Written answers
Tuesday, 17 December 2019
Department of Education and Skills
- Skills Shortages
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address labour shortages in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52564/19] - Apprenticeship Programmes
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of the review of a decision not to expand a pilot shared apprenticeship scheme for the construction sector in 2018; his plans in this... - Special Educational Needs Staff Data
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for SNA access made for County Donegal to the NCSE during the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 school year; and if he will make... - Remote Area Boarding Grant
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in awarding a remote area grant to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52600/19] - School Accommodation Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will move to a permanent location; his views on whether it should move into the first of the new schools to be... - School Transport Data
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary school students, respectively, availing of the school transport scheme. [52641/19] - School Accommodation Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of written approvals given for extra accommodation for ASD classes since May 2016; and the number of ASD classes provided with the... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of extending the school inclusion model nationwide. [52654/19] - Capitation Grants
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing the capitation grant for primary schools by 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%, respectively, in tabular form.... - Schools Building Projects Status
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school extension project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52658/19] - School Transport
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the balance sheet buses are on regarding the €4.16 million spent on new dedicated school buses in 2016 from surplus payments from school... - State Examinations
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be allowed accommodation to sit their leaving certificate in a separate room due to a medical condition.... - School Transport
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 128 of 26 November 2013 and 233 of 3 December 2019, in which he stated that Bus Éireann has confirmed... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for an extension to ASD classes which was approved by his Department in June 2018.... - Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an gcinnteoidh sé go mbeidh scoil (sonraí tugtha) ag fáil an deontais caipitíochta níos airde arb é €202 an... - School Funding
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided for new schools and upgrading work in schools in Oranmore, Maree, Claregalway and Clarinbridge, County Galway, since 2011;... - School Accommodation
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application by a school (details supplied) for upgraded and additional accommodation will be approved; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Funding
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application has been made or is under consideration to the European Globalisation Fund further to the announcement of proposed job losses... - Teaching Council of Ireland
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has still not had their registration with the Teaching Council processed; the reason for the delay; and if... - Education and Training Boards
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the educational or training opportunities available to a young person over 16 years of age who has not completed the junior certificate either... - Technological Universities
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding securing a location for a campus (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52851/19] - Apprenticeship Data
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of female and male apprentices in training by each employment sector and subsector as of 9 December 2019 for craft based and consortia... - Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if home tuition hours will be extended for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [52914/19] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resources provided to primary schools that establish a special class for children with autism; if the full building, alteration and... - School Transport
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review will be initiated of the school transportation assessment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52979/19] - Summer Works Scheme Expenditure
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount provided to schools in County Wexford through the summer works scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he... - School Staff
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of employing ten new school secretaries. [53022/19] - Third Level Staff Recruitment
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Minister of State with special responsibility for higher education or officials on her behalf have ever directly or indirectly canvassed... - Third Level Institutions Governance
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a report (details supplied) has been investigated; and if so, if he is satisfied the investigation was independent. [53025/19] - Schools Building Projects Status
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a new school extension and improvement works by a school (details supplied); the timeframe for the project; when... - Fire Safety
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the poor condition of the school building at a school (details supplied); his plans to provide the school with... - Schools Building Projects Status
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53041/19] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on a review of the allocation of special education teaching supports in mainstream classes by a school (details... - National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to implement the national positive ageing strategy in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53071/19] - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on sealing the records of the Ryan Commission for 75 years; if he or his officials have met with survivors of industrial schools that... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant application to SUSI by a person (details supplied); the reason the application was refused; if they can... - Special Educational Needs Data
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children participating in a pilot programme specialised therapists into schools and preschools in 2018 and to date in 2019. [53097/19] - Schools Building Projects Status
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of a permanent location for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53104/19] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) in County Kerry will be provided assisted technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53105/19] - Departmental Functions
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the Women’s Caucus period poverty motion passed by Dáil Éireann recently. [53142/19] - Schools Building Projects Status
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a permanent extension by a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the... - Institutes of Technology
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the submission of the application from the institutes of technology in counties Carlow and Waterford for designation... - School Admissions
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the shortage of second-level school places in Gorey, County Wexford at present and over the next five years; and if he will... - Departmental Properties
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the lease in respect of a school (details supplied); if he will consider awarding ownership of the lease to an organisation in the... - School Patronage
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the patronage process for a post-primary school in Citywest, Dublin 24; when the outcome will be published; and if he will... - Schools Property
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the purchase of a school (details supplied) will be finalised as agreed with the owner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53186/19] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to open ASD units using the recent changes in legislation that no longer require consent from a school; and if he will make a statement... - Special Educational Needs
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if ASD units are automatically considered when schools require extensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53193/19] - School Transport
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 26 November 2013, his views on confirmation by the Comptroller and Auditor General that a surplus... - Student Universal Support Ireland Data
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that will be in place in view of the fact that P60s and P45s and so on are no longer available; the arrangements that will be in... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to introduce a new in-school speech and language therapy service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53256/19] - Education Policy
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of specific interventions and alternative education programmes created to address vulnerable children at risk of becoming gang... - Educational Disadvantage
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional resources and steps he is taking to close a gap (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53258/19] - Schools Building Projects Data
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of each school that recently progressed to the next stage of architectural planning, stage 3 tender phase and that had previously... - Schools Building Projects Status
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in providing a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53261/19] - Site Acquisitions
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the acquisition of land from South Dublin County Council for a school (details supplied) is complete; the timeframe for the future development... - Schools Building Projects Status
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53263/19] - Apprenticeship Programmes
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the first and full-year costs of reinstating the payment of apprenticeship fees in phase 4 and 6. [53426/19]
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