Written answers
Tuesday, 6 November 2018
Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ASD unit in a school (details supplied) will open in September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44842/18] - School Transport Provision
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a rural bus service provided by Bus Éireann continues and will continue to serve a school (details supplied) and its environs; and if he... - Ministerial School Visits
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on his visit to a school in Tyrrelstown recently. [45881/18] - Home School Community Liaison Scheme
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the importance of home school liaison officers in schools when children have special needs; and his plans for... - Schools Data
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students attending primary and secondary schools in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the number of primary and secondary schools open in... - Schools Building Projects Status
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to a school (details supplied); when it is expected that it will move to the next phase; his views on the current... - Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the redress offered when a parent may take part-time work even though ultimately the total income from that work and social welfare payments... - Education and Training Boards Staff
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the entitlements that will arise for temporary day instructors that are employed by ETBs and are paying pension related deductions; and if he... - Education and Training Boards Expenditure
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's expenditure on legal fees in each of the 16 ETBs in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by case name and record... - Departmental Consultations
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid by his Department on consultancy services from 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the details of these payments; the companies and... - Departmental Expenditure
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid to retired education inspectors from 2013 to 2018; the details of these payments; the persons that received payments; the amount... - School Staff
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school teaching staff placed on administrative leave from 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the duration of each... - School Transport Eligibility
255. 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. [44675/18] - School Closures
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the potential closure of a school (details supplied) in County Carlow due to lack of funding; and his plans to... - Schools Data
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of financial settlements reached with staff in schools nationally in the past five years; and the cost of these settlements. [44681/18] - Departmental Expenditure
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of financial settlements reached by his Department nationally which included confidentiality clauses. [44683/18] - Schools Building Projects Applications
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding a new build for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44728/18] - School Accommodation Provision
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive permanent accommodation. [44733/18] - University Governance (1 comment)
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if persons who hold adjunct professorships but not full professorships are entitled to use the appellation professor. [44742/18] - Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to amending the eligibility criteria for the special rate of the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant;... - School Accommodation
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the pressure on school places in north County Dublin in particular in Swords, Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush and... - Departmental Meetings
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he, his departmental officials and or his ministerial predecessors have met companies and an organisation (details supplied) and or... - School Staff Appeals Mechanism
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the appeals board has made a decision regarding an application for mainstream staffing by a school (details supplied) for the 2018/2019 school... - School Accommodation Provision
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to accommodate 200 students from a school (details supplied) who have had to vacate a school building due to significant... - School Funding
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on an application for funding by a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a... - School Patronage
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 30 November 2017 and a reply received from his Department of 27 September 2018, (details supplied)... - Schools Building Contractors
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all necessary certification was signed off by the sub-contractor as legally required with regard to a project (details supplied); and if he... - School Discipline
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the use of prone restraints in schools; if his attention has been drawn to a school that is using such restraints on children with... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether schools are not inclusive of children with an ASD diagnosis; his further views on whether this cohort of children cannot... - Schools Building Projects Status
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a project (details supplied); and when works will recommence. [44846/18] - Departmental Consultations
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of the submissions made to the consultations undertaken by his Department in each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if he... - School Funding
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if sufficient funding will be allocated to a school (details supplied) following a request submitted; and if he will make a statement on the... - Third Level Funding
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a national campaign co-ordinated across seven universities regarding a shortfall in funding (details... - Schools Building Projects Status
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project (details supplied); the reason for the delay in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44944/18] - School Accommodation Provision
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the building of temporary prefabs at a school (details supplied); the timeline for their construction; and if he will... - Student Grants Data
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of postgraduate grant recipients in 2017 and 2018; the amount spent on postgraduate grants each year; and if he will make a statement... - Schools Building Contractors
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the practice that his Department issues a final substantial completion certificate with regard to the process for the delivery of new... - Schools Building Projects
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to the completion of structural assessments for all schools completed by a company (details supplied) for his Department... - Schools Building Contractors
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to the completion of an audit of a company (details supplied) announced in September 2017; and if he will make a... - Schools Building Projects
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the appointment of a clerk of works; the number of inspections carried out by this clerk to date; and if he will make a statement... - School Accommodation
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the need for a sensory room in a school (details supplied); and if there is provision in the schools capital... - School Accommodation Provision
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a solution to the oversubscription of first year students to a school (details supplied) for August 2019; his plans in this... - Home School Community Liaison Scheme
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reintroduce home school liaison officers in schools in urban and rural areas. [44994/18] - Gaeltacht School Recognition Scheme
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kerry. [45030/18] - Departmental Reports
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the publication of a report regarding the development of a pathway to redress for victims of convicted sexual abusers commissioned... - Gaelcholáistí Issues
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed Gaelcholáiste for Maynooth, County Kildare; the timeframe in which it will be delivered and begin enrolment; if... - Schools Building Projects
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all of the fire and safety audits of schools constructed by a company (details supplied) announced in September 2017 have been completed; if... - Schools Building Contractors
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the addresses of the schools that were built by a company (details supplied); the amount spent on schools built by the company; and the financial... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an independent assessment by a person (details supplied) of the redress scheme for survivors of historical child sexual abuse will be... - Schools Building Contractors
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process under which a company (details supplied) received contracts to build schools from his Department; the procurement process used; the... - Schools Building Projects
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the assessment of an application for major capital funding by a school (details supplied) has been completed; and if he will make a statement... - Schools Designation
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the assessment of an application by a school (details supplied) for a change of status has been completed; and if he will make a statement on... - Schools Building Contractors
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contracts a company (details supplied) received to build schools; and the years in which each contract was awarded. [45101/18] - Schools Building Projects
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will accommodate two schools (details supplied) that cannot use their building due to building defects; and if he will make a statement on... - Schools Building Contractors
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a review of tendering processes in which companies with a poor record in fire safety and building standards will be excluded... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) may not have a place to start in the ASD unit in a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; if the unit... - School Staff
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school secretaries and bus drivers are paid their wages during the summer holidays; if not, if they have to sign for jobseeker's benefit... - Schools Site Acquisitions
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the site visits to building sites for school projects conducted by his Department or by other agents on his behalf, specifically all visits to... - Schools Building Projects Applications
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for funding by a school (details supplied); if funding will be provided for more office space, a new... - Schools Property
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the structural assessment of a school (details supplied) will commence and cease; the status of the proposed interventions and safety... - Education and Training Boards Staff
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if certification will be required in the event that a successful candidate does not have a high degree of competence in Irish with regard to... - Third Level Fees
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first and full year cost of abolishing third-level fees. [45168/18] - Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place at Caranua to deal with the influx of applications since the announcement of the cessation date; and if he will make a... - Schools Building Projects Status
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Mayo; the timeframe for allowing the project to go to tender; the reason for... - Schools Building Contractors
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a company (details supplied) has undertaken work within his Department's remit to build or renovate projects over the past ten years; if so,... - ERASMUS Programme
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the EU Erasmus+ education and training programme is now being used for training in complex... - School Transport
325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction funding through the NTA initially on a pilot basis for the provision of a school bus service to schools (details supplied);... - School Staff
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will be given to the recruitment of a secretary post for a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the... - Schools Health and Safety
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the structural investigation carried out by in respect of two schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - State Examinations
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student can sit their German leaving certificate exam a year early; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45302/18] - School Transport
330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore part-time positions to the school bus network (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45311/18] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the need for an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, primary education classroom at a school (details supplied); if... - Student Universal Support Ireland
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was refused their application for a SUSI grant in view of the fact that they were accepted by a university... - Special Educational Needs Staff
333. 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. [45385/18] - School Services Staff
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his position regarding making school secretaries direct employees of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects Status
335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the appointment of an architect to a school project (details supplied) will be prioritised in order that the school can proceed to planning... - Schools Refurbishment
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to finance a deep energy retrofit of schools over the coming years to meet climate change targets. [45432/18] - Departmental Meetings
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that each Minister of State in his Department has had with a person (details supplied) in... - Schools Building Projects Administration
339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure for ensuring contracted builders are on track with works on schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45483/18] - Schools Building Regulations
340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has supervisors employed to oversee the building of new schools and extensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects
341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if changes to the procedures for tendering and monitoring of school builds and extensions will be considered in view of recent closures of... - Sexual Offences Data
343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if data is available on the prevalence of sexual violence or harassment in third-level institutions; if so, if he will provide such data; and if... - Education and Training Boards Data
344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons receiving adult literacy and numeracy tuition from Tipperary Education and Training Board, ETB, adult literacy services in... - School Accommodation
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the site identified for the permanent building for a school (details supplied) on the Novara road campus in view of the... - Schools Building Projects Status
346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45526/18] - Minor Works Scheme Payments
347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payment under the 2018 minor works grants scheme will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45572/18] - Schools Building Projects Status
348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when building works will commence for a new school building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45585/18] - State Examinations
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is a matter for each school whether or not the leaving certificate applied programme is offered to the students in respect of second-level... - SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Certification
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding SOLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45592/18] - Special Educational Needs
351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding access to a SENO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45604/18] - Early Retirement Scheme
353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a derogation on an early retirement ill health pension payment will be provided to a person (details supplied) to allow them to take up... - Schools Building Projects Data
354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contractors who have registered their interest in the construction of a new school (details supplied) by the closing date for... - Schools Building Projects Status
355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the required clarifications have been received from the vendor of the site for schools (details supplied); if satisfactory, if a design team... - Schools Building Projects Data
356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if tenders have now been invited for the construction of a new school (details supplied) from the short-list of candidates drawn up after the... - Schools Building Projects Status
358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a design team has been appointed for the refurbishment and extension to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects Applications
359. 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. [45754/18] - Teaching Contracts
360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will lift the ban on a practice (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45758/18] - Schools Building Projects Status
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital funding for the extension to a school (details supplied); the timeline for completion of the project; the reason for the delay in... - Teachers' Remuneration
362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get on a higher pay grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45780/18] - Schools Establishment
363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 23 October 2018, if he will provide a copy of the most recent data from the geographical information... - School Transport Provision
364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be provided for a person (details supplied) under the school transport scheme to transport them to and from a school.... - School Curriculum
365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to the inclusion of the need to respect animals in an aspect of the curriculum at primary or second-level; and if... - School Transport Administration
366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when improvements will be made to the school transport service in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - North-South Implementation Bodies
367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the allocation in 2019 to North-South bodies in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45895/18] - Commissions of Investigation Data
368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department has spent in 2018 on carrying out commissions of investigations and State inquiries as recommended by the Independent... - Schools Building Contractors
369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when and the person or body by which, building works were certified in each case in respect of the 42 schools built by a company (details... - Schools Building Projects Data
370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the project management arrangements and the name of the company involved in each case in respect of the 42 schools built by a company (details...
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