Written answers

Tuesday, 5 November 2019

  • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
    189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if home tuition will be approved for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal from September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Special Educational Needs Data
    190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special school places available in an area (details supplied); the number of children waiting for a special school place in the...
  • Public Sector Pensions
    191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason seasonal part-time employment is not recognised for pension purposes in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • School Libraries
    192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grants are available for rural schools to provide library books for use by students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45232/19]
  • Public Sector Pensions
    193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider allowing qualified school teachers that have worked abroad to buy teacher pensions credits for their time spent abroad...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school construction (details supplied) will proceed to tender in quarter 1 of 2020; the date on which construction will commence; and if he...
  • School Accommodation
    195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department will commence negotiating the extension for the lease for the temporary school accommodation of a school (details supplied);...
  • Teaching Council of Ireland
    196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns in relation to a registration issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44203/19]
  • School Curriculum
    197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to a query by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44204/19]
  • Departmental Programmes
    198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications made through the skillnets stream for funding in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of successful and...
  • Springboard Programme
    199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications made through the Springboard+ stream for funding in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of successful and...
  • School Inspection Reports
    200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he has not made public a copy of a report prepared by his officials in relation to a school (details supplied) following a visit by...
  • Digital Strategy for Schools
    201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the processes small schools have to go through to avail of improved information and communications technology equipment; and if he will make a...
  • Sign Language and Deaf Services
    202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available to part-time students for Irish Sign Language interpretation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • School Transport Eligibility
    203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) which issued to his office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44241/19]
  • Summer Works Scheme Applications
    204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a summer works application by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo has been received; if the fact that the school has not received a...
  • School Accommodation Provision
    205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide more resources to a school (details supplied) to enable it to meet the clear demand for first year places for the 2020-2021...
  • School Transport Data
    206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants for the school transport scheme on route from Drogheda, County Louth to a school (details supplied) over the past five...
  • Departmental Programmes
    207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a schedule of online and on-street gambling companies that have participated in the skillnets programme in 2018 and to date in...
  • Schools Property
    208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a schedule of school buildings that are not occupied by county; the duration the buildings have been unoccupied; his plans for...
  • School Transport Provision
    209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the withdrawal of the school transport resource from a school (details supplied); if transport to the school is only provided for...
  • School Transport Appeals
    210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence forwarded to the school transport appeals office by a person (details supplied) on 10 September 2019 will be acknowledged and...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building project for a school (details supplied); the status of the issues in relation to the tendering process; and if he will...
  • Teachers' Remuneration
    212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the payroll division will be advised of the situation of a person (details supplied); if it will provide the letter regarding the change to be...
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
    213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a student can be refused a SUSI grant when the student is over the limit by €44 as in a case (details supplied); and if...
  • School Transport Data
    214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will provide the Ombudsman for Children with the requested measurement of routes and mileage of the distance between Quin and Ennis,...
  • Special Educational Needs Data
    215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils that warrant an EAL teaching support post; if this is known among the primary allocations section of his Department; and if...
  • Special Educational Needs Staff
    216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions he has had with the HSE and the Minister for Health to ensure investigations and tests required for a school to submit an...
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
    217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is being forced into a conflict of priorities between maintaining teaching posts and complying with health...
  • School Transport Provision
    218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used to establish if a school can be resourced to meet the special educational needs of a child in view of the fact that, under the...
  • Summer Works Scheme Applications
    219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the list of successful applications for the summer works scheme 2020 will be published. [44495/19]
  • School Transport Data
    220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of the 52 children that were deemed to have satisfied the eligibility criteria for school transport with special educational needs...
  • School Staff
    221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the recent staffing appeal by a school (details supplied) has been denied. [44508/19]
  • School Services Staff
    222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the situation in which many school secretaries receive no holiday pay, sick pay, occupational pension provision and so on;...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the July provision scheme for children with special needs; if the scheme will be extended to cater for children with Down's...
  • School Accommodation Provision
    224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made regarding an application by a school (details supplied). [44537/19]
  • Proposed Legislation
    225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planned provisions of the education (miscellaneous provisions) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44552/19]
  • Schools Building Projects Applications
    226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) to allow it to become a single campus school; if his Department has received...
  • National Training Fund
    229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reserve surplus in the national training fund; the projected reserve surplus year-on-year over the next five years in tabular form; and if he...
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
    230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason class size ratios vary; his plans to reach a ratio of 20:1 nationally; the measures he is taking to achieve same; and if he will make...
  • Schools Building Projects Data
    231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school building projects which are delayed; the longest at stage 2b; when a design team was appointed in each case; when a replacement design...
  • Workplace Relations Commission
    232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in advancing the talks with a union (details supplied) at the Workplace Relations Commission in relation to issues that need...
  • School Accommodation Provision
    233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline of required actions to facilitate the opening of a new secondary school for the Greystones and Kilcoole area of County Wicklow by...
  • Information and Communications Technology
    234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of computers in his Department that still use an operating system (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been progress on the signing of a contract for the site for the new school building for a school (details supplied); and the...
  • Direct Provision System
    238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra supports for children residing in direct provision centres attending local schools will be considered; and if he will make a statement...
  • Higher Education Institutions
    239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that the continued activities of institutes (details supplied) do not negatively impact on the activities of universities...
  • School Management
    240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 25 September 2019, the date by which his Department will respond to correspondence from a person...
  • School Inspection Reports
    241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on whether to conduct a joint review of services with the HSE at a school (details supplied) following a request by...
  • Departmental Staff Data
    242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full and part-time staff employed in his Department; the number of such staff being paid at the minimum wage rate of pay; and if he...
  • Departmental Circulars
    243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the exceptional circumstances under which school managements are free to commence or cease the procedures set out in circular...
  • Teaching Contracts
    244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the terms and conditions of employment of teachers in the ETB sector are determined by or require his consent together with the consent of the...
  • School Transport Eligibility
    245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter with regard to school transport will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44874/19]
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for ensuring there are sufficient ASD units in Limerick city, in particularly the northside of the city, in view of the fact that there...
  • Student Grant Scheme Applications
    247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a SUSI application by a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44895/19]
  • Education Schemes
    248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a case regarding the July provision will be examined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44897/19]
  • Schools Amalgamation
    249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to meet and engage with representative committees (details supplied) which represent stakeholders from schools and wish to engage...
  • School Accommodation Provision
    250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the need for a new secondary school in Midleton, County Cork has been assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44921/19]
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will have an ASD unit in place for second-level students by the commencement of the 2020-2021 school year; and if...
  • Higher Education Institutions
    255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the importance of sufficient canteen facilities being made available to third-level students undertaking courses; his further views...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for a place in an ASD unit will be processed for a person (details supplied). [44992/19]
  • School Funding
    257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding provided through school capital programmes for each county in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular...
  • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
    258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional special needs assistants provided in each county in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form;...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding provided for the provision of ASD units in each county in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular...
  • Departmental Contracts Data
    260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of contracts of €25,000 or more that have been awarded by his Department or bodies under his aegis that were found to be...
  • Departmental Records
    261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will release information to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection in respect of a person (details supplied); and if...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that there will be a place for a person (details supplied) in an ASD unit for September 2020; and if he will make a statement...
  • Schools Establishment
    263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to open an educate together primary school in Dungarvan, County Waterford; if the location is part of his commitment in the...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 15 October 2019, when the appointment of a programme manager and design team process commenced; when...
  • School Accommodation Provision
    266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension and further accommodation at a college (details supplied). [45176/19]
  • Schools Establishment
    267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the provision of a new secondary school in Dunshaughlin, County Meath is being considered. [45177/19]
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a construction project at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45178/19]
  • School Libraries
    269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant is available for a school (details supplied) to provide library books for use by students; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Special Educational Needs Data
    270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in the Dublin 5, 13 and 17 areas that are on a waiting list to access an ASD unit. [45262/19]
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the capital allocation for building works at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [45305/19]
  • Education and Training Boards Staff
    272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an increment will be allocated to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45320/19]
  • DEIS Eligibility
    273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 4 April 2019, the progress regarding the application for DEIS status by a school (details supplied);...
  • Schools Building Projects Status
    274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45361/19]
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of additional ASD places for the 2020-21 school year in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • School Admissions
    276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a lengthy waiting list for secondary school places in a school (details supplied); his...
  • Child Abuse
    278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the compensation scheme established four years ago for persons abused as children in day schools; the number of applications made;...

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