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Question· writtenPQ 498asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
486 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will meet persons (details supplied) to ascertain their position with regard to enrolments for future years and in the transition period until there is a second school; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 497asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
485 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science when policies for schools on disclosure and appropriate referral where children have experienced violence in the family will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 496asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
484 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Education and Science when paragraph 2 of action point No. 32 of the mid-term review of the national drugs strategy 2001-08 will be implemented (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 495asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
483 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the significant number of applications which continue to be made to the Residential Institutions Redress Board, she will consider extending the closing date for receipt of such applications or in the alternative accept all such applications as being valid in terms of time pending receipt of the further and additional relevant information; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 494asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
482 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will facilitate a meeting with a group of parents from County Roscommon (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 493asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
481 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be approved for an application submitted to her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 492asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
480 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the extent of marketing of unhealthy foods to children in schools as described in a recent report (details supplied); if her attention has further been drawn to the increasing levels of obesity in Irish children; her views regarding the risk of future health problems arising from childhood obesity; the action she intends to take to curb the advertising of unhealthy foods to children in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 491asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
479 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself that the qualifications of a person to hold a specific post (details supplied) are in line with the recommendations of her Department as set forth in Circular M15/2001, with particular reference to the stated requirement to have a minimum of three years relevant work experience; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 490asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
478 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in class sizes over 20; in class sizes between 25 and 30; and in class sizes over 30 in certain selected schools (details supplied); if the same information will be provided for those in infant classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 489asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
477 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to encourage single parents to go back to further education; her views on whether this would be made easier if assistance were made available for children over the age of five; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 488asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
476 Ms Fox asked the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to provide additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow in view of their need for a physical education hall and a general purpose room; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 487asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
475 Dr. Cowley asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in the customer service statement of Mayo Vocational Educational Committee, it is stated that it will identify and work to eliminate barriers to access to services for persons experiencing poverty and social exclusion, and for those facing geographic barriers to services; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that these persons are facing difficulties due to the lack of holiday pay on these courses; her views on whether this needs to be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 486asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
474 Dr. Cowley asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing parents of young children who are attending VTOS courses; if she intends to pay for these students during their holiday periods; her views on whether this needs addressing (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 485asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
473 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received an application for the erection of a new Gaelscoil (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if approval will be given; if same might be ready to receive pupils at the commencement of the next academic year in September 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 484asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
472 Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the continuing delay in staffing and equipping a centre (details supplied) in County Armagh; if she will raise the issue with her counterpart in the Six Counties; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 483asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
471 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Science if a grant for a PLC course at a college (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved for a person; and if she will expedite a response.
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Question· writtenPQ 482asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
470 Mr. J. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be provided for a sports hall for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 481asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
469 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of persons within each unit or State agency of her Department who have opted to move to the proposed new location for their unit; the number of other Dublin based employees of her Department who have opted to move to one of the decentralising units within her Department; the number of persons who have to date in 2005 been assigned to each of the decentralising units; and the number of persons who have opted not to move with their decentralising unit who have been reassigned or offered an alternative posting.
[36744/05]
Question· writtenPQ 480asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
468 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Science if the free university fees scheme could be extended to citizens of the EU not resident here but who have an affinity or association with the country, such as having a parent who is ordinarily resident here for tax purposes.
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Question· writtenPQ 479asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
467 Mr. Blaney asked the Minister for Education and Science the situation of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for a new extension and renovation works which was lodged approximately seven years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 478asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
466 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the grant of €40,000 in July 2005 from her Department is sufficient to keep Educate Together going until the end of 2005 and that unless Educate Together can secure core State funding in the 2006 budget that it will be forced to start laying off staff and cutting back its services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 477asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
465 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason Education Together receives no funding in its role as promoter of new schools; her views on whether Educate Together has provided guidance and training at a considerable bureaucracy to get new schools open in high demand areas and that in the past five years Educate Together has opened more schools than any other body; the reason there has been no assistance from the State for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 476asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
464 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason Educate Together receives no State funding in its role as a registered patron for new schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 475asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
463 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Science the criteria used in deciding whether to award a virtual roll number to teachers who have been previously categorised as temporary; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 474asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
462 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers who have been awarded a virtual roll number working within the publicly funded education sector; the posts occupied by these teachers; the number of teachers who were temporary before taking up the post for which they have been allocated a virtual roll number; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 473asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
461 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will meet with representatives of schools in north inner city Dublin to address their serious concern at the loss of resource hours in 14 primary schools in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 472asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
460 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Science the amount of the additional €5.5 million allocated to youth work for 2005 which has been spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 471asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
459 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Science if assistance will be given to a school (details supplied) to secure a permanent site for their 162 pupils; and if they will be given the maximum support.
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Question· writtenPQ 470asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
458 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 390 of 12 October 2005, if the report is completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 469asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
457 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Education and Science when adequate resource hours and a special needs assistant will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 468asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
456 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be provided with canteen, gym and music room facilities; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the school which is also a college for further education has no indoor sporting facilities; the way in which she intends to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 467asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
455 Mr. Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Science if an extension to a national school (details supplied) in County Cork will be sanctioned.
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Question· writtenPQ 466asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
453 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to award higher marks for competency in oral Irish in both lower level and higher level Irish in the leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 465asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
452 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to introduce an oral Irish test for the junior certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 464asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
451 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science the content of the curriculum for the Irish course for the leaving certificate, higher level and lower level; when this curriculum content was last reviewed; when she intends to introduce changes to this content; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 463asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
450 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science the opportunity on an annual basis for the improvement of the spoken Irish language for primary school teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 462asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
449 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science the assessment method for competency of spoken Irish for entrance to the teacher training colleges and for teachers being trained on-line; if these assessment criteria are the same as those employed ten years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 461asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
448 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied with the standard of spoken Irish in the primary school system; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 460asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
447 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science the allocations made to all Irish organisations for each of the past ten years under all headings by her Department; if she has received a written annual report from each such organisation; if she has examined these reports; if she is satisfied that these reports are providing beneficial opportunities for the learning of the Irish language and if she will instance such opportunities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 459asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
446 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science the estimated number of hours of teaching of the subject of Irish to all pupils from the primary system to leaving certificate; the estimated cost on an annual basis devoted to the teaching of Irish within the primary and secondary school systems respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 458asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
445 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether it is appropriate that students for higher level leaving certificate Irish should be required in some instances to learn Irish essays by heart for purposes of complying with a points structure; her further views on whether such activity is a test of memory rather than an assessment of capability and presentation of thought on chosen subjects; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 457asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
444 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on the report of the language commission; if she intends to implement a radical overhaul of the second level curriculum both in content and structure; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 456asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
454 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science the actions that are open to her where a non-exempted student refuses to attend compulsory Irish classes and who does not sit the Irish examination in the leaving certificate but who achieves recognition in five or more approved subjects; if such student can be awarded an approved leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 455asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
443 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science if students are entitled to obtain a leaving certificate by obtaining five or more subjects from the approved list of subjects, including those who have not sat the Irish exam for the leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 454asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
442 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science the method by which her Department implements the compulsory element of Irish as a subject for the leaving certificate, higher level or lower level; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 453asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
441 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on the educational policy of Conradh na Gaeilge one plus one plus one as the preferred method of teaching language in the primary school system here; her proposals to implement this policy; if she has estimated the cost of the implementation of this policy in the primary school system here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 452asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
440 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Science if she proposes to introduce Chinese as a subject in the primary school system here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 451asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
439 Mr. Haughey asked the Minister for Education and Science the way in which a person becomes a primary school teacher and a secondary school teacher in a permanent or temporary capacity; the qualifications required; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 450asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
438 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take regarding the 20 one-teacher schools particularly in relation to health and safety matters.
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Question· writtenPQ 449asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
437 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Science if the school placement of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be urgently attended to; if steps can be taken to increase the home tuition grant; if payment can be made up to date and at the beginning of each month; if transport costs can be met in the meantime; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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