Written answers

Wednesday, 20 September 2017

  • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
    211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase student funding over the next four years to at least the average rate of other high income western European EU countries;...
  • National Risk Assessment
    212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role his Department has in co-ordinating Departments' responses to the risks outlined in the national assessment report on risks,...
  • School Transport Provision
    213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the school transport of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39592/17]
  • Departmental Agencies Data
    214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of all persons who served as chairperson and ordinary members of FÁS from 2012 until its dissolution; the amount of remuneration,...
  • School Transport Administration
    215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the €160 million paid by his Department to Bus Éireann in 2017 in view of the fact that no service level...
  • Departmental Funding
    216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 26 July 2017, if he will provide a copy of the most recent year end report to his Department in...
  • School Accommodation
    220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of all vacant schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39195/17]
  • Site Acquisitions
    221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the building unit within his Department will consider buying a permanent site in the city of Limerick as a matter of urgency to house Limerick...
  • Higher Education Institutions
    222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has requested an analysis of the status of research infrastructure within higher education institutes, HEIs; his plans for reviewing and...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway was not offered a school place in Galway city and has to travel every day to school in...
  • Apprenticeship Data
    224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices in block laying, plastering and bricklaying that commenced their apprenticeships in each of the past ten years; and if...
  • Fire Safety Regulations
    225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his attention was drawn to fire safety concerns in schools (details supplied); the actions being taken to rectify this situation; and if he...
  • Gaelscoil Issues
    226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department carried out a study on the establishment of a support centre within his Department to enable the transition of English medium...
  • Oideachas Gaeltachta
    227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an mbeidh an clár dátheangach um Thacaíocht Naisc (Droichead) á chur ar fáil d’iar-bhunscoileanna gaeltachta ar...
  • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
    229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén toradh a bhí ar an scéim phíolótach páirt-tumoideachais a luaitear i dtuarascáil bhliantúil de chuid...
  • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
    230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have been below the threshold for the special rate of maintenance grant in each of the years 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016...
  • Fire Safety
    231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have requested funding from his Department to carry out fire safety works in the past three years by county,...
  • Fire Safety Regulations
    232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when fire safety concerns were identified at a school (details supplied); the actions taken; when they were taken to deal with these concerns;...
  • Student Assistance Fund
    233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the tax relief or financial support available to a person (details supplied) going back to college for a four-year course. [39328/17]
  • DEIS Data
    234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new schools that have been included in the DEIS scheme; and the number of schools that no longer qualify which have been excluded....
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the delivery of the planned education campus at Ballinrea, Carrigaline, County Cork; when he expects the project to go to...
  • School Transport Availability
    238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of concessionary places available with existing transport providers under the school transport scheme for children in County Louth for...
  • School Transport Data
    239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special educational needs that applied to the school transport scheme in County Louth for the 2017-2018 school year...
  • State Examinations Appeals
    241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the timeframe for the leaving certificate appeals process does not take cognisance of the CAO timeline (details supplied); and if he...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and future plans concerning a school (details supplied) with regard to an extension, replacement and relocation; and if he will make...
  • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
    244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 27 June 2017, when the review of Caranua will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • School Costs
    245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the practice of secondary schools contracting out the setting of mock junior certificate and leaving certificate papers in addition...
  • Education Costs
    246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on extra costs being imposed on parents of children attending post-primary schools such as charges for transition year activities; and...
  • School Enrolments
    247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines or legal requirements in place to prevent a child being unenrolled from one school to be enrolled in another school by a parent or...
  • Special Educational Needs
    248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if accommodations can be made in order to arrange a donation to the Special Education Support Service (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • School Admissions
    249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school classes that have 30 or more students for the 2017-2018 academic year and the 2016-2017 academic year respectively,...
  • School Funding
    250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for further funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39637/17]
  • Higher Education Courses Applications
    251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if accommodations can be made with the Central Applications Office in order to allow a person (details supplied) participate on their desired...
  • Departmental Properties
    252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department’s interests in its lease of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Residential Institutions
    253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a memorial to remember residential institution abuse victims as recommended in the 2009 Ryan report, in view of the fact that...
  • Schools Site Acquisitions
    254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39736/17]
  • Schools Building Projects
    255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding progress on a new school building project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Schools Site Acquisitions
    257. 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
    258. 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 Site Acquisitions
    260. 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. [39742/17]
  • School Transport Provision
    261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding transport to a school (details supplied) in County Cork for children with special needs; the steps he will take to resolve...
  • Schools Site Acquisitions
    262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the purchase of a site and the delivery of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
    263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has given consideration to include a third level education college (details supplied) to qualify for SUSI education grants; and if his...
  • Third Level Fees
    264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost in 2018 for abolishing all third level fees, both capitation and tuition, for under graduate and post graduate. [39791/17]
  • Schools Designation
    265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to a national school (details supplied) not being listed as a designated feeder school by his Department for a new...
  • School Transport
    266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a request to provide school transport for a number of children from Mullinavat to New Ross; and if the applications for a place on...
  • School Enrolments
    267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and or expected position in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare, with particular reference to recent low...
  • Schools Building Projects Applications
    268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in the consideration of a project to approve funding for a replacement school (details supplied); when the next step of...
  • Institutes of Technology Funding
    269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be approved for a new science and engineering building in Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology; and if he will make a statement...
  • Cóiríocht Scoile
    270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a cheadófar maoiniú chun athchóiriú a dhéanamh ar scoile (sonraí tugtha) agus chun síneadh a...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the extension planned for a secondary school (details supplied) in County Kildare which is included in his Department's building...
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
    274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of supports available through SUSI or other such sources for persons that were on jobseeker's payment but are commencing a level 9...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a proposed building project at a school (details supplied); when this project will proceed to construction stage in view...
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
    276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student is entitled to the maintenance component of the student grant in respect of a level 8 course on the national framework of...

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