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Question· writtenPQ 67asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
66 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills, in respect of the seven universities here, the total amount spent by each on room hire in 2010 and 2011; a list of rooms hired by each university in both years, stipulating location, purpose of hire, and the total price in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 66asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
65 Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to any proposals to change the current professional diploma in education courses from NFQ level 9 to NFQ level 8; the repercussions any such change would have for the employment potential of graduates outside Ireland as well as their pay scales within the country; the steps he will take to prevent any plans to reduce PDE courses to level eight; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 65asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
72 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a request for funding from a centre (details supplied); when a decision will be made in respect of any such application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 64asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
64 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received complaints regarding the operation of a centre (details supplied); if he will disclose the nature and origin of any such complaint; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 63asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
63 Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of State agencies, independent statutory bodies, State boards, or other quangos established by his Department since February 2011; the number which have been abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 62asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
62 Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a grant available for the installation of a soft surface playground for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13.
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Question· writtenPQ 61asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
61 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a full-time special needs assistant will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 60asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
60 Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will restore the teaching posts to a school (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the special circumstances; if he will include this school in the review of the allocation of additional special needs assistants from those held in reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 59asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
59 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reassess the application for a third level student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who was unable to sit examinations due to an injury and must now repeat their year at college.
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Question· writtenPQ 58asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2011
58 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 11 October 2011, if he will pay home tuition funding until a place becomes available (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 54asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
53 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of special needs assistants, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists in respect of a person (details supplied).
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Question· writtenPQ 53asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
51 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application (details supplied) will be processed and finalised at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 52asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
50 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the school book publishing companies that were represented at the recent meeting with him; the progress achieved at the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 51asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
52 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline, in respect of each of the heads of the seven universities, the expenses incurred by each individual in 2009 and 2010; if he will confirm the income paid to each university head in these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 50asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
49 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills, in respect of each of the seven universities, the amount of expenses incurred by visiting lecturers in each of the years 2009 and 2010; specifically, the total amount paid per university each year, and the number of lecturers concerned in each university per year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 49asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
48 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline, in respect of each of the country’s seven universities, the cost incurred in 2009 and 2010 in providing accommodation for visiting lecturers; the names of these lecturers, location, duration of stay and the total amount paid each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 48asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
47 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason FÁS has not progressed a person (details supplied) beyond level 5 of their plumbing apprenticeship, despite their being eligible for advancement and having served over 200 weeks of their apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 47asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
46 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make changes to the administration of the July education programme in the future to ensure that applicants will be given sufficient notice and time to complete their application forms prior to the commencement of the scheme; his views on whether ten days is an acceptable timeframe for parents to obtain the necessary consultants’ reports and other necessary information required for the application, particularly during the summer period; if he will extend the notice for future programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 46asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
45 Deputy Paudie Coffey asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the CAO regulations with a view to making a special case due to the unique circumstances of a person (details supplied) who wishes to transfer from a college course to another course in a different college; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 45asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
44 Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will initiate a review of the allocation of special needs assistants to a school (details supplied) in County Louth in view of the fact that the number of SNAs at the school has been cut from 3 to 1.75 without any reduction in the number of children attending the school.
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Question· writtenPQ 44asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
43 Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding part-time tutors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 43asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
42 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills the administrative savings made by the National Council for Special Education over each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 42asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
41 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on making provision for an Irish sign language curriculum for use in general schooling, for example during transition year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 41asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
40 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the grants for improvement works and extra classrooms that have been received by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in the past two years.
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Question· writtenPQ 40asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2011
39 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which modern IT available to the educational sector is on a par with the best available worldwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 231asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
243 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 28 September 2011, the current or expected position in respect of an application for back-to-education allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 213asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
225 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that used the text message service to request back to education allowance forms; if all requests were dealt with and forms issued; the number of persons that did not receive forms despite requesting the form in this way; the facility in place for those persons who used the service but did not receive a form and who subsequently missed the deadline; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 210asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
222 Deputy Alex White asked the Minister for Social Protection in view of the important work done in the sector, if she will give assurances on the future funding of the return to education programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 176asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
187 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the saving to the State if the special severance gratuity payment and added years as agreed by the top-level appointments committee for all existing secretaries general, county managers, CEOs of non-commercial semi-states and office holders, including heads of vocational education committees, were withdrawn.
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Question· writtenPQ 173asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
184 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the input he has had into the process of vocational education committee amalgamation; if VEC amalgamations and the costs associated with some of the new arrangements have any part in the comprehensive spending review; the analysis that has been done by him of proposed changes to the VEC structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 168asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
179 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the saving to the State if all State agency board members’ annual payments were rescinded and instead board membership was awarded without remuneration.
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Question· writtenPQ 167asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
178 Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills, with regard to the decision to make Wicklow Vocational Education Committee a sub-office of the newly merged VEC for Counties Wicklow and Kildare, the criteria used to decide whether Wicklow or Kildare should host the main VEC centre; the weighting that was allocated to each criterion; how each VEC scored against these criteria; if a cost analysis was done as part of the decision making process; the amount that was forecast to be saved by basing the main VEC centre in Kildare rather than in Wicklow; if he will release the full cost analysis that was done, including all input assumptions; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the staff in Wicklow learned about the decision through the news media; if he is satisfied that this is an appropriate way to treat staff; and the rationale for releasing the decision to the media first.
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Question· writtenPQ 166asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
176 Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills, with regard to the appointment of a new chief executive to lead the new merged Wicklow Kildare Vocational Education Committee, if that position is being filled based on merit or seniority; the process being followed to fill that position; and the criteria being used in making the appointment.
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Question· writtenPQ 165asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
175 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant will be approved by Kilkenny Vocational Education Committee in respect of a person (details supplied) towards the cost of a course.
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Question· writtenPQ 164asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
174 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he decides on the relevant catchment areas for all second level schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 163asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
173 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals submitted this year by second level schools against decisions not to sanction the appointment of a teacher of English as an additional language; and the number of schools to which posts were allocated on appeal.
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Question· writtenPQ 162asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
172 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals submitted this year by primary schools against a decision not to sanction the appointment of a teacher of English as an additional language; and the number of schools to which posts were allocated on appeal.
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Question· writtenPQ 161asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
171 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of posts allocated to second level schools in each county for the teaching of English as an additional language.
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Question· writtenPQ 160asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
170 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of posts allocated to primary schools in each county for the teaching of English as an additional language.
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Question· writtenPQ 159asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
169 Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the commencement of a trial scheme for public service obligation contracts in the Connemara area by way of public tender for school transport provision which would enable private transport operators to bid.
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Question· writtenPQ 158asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
168 Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application under the emergency works scheme in respect of a school (details supplied).
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Question· writtenPQ 157asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
167 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify his plans regarding the school book rental scheme; the arrangements he is proposing to make between schools operating such schemes and the publishers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 156asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
166 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected savings arising from the decision to locate the head office for Cavan Monaghan Vocational Education Committee in Monaghan town; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 155asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
165 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the national criteria for determining head office locations for merging vocational education committees; how the criteria were applied in the decision to locate the head office for Cavan Monaghan Vocational Education Committee in Monaghan town; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 154asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
164 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost for the printing, posting and administration of payslips to secondary school teachers.
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Question· writtenPQ 153asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
163 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost for the printing, posting and administration of payslips to primary school teachers.
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Question· writtenPQ 152asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
161 Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers at primary and second level are trained to recognise symptoms of mental health disorder in students; if not, his plans to introduce this at a later date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 151asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
160 Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which teachers are trained to provide counselling, support and development therapy for children with mental health issues; if there are any proposals in place to improve the availability of counselling services for students within schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 150asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
159 Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the resources in place within schools for children with diagnosed or suspected mental health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 149asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2011
158 Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills his policies or future proposals to prevent mental health issues in students at primary and secondary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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