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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2011
54 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an ill health retirement payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [31835/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2011
53 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision to remove two permanent teachers at a school (details supplied). [31834/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2011
52 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Donegal can be considered for DEIS status. [31833/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2011
51 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision to reduce two teaching posts at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in view of the fact that the school is in a disadvantaged area and taking into account the pupil numbers are only marginally short of the number specified for the teaching complement required. [31832/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2011
50 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the decision that has been made regarding the location of the proposed Louth-Meath Vocational Education Committee; the criteria used to decide the location; the amount the new location will cost to make it ready for use; if there will be job losses in the Louth-Meath area; and the number of same. [31814/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2011
49 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will be making an application to the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund on behalf of the former employees of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31803/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2011
48 Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commit to ring-fencing, and bringing forward into next year, the grant awarded to a project (details supplied) in this financial year due to the process, involving other agencies, taking longer than anticipated. [31794/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2011
47 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will release funding for and approve a grant of resource hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow, who has changed primary schools and has applied for their resource hours to transfer with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31793/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2011
46 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will release funding to the National Council for Special Education for a grant of resource hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who has changed primary schools and has applied for their resource hours to transfer with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31792/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2011
45 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is proposing changes to the Bachelor of Education programmes currently being provided in the colleges of education for primary teachers; his plans to introduce a fourth year to the Bachelor of Education programme; if he is proposing that students will no longer be able to take an academic arts based subject as part of their degree in conjunction with the pedagogical and education subjects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31773/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2011
26 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance if a tax refund of €800 is payable in respect of fess paid for third level education in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32002/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
50 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a club (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [31746/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
49 Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a third level grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31744/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
48 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider Longford Vocational Education Committee as a sub-office, in view of it not having been designated the regional headquarters of the newly amalgamated Longford-Westmeath VEC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31729/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
47 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application under the summer works programme from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10. [31699/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
46 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 19 students at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10 are not receiving their allocation of resource hours due to the cap on resource teaching hours; and if he will ensure that additional personnel are made available to accommodate the needs of these most vulnerable students. [31698/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
45 Deputy Tom Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Skills his policy regarding providing professional resource teachers to schools with students suffering from delayed language development disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31696/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
44 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the services of the visiting teachers are available to non-verbal children who do not suffer a hearing impairment; the early education supports available to such children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31693/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
43 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when people (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on application for the special maintenance grant. [31677/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
42 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans (details supplied) with respect to pupil-teacher ratios; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31674/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
41 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the vocational education committee calculation in awarding grants based on the milage; and if the VEC is using Google maps to calculate distances and choose the shortest distance irrespective of whether these routes are not available to bus services. [31663/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
40 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance available to a person (details supplied). [31655/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
39 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when persons (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an application for third level maintenance grant. [31651/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
38 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason University College Dublin registry stamps the grant forms for postgraduate diploma in education students with level nine; the reason UCD School of Education stamps level nine on some students’ forms; and the reason Europass diploma supplements are being issued for the PGDE with level nine stamped on them by UCD. [31613/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
37 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the statement from the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland which seems to indicate retrospective change whereby anyone who graduated at level nine from 2005 will now be classified as level eight; and what same means for those students who graduated before 2005. [31612/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
36 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the school of education has contacted other international bodies to inform them that despite the change in grade to University College Dublin’s postgraduate diploma in education, it retains the same status as the qualification in its original designation. [31611/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
35 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the views of University College Dublin, that the postgraduate diploma in education is an anomalous and undefined qualification meaning it cannot be downgraded; and if he shares this view, is it not correct that the diminished status of the qualification should result in lower student fees and a less intense level of course work. [31610/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
34 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if University College Dublin, as a public body, is covered by administrative law and should adequate notice not have been given to students who enrolled in its postgraduate diploma in education in the belief they would, upon graduating, receive a level nine qualification that it would be downgraded to level eight mid-term; and his views on whether an injunction should be imposed on this decision. [31609/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
33 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is ethical for students to pay €6,500 to enrol for a postgraduate diploma in education at University College Dublin when they were unaware that plans were in place to downgrade the qualification from level nine to level eight. [31608/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
32 Deputy John O’Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive her higher education grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31599/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
31 Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills when expenses will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in respect of school transport costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31593/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2011
30 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider making amendments to the eligibility criteria for FÁS training courses, community employment schemes to ensure applicants not in receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance payment or other social welfare payments due to the income of their spouse, or partner or parents and prevented from participating in programmes to upskill; his views on this matter; the way he proposes that such persons upskill to increase their chances of gaining employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31590/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
314 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has a timeframe set out for the review that she wishes to carry out of the operation of the programmes and initiatives funded by her to support persons who are unemployed to return to work, further training and or education; when she expects this review to commence and be completed; the format this review will take; if members of the public will have an opportunity to make submissions to this review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31580/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
310 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection further to a previously withdrawn parliamentary question if there is an outcome to this case and the claims for jobseeker’s allowance and back to education allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [31534/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
288 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the policy grounds on which the eligibility criteria for the back to education allowance scheme was compiled, with particular reference to the need to be on jobseeker’s allowance or benefit for the nine months preceding the making of an application; her views that the eligibility criteria are sufficient to encourage persons to take opportunities for employment prior to returning to education; her plans to revise the eligibility criteria for the back to education allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31243/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
281 Deputy Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the back to education allowance programme requires the applicants to be on jobseeker’s payment for more than nine months consecutively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31140/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
201 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure the views and request of a local community are acceded to in the designation of an area as part of the catchment area for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31581/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
200 Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total expenditure in 2010 on ICT, including staff costs, support and maintenance services, hardware, software, and external resources, including consultancies, contractors and service providers; and all agencies under the aegis of his Department. [31516/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
199 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the disparity between the back to education allowance recipients and low income mature independent students who have had their full maintenance grant cut from €3,120 to €1,250 in budget 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31498/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
198 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of mature independent students awarded a full maintenance grant in 2010 and 2011; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31497/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
196 Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will arrange much needed services to a school (details supplied) in County Wexford. [31487/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
195 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building project (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if all planning issues relative to the project have now been resolved; if funding for the project will be approved; the timeframe for completion of all aspects of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31477/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
194 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building project (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the stage it is now at; the timeframe to complete all stages up to construction; the funding granted to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31476/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
193 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider a reversal or amendments to modify the changes in criteria to qualify for the non-adjacent rate for third level students in view of the financial hardship it is causing for some persons who are caught by the change of distance rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31456/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
192 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider putting arrangements in place through the Higher Education Authority to enable third level students to pay students’ contributions in instalments in view of the fact that the lump sum payments are causing severe financial difficulties for many families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31455/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
191 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the technical guidance document TGD-008 amended last March which specifically prohibits qualified and competent professionals other than architects to supervise school repairs-building works exceeding €200,000 when there is not a substantive element of architectural design; his views that it is appropriate to exclude professionals who have been approved by the Department to bring developments to the construction stage; his reason for this restriction; if he has evaluated the additional costs due to a reduction in competition as a result of this restriction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31441/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
190 Deputy Paschal Donohoe asked the Minister for Education and Skills when persons (details supplied) will be approved student grants from Mayo Vocational Education Committee. [31439/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
197 Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an inspector will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has applied for the national internship scheme at a national school in County Kerry to complete their diploma in teaching; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31489/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
189 Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an inspector will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has applied for the national internship scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31433/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2011
188 Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 28 September 2011, when a circular for the national internship scheme will be prepared for national schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31430/11]