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Question· writtenPQ 1009asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
1009. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision by her Department concerning works to prefabricated facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Galway can be reviewed, due to the larger problems than first anticipated with the facilities, which pose significant health and safety concerns, and are impacting on the school's work. [38386/15]
Question· writtenPQ 1008asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
1008. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a minor works scheme will be introduced to enable schools to undertake improvement works. [38384/15]
Question· writtenPQ 1007asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
1007. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Exchequer in 2016 of extending the MOMENTUM programme to persons in receipt of disability payments and illness payments, who are currently excluded from participating in this programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38366/15]
Question· writtenPQ 1006asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
1006. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the grant aid for major capital works for Ballinspittle national school in Kinsale in County Cork; the developments, if any, from the schools appraisal unit; when will a decision be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38365/15]
Question· writtenPQ 1005asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
1005. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for the purpose of a school building project; and if the application will be expedited. [38357/15]
Question· writtenPQ 1004asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
1004. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if resource hours or additional special needs assistant hours will be allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38349/15]
Question· writtenPQ 1003asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
1003. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the working week hours for a special needs assistant (details supplied) in County Cork will be reinstated. [38307/15]
Question· writtenPQ 1002asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
1002. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a proposed new school (details supplied) in County Louth; when works are expected to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38265/15]
Question· writtenPQ 1001asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
1001. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the substandard accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if her Department intends to consolidate the infant school on the same site as the remainder of the school; the progress being made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38252/15]
Question· writtenPQ 1000asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
1000. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in identifying and securing a permanent site for a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork; when construction of the new school will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38251/15]
Question· writtenPQ 999asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
999. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will arrange for a substantive reply to correspondence issued to her Department on 23 September 2015 regarding school transport, which was acknowledged by her Department - Ref: 1504723 AK - on 25 September 2015, and further acknowledged by the Minister of State, Deputy Damien English - Ref: MS 724/15 - on 28 September 2015. [38247/15]
Question· writtenPQ 998asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
998. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding for an extra classroom and hall at a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; if approval and funding will be provided in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38243/15]
Question· writtenPQ 997asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
997. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the changes she is planning to introduce regarding the school admissions policy; when she expects these changes to be in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38242/15]
Question· writtenPQ 996asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
996. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills what options are open to people who are not happy with the decisions that Caranua make; if she is satisfied with this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38241/15]
Question· writtenPQ 995asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
995. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the embargo on third level teachers returning to teach part-time still exists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38238/15]
Question· writtenPQ 994asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
994. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to Firmount national school in County Cork for the provision of essential upgrading of its sewerage and treatment system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38210/15]
Question· writtenPQ 993asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
993. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills given the increasing enrolment in primary schools annually, if she will provide an update on the projections, in terms of attendance and school buildings, her Department has made for each of the next five years; the costings that are attached to these projections in terms of buildings; teachers; and resources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38163/15]
Question· writtenPQ 992asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
992. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of funding provided to schools in County Cork for capital works since March 2011; including the purpose of the funding; when construction was completed, or when it is forecast to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38160/15]
Question· writtenPQ 991asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
991. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills notwithstanding a reply to a previous parliamentary question, the second level school placement options currently available to the child of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is diagnosed with autism, is aged 13, and has been unsuccessful to date in obtaining a place in a second level school with provision for autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38153/15]
Question· writtenPQ 990asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
990. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise on the status of an application for a grant from Student Universal Support Ireland by a person in County Meath (details supplied); the timeframe for a decision; if she appreciates the financial difficulties that this family is facing due to the delay in processing same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38142/15]
Question· writtenPQ 989asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
989. Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Number 629 of 20 October 2015, the reason her Department's website does not make reference to the cumulative number of days required for a course under the vocational training opportunities scheme, contrary to the answer received in the previous parliamentary question; and since there are a number of education and training boards who also make reference to six months unemployment as eligibility criteria, and not the accurate information of 156 days, her plans to ensure that all such boards provide the number of cumulative days needed, as the current situation is causing a lot of distress to vulnerable people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38124/15]
Question· writtenPQ 988asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
988. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an application for capital funding (details supplied) for additional and improved accommodation by a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38112/15]
Question· writtenPQ 987asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
987. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the need for a behaviour assessment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38107/15]
Question· writtenPQ 986asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
986. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm if there is a policy in place whereby a definite percentage of students sitting each leaving certificate subject will fail every year; if so, if this is a set figure, or does it change according to the year in question; if this decision is made before the paper is given to the students; her views that this policy discourages students from taking particular subjects, such as honours mathematics, which will have a negative impact on project mathematics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38083/15]
Question· writtenPQ 985asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
985. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of pupil places at a school (details supplied) in County Louth; the number of available places for this school for the 2016-17 academic year; if there are any issues with the timeframe for completion of the school's new build areas, if parents of current pupils have been advised to enrol their children in alternative schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38082/15]
Question· writtenPQ 984asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
984. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are guidelines regarding whether schools should stream school sports groups based on ability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38080/15]
Question· writtenPQ 983asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
983. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support Howth Road mixed national school in Dublin 3 on an urgent matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38071/15]
Question· writtenPQ 982asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
982. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is in receipt of an invalidity pension and who wishes to pursue a third level education course in a private college; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38069/15]
Question· writtenPQ 981asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
981. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will analyse the numbers attending primary and secondary schools in Kilkenny city; the projections for each school over the next five to ten years; if she will consider the purchase by her Department of a site at Newpark adjacent to St. John's junior school, or at the old mart site on the Castlecomer Road in Kilkenny, for the development of a second level facility; if her Department has had any discussions with interested parties regarding such a proposal; and if her Department will now take the initiative and open such discussions. [38067/15]
Question· writtenPQ 980asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
980. Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale behind the requirement for participants in vocational training opportunities scheme to be in receipt of a payment from the Department of Social Protection for six months before taking up a course; her views that this effectively incentivises persons staying on social welfare for some months after they would otherwise have done so to access the course; that persons who require re-skilling after becoming unemployed benefit from starting retraining as soon as possible, in order that they can re-enter the workforce; her plans to remove the requirement that participants be on social welfare for six months or more; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38014/15]
Question· writtenPQ 979asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
979. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 in her Department's projects in architectural planning; if its status as number three will be reached in 2016; its prospects for funding in the 2016 capital programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38008/15]
Question· writtenPQ 978asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
978. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if financial assistance will be provided towards the resurfacing of a playground in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare, the surface of which has been steadily deteriorating and is progressively becoming a health and safety issue for the pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37992/15]
Question· writtenPQ 977asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
977. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve funding under the minor works grants scheme for the necessary structural improvements to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, as the current condition of the roof and slates is highly hazardous for pupils and staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37990/15]
Question· writtenPQ 976asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
976. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a student grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37960/15]
Question· writtenPQ 975asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
975. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a permanent school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37955/15]
Question· writtenPQ 974asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
974. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 to undertake extension and upgrading works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37954/15]
Question· writtenPQ 973asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
973. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the patronage selection for the new national school in Stillorgan and Clonskeagh in County Dublin will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37922/15]
Question· writtenPQ 972asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
972. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond positively to the request for a third junior infants class for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16, due to the serious under-provision of places for children of the parish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37921/15]
Question· writtenPQ 971asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
971. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for capital funding for a building project submitted by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if she is aware of the inappropriate and deteriorating conditions of existing accommodation at the school; the timeframe within which this project will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37916/15]
Question· writtenPQ 970asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
970. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants allocated to a special school (details supplied) in Cork city for the 2014-15 and the 2015-16 school years; if she will confirm if the National Council for Special Education is currently reviewing the allocation of special needs assistants to the school based on the needs of the pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37901/15]
Question· writtenPQ 969asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
969. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure that the building of the new Holy Family school in Cootehill in County Cavan receives priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37891/15]
Question· writtenPQ 968asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
968. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to roll out the use of electronic tablets by all school children in an effort to reduce the stress and negative health effects experienced by students as a result of their having to carry heavy schoolbags; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37863/15]
Question· writtenPQ 967asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
967. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school bus ticket for a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37847/15]
Question· writtenPQ 966asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
966. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the number of autism spectrum disorder classes in Cork, given that there are currently only five schools with such classes to cater for autistic pupils and the demand for places far exceeds availability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37815/15]
Question· writtenPQ 965asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
965. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate resource teaching hours to a student (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37798/15]
Question· writtenPQ 964asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
964. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for a reduction in the allocation of home-school liaison to a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; the steps the school may take to seek a review; if the arrangements currently in place regarding the allocation of home school liaison for this school and neighbouring schools needs to be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37787/15]
Question· writtenPQ 963asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
963. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence regarding the appointment of an additional administrative deputy principal for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will engage directly with the board of management of this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37772/15]
Question· writtenPQ 962asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
962. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place for 12 to 16-year old children who are expelled from school in County Wicklow (details supplied); and the funding allocated to the west Wicklow region in this regard over the past three years. [37765/15]
Question· writtenPQ 961asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
961. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider her Department's decision to refuse an appeal of a student grant by a person (details supplied), given that the person should be considered as being a second-chance student; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37762/15]
Question· writtenPQ 960asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
960. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide temporary prefabricated accommodation on the second level school site in Kingswood Heights in Dublin 24; if any consultation has taken place with the local community in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37756/15]
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