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501 records in IE in 2007
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
475 Deputy Jan O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has secured a site for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [32317/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
474 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on the fact that a person who wishes to begin primary teacher training upon completion of secondary school has no option available to them here but to attend a Catholic or Church of Ireland training college; if this violates the rights of teachers not of these faiths; her plans to establish non-denominational primary teacher training colleges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32311/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
473 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [32239/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
472 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 22 November 2007, if the vocational education committees are responsible to her Department; if the funding they receive comes from her Department’s budget; if they are accountable to her Department in regard to the employment of teachers; and if she will request the vocational education committees to issue comprehensive reports to her Department on the number and gender of teachers employed by them. [32236/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
471 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who have undertaken the transition year programme for each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32235/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
470 Deputy Noel J. Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Science the rates of payment for meal and travel allowance for VTOS learners; her proposals to increase these allowances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32223/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
469 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delays in processing and paying grants for third level students with dyslexia who have been approved for EU funding under the National Development Plan 2007 to 2013; the reason many of these students whose applications are approved in December of each year do not receive payment until April of the following year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32217/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
468 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Education and Science the stage the redevelopment of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford is at. [32166/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
467 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Education and Science the cost of hiring and purchasing prefabs for primary schools in County Wexford for the past five years. [32165/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
466 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of new primary schools built in County Wexford in the past three years. [32164/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
465 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the student registration fee at third level; if this fee comes up for review in 2008; if she issues guidelines related to some price index of the acceptable rate of increase. [32149/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
464 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science if there is a limit to earnings a student may themselves earn before those earnings would be added to their parents income in assessing eligibility for higher education grants. [32148/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
463 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason the construction of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has yet to begin; if there is a problem, the reason the board of management have not been notified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32141/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
462 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a pupil (details supplied) in County Donegal has only been getting learning support, despite a detailed assessment stating that they need special resource teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32140/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
461 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on the re-routing of a school bus (details supplied) in County Donegal, which would bring four families closer to the collection point and also reduce the travel time of the bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32139/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
460 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science when a technical assessment of a school (details supplied) in County Clare will be carried out; when the project will move to architectural design and planning phase; when it is expected that this project will be completed; her views on whether the school is a priority of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32128/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
459 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Education and Science when she expects a higher education grant application for a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32093/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
458 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Education and Science when she expects a higher education grant application for a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32092/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
457 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on the withdrawal of funding for the school building fund of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32088/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
456 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science the opening hours for the public offices and telephone lines and if they close for lunch for each of the agencies and State bodies that are under the control of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32066/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
454 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science the official forms issued by her Department for use by the public and business which can be completed on-line; the forms which can not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32036/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
453 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will become or be subsumed into the new VEC community national school planned for the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32016/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
452 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science the future of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32015/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
455 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science the opening hours of her Department’s public offices and public phone lines and if they close for lunch; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32051/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
451 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has carried out a study of opening hours of public offices under the control or remit of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32001/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
450 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the funding sought by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and the funding her Department is making available to the school. [31993/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
449 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who actually came here under a scholarship programme (details supplied); and the number of students who benefited from the programme, giving details on an annual basis since the introduction of the scholarship. [31981/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
448 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide a detailed breakdown on a yearly basis since 1998 of the funding provided to an organisation. [31980/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
447 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason students from the Republic of Ireland, who choose to study in Northern Ireland, have to go through a long and arduous process to get their degrees recognised by her Department in order to take up teaching posts; if she has made efforts to harmonise the education systems in order that degrees undertaken anywhere on the island are recognised north and south; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31976/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
446 Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Science the grade and status of the jobs announced by her for a location (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31962/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
445 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve the application and continuation of home tuition allowance for a child (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31960/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
444 Deputy Mary O’Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Science the situation with regard to the provision of a new primary school (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [31953/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
443 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of her recent announcement to distribute copies of a recently published biography on Eamon de Valera (details supplied) to every secondary school nationwide, she will distribute biographies of James Connolly and Michael Collins in the interest of providing a balanced view of Irish history to secondary school students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31940/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
442 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department published an annual report in 2007; if not, when her Department plan to publish one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31926/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
441 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department will not sanction the appointment of an RTT to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo despite the fact that the school is 21 students in excess of the limit for the appointment and is turning students away. [31884/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
440 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) will receive the current correct rate of pay and back-pay for an RPT contract that this person is entitled to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31880/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
439 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31868/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
438 Deputy Michael Kennedy asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the VEC’s programme in relation to the provision of youth cafés; if there are plans for the provision of such a facility in north County Dublin; and if there has been progress on the plan for the installation of the youth café (details supplied) in County Dublin. [32308/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
394 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on improving or liberalising qualification for the back to education allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32563/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
144 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Science the educational facilities that can be offered to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15 awaiting a decision in respect of a residency application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31851/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
143 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a difficulty which has arisen in relation to the acquisition of a site for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and the progress being made in the matter. [31831/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
142 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Science when a design team will be appointed by her Department to a school (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the fact that the closing date for receipt of tenders was 15 October 2007; and the next step in the progression of the new school building in her Department’s school building programme. [31830/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
141 Deputy Paul Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Science the work that has been carried out in recent years to introduce science modules into the primary school curriculum; if this is being reviewed by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment; if there is scope for visits to schools with science demonstrations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31828/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
140 Deputy Paul Connaughton asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the overcrowding at a school (details supplied) in County Galway, the spiralling numbers on the roll, now at 251, that this is likely to rise substantially in the next few years, that there are some classes with as many as 35 pupils in each class, that there is huge pressure on the management committee not to take all students offering for places in the near future and that an agreement has been reached between her Department and the board of management for the building of ten extra rooms and other ancillary works; when this process will begin with a view to the commencement of building; when building will begin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31825/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
139 Deputy P. J. Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Science is she will make a statement in view of the concerns expressed by a person (details supplied) regarding the decision to issue Circular 0044/2007 and the National Council for Curriculum Assessment’s proposals regarding language and literacy in Irish medium schools. [31821/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
138 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the index of earnings, and the date at which it was measured, used to increase the value of income thresholds for higher education grants in 2007/2008; if it is intended to index those thresholds in 2008/2009; and the index that will be used. [31815/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
137 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the price index, and the date at which it was measured, used to increase the value of maintenance payments under the higher education grant in the 2007/2008 academic year; if it is intended to index these payments in 2008/2009; and the index that will be used. [31814/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
136 Deputy Áine Brady asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide for the future demand for places in secondary schools in Maynooth, Kilcock, Johnstownbridge, Clane, Sallins and Kill, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31800/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
135 Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will take steps to provide a new school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31799/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
134 Deputy Noel J. Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for building works for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when she expects a decision to be made; if her attention has been drawn to the urgency of this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31778/07]