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Question· writtenPQ 379asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008
440 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent by his Department in each year over the past five years, including 2008, on the distribution of publications from his Department to schools, teachers, boards of management and others; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 378asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008
439 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the cost in terms of wages and salaries for the provision of special needs assistants in the education service; if SNAs are paid when the school is on holidays; the expected savings to his Department if SNAs were to go on a part time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[43495/08]
Question· writtenPQ 377asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008
438 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason persons (details supplied) in County Longford are not being admitted to their local national school; the action their parents can take to provide a local, accessible education for their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 376asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008
437 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students enrolled on the junior certificate schools programme and leaving certificate applied programme respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 375asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008
436 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the discussions that have taken place since Dáil Éireann last debated the issue of wider recognition for the applied behavioural analysis approach to the education of children in the autistic spectrum; if he will sanction the approval of more schools dedicated to the use of this approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 374asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008
435 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 30 October 2008, the position regarding the programme; if a school (details supplied) is to be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 373asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008
434 Deputy Tom Sheahan asked the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be assessed and inspected in their place of employment in view of the fact that they are in their second year and teaching in Athlone; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 372asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008
433 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will provide for a necessary up to date psychological assessment for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin with dyslexia prior to transition from primary to secondary school in September 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 371asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008
432 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science the annual cost of in-service courses organised by second level service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 370asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008
431 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science the annual cost of school development and planning programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 369asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008
430 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science the annual cost of oral exams and practical exams held in school term as opposed to holiday time; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 368asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008
429 Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science the annual cost of whole school evaluations and subject inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 367asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008
428 Deputy Tom Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science his proposals in relation to having an independent review of the post-primary school transport system; when such a review will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 366asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008
427 Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Science if it is proposed to cut funding to a college (details supplied) in Dublin 2; his views on the consequences for the deaf community of such a reduction, in terms of teacher, university lecturer and sign language interpreter education, and educational delivery to deaf and hard of hearing students; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 281asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008
338 Deputy Olwyn Enright asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number who have availed of the back-to-education allowance at second level and at third level subdivided into the number individually entitled because they received redundancy payments and entitled because they are in an NEAP area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 280asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008
337 Deputy Olwyn Enright asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has examined the impact proposed changes to jobseeker’s and illness benefit will have on the criteria for the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 259asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008
316 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that four schools in the Tallaght and Clondalkin areas of Dublin have had funding for the community use of their sports halls stopped; if the schools concerned have been promised a continuation of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 183asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2008
183 Deputy Tom Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the status of the schools amalgamation project in respect of primary schools in Cahir, County Tipperary; when the next step in the process for this project is planned; the amount that is budgeted for the school building; the level of priority of this project; the number of other projects across the country that have the same level of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 182asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2008
182 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made with granting permanent recognition to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reasons for the delay in dealing with this request; and the timescale for the provision of a modern school building to replace the prefabricated accommodation in which the school is located.
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Question· writtenPQ 181asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2008
181 Deputy Paul Connaughton asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans he has to provide additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if his attention has been drawn to the congestion there is in this school due to the increase in pupil numbers over the past few years; his proposals to provide grant aid for an extra classroom; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 180asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2008
180 Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for summer works at a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if approval will be given for the same application.
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Question· writtenPQ 179asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2008
179 Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Science the sources of funding available for the installation of an arsenic filter at a school (details supplied) in County Meath.
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Question· writtenPQ 178asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2008
178 Deputy John Cregan asked the Minister for Education and Science the authority and process by which a second level school (details supplied) in County Dublin can expel or suspend a pupil; the criteria or regulation under which a pupil can be expelled on a Monday morning because of an altercation between them and a fellow pupil which took place over the weekend; if his Department will assist in getting this pupil back into school after eight months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 177asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2008
177 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Science his plans to visit Kerry in the near future; if he will include a visit to schools (details supplied) in County Kerry in the visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 176asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2008
176 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of additional undergraduates and postgraduate primary school teacher places introduced since 2003, up to and including the 2008/2009 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 175asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2008
175 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress on the commitment in the programme for Government to double the primary school capitation fee; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that nearly every school has a funding shortfall for essential services and that this has to be made up through fund-raising; his views on the inequality in funding for schools as the fund-raising abilities of parents in disadvantaged areas are clearly less than those of middle and upper income families; the action he will take to reduce this inequality; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 174asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2008
174 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education and Science the effect the budget cuts for 2009 will have on a secondary school (details supplied) in County Mayo in relation to staffing numbers, abolition of book grants, abolition of grants such as home economics, physics, chemistry, and leaving certificate applied, and the increase in pupil teacher ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 136asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2008
135 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in education cannot receive a rent subsidy payment from the Health Service Executive to provide a permanent home for the person and the child; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 194asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2008
252 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to meet the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford regarding the education cuts in budget 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 193asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2008
251 Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Education and Science the estimated cost of the planned new 24-classroom school and ancillary accommodation approved for a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 192asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2008
250 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for Education and Science the cost of the book support scheme grant to approved second level schools in the years 1997 to 2007; and the projected saving.
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Question· writtenPQ 191asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2008
249 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on the abolition of the book support scheme grant operated in designated disadvantaged schools; and the impact on low-income families.
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Question· writtenPQ 190asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2008
248 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Science if discrimination on the grounds of physical disability is permitted in the recruitment of teachers in view of the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Longford who has a first class honours degree was offered a teaching position but had the job offer withdrawn when the school realised that the person has a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 189asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2008
247 Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in having payment made to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who has been providing substitute teaching since September 2008 and to whom no payment has issued.
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Question· writtenPQ 188asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2008
246 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Cork is not included as an institution under the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002; if it can be included at this stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 187asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2008
245 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science if the funding required by the Grangegorman Development Agency for the delivery of the new DIT campus will be made available in 2009; the amount of funding required; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 186asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2008
244 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will convey any interest it may have in an old national school to a committee (details supplied) in County Mayo.
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Question· writtenPQ 185asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2008
243 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has in his Department possession of an original lease (details supplied) relevant to a property; and if he will make the said document available to this Deputy.
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Question· writtenPQ 184asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2008
242 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will instruct his legal team, through the Attorney General’s office and his own legal advisers, not to proceed to obtain the €250,000 legal costs awarded against the parents of an autistic child (details supplied) following a decision in the High Court recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 183asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2008
241 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of full-time and permanent teachers employed in private fee-paying schools and the cost of their salaries; the number of full-time, temporary or contracted teachers employed in private fee-paying schools; the amount their salaries cost; the number of part-time teachers working in private fee-paying schools; the amount their salaries cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 182asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2008
240 Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Science the vetting system for untrained substitute teachers; and the number of untrained substitute teachers currently employed.
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Question· writtenPQ 181asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2008
239 Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will approve the application for EWS grant to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in which the condition of the prefab is such that it is in the interest of health and safety of the staff and pupils of this school that repairs are carried out without further delay.
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Question· writtenPQ 180asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2008
238 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Science when the increase of 2.5% payable under Towards 2016 and due on 1 September 2008 will be granted to teaching staff in institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 139asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2008
194 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person signing on for credits but receiving no weekly payment is eligible under the rules for the back to education allowance in respect of third level education.
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Question· oralPQ 10asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2008
68 Deputy Jimmy Deenihan asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in excess of 20 Defence Forces officers who are attending full-time third level education courses in Dublin are required to live in steel containers in Cathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines, Dublin; his views on whether this accommodation is suitable for members of the Defence Forces; the alternatives that were examined before the decision was made to use this accommodation; the reason these alternatives were rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 524asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2008
587 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Science the costs involved in off-site rental storage of his departmental documents in designated document storage centres (details supplied).
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Question· writtenPQ 523asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2008
586 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the amount of capital funding allocated to each of the universities and each of the institutes of technology in 2008 and in each of the previous five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 522asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2008
585 Deputy John O’Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency offices; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses in regard to each such office in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 521asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2008
584 Deputy John O’Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps his Department is taking to tackle alcohol and drug abuse among young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 520asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2008
583 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 32 of 3 July 2008, if the contract documents requested from the local developer by his departmental officials regarding an offer of a new site and the possibility of his Department building a new school on the site have been received by his Department; the action his Department is planning to take on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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