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Question· writtenPQ 224asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020
224. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education when retired teachers will receive their 2% increase which was due to them since October 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40890/20]
Question· writtenPQ 223asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020
223. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if there is a deadline for identifying, acquisition of and planning permission for a new site and building for a school (details supplied); if there a roadmap or plan for the next steps needed to be taken by her Department; if the local council will participate in sourcing interim or permanent accommodation; the interim accommodation sites identified; the person or body tasked with identifying and securing the interim accommodation; and if it will be secured in time for September 2021. [40851/20]
Question· writtenPQ 222asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020
222. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Education if she is satisfied that there will be enough post-primary school places available generally to meet demand in the Donaghmede, Howth and Dublin 13 school planning area for the 2021-2022 school academic year; if there are enough all boy school places in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40848/20]
Question· writtenPQ 221asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020
221. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing students such as the case of a student (details supplied) who wishes to repeat the leaving certificate year; the direction her Department is giving regarding applications to secondary schools regarding requests to facilitate repeating a leaving certificate school; the number of students that have been facilitated to enrol in schools to repeat sixth year for the past five years; the number being facilitated in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40829/20]
Question· writtenPQ 220asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020
220. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if her Department has been the subject of an investigation by the Data Protection Commission from 2016 to date; the number of specific investigations underway or completed; the dates on which her Department was first notified of the investigation; the details of the investigation; the nature of the complaints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40807/20]
Question· writtenPQ 140asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020
140. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early childhood education and care facilities that have indicated that they will exit the sector since they were closed in March 2020. [40778/20]
Question· writtenPQ 137asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020
137. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to provide for additional capital funding towards the development and expansion of community childcare centres. [40655/20]
Question· writtenPQ 129asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020
129. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which he plans to support the early years sector in County Meath, particularly in relation to staff, pay and capitation grants in view of the population growth in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39728/20]
Question· writtenPQ 105asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020
105. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which his Department will improve on the progress in the implementation of the first five plan, the ten-year, whole-of-Government strategy for babies, young persons and their families, the first annual implementation report of which showed a completion rate of 69%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40652/20]
Question· writtenPQ 104asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020
104. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the consultation events with early years’ service providers and practitioners which his Department undertook in October 2020 as part of the important process of developing career pathways which recognise skills and qualifications and encourage continuing professional development in this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40653/20]
Question· writtenPQ 97asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020
97. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress in meeting the ambitious but important target of doubling public investment in early learning and care and school-age childcare by 2028; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40648/20]
Question· oralPQ 85asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020
85. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with the Minister for Finance or the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on rates of pay and conditions for the early years education sector. [41064/20]
Question· writtenPQ 75asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020
75. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to support persons back to education and back to work in response to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39995/20]
Question· writtenPQ 28asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2020
28. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has met with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on the status of Covid-19 payments and the way in which they will impact SUSI applicants. [39990/20]
Question· writtenPQ 163asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
163. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the estimate cost to the State to pay student nurses for all mandatory on-the-job training they undertake as part of their studies if the wage scale was set at the same level as the apprenticeship training allowance based on the gross wage norms for the sector. [40623/20]
Question· writtenPQ 120asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
120. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if an application for support by a student (details supplied) to complete a course will be reviewed; the reason the full-time course is not recognised for support under the student grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40744/20]
Question· writtenPQ 119asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
119. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider allowing students of Teagasc agricultural colleges to access student supports such as the student hardship fund and the once-off Covid-19 payment scheme. [40702/20]
Question· writtenPQ 118asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
118. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his policy in relation to two-tier pay among university teaching assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40634/20]
Question· writtenPQ 117asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
117. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason Solas has increased the price of the safe pass system that is required by all building workers; if he or his Department were informed by Solas that the fee for this pass would be increased by between 100% and 200%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40571/20]
Question· writtenPQ 116asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
116. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if third-level institutions will provide rent refunds to students in on-campus accommodation whose courses are now being delivered online for the 2020-2021 academic year; if he has had discussions with the third-level institutions on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40570/20]
Question· writtenPQ 115asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
115. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average cost of part-time courses in public third-level institutions; the average cost per institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40554/20]
Question· writtenPQ 114asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
114. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the re-establishment of painting apprenticeships in Cork city. [40741/20]
Question· writtenPQ 113asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
113. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if income from the pandemic unemployment payment is assessible for the purposes of means assessment for SUSI grants in 2020 in which a student seeks a review of their application based on change of circumstances; if the student grant scheme regulations provides for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40706/20]
Question· writtenPQ 112asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
112. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the means-testing criteria of the SUSI grant for third level education can be amended in order that in situations in which one parent is on a disability payment such as an invalidity pension the student is not losing out due to overall household income. [40617/20]
Question· writtenPQ 99asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
99. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the funding model for the AIM programme is tailored to the educational qualification levels of staff rather than the needs of the child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40717/20]
Question· writtenPQ 97asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
97. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers operating under the ECCE scheme from 2017 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40667/20]
Question· writtenPQ 78asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
78. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 508 of 17 November 2020, if she has discretion to intervene in a manner such that no student would be put at a disadvantage given that the school year has started and that there is precedent in cases in which a school bus service was provided by a private provider in the north Cork area due to exceptional circumstances. [40740/20]
Question· writtenPQ 77asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
77. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education the status of a Teaching Council number for a teacher (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40730/20]
Question· writtenPQ 76asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
76. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the number of students who sat or were assessed for the agricultural science leaving certificate exam for each of the years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40686/20]
Question· writtenPQ 75asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
75. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if additional hours of home tuition will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40659/20]
Question· writtenPQ 74asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
74. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education the status of the agreement with a union (details supplied) to put school secretaries under public service terms and conditions as they apply to school secretaries employed by her by February 2021. [40602/20]
Question· writtenPQ 73asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
73. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the reason there is a reduction in SNA activity in a school; and if she will examine matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [40600/20]
Question· writtenPQ 72asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
72. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education the status of works needed for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40591/20]
Question· writtenPQ 71asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
71. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 9 April 2019, the progress on the regularisation of terms and conditions of adult education tutors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40578/20]
Question· writtenPQ 70asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
70. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education her plans to revisit the absence of oral Irish in the 2020 leaving certificate given some students who are competent at oral Irish are being disadvantaged.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40569/20]
Question· writtenPQ 69asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
69. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if, before taking up a teaching position in Ireland having qualified in another country, it is a requirement to have completed the NQT year in the country of qualification. [40553/20]
Question· writtenPQ 68asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
68. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education her Department's strategy to ensuring there are enough secondary school places in the rapidly expanding town of Trim, County Meath; the plans in place to extend existing secondary schools and to build new schools in the town; the time frame for proposed plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40546/20]
Question· writtenPQ 67asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
67. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education her plans to provide funding for replacement dispensing units to schools impacted by the recall of a sanitiser (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40536/20]
Question· writtenPQ 66asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
66. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the timeline for a tender to be published (details supplied). [40517/20]
Question· writtenPQ 65asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2020
65. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding indoor physical education classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40742/20]
Question· writtenPQ 570asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
570. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the absence of systematic data for persons with disabilities or from minority or ethnic backgrounds working in academic and research roles in Irish higher education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40506/20]
Question· writtenPQ 569asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
569. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if additional details will be provided on the Revised Estimates for his Department (details supplied); and the areas in which the remainder is being spent. [40491/20]
Question· writtenPQ 568asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
568. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if an anomaly in the SUSI scheme will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40461/20]
Question· writtenPQ 567asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
567. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the scope of the July stimulus funding for higher education to include assistance to the students who started courses in this academic year, given the significant financial hardship and disruption to studies that have been experienced by this cohort; if he will examine extending funding to those who started the postgraduate diploma course in youth work in UCC this academic year given the significant loss in ability to secure work placement hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40328/20]
Question· writtenPQ 566asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
566. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which students in their final year of third level education who paid their fees in full up front can avail of the €250 student support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40283/20]
Question· writtenPQ 565asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
565. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a schedule of all consultancy firms, accountancy firms, legal firms, project management firms and IT firms his Department has engaged to carry out work on its behalf in 2018 and 2019 and to date in 2020; if he will summarise the work they were engaged to do and the full costs of the engagements; if disputes over costs ensued; if they were resolved with or without sanctions, financial penalties or the withholding of funds; and if contracts are subject to legal challenge or mediation. [40212/20]
Question· writtenPQ 564asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
564. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a student studying advanced business level 6 at a local education and training board, ETB, and in receipt of the back to education allowance qualifies for the €250 grant. [40020/20]
Question· writtenPQ 563asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
563. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who have been receiving their lectures online from the University of Limerick are being charged the full fee; his plans to change this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39920/20]
Question· writtenPQ 562asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
562. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the intentions of institutions (details supplied) to address the concerns of students in both college-provided and private accommodation in view of current circumstances further to his request to higher education institutions to show flexibility with regard to student accommodation cancellations and refunds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39880/20]
Question· writtenPQ 561asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
561. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will engage with third level institutes regarding the possibility of offering partial refunds or reduced rates for master's students due to the impact of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39795/20]
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