Written answers
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
Department of Education and Skills
- Gaelscoil Issues
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs involved in changing the status of English speaking schools, both primary and secondary, to Irish medium schools. [19208/17] - Education and Training Provision
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to verify authenticity of training and referees as listed by applicants on their CSCS application forms; the steps taken to... - School Transport Provision
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports he will put in place for persons who are facing losing their school transport due to lack of numbers in a school availing of the bus... - Teachers' Remuneration
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to end the inequality regarding payment for teachers; his views on whether new entrants to the teaching sector are being disadvantaged... - Teacher Recruitment
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to allow a school (details supplied) to recruit a teacher from beyond the immediate education and training board... - Teaching Contracts
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the timeframe or average time for releasing post inspection reports for probationary year teachers; and when a person (details... - Croke Park Agreement Implementation
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the oversight role played by his Department in ensuring that the 36 extra hours of work per school year for teachers, that is, the Croke Park... - National Training Fund
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific training grants supplied to industry from the national training fund in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [19197/17] - SOLAS Funding
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the programmes for which his Department provides funding to SOLAS in each year since its establishment; and the number of participants on each... - Skills Development
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is scope to reduce funding to the Springboard or information and communication technology skills conversion course... - SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Places
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants on training programmes for the unemployed run by SOLAS in each of the years from 2007 to 2016; if funding to these... - Apprenticeship Programmes
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approximate cost of the programme for Government commitment to achieving cumulative apprenticeship registrations and traineeship enrolments... - Third Level Funding
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €600 million core funding requirement by 2020 referenced in the Cassells report includes or excludes provision for demographic... - Third Level Scholarships
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all scholarship programmes open and common to students of third level institutions; the process by which programmes can be... - Third Level Courses Feedback
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the treatment of pharmacy students in universities (details supplied); if he was consulted regarding this... - Schools Building Projects Status
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been brought to concerns raised by authorities of a school in (details supplied) County Donegal regarding the ongoing delays... - Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19304/17] - School Accommodation Provision
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be provided for the accommodation requested by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - School Admissions
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19360/17] - Schools Building Projects Status
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in construction of a new school building project under the capital programme for a school (details supplied); the... - Site Acquisitions
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 1 December 2016, if he has made contact with the education and training board in respect of a... - Teachers' Professional Development
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns in the mid-west that the support for the reading recovery programme provided through a college... - School Accommodation Provision
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his officials will be in a position to carry out an assessment of a school (details supplied) in view of prefab replacement; if after the... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for the summer works scheme by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19421/17] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not been allocated enough SNA teacher hours to meet the demand within the school. [19422/17] - Summer Works Scheme
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 30 March 2017, if he will extend the school summer works scheme for 2018; and if he will make a... - Departmental Staff
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a statement of service from his Department in respect of a person's employment (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Teaching Council of Ireland
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the public competition for the position of director of the Teaching Council will be publicly advertised in view of the fact that the term of... - Cycling Facilities Provision
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce an initiative to provide a cycling helmet to every child in national school as part of a cycle safety programme; and if he... - SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of local training initiatives across the State. [19583/17] - Community Training Centres
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if management staff on local training initiatives have a pay relationship with and are proportionally linked to community training workshop... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received correspondence from the chairpersons of an association (details supplied) in which concerns relating to the new model of... - Reading Recovery Programme
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will continue to be a teacher leader for Reading Recovery in a centre (details supplied). [19626/17] - School Curriculum
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current strategy for applied maths as a subject at secondary level; his plans to increase the availability of this subject or to reduce it;... - Teaching Qualifications
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers for each science subject on the secondary school curriculum who have an undergraduate qualification in that subject; the... - Schools Building Projects Status
330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school building projects, including extensions, that are currently under way and which have been requested but are awaiting approval, which... - School Transport Eligibility
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child is attending a primary school that is being relocated and is no longer the nearest national school as determined by the Department or... - Third Level Funding
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 5 July 2016, if a response will be provided to the question (details supplied) in view of the fact... - Teachers' Remuneration
333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider mandating that teachers' pay depends on holistic evaluations of performance instead of on their start date; and if he will... - Bullying in Schools
335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken by his Department to address bullying in schools; the number of cases of bullying reported to schools in the past five years; the... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the second level schools in the Dublin 7 and 15 areas that will have autism specific classes in the academic year 2017-2018; the number of... - National Educational Psychological Service Staff
337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the recruitment of a new National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, psychologist for assignment to a school... - Special Educational Needs Staff
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the challenges a designated developing school (details supplied) is having in relation to provision of... - Departmental Properties
339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding efforts to agree the provision of a site to a local authority (details supplied). [19747/17] - School Transport Provision
340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide specialised school transport for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19761/17] - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Data
341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money outstanding for the redress schemes from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will report on any recent discussion... - Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff that ceased their employment with Caranua in each month in 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [19774/17] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for the school summer works scheme by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take in view of the fact that due to SUSI having introduced a system whereby Eircode postcodes are used instead of a programme... - School Management
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to a timeframe for the full restoration of posts of responsibility in primary schools; and if he will make a statement... - Schools Establishment
346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the data sets used in the geographical information system when identifying areas under increased demographic pressure; the... - School Curriculum
348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the policy of allowing schools to alter their relationship and sexuality education according to their ethos and instead... - Schools Extra Curricular Activities
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will disallow the secondary school practice of bringing in outside unvetted and unaccountable third parties to give lectures on sexual... - Suicide Prevention
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if counselling services for teens at risk of suicide are provided by the Government, the HSE, and his Department; the percentage of school... - School Funding
352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an increase in the capitation fees paid to schools can be expected; if so, the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the... - Apprenticeship Programmes
353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the commencement of the heavy goods vehicle driver apprenticeship programme; the expected timeframe for qualified drivers to come... - School Transport Eligibility
354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his proposals to make amendments to the criteria applicable to the post-primary school transport scheme (details supplied); his views on whether... - Home Tuition Scheme Provision
355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the pay discrepancies incurred by a person (details supplied) when employed by his Department to provide home tuition; and if... - Home Tuition Scheme
356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty for parents in sourcing tutors to provide home tuition for children with special educational... - Teachers' Remuneration
357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will restore teachers' pay and conditions in order that there is not an inferior pay scale for newly qualified teachers; the timeframe for... - Education and Training Boards Administration
358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of internal auditors employed by the Education and Training Boards, ETBs, at national level; if the reports on audits completed are... - Teachers' Remuneration
359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe to end the pay inequality between newly qualified teachers and more experienced teachers; and if he will make a statement on the... - Suicide Prevention
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if suicide prevention classes will be introduced in schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20117/17] - State Examinations Exemptions
362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following an appeal by a person (details supplied) who is seeking accommodation for either a reader or a waiver from the assessment of spelling,... - Schools Building Projects Status
363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new education campus in Maynooth; if his officials have evaluated the tender report; if a builder has been awarded the contract;... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Data
365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the unpaid finances due to the State by religious organisations under the redress scheme; and if he will make a statement... - DEIS Data
366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no education performance or educational outcomes data from individual schools was used in the identification process for DEIS status;... - Schools Building Projects Status
370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be made a priority for his Department. [20419/17] - School Funding
371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a funding request by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20470/17] - DEIS Scheme
373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department or bodies under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for consultancy and ongoing use of intellectual... - Preschool Services
374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason pre-schools are precluded from registering for etwinning (details supplied); his plans to review this policy; and if he will make a... - Inquiry into Child Abuse
375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether recent reports that an organisation (details supplied) has paid the amount it owes to victims of abuse are accurate; if so, the manner in... - School Accommodation Provision
376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding the provision of a new secondary school for the Malahide and Portmarnock areas of County Dublin, as announced... - Schools Building Projects Status
377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding the provision of a new secondary school for the Swords area of County Dublin, as announced in November 2015; if... - Seirbhísí Leathanbhanda
379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a chuirfear córas ceart leathanbhanda ar fáil do scoil (sonraí tugtha); cén fáth nach raibh sé ar... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to locate an autism or ASD class in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20533/17] - Educational Disadvantage
382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a DEIS band school (details supplied) will have exclusive access to a full-time home school community liaison teacher; if his attention has... - Primary Online Database
383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the level of completion of primary online database questionnaires by parents; if completion rates are low in certain schools or in... - School Staff
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 13 April 2017 to set out the number of retirements confirmed for the school; the number of these... - School Accommodation
386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of the provision of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20563/17] - Educational Disadvantage
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all DEIS band 1 primary schools are allocated one home school liaison officer (HSCL) each; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that... - Qualifications Recognition
391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a bachelor’s degree obtained by a person (details supplied) in Bucharest, Romania, is recognised as equal in value and status to a... - Child Safety
392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the rules of governance set out by his Department that boards of management, teachers and parents associations must adhere to as the... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the introduction of the new special educational needs model was the determining factor in the closure of a school (details supplied); and the... - School Closures
394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his attention was first drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) was not to take first years for 2017; and if he will make a... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reason a school (details supplied) in County Kerry has not received DEIS status despite the profile of both students and parents;... - Apprenticeship Programmes
397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the new apprenticeship programmes that have been introduced in 2016 and to date in 2017; and the new apprenticeship programmes that... - Apprenticeship Data
401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the development, capital and annual cost, respectively, per apprentice of new apprenticeship programmes introduced in 2016 and to... - Youth Guarantee
403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the allocation from the EU youth guarantee; and the amount of money received from the EU youth guarantee initiative in each of the... - Public Service Pay Commission Reports
405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Public Service Pay Commission will issue its initial report; to outline the timeframe to end inequality in teachers pay structures; and... - School Enrolments
406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to deal with the crisis for persons on the waiting list for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin in September 2017... - Schools Health and Safety
407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the way in which action 1.4 of A Healthy Weight for Ireland will be advanced; the status of the provision of potable water in all...
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