Written answers
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on reports that the cost of increasing the number of the number of school special needs assistants to acceptable levels is a matter of... - School Accommodation Provision
43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reconsider his Department's refusal to fund a new space at a school (details supplied) for resource teaching; and his further plans... - Teacher Training Places
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on recent reports that only six graduates are in training to be physics teachers. [51819/17] - Schools Property
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he will take to protect the playing pitches for the students of a school (details supplied) into the future in view of his... - Disability Services Programme Review
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement the recommendations of the recent review of the fund for students with disabilities; and the timeframe for same. [51822/17] - Departmental Strategy Statements
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Department of the Taoiseach's strategy statement commitment on the Action Plan for Education; and if he will make a... - Third Level Education
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take in offering additional supports to the higher education sector, in view of the recent university rankings which saw Ireland... - Education Policy
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review his Department's policy on the provision of Irish language classes to children with an autism diagnosis in their main learning... - Schools Building Projects
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the shortage of primary school and secondary school places for children in the County Wexford catchment area; and if he will... - Junior Cycle Reform
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on to teachers’ claims that there is inadequate time to deliver the junior cycle syllabus to pupils. [51896/17] - Residential Institutions
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to facilitate requests for consultation talks with survivors of residential industrial schools in order to develop a survivor lead... - Schools Building Projects
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the school building programme, with particular reference to the demographics... - Schools Site Acquisitions
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a site will be purchased to accommodate the three school campus in Buncrana, County Donegal; the timeframe of works to ensure that this... - Schools Building Projects Status
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the completion of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52003/17] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reconsider the recent cuts in learning support and resource allocation to a school (details supplied) which has meant that the school... - Protected Disclosures
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure an investigation takes place into bullying concerns raised by current and former staff members of the National Council for... - Schools Site Acquisitions
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the memorandum of understanding between his Department and local authorities with regard to site acquisitions for new school builds includes... - Gender Equality
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the scheme, as identified as necessary by NUIG's gender task force, to address the gender imbalance among administrative staff grades will be... - Schools Building Projects Status
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the process surrounding the application made by a school (details supplied) for a proposed building project to be complete; and if... - School Staff
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he plans to put in place to address substitute teacher shortages. [51817/17] - School Transport Review
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the school transport review; the actions he will take in implementing the review; and if he will make a... - Cross-Border Co-operation
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase co-operation on a North-South basis in the further and higher education sectors. [51806/17] - Teaching Council of Ireland
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had discussions with an organisation (details supplied) in view of the delays in registering teachers. [51977/17] - Teacher Training Provision
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage teachers training to teach STEM subjects and the difficulties in encouraging qualified graduates... - Post-Leaving Certificate Courses Availability
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if PLC education in Dublin 15 will be provided; his plans to make sufficient PLC places available to persons in Dublin 15 (details supplied); and... - SOLAS Funding
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of Solas funding for further education to be performance based in the future. [51899/17] - Minor Works Scheme Applications
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for his Department to advise schools that applied to the minor works grant scheme in 2017; when the grants will be issued in order... - School Transport Provision
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a new guarantee in order to ensure no child loses their place on board a school bus if they had been allocated a... - School Accommodation Provision
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to locate a temporary premises for a school (details supplied); and if this issue will be addressed in time in... - School Curriculum
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a module on animal welfare and responsible pet ownership to the primary school curriculum; and if he will make a statement... - Apprenticeship Programmes
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to address the fact that new apprenticeships registrations are running 67% behind target in 2017. [51901/17] - Speech and Language Therapy Provision
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made to introduce a new in school speech and language therapy service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51903/17] - Schools Building Projects Status
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of rebuilding works at a school (details supplied) that were due to commence in 2016 and have now been deferred; and if he will make a... - School Admissions
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will progress plans to ensure equal access to education for all pupils independent of their religion; his views on whether the repeal of... - Bullying in Schools
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied that adequate steps have been taken to prevent school bullying with particular reference to the use of... - School Transport Provision
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to address the problems facing eligible children who were not allocated a seat on a school transport service due to... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which students with dyspraxia development co-ordination disorder are supported in classrooms in primary, secondary and third level... - School Accommodation
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the conveyancing process in the transfer of the land for a school (details supplied) will be completed; and if he will make a statement on... - State Examinations
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a recent claim that education authorities do not want to draw attention to the volume of upgrades in the leaving certificate in view... - School Accommodation Provision
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) can expect to have its school building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52013/17] - School Admissions
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he envisages ensuring equal access to education in view of the derogation in equality legislation that allows schools to offer a... - Schools Building Projects Status
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval for stage 2B will issue for a project (details supplied); if funding is in place for this project in view of the fact that the brief...
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