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151 records in IE in 2013
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
199. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of FÁS workers in relation to teaching in schools and working on school premises. [53884/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
198. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if two FÁS workers are covering a caretakers job, who is out sick, and a third FÁS worker is teaching in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [53883/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
197. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the progress on completion of a site acquisition for a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53873/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
196. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will award a student grant top-up appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53869/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
195. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider adding illness benefit to the list of qualifying payments for the special rate student grant as outlined in schedule 2 of the student grant scheme 2013 - Statutory Instrument No. 159 of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53859/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
194. Deputy John O'Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on an appeal for a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53821/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
193. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of planned new primary schools and planned new post-primary schools, the minimum amount of outdoor sports and amenity facilities that must be provided; if this involves outdoor sports pitches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53818/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
192. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the planned new Gaelcholáiste in Carrigaline, County Cork, will open; the current status of the project; when the project is due to move to the statutory planning phase; the funding that is in place for the construction of the new school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53817/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
191. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the completion of the proposed survey of parents on school uniforms; the level of consultation that has taken place with retailers or manufacturers of school uniforms and their employees’ representatives prior to the circular on the matter being published. [53780/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
190. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a submission (details supplied) regarding apprentices; his plans to address the issues as outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53772/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
189. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding school uniforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53766/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
188. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 19 November 2013, if his Department official will now meet the school authorities to discuss this case further (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53763/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
187. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he is refusing to give any information in view of the fact that the review is now complete by the Information Commissioner regarding his Department's qualification, the secondary school teacher's drawing certificate to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W who met the conditions for this particular certificate in 1972 and was not awarded the certificate by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53755/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
186. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have lost a teacher in County Donegal as a result of the revised schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53737/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
185. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the structures or procedures in place for parents with children who have autism to help them navigate the transition from primary to secondary school. [53709/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
184. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children on the autism spectrum in schools in County Meath; the number of children with autism who transition from primary school to secondary school in County Meath each year; the number of these who are fully assessed by a psychologist; and the waiting time for a psychological assessment for a child with autism in County Meath. [53708/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
183. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children on the autism spectrum in primary schools in County Meath; the capacity at secondary school level in County Meath for children who are on the autism spectrum; the geographical distribution of this capacity at secondary schools within the county; and if he will guarantee that capacity and supports for children on the autism spectrum will be provided within ten miles of their primary school. [53707/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
182. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has concluded his inquiries about the dual enrolment policies and the erroneous designation of Maynooth post-primary school as a Catholic school; if so, the result of the inquiries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53682/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
181. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the educational reasons for not allowing a junior-senior cycle at Maynooth post-primary school; the reason the parents associations were not formally provided with this information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53681/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
180. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revisit his decision to provide for two newly built vertical schools on one site in Maynooth and provide for a junior-senior structure; in view of the fact that the education and training board, ETB, is the preferred patron for both, if he will engage with it on this option; if his attention has been drawn to the extensive concern in the area and the desire for a more inclusive option; if he will meet the parents representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53680/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
179. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 19 November 2013, the amount of funding previously allocated to Traveller specific education provision that has been redeployed; the mainstream programmes on which it is being spent; and the the way Travellers are benefiting from this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53666/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
178. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department intends to monitor the impact of recent cuts to Traveller specific education supports on the educational outcomes of Traveller students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53665/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
177. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department currently collects information on the attainment, transfer, attendance, suspension and expulsion rates of Traveller students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53664/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
176. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of instances of various forms of bullying brought to the attention of his Department in the past 12 months to date; the extent to which it has been found possible to respond to the issues as they arose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54363/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
175. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the recent budget decision to introduce a flat rate fee for apprentices for attending institutes of technologies during their apprenticeship; if he will overturn this decision to impose these crippling fees on these young workers on whom our future industry, economy and communities rely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54329/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
174. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if restrictive application conditions for Libyan Government sponsored students in Ireland which gives competitive advantage to the authorities in the UK, US and Canada who do not have such a requirement, whereby they can thereby attract a large number of Libyan sponsored students to their shores will be amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54173/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
173. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that the Libyan Government is reported to be sending more than 20,000 students abroad to study, the contacts there have been between the Irish Government and the Libyan Government to facilitate Libyan students coming to Ireland to study English and go on to third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54172/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
172. Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the scope and governance of the ICT action plan will be carried out to encompass all sources of ICT skills supply and ensure clarity of responsibilities for the overall co-ordination and implementation of actions, as recommended in the Forfás report, Addressing Future Demand for High-Level ICT Skills, November 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53946/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
171. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the child protection standards in place in the English language school sector which uses host family accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53710/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
84. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the number of funding administrative bodies has been decreased; the reason funding administering arrangements formerly carried out by six large youth organisations were transferred to the City of Dublin Education Training Board in 2012; if she will identify the six youth organisations in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53840/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
69. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the public procurement exemption clause applied when allocating €900,000 to two independently managed child care organisations in terms of what specific Department of Children and Youth Affairs guidelines feature this specific exemption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54102/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
81. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding reinstating a third teacher in a school (details supplied) in County Kerry. [53638/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
80. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the policy programmes in his Department that cover the early years and preschool sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53631/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
79. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the role of his Department in the development of the national early years strategy; the number of staff from the early years education policy unit in his Department who are involved in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53630/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
78. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the role of his Department in the Government's preschool quality agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53629/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
77. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education and Skills when Student Universal Support Ireland will issue a decision in relation to a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53628/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
76. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the book rental grant scheme. [53619/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
75. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of taxpayer funding paid to fee paying schools over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53606/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
74. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Education and Skills if pupils attending a pre-school ASDl class for three to five year olds should be added on to the register in primary schools; if pupils attending pre-school ASD classes are to be included in the NEWB returns; and his plans to issue a circular regarding pre-school ASD classes clarifying such matters and also including length of day. [53603/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
73. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Education and Skills the level of entitlement which becomes available to a permanent teacher who has worked through sick leave; if the limit of 365 days of paid sick leave in any four-year period still applies or has been reduced; if he will provide full details of the entitlement to continuing salary during the sick leave period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53591/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
72. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate, notwithstanding his previous replies to related questions, the extent to which it has been brought to his attention that a number of children who may have been expelled from their second level schools or who may not be able to obtain a place in such schools convenient to their residential location may find themselves unable to complete their second level education, notwithstanding the efforts of the National Educational Welfare Board, thereby depriving them of ever having an opportunity to complete their second level education; the number of such cases now emerging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53541/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
71. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of the proposed book rental scheme; if he will give consideration to the concerns of a school which has already taken the initiative in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53494/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
70. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have closed in County Donegal as a result of the revised schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53488/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
69. Deputy Paudie Coffey asked the Minister for Education and Skills the grants that are available for students attending colleges of further education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53462/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
68. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if schools who have previously been operating a book loan scheme will be eligible for financial support under the book loan scheme he recently announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53450/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
67. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the book loan scheme that he recently announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53449/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
66. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide clarification in respect of an application for funding by a school (details supplied) in County Limerick under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53402/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
65. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the introduction of PPS numbers on enrolment forms for schools as part of his new reforms in the area of admissions so as to assist in managing supply and demand and in order to minimise the practice of place-blocking where parents place their children on multiple school enrolment lists. [53401/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
64. Deputy Heather Humphreys asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider introducing a scheme to support businesses in providing internships or apprenticeships specifically to early school leavers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53632/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2013
158. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the process adopted that resulted in Early Childhood Ireland and Border Counties Childcare Network being awarded €900,000 to train 630 people working in the child care sector; if the process adopted an open tendering process and, if not, the reason for same; if the payment structure was agreed-outcome based, and, if not, the payment structure agreed and the timeframe for payment; the way the figure of €900,000 was arrived at; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53173/13]