Written answers
Tuesday, 17 April 2018
Department of Education and Skills
- Foirne Scoile
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuair sé comhfhreagras a sheol scoil i gContae Dhún na nGall (sonraí tugtha) chuige chun a gcás eisceachtúil a chur... - Third Level Expenditure
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget for psychotherapy services for September 2018 in third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14947/18] - Oireachtas Members' Remuneration
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the payments made to each Member of the Houses of the Oireachtas under the Oireachtas leave scheme for teachers in each of the years 1985 to... - Court Judgments
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of the seven settlements made as part of the ex gratia scheme set up following a judgment (details supplied) that were as a result of... - School Patronage
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to the divestment of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the... - School Transport Provision
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an eligible or concessionary school ticket can be facilitated for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Education and Training Boards
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date on the construction of a new headquarters for counties Louth and Meath Education and Training Board (details supplied); and... - Teacher Recruitment
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the initiatives or strategies under way or planned to recruit more teachers into secondary school subjects in which there is a shortfall in... - Teaching Qualifications
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to amend the requirements for acceptance on a professional master of education, PME, course in order that recognition of prior learning... - Schools Building Projects Status
325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14987/18] - Teachers' Remuneration
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to regularise the situation of teachers with regard to equal pay for equal work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14991/18] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the hours of special needs assistants in a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14992/18] - DEIS Status
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a school (details supplied) can apply for DEIS status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15062/18] - Special Educational Needs Data
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria employed when allocating specialist autism places to children for primary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - School Accommodation Provision
330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in order to qualify for future capital funding for a school, such as summer works or capital works, that the school must have provision for... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a specialist autism unit for a school (details supplied); if it will be ready for the academic year commencing in... - Schools Facilities
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if each school in County Wexford that does not have a physical education hall will be provided with same; and if he will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects Status
339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of the new building for a school (details supplied); and when students will occupy same. [15137/18] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) who has provided evidence of a need for a SNA will be considered for such support while waiting for formal... - Departmental Expenditure
342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the number of consultants engaged by his Department... - Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capacity for a community school in an area of disadvantage to offer PLC courses if it wishes to do so; the steps the community school must... - Schools Building Projects
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Topical Issue No. 2 on 21 March 2018 regarding provision for a location for a school (details supplied), the timescale for the... - Third Level Fees
346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances in which an Irish citizen who has not been resident for the purpose of Irish and EU college fees for the required period of... - School Staff
347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding teachers at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15280/18] - Schools Building Projects Data
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school places created and capital expenditure, both nationally and by county, on school building projects since 2010, in... - Apprenticeship Programmes
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the proposed butcher apprenticeship; when it will be launched and available for interested parties to apply to; and if he will... - Legislative Measures
351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legislative measures both enacted and published by his Department which originated in work carried out by the Law Reform Commission... - Physical Education
352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools being included in the trial of physical education being taught as a leaving certificate subject; the number of these schools that are... - Special Educational Needs
353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special needs in an area (details supplied) who do not have an appropriate primary or second level school place in... - Bullying in Schools
355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school inspectors are reporting on the implementation of the anti-bullying policies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects Status
356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed special school for County Louth that will merge two schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - School Accommodation Provision
358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding two projects at a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork. [15392/18] - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a scheme in place which a PLC student can access to assist in meeting accommodation costs while studying. [15419/18] - Departmental Meetings
360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of meetings officials from his Department have had with Kildare County Council in the past five years regarding the provision of... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15440/18] - School Staff
362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter regarding a school (details supplied) will be reviewed to ensure that his Department allocates an additional teacher to the school;... - Ministerial Appointments
363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) relating to appeals under section 29 of the Education Act 1998; and if he will make a statement on... - School Management
365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the success rate for facilitators appointed by the section 29 appeals committees in circumstances in which such committees considered that it may... - Schools Building Projects Status
366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application for a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Site Acquisitions
372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15483/18] - School Funding
373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an assessment of an application for funding for a new build for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Multidenominational Schools
377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application has been received for a school building for a school (details supplied); if so, if the application has been assessed; and if he... - School Playgrounds
378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of an application for funding for the reconstruction of the schoolyard at a school (details supplied) can be carried out in view of... - School Patronage
379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a roll number will be assigned to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15490/18] - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a SUSI rule (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15492/18] - Sports Facilities Provision
381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the priority he attaches to the provision and refurbishment of sports halls in second level schools particularly in view of the introduction of... - Aitheantas Scoileanna
383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén difríocht a dhéanfadh sé do scoil ó thaobh maoiniú agus leibhéal foirne de (sonraí tugtha)... - School Transport Availability
384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport route (details supplied) will be amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15577/18] - School Accommodation Provision
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 20 January 2018, the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15580/18] - Departmental Legal Cases Data
386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal actions currently being taken against his Department; the general nature and cause of the action; the county from which the... - School Patronage
387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on the future patronage and-or ethos of the proposed new secondary school for Harold’s Cross, Dublin 6W. [15595/18] - Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge
388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil aon iniúchadh déanta ag a Roinn maidir le Gaelscoil a bhunú i mBaile Átha Cliath 12; agus mura bhfuil, cad iad na... - Summer Works Scheme
390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the summer works scheme for 2018. [15625/18] - Schools Building Projects Status
391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school's (details supplied) planned extension and refurbishment; the work carried out to date; the next steps in this regard; the... - Schools Establishment
394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to support the provision of an Educate Together national school in Whitehall, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on... - Schools Building Projects Status
395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Cork; and when construction will commence. [15722/18] - Student Accommodation
396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the recent 27% year-on-year increase in rent at a student residence (details supplied); and his plans to... - Physical Education Facilities
397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to audit school physical education and sports facilities in order that capital provision may be made for upgrading and construction of... - Schools Establishment
398. 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 for the... - Site Acquisitions
399. 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 Building Projects Status
402. 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.... - Site Acquisitions
404. 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 Status
406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) and the progression of a building project; and if the school has progressed onto the schools... - School Accommodation Provision
407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools for which new prefab rentals were arranged during the course of 2017, in tabular form. [15818/18] - Schools Property
408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if information can be provided with regard to a building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15823/18] - Schools Building Projects Status
409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the number of steps that were due to happen for a school (details supplied) have not yet occurred; and if he will make a statement on... - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) for emergency works has been granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15886/18] - School Accommodation Provision
411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding for the construction of a classroom which is required as a matter of urgency for a school (details... - School Transport Provision
412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a bus route (details supplied) will be amended in order to allow students to disembark at a school; and if he will make a statement on the... - Qualifications Recognition
413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to establish a recognised standard of training for practitioners of acupuncture as outlined in a report (details supplied); if... - Schools Building Projects Status
414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building of a new school (details supplied); and if it will be completed on time. [15988/18] - Summer Works Scheme
415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the summer works scheme will be re-opened for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16012/18] - Site Acquisitions
416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development and location for a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to demand for school places in this... - Literacy Programmes
417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to adult literacy and numeracy classes; his Department's current budget and projected budget in the period ahead; and... - Schools Establishment
418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a second level Educate Together school in County Galway in view of the fact there are five such primary schools in the... - Higher Education Courses Applications
419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be allowed to enrol on a programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16057/18] - Summer Works Scheme
420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a summer works scheme in 2018; when the details will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16062/18] - SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why painter and decorator apprentices from County Cork must travel as far as Ballyfermot Training Centre, Dublin 10, for the 20 week SOLAS... - School Furniture Provision
422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if successful contractors supplying furniture and equipment under the school bundle 5 contract will have their contracts honoured in view of the... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure the awareness of dyspraxia amongst teachers in publicly funded schools. [16076/18] - School Transport
425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the privatisation of bus routes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16078/18] - School Accommodation Provision
426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the additional accommodation application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16101/18] - Schools Building Projects
431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the tender process and awarding of a contract to construct a new school building (details supplied) will proceed as soon as possible; and if... - School Transport
432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of individual contracts for school buses (details supplied) in each county; if there are large differences from county to county; and... - Site Acquisitions
433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the site acquisition process in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; when a planning application will be lodged;... - School Accommodation Provision
434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that have been taken to meet the temporary accommodation requirements of a school (details supplied) in County Cork for the 2018-19... - Schools Building Projects Status
436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the construction of a secondary school will commence on the old greyhound track in Harold's Cross; and if he will make a statement on the... - Quality and Qualifications Ireland
437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the number of industrial relations cases that are ongoing in QQI at present; and if he will make a statement... - Quality and Qualifications Ireland Expenditure
444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approximate cost of outside consultants engaged by QQI for the purpose of drafting reports on the function, governance and structure of the... - Quality and Qualifications Ireland Staff
445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the number of secondees from QQI; the locations in which they are working; the role and grade of each; if they... - Quality and Qualifications Ireland
450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the QQI budget for 2017; if there has been a shortfall; if so, if this shortfall has been remedied by... - Schools Building Projects Status
451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new school building for a school (details supplied) will be progressed in view of the fact that there has been no movement on the... - Schools Building Projects Data
452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of delivery of new school buildings under the ADAPT 18 programme; the number of new schools that have been delivered; the status of... - Teacher Redeployment
454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16388/18] - Physical Education Facilities
455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request has been made by the LMETB for resources to develop playing pitches at a school (details supplied); when this work will commence;... - Schools Building Projects Status
456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned new school development at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16392/18] - School Accommodation Provision
458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a permanent extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16411/18] - Schools Building Projects Status
461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the likely impact on a construction project (details supplied) following the appointment of an examiner to a group; if the completion date will... - Departmental Staff Data
462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of clerical officers and clerical assistants in his Department on temporary contracts by years of service; if these officers will be... - School Funding
463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grant fund that was received by a former school (details supplied). [16465/18] - Schools Building Projects Status
464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the delivery of new schools (details supplied) in County Kildare. [16469/18] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the decision to cut funding to a centre (details supplied) resulting in its likely closure; if the decision will be reversed; and... - Departmental Funding
467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funds will be released to a body (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16612/18] - School Accommodation Provision
468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has received a capital funding application by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if his attention has been drawn to... - Schools Building Projects Status
469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school build that a company (details supplied) was working on; the implications the examinership of the company will have for the... - Teacher Training Provision
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a training scheme for teachers at both primary and secondary levels in the use of emergency medicines such as EpiPens and... - Schools Site Acquisitions
471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in locating a permanent site for a school (details supplied); if Dublin City Council has secured such a site; and if he will... - Schools Building Projects Status
472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 13 February 2018, the status of the progression on the project to date; and if he will make a... - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in approving a project in respect of an emergency works scheme application by a school (details supplied) in County... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further consideration will be given to an application for a special class by a school (details supplied) in view of the enrolment of children... - School Staff
475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the additional teaching posts that have been applied for by a school (details supplied) in County Cork will be sanctioned; his views on... - Apprenticeship Programmes
476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce an apprenticeship or traineeship in the farm contracting sector. [16753/18] - School Staff
477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the allocation of teachers to a school (details supplied) in County Cork for the 2018-2019 school year; and if he... - Schools Building Projects Status
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16761/18] - School Accommodation Provision
479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the revised plans for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare have been received, examined and approved; and if he will make a statement... - Schools Building Projects Status
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the project to upgrade, improve and extend facilities at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - School Transport Applications
482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the determination of application for school transport in the case of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a... - School Curriculum
483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools can offer core curriculum subjects as alternatives for students that opt out of religious instruction (details supplied); and if he...
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