Written answers

Thursday, 29 March 2018

  • Psychological Assessments
    134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the lack of availability of educational psychologists to assess the special needs of children in south west County Dublin; and if he...
  • Schools Facilities
    135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a feasibility study will be considered to include his Department and educational patrons regarding the use of school premises for afterschool...
  • School Enrolments
    136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has been instructed not to enrol new students other than in junior infants. [14516/18]
  • School Transport
    137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding school busses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14520/18]
  • National Training Fund
    138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of the national training fund for each of the past ten years; the allocations that have been made from this fund since 2016, in tabular...
  • Further Education and Training Programmes
    139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the workforce development framework report; his plans to publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14523/18]
  • Departmental Staff Training
    140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that his Department has spent on social media training and consultancy in each year since 2016. [14566/18]
  • Consultancy Contracts
    142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of contracts for services awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department since 2010, in tabular form; and the type of work...
  • DEIS Status
    143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for the removal of DEIS status for a school (details supplied); the guidelines under which this was decided; and if he will make a...
  • Teachers' Remuneration
    144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of pay scales of teachers or resource staff members in Youthreach, adult education or PLC colleges; and if there is a national common...
  • Teaching Qualifications
    145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person with a master's degree and a higher diploma in further education is considered to be a teacher. [14639/18]
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to provide early intervention classes on the southside of Cork city and in surrounding suburbs such as Douglas, Rochestown,...
  • Summer Works Scheme Eligibility
    148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to refuse funding via the summer works scheme for a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement...
  • School Accommodation Provision
    149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects in the course of the school building programme to replace all prefab accommodation at primary and second level...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate special needs places exist in mainstream education at primary and second level nationally; and if he will make a...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status in regard to meeting full requirement in terms of new builds or extensions to existing school buildings nationally; and if he will...
  • School Curriculum
    152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the school curriculum at primary and second level continues to be adequate to meet the challenges of the workplace in the...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which the number of apprentices now in apprenticeships is adequate to meet the demand; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Strategies
    154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the educational system at primary, second, third and fourth level continues to meet the skills challenges of the modern...
  • Teachers' Remuneration
    156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the two tier pay system for teachers continues to be an irritant in the educational sector; and if he will make a statement...
  • Bullying in Schools
    158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which school bullying continues to be an issue; if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of the provisions in place to combat the...
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
    159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which class sizes remain an issue, with particular reference to achieving class sizes on a par with those applicable throughout the...
  • Third Level Costs
    160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which higher education costs have increased over the past number of years; the extent to which the proportion of the national...
  • Schools Building Projects
    161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the primary and second level school building requirements are being met in Maynooth, County Kildare, with particular...
  • School Accommodation Provision
    177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14704/18]
  • Research Funding Applications
    178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application (details supplied) which was deemed to fully meet the evaluation criteria and received the panel score "A" was...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project (details supplied) will proceed to construction stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14756/18]
  • School Accommodation Provision
    181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure adequate accommodation is provided to schools (details supplied) to ensure they can grow to full stream in cases...
  • Legislative Process
    182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016; the reason for the ongoing delay; the expected timeframe for its progression; and...

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