Written answers
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
Department of Education and Skills
- Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will contribute to the funding of a second sexual abuse and violence study, SAVI 2, here; and if he will make a statement on... - Suicide Prevention
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all front-line staff, including but not exclusive of primary, secondary and third level education staff, receive suicide prevention training;... - Schools Building Projects Status
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45673/17] - Teacher Training Provision
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if training will be provided to teachers in all school settings in first aid and the use of an epipen; and his plans for future training... - Springboard Programme
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for entry requirements to access Springboard+ courses; if there are courses specifically aimed at persons that are underemployed;... - National Educational Psychological Service
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a referral for a person (details supplied) by the Meath community care psychology service to the national education psychological service... - School Therapy Services
310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available for schools to provide art therapy to pupils in an effort to help them deal with bereavement as a result of road traffic... - Schools Relocation
311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied) that was one of the three schools announced nationally in 2014 as part... - Schools Building Projects Status
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a new school (details supplied); the progression of this project since its inception; the proposed completion... - Multidenominational Schools
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish or fund a new educate together school in Leixlip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45821/17] - Departmental Websites
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the external company undertaking an audit of his departmental website; the cost of the audit; the timeframe for its completion; and if he will... - Schools Building Projects Status
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the construction of a permanent school building (details supplied); the annual cost of the school’s prefabs; and if... - Schools Establishment
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school for the Swords area of County Dublin as announced in November 2015; if locations have been... - Schools Site Acquisitions
318. 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. [45884/17] - Schools Building Projects Status
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied); if plans for the project are at planning permission stage; the timeframe... - DEIS Applications
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) in relation to DEIS; if the matter has been reviewed; and if the decision will be reversed. [45910/17] - Teacher Secondment
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the retrospective nature of statutory instrument No. 394 of 2017 (details supplied) and the negative impact... - Multidenominational Schools
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to open an educate together national school facility (details supplied) in County Cork. [45919/17] - School Transport Applications
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a school transport application by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45924/17] - Third Level Scholarships
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding or scholarship options available to persons that have been awarded a place to study at a university (details supplied) for one... - English Language Training Organisations
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main requirements for the establishment of English language schools; if there is a unit in his Department with responsibility for English... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the detailed proposal on staffing requirements as agreed by the board of Caranua on 26 July 2017 has been submitted to his Department; if so,... - Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that remains outstanding of the €110 million offered by the religious congregations following the publication of the Ryan... - Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place for the effective management of Caranua in view of the reported absence of the CEO; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Equipment
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of the provision of a defibrillator in each public building owned by his Department and agency under the aegis of his... - Strategic Communications Unit
333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the meetings of the strategic communications unit he or his Department officials attended; the date and location of each such meeting; and if he... - Departmental Staff Data
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Department staff in his press office; the reporting relationship in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46041/17] - Departmental Staff Training
337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protocol for attendance by staff both civil servants and political non-civil servants to continuing professional development programmes and... - Public Relations Contracts Data
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the public relations companies or agencies the services of which his Department used for information campaigns since 1 January 2017; and the... - Departmental Funding
339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to ensure that grant aided organisations are spending their moneys appropriately in view of the revelations regarding a... - Teacher Secondment
340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by the management committee of a centre (details supplied) in relation to statutory... - Brexit Issues
341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all planning and research work underway for the impact of the result of Brexit negotiations in his Department or related State... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of three-teacher schools that have a special needs unit providing facilities for pre school, junior and senior infant pupils; and if... - National Training Fund
343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and capital allocation made available for apprenticeship training from the national training fund and the Exchequer in each of the... - Teaching Council of Ireland
344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if person (details supplied) will have their registration with the Teaching Council completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Apprenticeship Data
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons enrolled in State funded traineeships; the number of traineeships projected to be in operation by employment sector and... - School Transport Applications
346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a bus ticket for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [46165/17] - Schools Building Projects Data
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the delivery of a new primary school in Donabate, County Dublin in view of the requirement due to the increase in population;... - Schools Site Acquisitions
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the process of site acquisition for a school (details supplied); when the process will be completed; and if he will make a... - Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of occasions on which SUSI has sought to recover overpayments which were made despite no fault on the part of the claimant; and if he... - School Transport Provision
353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to update the arrangements between his Department and Bus Éireann to deliver school transport in view of the fact that the... - Health Professions Admission Test
356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the five lowest in numerical order leaving certificate points and associated health profession admission test, HPAT scores of the persons... - School Transport Eligibility
360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's position on the refusal for a group (detail supplied) to be recognised as a distinct ethos by Bus... - Schools Building Projects Status
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the outstanding works will be completed on a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46295/17] - School Staff
362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address issues with regard to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46305/17] - Ministerial Meetings
363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46330/17] - School Transport Provision
364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if transport sanctioned for a person (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46331/17] - Student Grant Scheme
365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of extending maintenance grants to all students at the current 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% rate and at the current special rate. [46334/17] - Third Level Funding
366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a deadline will be set for the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Skills to make a recommendation on the future funding of higher... - Student Grant Scheme Reform
367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of restoring SUSI grant rates and thresholds to pre-2011 levels; and the number of estimated additional students that would be eligible... - School Transport Administration
369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he will take following the finding of the Comptroller and Auditor General that the accounting arrangements between his Department and... - Departmental Contracts
372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contracts his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department have with a company (details supplied) or its subsidiaries; the value of... - Schools Building Projects Status
373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new build for a school (details supplied); the timeframe for the build; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46399/17] - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reverse pupil teacher thresholds to 2011/2012 levels; his further plans to ensure a campaign (details supplied) is commenced in... - Schools Building Projects Status
376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed new national school in Kanturk, County Cork; the timeframe for the commencement and completion of this... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools with autism units in Dún Laoghaire; if these autism units are located in boys' schools, girls' schools or co-educational... - Ministerial Advisers Data
378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of the special advisers employed in his Department; the names of special advisers to junior Ministers in his Department; the annual... - Schools Facilities
379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools by county in listed buildings that have no dedicated physical education hall and are maintained by the OPW; and if he will... - Professional Qualifications
382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the educational requirements for registration and accreditation with an organisation (details supplied); and the body that regulates the... - State Examinations Commission
383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct the State Examinations Commission to issue its decisions earlier than in previous years on individual reasonable... - School Funding
384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase funding to voluntary secondary schools to address the anomaly whereby the moneys received by these schools are comparable... - Autism Support Services
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to provide an ASD unit in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46551/17] - School Admissions
386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available for a person (details supplied) going forward in education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46552/17] - Autism Support Services
387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request the NCSE to review again the need for an ASD unit at a school (details supplied). [46555/17] - Apprenticeship Data
388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 25 October 2017, the new annual cost to the State of one apprentice. [46561/17] - Schools Building Projects Status
391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be provided with a purpose-built school on Dominick Street; the length of time since his Department first... - School Funding
393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) which is a six-teacher school and currently has no staff room or physical education or... - School Accommodation
394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the highly unsuitable prefab accommodation for special educational needs provision in a school (details supplied) and ensure... - Schools Building Projects Status
395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [46618/17] - Teacher Data
396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers on secondment to an association (details supplied) for the year 2017-18. [46630/17] - Teacher Secondment
398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if seconded teachers to patron management bodies that have a religious ethos are restricted in their job descriptions to duties that do not... - School Accommodation
399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application for an extension for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has twice been refused for a resource room and... - Special Educational Needs Data
400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 25 October 2017, the number of children that applied to attend a special class in a mainstream... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure the current student teacher ratio at a school (details supplied) is maintained due to the high proportion of students at the... - Supervision and Substitution Scheme Expenditure
402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount saved by his Department in the past five years by not spending on substitute teachers in primary education; and if he will make a... - Special Educational Needs Staff
403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the problems in a school (details supplied) in respect of the allocation of resources applied to this school;... - Schools Building Projects Status
404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46688/17] - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason, despite being offered second chance status and limited student contribution funding by SUSI, that a university is not in a position... - Student Support Schemes
406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to promote positive mental health and suicide prevention at third level educational institutions; and if he will make a... - Institutes of Technology
407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the delay affecting IT Carlow’s acquisition of a site in County Wexford for development of a new purpose built... - Teachers' Remuneration
408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the significant statutory drop in income for those transferring from Youthreach to VTOS teaching posts with no... - Special Educational Needs Staff
409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals upheld in respect of special needs assistants in each of the past five years, by county, in tabular form; and if he will... - School Transport Applications
411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the request by persons (details supplied) for school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46776/17] - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SUSI grants will be paid to all full-time students attending private colleges; if SUSI grants will be paid to the students and not to the... - Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if persons engaging with Caranua will be required to present a public services card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46840/17] - School Transport
416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change the school bus route servicing a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46844/17] - School Transport Review
417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department and Bus Éireann are accepting submissions for the detailed route analysis identifying the locations in which there will be... - School Transport Provision
418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if operators of the school transport scheme are obligated to accept and admit ticket holders for carriage on later scheduled services but on the... - Schools Building Projects
419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can be reassessed for a capital investment programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46888/17] - Teacher Secondment
420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied). [46895/17] - Special Educational Needs
421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available to students with learning disabilities who have special educational needs while attending third level... - Schools Designation
422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) that has applied to become a community school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46947/17] - Schools Site Acquisitions
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of site access negotiations for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46948/17] - School Transport Applications
424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 did not qualify for a school bus in view of the fact that it was moved to a new site at a... - Special Educational Needs Staff
426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide additional teaching support on a temporary basis to help manage the high number of children with special educational... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allow schools to appeal a decision to refuse an application for extra teaching resources on the grounds of the number of students... - Schools Healthy Living Strategies
428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are departmental guidelines for the provision of snack and drink vending machines in primary and secondary schools; and if he will make... - Schools Building Projects Status
429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has sanctioned the invitation of tenders for a new school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47049/17] - Schools Site Acquisitions
432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to locate a school (details supplied) on the site currently in the process of the completion of the conveyancing process for another... - Education Centre Network
435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocations provided to a centre (details supplied) in County Donegal in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form;...
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