Written answers
Wednesday, 4 July 2018
Department of Education and Skills
- Teacher Training Provision
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that all teachers have a basic understanding of administrating adrenaline auto injectors in emergencies; and if he will make... - Apprenticeship Programmes
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the lack of capital expenditure on the printing apprenticeship programme. [29606/18] - Student Grant Scheme
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the non-adjacent rate of the grant below the current 45 km; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29388/18] - Student Support Schemes
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if part-time and further education students will receive the same supports as full-time students in the same circumstances; if a hardship fund... - Special Educational Needs Staff Data
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of employing an additional 450 resource teachers. [29445/18] - Psychological Services
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation provided for educational psychologists; and the estimated cost of employing a further ten, 20, 30, 40 and 50 educational... - School Accommodation
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of completing the prefab replacement scheme in one, two and five years, respectively. [29448/18] - Information and Communications Technology
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation being invested in information technology infrastructure. [29449/18] - Third Level Funding
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation being invested in minor works and grants at third-level. [29450/18] - Speech and Language Therapy Staff
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of speech and language therapists employed; and the estimated cost of employing an additional 100. [29451/18] - Further Education and Training Programmes
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking in respect of the back-to-education initiative, BTEI, conversion deal and the implementation of same in County Cork... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision not to allocate SNA hours at a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29463/18] - Departmental Legal Costs
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all monetary compensation as a result of High Court orders against his Department have been paid to the persons involved; if not, when the... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision not to allocate special needs assistant hours at a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on... - Teacher Training Provision
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that all teachers and special needs assistants receive training on administrating EpiPen adrenaline auto-injectors in... - Minor Works Scheme Payments
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the payment of the minor works grant each year will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29493/18] - Capitation Grants
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an increase to the primary school capitation grant will be considered further to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Teacher Training Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make training available for principal teachers on enactment of the schools admission legislation in view of the fact that these... - Schools Data
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students on roll in the 20 smallest schools; if his Department takes responsibility to manage school amalgamations in circumstances... - State Examinations Data
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons required overall in recent years and to date in 2018 to correct papers and to assess projects in the State examinations;... - Teacher Data
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who in the most recent years for which statistics are available were in receipt of a principal teacher’s allowance... - Schools Mental Health Strategies
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to promote teacher well-being; and if such measures will be augmented in view of international concerns regarding the... - Education and Training Provision
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the agreed apprentice school at a site (details supplied) in County Kildare; and the possibility of partnering the school with... - Schools Building Projects Status
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the extension for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [29536/18] - Capitation Grants
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the capitation grant will be restored to €200 per pupil for primary schools; if this will be considered for budget 2019; and if he will... - School Transport Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus for a school (details supplied) will be retained; if the situation will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Contracts Data
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times his Department has engaged polling companies and-or Irish market researchers to conduct research on its behalf in each of the... - Schools Building Projects Status
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of new classrooms and resources at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29590/18] - Third Level Funding
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the expert group’s report, the Cassells report, on the funding of third level here; the work being undertaken in regard to... - School Services Staff
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the employment situation of school secretaries employed by boards of management will be examined with reference to their pay and conditions... - Schools Site Acquisitions
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in securing a site for a new three school campus in Buncrana, County Donegal; if additional valuation reports for the sites have... - Commissions of Inquiry
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 11 May 2017, the status of the bill of costs that has been submitted to the Commission to Inquire... - School Enrolments
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which primary and second level educational requirements are being met in Maynooth, County Kildare; if adequate provision in line... - Education Policy
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has examined a pre-budget submission presented by unions (details supplied) with a view to examining the extent to which... - Special Educational Needs Staff
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to continue to ensure the availability of adequate special needs teaching places in all... - Schools Refurbishment
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to progress the school building improvement and summer scheme programmes in respect of all schools in County... - School Playgrounds
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the requirements of a school (details supplied) regarding the resurfacing of a playground surface have been facilitated; and... - Schools Building Projects Status
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); the additional progress that has been made since the matter was last raised with his Department; the... - Apprenticeship Programmes
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship programme curriculum areas that commenced for the first time in 2016 and 2017; the reviews of these programmes that... - Further Education and Training Programmes Eligibility
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is an anomaly between eligibility criteria for progression routes in the PAC system when... - Apprenticeship Programmes
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no college classroom places for apprenticeship plumbers and that they are obliged to... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to improve pupil-teacher ratio and class size in all primary schools in County Kildare and...
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