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Question· writtenPQ 488asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
488. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills why a project (details supplied) in County Cork was not included in her capital investment programme; the status of the project; if she is committed to the construction of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41538/15]
Question· writtenPQ 487asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
487. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills when building at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will commence, given that the building was scheduled to commence in 2008 but no progress has been made to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41525/15]
Question· writtenPQ 486asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
486. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department or agencies under its aegis collect statistics on third-level student debt or on debt incurred while students are attending third level; and the details of these statistics, by year, by institute and by programme. [41516/15]
Question· writtenPQ 485asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
485. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to the recent announcement of the establishment of a new Gaelcholáiste in Maynooth in County Kildare to set out the arrangements that will be put in place to accommodate those students outside the Maynooth catchment area who, from September 2016, will no longer have the option of attending the Gaelchólaiste in Lucan in County Dublin, or who will not have the option of attending an Aonad in Maynooth in the event of it being oversubscribed, but who will have to wait until 2019 before the proposed new Gaelchólaiste in Maynooth is scheduled to open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41515/15]
Question· writtenPQ 484asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
484. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the recently announced establishment of a new Gaelcholáiste in Maynooth in County Kildare will require a new build; how the new build will interact with the proposed Maynooth Community College build; how the demand for the Gaelchólaiste will be measured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41514/15]
Question· writtenPQ 483asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
483. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills whether it is acceptable to disqualify students (details supplied) who can only supply proof of address from the Department of Social Protection, as she deems this insufficient evidence of address. [41509/15]
Question· writtenPQ 482asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
482. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the funding allocated to it, as announced in the capital building programme; if construction will commence in 2019, or if the new building will be completed by that date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41507/15]
Question· writtenPQ 481asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
481. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the proven demand for a Gaelcholaíste in north Kildare; that parents are being encouraged to send their children to an Aonad in expectation that the figures from the Aonad enrolments will show a demand; and that the children from north Kildare are already taking up places in Gaelscoileanna outside of County Kildare. [41506/15]
Question· writtenPQ 480asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
480. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41492/15]
Question· writtenPQ 479asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
479. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who had attended a special autism unit in Derrinturn, but for whom there is now no place in a local secondary school. [41483/15]
Question· writtenPQ 478asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
478. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that staff, students, parents and friends at Mount Mercy College, Model Farm Road, Cork have been fundraising to build a sports hall, but this project will only be possible if she provides funding for it; if she will provide the necessary funding to facilitate the construction of a much-needed sports hall at the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41481/15]
Question· writtenPQ 477asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
477. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of students attending courses under the free fees initiative being delivered by external private providers, but accredited to State-funded universities and institutes of technology; the names of these courses and awarding institutions; and the funding being given to these external providers for delivering these courses. [41464/15]
Question· writtenPQ 476asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
476. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the guidelines in place for State-funded universities and institutes of technology which tender for the external delivery of courses. [41463/15]
Question· writtenPQ 475asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
475. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision not to provide an emergency works grant to a school (details supplied) in County Cork, given the urgent requirement for repair and the significant concern of staff and pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41407/15]
Question· writtenPQ 474asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
474. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is acceptable for the primary staffing appeals board to remove a teacher of a junior infants class of 37 students, including several with special needs, in a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the actions the school can take to seek to have the teacher reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41384/15]
Question· writtenPQ 473asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
473. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the provision in mainstream secondary schools in County Kildare for children with a disability, including those on the autism spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41377/15]
Question· writtenPQ 472asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
472. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41371/15]
Question· writtenPQ 471asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
471. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41370/15]
Question· writtenPQ 470asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
470. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41369/15]
Question· writtenPQ 469asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
469. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out how a school (details supplied) in County Mayo, which is listed as a project to go to construction during 2019 to 2021, is currently under construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41345/15]
Question· writtenPQ 468asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
468. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the current position of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo on her Department's building unit list; the intended steps towards construction of this new school; and if she will outline a timeline for same. [41344/15]
Question· writtenPQ 467asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
467. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence regarding a child (details supplied) in Dublin 13 with an intellectual disability, and the provision of speech and language therapy and a special needs assistant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41309/15]
Question· writtenPQ 466asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
466. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills when construction on a new school building project (details supplied) in County Donegal will commence, and will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41280/15]
Question· writtenPQ 465asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
465. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if much-needed additional accommodation will be provided for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41262/15]
Question· writtenPQ 464asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
464. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite an application for a Student Universal Support Ireland Grant for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41227/15]
Question· writtenPQ 463asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
463. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the decision of the National Council for Special Education to reduce the number of special need assistant posts by two at a special school (details supplied) in County Longford; the reason for the decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41226/15]
Question· writtenPQ 462asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
462. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of arrangement that allowed her to take ownership of the Office of Public Works site on Harcourt Terrace in Dublin 2. [41218/15]
Question· writtenPQ 461asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
461. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on making an exemption from compulsory Irish examinations for higher diplomas in education in the case of foreign language teachers. [41216/15]
Question· writtenPQ 460asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
460. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the future of the MOMENTUM programme; what will happen to its unused budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41564/15]
Question· writtenPQ 360asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
360. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs why grant funding for counselling at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 has been cut by 50% since 2010; if he will support this adult education group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41833/15]
Question· writtenPQ 359asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
359. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick regarding the early childhood care and education programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41805/15]
Question· writtenPQ 358asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2015
358. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first-year and full-year cost of increasing the capitation grant for the free preschool year by €5 per week, bringing it to €67.50 per child, and by €9.50 for the higher capitation grant, bringing it to €82.50 per child. [41786/15]
Question· writtenPQ 226asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2015
226. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently listed for employees under her remit; the number that are in deficit; her plans to consolidate any of these schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41288/15]
Question· writtenPQ 225asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2015
225. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new State bodies and agencies under her remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to a sunset clause; the number of new public bodies currently being planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41268/15]
Question· writtenPQ 224asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2015
224. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills for details of all instances from 1 January 2000 to 2015 to date where legislation introduced by her or on her behalf, which is enacted and still in force, contains a provision amending the Data Protection Acts to allow for the transfer of personal or other data collected, retained and processed by the State for a particular purpose towards another specific purpose, in tabular form; the financial cost of creating and administering such databases, by case; the projected financial cost for databases not yet complete; the specific legislative provision that enabled such data transfers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41135/15]
Question· writtenPQ 223asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2015
223. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Longford to Student Universal Support Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41127/15]
Question· writtenPQ 222asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2015
222. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the Bara judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered last month (details supplied); if the information in any of the databases assembled and processed by her Department towards the administration of the primary online database, or the post-primary online database, was gathered using personal data previously collected and held by the State towards a different purpose; if persons whose personal data was gathered in such manner have been notified of the transfer of their data in all such cases; if not, her views that all such databases are now illegal in view of the Bara judgment; the measures she proposes to address this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41126/15]
Question· writtenPQ 221asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2015
221. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence regarding access to second level schools for a family (details supplied) in Dublin 9, who are being discriminated against due to stringent enrolment policies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41121/15]
Question· writtenPQ 220asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2015
220. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support an application by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 for additional accommodation, as a matter of priority; her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41120/15]
Question· writtenPQ 219asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2015
219. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has met with the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal, along with the design team, for the stage 2a stakeholder meeting, as part of the planning process of a building project; if the project has been authorised to stage 2b - detailed design stage; when construction will commence; if she is aware of the urgent need to have this project completed, given of the school's increasing enrolment numbers, as well as recent flooding in the vicinity of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41116/15]
Question· writtenPQ 218asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2015
218. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills for details of the decision by the Primary Staffing Appeals Board to an appeal by a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41107/15]
Question· writtenPQ 217asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2015
217. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if privacy impact assessments have been undertaken in relation to the primary online database and the post-primary online database; if so, by whom; if she will publish the assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41103/15]
Question· writtenPQ 216asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2015
216. Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school transport for a child (detals supplied) in County Roscommon. [41096/15]
Question· writtenPQ 215asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2015
215. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a student grant appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41031/15]
Question· writtenPQ 214asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2015
214. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the regulations of Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, to implement in respect of situations where a student who was applying for a third level grant receives an inheritance, and this amount is deemed to be income in one particular year and makes the person ineligible for a grant from SUSI, whereas certain Departments treat an inheritance as a capital receipt, and not as income, and in other situations such as the Department of Social Protection, it can be averaged out over three years so as not to distort a person's income based on a once-off receipt in any one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41018/15]
Question· writtenPQ 213asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2015
213. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the urgent requirement for a link building capital development project at St. Angela’s College in County Sligo, which had approved funding of €4.3 million in October 2010, but which had this funding put on hold by a Minister (details supplied) in November 2011. [41004/15]
Question· writtenPQ 212asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2015
212. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to limit the number of pupils entering a school (details supplied) in County Dublin to 150 in each year; if this is not the case, the optimum number of students to be accepted per year going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41001/15]
Question· writtenPQ 211asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2015
211. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 for provision of an additional two classrooms, a staircase and a special needs toilet, given that enrolment numbers grew in September 2015 and are expected to grow further in September 2016, and that there is no available classroom space; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40992/15]
Question· writtenPQ 210asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2015
210. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding school funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40980/15]
Question· writtenPQ 209asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2015
209. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) from County Longford to Student Universal Support Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40920/15]
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