching position in France as an NQT probation for the purposes of qualifying as a primary... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) classes in primary and secondary schools respectively in County Donegal; the number of ASD places in... - Teaching Council of Ireland
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 484 of 2 February 2016, if he has made a decision on the matter; if not, when he expects to make a... - National Educational Psychological Service
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an assessment by a child psychologist of the National Educational Psychological Service will be carried out in respect of a person (details... - School Curriculum
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the leaving certificate applied programme is made available to students for the 2017-2018 academic year in County Leitrim;... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the deficit in communication between Caranua and members of the deaf community regarding making available the... - Special Educational Needs
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the current position of the special needs allocation in a school (details supplied) in order to ascertain the need for... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review on Caranua; and the expected date of completion for the report. [12896/17] - Schools Building Projects Status
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of applications for works submitted by schools (details supplied). [12950/17] - Special Educational Needs Staff
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate the appropriate staffing levels to a DEIS band 1 school (details supplied) which was recently upgraded from DEIS band 2... - Parental Leave
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a teachers parental leave can be transferred from siblings in a case in which there is a exceptional health requirement by one person; and if... - School Curriculum
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual breakdown between the number of female and male graduates in each of the years 2014 to 2016 in third level graduate courses in... - Special Educational Needs
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a person(details supplied) can continue education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13002/17] - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is not designated as a DEIS school. [13008/17] - Schools Building Projects Status
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be able to open its extension by September 2019; and if approval to proceed to stage 2B will be forthcoming... - School Staff
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to rectify the situation whereby school secretaries not being employed directly by his Department have generally not received a pay... - Special Educational Needs
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for refusal of a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied). [13051/17] - Schools Review
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 28 February 2017, when the review in question will take place; and when the decisions based on this... - School Patronage
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on proposals to transfer patronage of schools through reconfiguration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Institutes of Technology
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate direct once-off funding to the Mayo campus in Castlebar of Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, similar to the Killybegs... - Schools Building Projects Data
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received the supplementary tender report regarding a school (details supplied); if final approval has now issued to sign contracts... - Schools Building Projects Status
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the design team for a school (details supplied) have submitted the stage 2b submission, including a review arising from changes in public work... - Gaelcholáistí Issues
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the enrolment to the Irish medium Aonad at a school (details supplied) for September 2014, 2015 and 2016 demonstrates sufficient viability for... - Army Barracks
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Dún Uí Neill barracks site at Cavan town is no longer intended as an extended campus facility for Cavan Institute; his... - Intellectual Property Protocol
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 222, 223, 224, 225 and 226 of 7 March 2017, if his attention was drawn to breaches of policy in relation... - Teacher Training Provision
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure greater opportunities and courses are provided to train teachers to teach through the Irish language; and if he will make a... - School Accommodation Provision
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current levels of demand for places in gaelcholáistí across the country; the extent to which his Department's recent demographic... - International Students
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 7 March 2017, the regulations and guidelines in place for teenage international students arriving... - Industrial Relations
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) has any rights with regard to the FTC in 2010, including maternity leave cover, job sharing and so on. [13224/17] - School Curriculum
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions his Department is taking to promote STEM third level education among female secondary level students; and if he will make a statement... - Education Policy
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions his Department is taking to promote entrepreneurship among female secondary level students; and if he will make a statement on the... - International Students
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a survey (details supplied) which listed Ireland 47th out of 80 countries for studying abroad; his views on... - Third Level Funding
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of the funds allocated to third level institutions that is set aside for legal defence against student complaints; and if he... - Schools Building Projects
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school for the Malahide and Portmarnock areas of County Dublin as announced in November 2015; if... - Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reply to a person following a meeting with him (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13281/17] - Public Sector Staff Remuneration
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that in line with the one person one salary principle, no public servant that is a member of a State board or agency under the... - School Accommodation
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of DEIS schools throughout counties Sligo and Leitrim over the past five years; the number planned; the number of unsuccessful... - Schools Building Projects Status
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the school building programmes at primary and second level in counties Sligo and Leitrim continue to proceed as planned... - Teacher Recruitment
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which primary and secondary level teaching posts have been approved in respect of primary and second level schools in counties... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places for special needs students available at primary and second level schools throughout counties Sligo and Leitrim; the extent... - School Patronage
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to continue support for smaller urban or rural schools with a denominational ethos in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a... - Further Education and Training Programmes
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure the education system at all levels is in a position to meet the skills demand in the workplace with regard to... - Education Grants
311. 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 in counties Sligo and... - Teacher Recruitment
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of available substitute teachers in County Kildare; his plans to address the serious shortage of available substitute teachers... - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been notified of the removal of DEIS status; and if he will make a statement on the... - School Meals Programme
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is responsible for informing the Department of Social Protection of increased pupil numbers in primary schools that are in... - Schools Building Projects Status
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied). [13441/17] - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of schools in counties Longford and Westmeath that applied for DEIS status or for enhanced DEIS status; the reason these applications... - Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special consideration can be given to the family of a person (details supplied) in order to allow payment of the July provision for 2017 to be... - Schools Establishment
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an Educate Together school will be built in the Whitehall area of Dublin north west; if so, the timeframe set out for the building of the... - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which, following amalgamation, have received reduced DEIS related supports, that is not full DEIS status; and if he will... - Schools Building Projects Status
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13522/17] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding special needs assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13523/17] - School Transport
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cases in which taxis are engaged to transport children to schools; the number of school children involved; and the amount spent annually per... - Schools Building Projects Status
325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the assessment process for an application for a school (details supplied) will be complete; when moneys are likely to be granted; and if he... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Data
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a detailed breakdown by religious order of the money and assets transferred to date to the State in respect of the agreement... - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not included on the recently announced rural DEIS schools list; if he will re-examine this decision;... - Student Universal Support Ireland Data
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals received by SUSI in each year since the authority was introduced in 2012; the number of these appeals which were successful... - Superannuation Schemes
330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) who has submitted a completed SHF1 form regarding service as a part-time teacher may expect to have service... - Garda Vetting Legislation
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons whose work involves visiting different schools, for example a yoga instructor, has to... - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not approved for DEIS status; the criteria used to make the decision; the reason the school did not... - Third Level Institutions Mergers
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to progress in talks between Waterford Institute of Technology and Carlow Institute of Technology regarding the... - National Educational Psychological Service Data
335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of assessments that have been carried out by the National Educational Psychological Service for each class level for primary school... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any of the 900 additional resource teachers recruited to implement the new resource allocation model will form part of the inclusion support... - Special Educational Needs Data
341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if details of the resource allocation for each school will be published; the date on which; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13593/17] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeals mechanism will be available for parents under the new resource allocation when they are of the view their child is not receiving... - Higher Education Institutions
346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to increase the employer's contribution to higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13598/17] - Higher Education Institutions Staff
347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the estimated costs of recruiting a retention officer for each higher education institution; and if he will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the records that must be provided in order for special needs assistants to avail of incremental credit for previous relevant work... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reasons a school (details supplied) was refused an application for funding under the summer works grant; if he will reconsider... - School Enrolments
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 28 February 2017 (details supplied) whether it is expected that the likely provision can be made to... - Special Educational Needs Staff
351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on contacts his Department has had with the board of management of a school (details supplied) that provides education... - School Accommodation
354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application to his Department by a school (details supplied) for an extension to include new classrooms and a hall in view of... - Schools Building Projects Status
355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when work on the new school buildings for a school (details supplied) will commence; the status of this project; and if he will make a statement... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reason funding was refused by the HSE to supply a nurse to a person (details supplied) who has been out of school since February... - Apprenticeship Programmes
358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of colleges providing courses for apprentice mechanics; if all colleges charge the apprentices for courses provided or if... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the procedure that should be followed under the new resource allocation model when a child with special needs transfers to a new... - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further schools will be added to the DEIS programme in the coming 12 months; the process and timeframe for this; and if he will make a... - School Staff
362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department's circular 0017/2017 concerning appointment of additional teachers in primary schools has any element of flexibility or appeal... - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reason a primary school (details supplied) in County Mayo is deemed ineligible for urban and rural DEIS status; and if he will... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can appeal allocated hours and receive more hours with regard to the new system of special educational needs... - School Accommodation
366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional space made by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when a decision will issue on this... - Teachers' Remuneration
368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13788/17] - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the inclusion of a school (details supplied) for DEIS status, taking into account the socio-economic profile and marginal... - Special Educational Needs Staff
370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is still waiting to fill positions for special needs assistants despite the board of management attempting... - Schools Property
371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the lengthy delay in coming to an agreement with a club and school (details supplied) on a land swap that will benefit the club,... - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the position of the DEIS programme in view of recent errors being discovered in the DEIS list. [13897/17] - Teachers' Remuneration
378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a person (details supplied) can continue to remain in position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13907/17] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 29 November 2016, when a response will issue from the NCSE (details supplied). [13913/17] - School Staff
380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will not be a reduction in the number of teachers allocated to a school (details supplied). [13954/17] - Teaching Contracts
382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reasons teachers employed on a full-time basis for two years or more under a fixed-term contract fulfilling a job share post are... - Special Educational Needs Staff
383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can be provided with an additional four special needs assistants to make up the allocated numbers to alleviate the... - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the precise criteria used by his Department to evaluate the DEIS supports to be made available to a school (details supplied); and if... - Special Educational Needs Staff
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all autism spectrum disorder units at primary level will employ a special education teacher to ensure that the appropriate skills are... - Public Sector Staff
386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down in tabular form the number of employees across his Department and each agency or organisation under the aegis of his Department who... - Departmental Legal Costs
387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the total amount spent externally by his Department on legal advice for each year since 2015; the solicitors firms involved; the... - School Discipline
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his views on policies on the appropriate usage, utilisation and measure of forced absence sanctions or punishments, suspensions and... - School Staff
393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will not lose a teacher for the year 2017-2018; if this school will retain its existing allocation of teachers;... - School Enrolments
394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request for additional funding (details supplied) will be given urgent consideration in view of the fact the present reduced allocation for... - Ministerial Allowances
395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that no Minister or Minister of State under his remit since 2011 has claimed overnight expenses for staying in Dublin. [14565/17]
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