Written answers

Monday, 11 September 2017

  • Education and Training Boards
    301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties particularly in rural areas caused by the review of domestic travel and subsistence rates...
  • Research Funding
    303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the decision by University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology to withdraw staffing and funding from...
  • English Language Training Organisations
    304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new system for English language schools which cater for students outside the European Union has been put in place; if not, when it is...
  • Third Level Funding
    305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the disparity whereby funding for third level universities is at 60% and institutes of technology receive 40%, in view of the...
  • Teaching Council of Ireland
    306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the use of a courier service by the Teaching Council; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Land Transfers
    307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the transfer of lands from a primary school (details supplied) to a GAA club to facilitate club and pitch...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite the construction of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36887/17]
  • School Furniture Provision
    309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the cost of furniture will be provided for a school (details supplied). [36900/17]
  • School Enrolments Data
    310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spare places in junior infants classes in each primary school in Swords and in the surrounding areas, including schools in the...
  • Departmental Staff Data
    311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers, drivers...
  • Scéim na nOibreacha Éigeandála
    312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuarthas Iarratas ar Oibreacha Éigeandála atá curtha isteach ag scoil i gContae Dhún na nGall (sonraí curtha ar...
  • Special Educational Needs Data
    313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school placements available to children with autism spectrum disorders, ASD, in counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Laois and Offaly; the...
  • Schools Building Projects
    315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will contact the design team for a school (details supplied) regarding the submission of the stage 2b report including the...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the stage 2b cost check for a new college (details supplied) in County Kildare has been submitted for approval; if tender documents have been...
  • School Accommodation Provision
    318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the additional four classrooms required for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will appoint...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his officials have not yet communicated with the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare if the school is...
  • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
    320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special schools in County Kerry that applied for SNA resources for the 2017-2018 school year; the reason none were sanctioned; and...
  • Departmental Staff Data
    321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of women and men respectively employed in his Department, in tabular form. [37070/17]
  • Departmental Staff Grades
    322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of men and women respectively in his Department who hold posts (details supplied). [37081/17]
  • School Placement
    323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase primary and post-primary school places in the Cherry Orchard-Park West area of Dublin or in the wider catchment area during...
  • Special Educational Needs Staff
    324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision to revoke a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Teachers' Remuneration
    325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when teachers can expect an increase in pay following the strike by a union (details supplied); when his Department will unfreeze the increments;...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding an application for a new school building by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • School Textbooks
    327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the high cost of school books; the evaluation by his Department of an initiative by a company (details supplied) to supply books at...
  • Schools Building Projects Data
    328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of all capital expenditure such as extensions, new builds and additional accommodation for all primary schools in County Offaly since...
  • Schools Establishment
    329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has plans or explored the possibility of a secondary school in the Togher area of Cork. [37211/17]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the financial...
  • Digital Strategy for Schools
    331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the information and communications technology grant for schools covers the procurement of educational social media platforms. [37232/17]
  • School Transport Applications
    332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a transport grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37308/17]
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
    333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available for persons wishing to complete a masters in primary education. [37320/17]
  • School Funding
    334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the way in which post-primary schools in County Leitrim are funded; the top-up, if any, that applies; and if he will make a...
  • State Examinations
    336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students in a post-primary school (details supplied) in County Leitrim are not provided the option of the leaving certificate applied...
  • School Curriculum
    337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a comparative expenditure analysis of the ETB's proposal for the provision of an equivalent to the leaving certificate applied programme in a...
  • Tionscadail Tógála Scoileanna
    339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach bhfuil cead á thabhairt do scoil (sonraí tugtha) naíonra a thógáil ar thalamh na scoile cé...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding plans to build a new school for a school (details supplied) which was promised in 2007; and if he will make a statement on...
  • School Funding
    343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application for extra funding for a national school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37539/17]
  • School Transport Eligibility
    344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for a reversal in decision to grant a concessionary ticket for school transport to a person (details supplied) and if he will review...
  • School Completion Programme
    346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the most recent figure for school completion rates in DEIS schools. [37692/17]
  • Institutes of Technology Staff
    348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current student to staff ratio in institutes of technology. [37695/17]
  • School Transport Applications Data
    349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of concessionary applications for school transport for the 2017-2018 school year by county; the number of which are new applications,...
  • Consultancy Contracts Data
    350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money which was spent in his Department on external consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37732/17]
  • Schools Mental Health Strategies
    351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mental health and counselling positions in secondary education and the annual cost of same; the way in which these are provided; and if he...
  • School Meals Programme
    352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to put in place a national catering standard for secondary schools to provide healthy food in the school cafeterias. [37734/17]
  • School Transport Appeals
    353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a case (details supplied); if both reports by the school transport section and Bus Éireann will be supplied in order that...
  • Traveller Education
    354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that participation rates for members of the Traveller community are not available for the...
  • Apprenticeship Data
    355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices registered in each apprenticeship programme, in tabular form. [37791/17]
  • Psychological Assessments
    357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a psychological assessment and a keyboard for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Home Tuition Scheme
    358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 379 of 26 July 2017, the reason his Department is not in a position to enter into direct contracts of...
  • Third Level Admissions Reform
    359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some colleges are operating a system of a fixed number of places for mature students, HEAR and...
  • School Transport Administration
    361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on status of the review of the criteria and guidelines of the school transport appeals board; and if he will make a statement...
  • School Transport Availability
    362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he plans to implement to deal with difficulties which have arisen for many families in the school transport scheme, with particular...
  • DEIS Data
    363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that are in the DEIS programme by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37890/17]
  • School Staff
    364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the school community at a school (details supplied) with regard to the loss of a teaching post...
  • Schools Refurbishment
    365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the refurbishment plans scheduled for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [37898/17]
  • School Management
    366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the members of the board of management in primary schools receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37904/17]
  • School Funding
    368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount allocated per year in each primary school budget in County Kildare for its board of management; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • School Transport Appeals
    370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal (details supplied). [37948/17]
  • Brexit Staff
    371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official;...
  • Construction Costs
    373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of construction...
  • National Educational Psychological Service
    374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new NEPS psychologist has been hired for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38056/17]
  • School Catchment Areas
    375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new premises and site of a school (details supplied) must be located within the boundaries of the Carpenterstown and Castleknock school...
  • School Curriculum
    376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that his Department has made in securing funding and resources for the introduction of coding to all primary schools by 2019; and if...
  • Teachers' Remuneration
    377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department’s progress towards the restoration of pay equality for new entrants to the teaching profession since 2010. [38059/17]
  • Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
    378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the latest CSO statistics in respect of the need for an additional further education and training facilities...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed redevelopment of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38061/17]
  • Higher Education Authority
    380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the filling of vacancies on the Higher Education Authority board; the applications sought by the Public Appointments...
  • Teacher Data
    381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of substitute teachers employed by school day on average; if his attention has been drawn to the acute shortage of teachers to fill...
  • Third Level Staff
    382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress his Department has made in respect of the implementation of the Cush Report regarding part time and fixed term employment in third...
  • School Patronage
    383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools under religious patronage he expects to be divested over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • School Curriculum
    384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the roll-out of the junior cycle process and the implementation of phase 3 from September 2017; and if he will make a statement...
  • Departmental Circulars
    385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the preparation of draft guidelines for school buildings out of hours and the implementation of circular letter 16/05...
  • Legislative Process
    386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding his department’s work on the General Scheme of Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Amendment) Bill 2017; and if...
  • Special Educational Needs Staff
    388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress the NCSE has made in processing late applications for SNAs for the 2017-18 school year; the number of decisions that have been...
  • Higher Education Institutions
    389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of the agreement made between a university (details supplied) and an organisation regarding the use of St. Laurence's Church in...
  • Site Acquisitions
    392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has had discussions with Fingal County Council regarding the location of the new second level school for the Carpenterstown and...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the construction works to be carried out at a school (details supplied) as provided for under the capital programme; and if he...
  • School Accommodation Provision
    394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for an additional co-educational secondary school in the Dublin 15 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38076/17]
  • Schools Mental Health Strategies
    396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop mental health supports for second level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38079/17]
  • School Transport
    397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of second level pupils granted school transport on the grounds of ethos of the school they are attending. [38117/17]
  • School Equipment
    399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department plans to act on its responsibility regarding a healthy weight for all in respect of the provision of potable...
  • Public Services Card
    402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or bodies and agencies under the remit of his Department plan to make services or payments dependent on the mandatory use and production of...
  • Special Educational Needs
    403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the possibility of including sensory processing disorder as a qualifying medical condition for access to SNA support; and...
  • School Accommodation
    404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the additional accommodation application by a school (details supplied); when decisions on applications for the...
  • Departmental Properties
    405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in his Department in releasing its interest in a school building (details supplied) which is to be acquired and used as...
  • School Closures
    406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school closures where there are 30 or more students for the 2017-18 academic year and the 2016-17 academic year...
  • School Accommodation
    407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of additional accommodation for a national school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [38222/17]
  • Schools Inspections
    408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in each county that have been inspected by fire officials and failed safety standards following new builds and extensions,...
  • School Transport Administration
    409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes in the school transport scheme that have been made in the past 12 months; and the engagement taken with stakeholders in the scheme....
  • School Transport Provision
    410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason additional buses or larger buses cannot be put on for children in areas in which demand is high for concessionary students that have...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 337 of 13 July 2017, the amount of the 2017 budget allocation made available for apprenticeship training...
  • Teachers' Remuneration
    416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if days worked in a primary school by a person (details supplied) while employed and paid directly by the board of management can be counted...
  • Departmental Staff Data
    417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual percentage of non-commercial State-sponsored bodies staff under the remit of his Department that were women in each of the years 2010...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the extension for a school (details supplied); the stage it is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38396/17]
  • Schools Inspections
    420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools included in the most recent fire safety audits commissioned by his Department; if it included both primary and secondary...
  • Schools Building Contractors
    421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the building companies involved in building new schools that have been found to have breaches of fire regulations in the most recent fire safety...
  • Student Grant Scheme Administration
    422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an adult can be kept as a dependant ad infinitum under SUSI (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38412/17]
  • Autism Support Services
    423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the autistic unit will open for students in a school (details supplied). [38422/17]
  • Student Support Schemes
    424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to deaf parents of hearing children who study through the medium of Irish in order to assist them at home with their...
  • School Accommodation Provision
    425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in securing permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Schools Building Projects
    426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when tenders will be invited for a project (details supplied) in view of the fact that planning permission was granted for a school; and if he...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has completed the schedule of accommodation requirements for the extension to a school (details supplied); if so, the details...
  • Schools Building Projects
    430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure building works can be completed at a school in County Cork (details supplied); if he will provide the necessary additional...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress regarding the schedule being followed in respect of a permanent building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
    433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants employed in primary schools in the Tallaght area, by school, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
    434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools in Dublin South-West in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; if there has been an...
  • School Staff
    435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of non-permanent teaching staff in the Dublin South-West in primary and post-primary schools, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Schools Building Projects Data
    436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 10 of 6 July 2017, if a building project at a school (details supplied) will proceed to construction stage...
  • Schools Building Projects
    437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new schools to be constructed as a regional solution in 2017 and 2018; the definition of a regional solution; and if he will make a statement...
  • Schools Health and Safety
    438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken by his Department to remediate fire safety concerns in a school (details supplied) upon publication of the fire safety...
  • School Staff
    440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine an appeal by a school (details supplied) in connection with its application for an additional teacher for the 2017-2018 school...
  • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
    441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the High Court ruling of 24 April 2017 in case No. 2015/4715P, relating to the renewal of safety registration...
  • Brexit Issues
    443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of sectorial response plans to Brexit, the publication date of these plans; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure savings that are earmarked for his Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year expenditure report or are not...
  • Schools Health and Safety
    456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place to review and monitor fire safety in schools on a continuous basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • School Accommodation
    457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding prefabs in schools; the number of prefabs in use; the number of prefabs rented by his Department on behalf of schools; the...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction work will begin on a new school (details supplied); the reason delays have occurred on this matter; and if he will make a...
  • School Transport Eligibility
    461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a bus ticket for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [38972/17]
  • School Transport Fees
    463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school transport refund will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Teachers' Remuneration
    464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason payment for work carried out as part of the July provision is not issued until November; if his attention has been drawn to the...

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