Written answers
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
10. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the failure to increase the number of apprenticeships required in construction and related trades; and if he will make a... - Schools Building Projects Administration
16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the practice of tendering school build projects in view of the collapse of a company (details supplied) resulting in the... - Apprenticeship Programmes
17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to boost the number of apprenticeships and traineeships in County Sligo and nationally in 2018 with reference to the action plan to... - Schools Building Projects Data
18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools being built through the private finance initiative and European Investment Bank packages; the names, location and value by... - Teacher Recruitment
19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he will take to overcome teacher shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4901/18] - Departmental Contracts
20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contracts between his Department and a company (details supplied); if the contracts are insured; the consequences for the delivery of the... - Teacher Recruitment
21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he will take to attract new persons to a career in teaching second level, in particular maths and science; and if he will make a... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of special needs places for persons at secondary level in the Newbridge, County Kildare, area when they graduate from... - Legal Proceedings
23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of the court case scheduled to begin on 15 March 2018 between a school (details supplied) and a trust with regard to whether the sale of... - Schools Site Acquisitions
24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a site is expected to be purchased to accommodate the three school campus in Buncrana, County Donegal; the timeframe of works to ensure that... - School Accommodation Provision
25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for additional school accommodation for a primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be approved; and if he will... - Schools Building Projects Status
26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work within his Department on the demographic review for south County Kildare to determine if a new secondary school is... - Teachers' Remuneration
27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe to end pay inequality in all teaching grades and to deal with the crisis in the shortage of teachers; and if he will make a... - Schools Building Contractors
28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consequences of the collapse of a company (details supplied) on six school build projects here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Capitation Grants
30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the capitation grant will be restored; if his attention has been drawn to the persistent funding challenges facing schools across County... - Third Level Funding
31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce an income contingent student loan system for third level education; when he plans to carry out funding reforms in this... - Teachers' Remuneration
33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he will address the situation of unequal pay in the teaching profession for new entrants; when the Public Sector Pay Commission... - School Transport Eligibility
34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve the criteria for school transport eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4887/18] - Post-Leaving Certificate Courses Availability
36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to improve the regional distribution of PLC, post-leaving certificate, courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the evaluation of PLC, post-leaving certificate, programme provision published by the ESRI in January 2018; and... - Schools Building Projects Status
38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the project brief for the building works at a school (details supplied) has been finalised; the commencement date of same; and if he will make... - Education and Training Boards Funding
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 18 January 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that other education and training boards... - Capital Expenditure Programme
41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that schools infrastructure planning is keeping pace with demographic changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects Status
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of a school (details supplied); and the timeframe for same. [4643/18] - Teachers' Remuneration
43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reintroducing the island and Gaeltacht allowances for primary and post-primary teachers on payrolls operated by his Department and... - Schools Building Projects Status
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the provision of school buildings and facilities in Dublin 15 and the Pelletstown, Navan Road and Ashtown areas of Dublin 7;... - Schools Building Projects
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which a company’s (details supplied) collapse might affect the school building programme here in the short, medium or long... - Irish Language
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to meet the shortage of second level teachers with Irish, particularly those teaching languages and science subjects in the... - Schools Building Projects
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the shortage of primary school places in the catchment area of south-west Swords with a view to the 2018... - State Examinations Commission
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the State Examinations Commission annual deficit tripling during 2017 to more than €2.2 million; and if he will make a... - Teachers' Remuneration
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reinstating pay equality for teachers within the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53244/17] - Schools Building Projects
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action being taken to ensure adequate educational capacity exists to cater for future demand in view of the planned population and housing... - Island Communities
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the ongoing challenges facing island schools in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4819/18] - Regional Development Initiatives
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department can help drive regional development nationally and in the north-west area through the regional skills forum. [4816/18] - Teacher Recruitment
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to address the acute lack of availability of substitute teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4647/18] - Third Level Fees
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the appeal options available to students who are not satisfied with a third level college's decision to charge them international student fees.... - Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to include as part of lifelong learning proposals, the development of a nationwide learner centred flexible and affordable high level... - Schools Building Contractors
58. 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. [4909/18] - School Guidelines on Mental Health
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views regarding claims from primary school principals that increasing anxiety among school children in primary schools has emerged as one of... - Schools Building Projects Status
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to the building of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4664/18] - DEIS Administration
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the transparency of the school selection process for the DEIS scheme will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4688/18] - Schools Building Contractors
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the position of those working on projects that were being undertaken with the involvement of a company (details supplied);... - School Accommodation
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with the crisis facing persons at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8 in view of the fact that in September 2018 there will... - Broadband Service Provision
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to bring forward new proposals to ensure greater access to broadband in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4687/18] - Legislative Process
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Education (Admissions to Schools) Bill 2016 will resume Fourth Stage in Dáil Éireann; if the promised amendment to remove...
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