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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
27. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she plans to take to alleviate the problem of large class sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37965/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
26. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure schools report to her Department the level of voluntary contributions they receive from parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37919/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
25. Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she review the pupil-teacher ratio for small rural schools in the upcoming budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37958/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
24. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1258 of 17 September 2014, if she will provide further details regarding the manner in which the new model of allocating resources to children with special needs will be developed; when it is expected that the full and comprehensive consultation with stakeholders and education partners, including the parents of special needs children will take place. [37879/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Dublin may expect to move into the permanent building allocated by her Department, in view of the fact that parents and teachers have serious health and safety issues with regard to the temporary rooms they are currently in, especially when any further deterioration will force the school to vacate these rooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37964/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
22. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to concerns of parents of children in fee-charging schools that further cuts to funding in their sector in budget 2015 will jeopardise teaching jobs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37966/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
21. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is fully committed to previous guarantees provided on reducing class sizes as a priority in view of the extent of the reports into smaller classes having a positive effect on education, on inclusiveness and maintaining stimulation most notably at a younger age; the work being completed to achieve the goal of class sizes set previously. [37875/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
20. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the high costs incurred by students undertaking Gaeltacht placements as part of third level degrees. [37918/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
19. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is good policy to ask research students from the humanities to compete on an equal footing with those from economics and the sciences for funding, in particular the stress on transferable skills as a prerequisite for funding and the detrimental effects it is having on the humanities as a research area here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37945/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
18. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the implementation of the updated and comprehensive anti-bullying policy; if the inspectorate section of her Department is examining compliance by schools with the new policy; the steps being taken to ensure all schools have implemented the policy in view of the fact that they hoped the deadline was for the past school year. [37948/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
17. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills the requirements needed for primary schools currently holding a DEIS 2 status, to be upgraded to a DEIS 1 status; when the last review of the overall DEIS system took place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37946/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
16. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to a permanent restoration of the minor works grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37962/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
15. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress of a school (details supplied) in County Galway on its application to build an extension and remove the prefabricated classrooms currently in use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37947/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
14. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the value for money report on small schools will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37959/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
13. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the widespread concerns of boards of management and parents' associations of smaller fee-charging schools about the increase in the pupil-teacher ratio; if her further attention has been drawn to the serious impact such increases will have on such schools, particularly schools under the patronage of Protestant churches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37967/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
12. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the fall in rankings of Irish universities in the recent Times Higher Education university rankings; her plans to proceed with a further 1% reduction in capitation payments to third level institutions in the upcoming budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37963/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
11. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her discussions on junior cycle reform with the teacher unions; her views on the fact that 10% of English teachers had not undertaken training on the new curriculum in advance of the introduction of English in schools last month. [37960/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
10. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school (details supplied) in County Longford which was approved in 2010; if her Department have been in contact with the board of management; if the site has been selected; if planning has been sought; the timeframe for the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37877/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
9. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will replace three lost posts in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15, due to the difficulties in the provision of education in this disadvantaged area; the loss of posts include an assistant principal post and other vital duties such as organising of a care team for students, library, discipline, social, bereavement, IT and a range of subject coordination. [37872/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
8. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the provision of funds for the purchase of a site by her Department in Buncrana, County Donegal, for the new three school Crana College campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37961/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
7. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will fully implement all articles of the EPSEN Act 2004 without further delay. [37929/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
6. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which will remain in prefabricated accommodation outside of her Department's five-year plan; if she will provide an update on her Department's site acquisition processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37921/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
5. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a commitment to secure the financial feasibility of schools by not proceeding with the proposed 1% cut in the capitation grant, as announced in budget 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38015/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
4. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out her views on a permanent restoration of the minor works grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38281/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
3. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a reduction in class size. [38016/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
2. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has met the Department of Social Protection on the issue of employing primary schoolteachers through the JobBridge scheme. [38014/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2014
1. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools with only one mainstream class teacher in the current academic year; the way this number compares with the number of one-teacher primary schools in the academic years 2013-14, 2012-13 and 2011-12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38280/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
565. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on families who will have to pay water charges for children in the household who are still in second and third level education; his further views on granting extra allowances for full-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38213/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
556. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if dependent children under and over the age of 18 years attending third level education and living outside of the family home should be included in the application details to be sent to Irish Water in view of the fact that this could result in double registration of this cohort of individuals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38125/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
519. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide information on the number of State agencies or organisations under the remit of her Department which are paid up members of IBEC; the names of each agency or organisation; the amount which each agency or organisation paid to IBEC in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38725/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
518. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the financial burden facing primary school student teachers nationwide since the abolition of the subsidy granted to B. Ed students to undertake a mandatory Gaeltacht placement as part of their degree; if she will review the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38256/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
517. Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the fact that families are suffering financial hardship as a result of the criteria laid down by her Department in respect of the distance from home to college to qualify for grant assistance which is now increased to 50 km; and her further views on a reduction in the distance to qualify for grant. [38249/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
516. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure regarding evaluation of a school; and if a school may seek to be revaluated or must it wait until her Department schedules an evaluation. [38240/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
515. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide additional resource teacher hours in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38238/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
514. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the ongoing industrial action at a college (details supplied) in County Dublin; the contacts she had with the contractor, the local education and training board, the Revenue Commissioners and the contractors administration services regarding complaints made to her office with respect to the alleged abuse of RCT1s and alleged tax avoidance and undermining of workers’ wages and conditions; and her views that workers at this site are not being forced to work in the black economy. [38209/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
513. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the widespread use of subcontractors by companies engaged in Government-funded school building programmes; and her view on the contention that the widespread use of RCT1s on these jobs is not resulting in tax avoidance, forced social welfare fraud or the undermining of workers’ wages and conditions. [38208/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
512. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in providing all primary and post-primary schools in counties Longford and Westmeath with high-speed broadband; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38202/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
511. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils attending primary and post-primary in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38184/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
510. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistant posts being funded in schools in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38183/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
509. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching posts that are being funded in primary, secondary, vocational, community and comprehensive schools in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38182/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
508. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have left undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 due to financial reasons; the measures she has in place to assist students with children keeping their places in university; the steps she will take to improve retention of students with children in undergraduate and postgraduate study; the financial assistance she will make available for such students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38154/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
507. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines under article 15(8) of the student grant scheme 2014 that allow an awarding authority discretion to waive the provisions of articles 15(6) and 15(7); when she issued those guidelines to the awarding authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38151/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
506. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the professional qualifications required to qualify for the new international education mark for English language schools and in particular if the following current qualifications for English, namely, Cambridge, ICM, CTH, EDI Pearson and ABE will be recognised under the 2015 arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38137/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
505. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the introduction of the new international education mark in January 2015; the details and timeframes for the application process; when applications will be able to be made by colleges who wish to provide courses in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38136/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
504. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the figures for the number of English language schools/colleges that applied in 2014 for accreditation under QQI/ACELS; the number of English language schools/colleges that have been awarded accreditation under QQI/ACELS in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38135/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
503. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a Quality and Qualifications Ireland explanatory seminar on the 2014 process for QQI-ACELS accreditation held in January 2014 was attended by 113 non-QQI-ACELS schools or colleges; the number of these schools or colleges that have been successful in achieving accreditation in 2014; and the remaining schools which will not complete the accreditation process by 31 December 2014. [38134/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
502. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills when an application to fund the construction of a general purpose physical education facility will be reassessed in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38127/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
501. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on a student grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38116/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
500. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the minor capital works grant has been withdrawn for this school year; if this is a temporary measure; if there is emergency funding available for schools which have not the means to compensate for the loss of this grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38114/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2014
499. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give detailed consideration to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) in respect of class sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38112/14]