Written answers
				Tuesday, 20 June 2017
  				
Department of Education and Skills
				 
  - School Staff 
 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide extra funding to address funding deficiencies in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport Eligibility 
 411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review his Department's school transport policy in order to allow students from an area (details supplied) to avail of free school...
- School Transport Fees 
 412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make arrangements with Bus Éireann to facilitate families to have the option of making payments on school transport fees on a...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility 
 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revise the regulations surrounding the student universal support grant in order that if a family's only income is from Department of...
- School Curriculum 
 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the curriculum for junior and leaving certificate cycle in respect of information technology studies; and if he will make a...
- Digital Strategy for Schools 
 415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recommended time on the curriculums in post primary school for the study of information technology; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Transport Eligibility 
 418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if secondary school students holding full medical cards are entitled to free school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects Status 
 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building application by a school (details supplied). [26610/17]
- Departmental Correspondence 
 421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 5 May 2017, the information which remains outstanding from a school (details supplied) in view of...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision 
 422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary can be provided with extra special needs hours to meet the needs of their students; and if he...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme 
 423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals personnel working at Caranua; if they are full time or part time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26626/17]
- Teacher Redeployment 
 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is eligible for panel rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26653/17]
- Schools Building Projects Status 
 429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a traffic survey relating to an application for works by a school (details supplied); and the timeframe for progressing the...
- State Examinations 
 430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department distributes State exam papers; if there is a tendering or recruitment process in place for distribution; and the...
- Schools Property 
 431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding schools that need new car parking facilities; and the funding is available to them for same. [26699/17]
- Schools Building Projects Status 
 432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new building will be provided for a school (details supplied). [26716/17]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision 
 433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the special needs supports available for a person suffering from Asperger's syndrome who does not feel they can attend mainstream secondary...
- Schools Building Projects Status 
 434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next phase of a school building for a school (details supplied) will commence; the status of this project; and if he will make a...
- Schools Site Acquisitions 
 435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new site for a school (details supplied) as announced in November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects 
 436. 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...
- Schools Building Projects Status 
 438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26735/17]
- Departmental Properties 
 439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in giving permission to a club (details supplied) in Tallaght, Dublin 24, in conjunction with a school to carry out...
- Institutes of Technology 
 441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the combined deficit institutes of technology face from satellite campuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26747/17]
- School Management 
 442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing one administration day per week for school principals in cases in which there is no walking principal; the cost...
- Apprenticeship Programmes 
 443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sources of funding that will be used for investment in apprenticeship reform up to 2020. [26753/17]
- Apprenticeship Data 
 444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices estimated to be enrolled in each of the years 2017 to 2021 inclusive of existing and estimated new registrations. [26754/17]
- School Staff Appeals Mechanism 
 452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal by a school (details supplied) will be upheld in view of the negative impact losing a member of staff will have in the long term on...
- Education Schemes 
 453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a copy of an educational certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26772/17]
- Training Support Grant 
 455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be given a training allowance for the duration of a course; and if he will make a statement...
- Home Tuition Scheme Provision 
 456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the home tuition section of his Department will provide home tuition to a person (details supplied) until their leaving certificate...
- Higher Education Institutions 
 457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to put in place an independent inquiry into the governance at universities here further to a television programme (details supplied);...
- Schools Building Projects Status 
 458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application for funding for a new school building by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Brexit Negotiations 
 461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the threats identified by his Department with regard to the responsibilities of his Department as a result of no deal being reached in Brexit...
- Irish Language 
 462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce changes to the second level Irish language syllabus to increase its relevance in every day society in non-Gaeltacht areas....
- Schools Building Projects Status 
 463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the development of a new school for a school (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26921/17]
- Labour Court Recommendations 
 464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeframe for approval of University College Cork's request of 4 April 2017 for sanctioning in respect of the binding Labour Court...
- Public Sector Pensions Data 
 465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector...
- Emergency Works Scheme Applications 
 466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the rejection of a wheelchair lift in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26986/17]
- Schools Refurbishment 
 467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project on a school (details supplied) will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26992/17]
- State Examinations Fee Exemptions 
 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will direct his Department to refund parents on low incomes with dependent children who could not avail of the State examination fee waiver...
- Ireland Scholarship Programme 
 469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will direct his Department to include a person (details supplied) in County Sligo who is dependent on their parents who are medical...
- Schools Building Projects Data 
 470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new schools required and-or extensions to existing schools contemplated over the next five years (details supplied); the number and...
- Schools Refurbishment 
 471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the rejection of a wheelchair lift in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27012/17]
- School Costs 
 472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is financial assistance available for families to meet the costs involved in circumstances in which their child's school uses tablet...
- Special Educational Needs 
 473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a place in a language unit in County Kilkenny for a person (details supplied) in south Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Schools Healthy Living Strategies 
 475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that offer the wellbeing programme for the junior cycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27044/17]
- School Curriculum 
 476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that offer alternatives such as philosophy classes when children are withdrawn from religion classes; and if he will make a...
- Education and Training Provision 
 477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places available on the momentum programme; the full year cost of increasing places on the programme by 20%; and if he will make a...
- Quality and Qualifications Ireland (1 comment) 
 478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) into the operation and organisation of QQI; his views on the serious findings; and...
- International Programmes 
 481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contribution that Ireland has made to UNESCO's international programme for the development of communication; and if he will make a statement...
- School Accommodation 
 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to carry out the necessary assessment of a school (details supplied) to determine if the prefabs need to be replaced in line with...
- Psychological Services 
 484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can be placed on a waiting list. [27124/17]
- Equal Opportunities Employment 
 485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in his Department and in each State and semi-State body under the aegis of his...
- School Funding 
 486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with the capital shortfall relating to a school (details suppled) in Kildare north. [27148/17]
- Cóiríocht Scoile 
 487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an ndéanfaidh an Roinn teagmháil dhíreach le bord bainistíochta scoile i gcontae Dhún na nGall (sonraí curtha ar...
- Departmental Correspondence 
 488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27165/17]
- Psychological Services 
 489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS assessments that have been carried out per school in 2016 and to date in 2017; the maximum number of NEPS assessments...
- School Excellence Fund 
 490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the objectives and modus operandi of the schools excellence fund as described in the response to Parliamentary Question No....
- School Transport Administration 
 491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the position going forward surrounding escorts on school buses for special needs pupils; if he will maintain the present...
- Third Level Funding 
 492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €600 million base funding requirement in higher education institutions by 2021 identified by the Cassells report includes the...
- National Training Fund 
 493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the surplus of the national training fund cannot be used for capital expenditure at higher education institutions. [27230/17]
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility 
 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on making certain courses in a college (details supplied) eligible for the free fees scheme to increase persons' employment prospects;...
- School Staff 
 496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue regarding an additional teaching post appeal in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Special Educational Needs Staff 
 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue regarding an appeal of a special education teaching allocation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision 
 499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend the existing July provision scheme with the view to implementing recommendations from various stakeholders concerning the...
- Departmental Schemes 
 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of incidences whereby parents of children with Down syndrome and-or individual schools were contacted by his Department to issue a...
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge 
 501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills céard iad na socruithe atá i bhfeidhm chun a chinntiú go mbeidh seirbhísí oideachais bunscoile ar fáil sa...
- Ministerial Functions 
 502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will accept an invitation from a school (details supplied) to visit the school in the near future; the likely timescale that will be...
- School Transport Eligibility 
 503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions can be made to allow a mainstream student travel on the same school transport provided by his Department...
- Teachers' Remuneration 
 504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the objective of Government to achieve pay equality for all teachers that started work since 2011 as part of the current public sector...
- Schools Refurbishment 
 505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to repair a prefab at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry to accommodate a new autism class; and if he will...
- Higher Education Authority 
 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request the HEA to undertake a detailed longitudinal survey on graduate career outcomes (details supplied). [27412/17]
- Schools Health and Safety 
 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will liaise with a school (details supplied) in County Cork to discuss the proposals which can be formulated and the way in...
- Ministerial Correspondence 
 508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received correspondence from a group (details supplied) dated 20 December 2016 regarding the lumper schools project; if he has replied...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme 
 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contracts received forMinisterial approval from Caranua to date in 2017; the date on which each application was received by his Department;...
- Departmental Contracts 
 510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by his Department or agency or body under the...
- Teaching Contracts 
 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is within the regulations of his Department to timetable a teacher who has opted out of the supervision and substitution scheme for...
- Teacher Recruitment 
 513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has issued or will issue circular letters to schools regarding the importance of appointing teachers to vacancies in schools which...
- Language Schools 
 514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with a group (details supplied); the reason a previous request to meet with this group was refused; if he will address the...
- National Training Fund 
 515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount in the investment account of the national training fund; and the investments which can be made from the fund. [27521/17]
- School Accommodation Provision 
 516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in having an application finalised for a school (details supplied) in view of the urgent need to have this accommodation...
- School Accommodation 
 517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties and the physical conditions of the classrooms being experienced by students and staff in a...
- Teacher Recruitment 
 520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will be given to the appointment of a fourth classroom teacher at a school (details supplied) for September 2017 in view of the fact...
- Lansdowne Road Agreement 
 521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to support and allow non-union teachers to access to the benefits of the Lansdowne Road agreement in view of the fact that all...
- SOLAS Administration 
 522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the 2016 annual report for SOLAS will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27697/17]
- Higher Education Authority Staff 
 523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fill the number of vacancies on the board of the Higher Education Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27698/17]
- Departmental Expenditure 
 524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of intellectual property and...
- School Accommodation Provision 
 525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an application; and the position regarding same. [27718/17]
- Departmental Correspondence 
 526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied). [27725/17]
- School Transport Administration 
 527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria that can be used to request an amendment to an existing route in view of the fact that most school catchment areas are based on...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision 
 530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) regarding their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27778/17]
- Schools Building Projects Status 
 531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to extend a school (details supplied); and when the proposed works will commence. [27807/17]
- Education Schemes 
 532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussion his Department has had with Safefood on the introduction of its media awareness course mediawise in schools. [27812/17]
- Departmental Reviews 
 533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date of the commencement of his Department's review into the operations and eligibility criteria for Caranua; the persons appointed to carry...
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board 
 534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Caranua has completed its internal review as indicated in the board minutes of July 2016 into changes made to the application process; and...
- School Funding 
 535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be provided for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27827/17]
- School Transport 
 536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27876/17]
- Departmental Properties 
 537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take regarding the hold up in progress at a school details supplied) in Cashel, County Tipperary, in the provision of car...
- School Accommodation Provision 
 538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will take steps to ensure that an application for vital and necessary accommodation by a school (details supplied) is immediately...
- Third Level Admissions Data 
 539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure access to institutions of education for students in view of media reports that University College Dublin will be reducing the...
- Appointments to State Boards 
 540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any former Members have been appointed to State boards under his remit by the Public Appointments Service; if so, the names and positions of...
- Redundancy Payments 
 541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a redundancy calculation was decided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27942/17]
- Emergency Works Scheme Applications 
 542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an emergency application by a school (details supplied). [27944/17]
- Schools Property 
 543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the sale of playing pitches used by a college (details supplied) in County Dublin, by the Christian Brothers; the actions...
- Commemorative Events 
 544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the introduction of the lumper schools project to schools to increase the knowledge and awareness of the Great Famine; and if he...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision 
 545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision will issue regarding an appeal of a special education teaching allocation by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Emergency Works Scheme Applications 
 546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an emergency works grant will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27992/17]
- School Curriculum 
 547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the lack of availability of the leaving certificate applied programme in post-primary schools in County Leitrim on the...
- Irish Language 
 549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional costs for an English medium school to transition to an Irish medium school. [28004/17]
- School Expulsions 
 550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of section 29 appeals that were made against secondary schools in County Kildare to secure places for students that had been denied;...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility 
 551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28008/17]
- Public Sector Staff Career Breaks 
 552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers availing of the career break scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28010/17]
- Student Universal Support Ireland Administration 
 553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason SUSI is allowed a specific write-off pertaining to overpayments made to certain students (details supplied). [28029/17]
- Teacher Redeployment 
 554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is State regulation as to the way in which panels for the employment of teachers in particular church dioceses operate in respect of...
- Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts 
 555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that in future all decisions are made in a timely manner in order that new appointments can be made prior to the summer holiday...
- Schools Building Projects Status 
 556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 30 May 2017, the estimated timeframe for the process for the school building; and when he expects...
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision 
 557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fund speech and language classes in primary schools with a high concentration of need for speech and language therapies; and if he...
- Schools Building Projects Status 
 558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Buncrana three school campus project (details supplied); if he will report on a recent meeting between his department and...
- Education and Training Boards Funding 
 559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding to each ETB or VEC in each of the years from 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [28115/17]
- Schools Building Projects Expenditure 
 560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the original cost of the building of the new centre in Belfield; the amount that has been spent by his Department to date in 2017; the cost of...
- Higher Education Institutions 
 561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assessment has been done on the teaching quality of a centre (details supplied) in comparison with similar centres; if so, the results of...
- English Language Training Organisations 
 562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he has undertaken with English language teachers in relation to plans to replace former regulatory systems for English language...
- Schools Site Acquisitions 
 563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms upon which his Department has agreed to the purchase and development of the Harold's cross greyhound stadium; if the site has been...
- Schools Building Projects Status 
 564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the construction of a permanent building for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin, in view of the fact that...
- Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts 
 565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have been successful in their appeal under the new special needs resource allocation model; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision 
 566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional supports will be provided to a school (details supplied) in order to address the needs of new enrolments with special needs; and if...
- Special Educational Needs Data 
 568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of training provided to special educational needs organisers in relation to the new resource allocation model; the number of special...
- State Examinations 
 569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rate of payment for exam assessors; the basis on which payment is determined, for example, the hourly rate or per script; the number of...
- Postal Codes 
 570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by his Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Expenditure 
 571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding to each ETB or VEC under the VTOS programme in each of the years from 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [28207/17]
- Schools Building Projects 
 572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the announced new educate together secondary school for Malahide and Portmarnock will open for students in September 2017 as previously...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision 
 573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the problem that parents are facing with children diagnosed with autism in securing a place in an ASD class...
- Schools Building Projects Status 
 575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a school project (details supplied) a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28281/17]
- Skills Shortages 
 576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the shortage of skilled staff such as chefs in the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Further Education and Training Programmes 
 577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the body or agency that is responsible for tourism and hospitality training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28285/17]
- Further Education and Training Programmes Eligibility 
 578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if persons that are not full-time unemployed can access and participate in ETB courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28287/17]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision 
 579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the additional extra funding required will be provided to fund a central activities space and staff toilets as part of the development of a...
- National Educational Psychological Service 
 580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a psychological assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28333/17]
- Third Level Staff Data 
 581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the academic and non-academic staff employed in all universities, higher education authority designated colleges and the institutes of technology...
- Language Schools 
 582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the working conditions of English language teachers (details supplied); if he plans to legislate for their rights; and if he will...
- Cóiríocht Scoile 
 583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an dtabharfaidh sé soiléiriú maidir le stádas an iarratais atá déanta ag scoil (sonraí leis seo); an bhfuil...
- Education and Training Boards Staff 
 584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons employed by Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board are being offered...
- School Accommodation Provision 
 586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an application for funding from a school (details supplied) in County Waterford for the replacement of two...
- School Fees 
 587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the welcome ban on enrolment applications fees in the forthcoming Admissions to School Bill 2016 will consequentially...
- School Enrolments 
 588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is merit in amending the Education Act 1998 to give the Minister powers to designate areas in which centrally...
- Special Educational Needs Staff 
 589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of special needs assistants for a school (details supplied) for the school year 2017/2018; and if he has...
- Schools Building Projects Status 
 590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a permanent extension for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28559/17]
- Special Educational Needs Staff 
 591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of support teaching hours from September 2017 and for 2018 for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Teaching Qualifications 
 592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of out of field mathematics and science teachers at junior cycle and senior cycle level. [28580/17]
- School Curriculum 
 594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of secondary schools that do not offer physics or chemistry as a subject; and the percentage of secondary schools not offering...
- Teaching Council of Ireland 
 596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the advice that has been given to his Department from the Teaching Council on the leaving certificate grades required for entry into initial...
- Education Policy 
 597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the proposal to appoint a teacher as a STEM champion in each primary school; if his Department has made advances on this proposal;...
- English Language Training Organisations 
 598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with representatives of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28589/17]
- Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration 
 599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding differing levels of pay between SNAs at primary school level and at secondary school level respectively; and if he will...
- Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts 
 600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for secondary school SNAs’ working during the month of June in view of the fact that only State exams are taking place; and if...
- Special Educational Needs Data 
 602. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students on waiting lists for ASD classes in primary schools in County Wexford, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- School Staff 
 603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce staffing levels at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if a staffing appeal has been received by his Department...
- Schools Building Projects Status 
 604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the construction programme a school (details supplied) is on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28617/17]
- Departmental Data 
 609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the file of a person (details supplied) has been mislaid by his Department; if he will ensure...
- State Bodies Code of Conduct 
 610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all State bodies under the aegis of his Department have furnished a report confirming the State body has complied with its obligations under...
- School Accommodation Provision 
 611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) can expect to be assessed in conjunction with an application for funding for a link corridor for connectivity...
- School Guidance Counsellors 
 612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teaching hours will be ring-fenced for career guidance in post-primary schools from the commencement of the 2017/2018 academic year; and if he...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision 
 613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department has refused to provide a specialised autism unit for a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that the school...
- School Transport Provision 
 614. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28697/17]
- Cóiríócht Scoile 
 615. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a cheadófar cóiríocht shealadach do scoil (sonraí tugtha) a bheidh riachtanach an fhad a bheidh síneadh...
- Question Heading for question(s) 616 
 616. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28841/17]
- Apprenticeship Data 
 617. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the figures for the throughput of apprentices annually in each of the years 1990 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the number of apprentices in...
- Apprenticeship Programmes 
 621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or another body under its aegis are currently considering proposals to varying the length of apprenticeship based on learning...
- School Accommodation Provision 
 622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the anticipated increase of prefab accommodation for schools; the cost of the increase; the way in which the tendering process operates; the...
- School Transport Review 
 624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport appeals system; when the review will conclude; the terms of reference of the review; and if he...
- Youth Employment Initiative 
 625. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the information technology systems required to apply for funding under the youth employment initiative have been developed; the steps required...
- English Language Training Organisations 
 627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet or engage with representatives of English language teachers (details supplied) regarding employment legislation and working...
- Apprenticeship Programmes 
 628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether due to the high waiting lists for phase two and phase 4 and 6 training places for apprentices especially in construction and...
- SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Administration 
 632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are sectors in which SOLAS sets a maximum allowable number of recruits to each trade for a set planning period; if recruitment is...
- Technological Universities 
 636. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Government approved the recent agreement with the TUI in respect of the Technological Universities Bill. [28907/17]
- School Accommodation Provision 
 637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding two applications (details supplied) made to his Department. [28922/17]
- School Management 
 638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body which ran a school (details supplied); the body which funded it; the way in which referrals were made; the organisation that...
- School Patronage 
 639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has drawn up the protocols for the consultation process on the new reconfiguration of school patronage; when the consultation...
- Junior Cycle Reform 
 640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the percentage of the marks for junior cycle oral Irish under the new framework for the junior cycle; and if he will make a...
- School Services Staff 
 641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if retired school caretakers that receive a pension from his Department are also entitled to receive a State pension; if there are circumstances...
- School Costs 
 642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 4 April 2017, the detail of the correspondence between his Department and the school in question; if...
- Schools Building Projects Status 
 643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied); the timeframe for same; and if he will make a...
- Student Grant Scheme Administration 
 644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the monetary value of an asset which was gained via inheritance during the reference year is seen as reckonable income in the...
- Teacher Training Provision 
 645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of the induction workshops for newly qualified teachers for every year since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Teaching Council of Ireland 
 651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28996/17]
- Departmental Staff Relocation 
 652. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located outside...
- School Textbooks Rental Scheme 
 653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider in the budget for 2018 increasing funding for the school book rental scheme by €15 million; if he will implement the...
- Fund for Students with Disabilities 
 654. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of expanding the eligibility to the fund for students with disabilities, the student assistance fund and the maintenance grant...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility 
 655. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the anomaly by which lone parents in receipt of rent supplement and the one parent family payments and jobseeker's transition...
- DEIS Administration 
 656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the next round of DEIS status schools will be announced; and the timeframe for schools to apply for DEIS status or enhanced...
- DEIS Status 
 657. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider DEIS status for a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that the second school in the parish already benefits from...
- Gaeltacht Policy 
 658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing the policy on Gaeltacht education on a yearly basis for the next five years. [28005/17]
- DEIS Status 
 660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision not to award DEIS status to a school (details supplied) can be reversed. [28832/17]
- Student Grant Scheme Administration 
 662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the cuts to the student grant implemented in 2011 and 2012 and restore the distance of adjacent rate to 24 kilometres from the...
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