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Question· writtenPQ 182asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
182. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the recent survey by his Department officials of primary school sites in Monasterevin, County Kildare, he will be bringing forward proposals to meet the accommodation needs of the primary sector in Monasterevin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55313/12]
Question· writtenPQ 181asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
181. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; if he will expedite same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55311/12]
Question· writtenPQ 180asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
180. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an updated list, in tabular form, from 3 December 2012 of the numbers of students on a county basis who have received from Student Universal Support Ireland payment of their third level grant or notification of when it is to be paid. [55308/12]
Question· writtenPQ 179asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
179. Deputy Michael P. Kitt asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55307/12]
Question· writtenPQ 178asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
178. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to provide for the needs of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder as they progress from primary school to secondary school in the Dublin West area in 2013/2014 and beyond (details supplied). [55298/12]
Question· writtenPQ 177asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
177. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the decision not to award a permanent building to Rush and Lusk Educate Together was made, in contradiction to previous commitments; by whom was the decision made; and the reason for same. [55297/12]
Question· writtenPQ 176asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
176. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with the fact that Prefab 15 in a school (details supplied) has again, despite repairs, been leaking to the extent that the children have had to be moved to the PE hall, denying that facility to the entire school. [55286/12]
Question· writtenPQ 175asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
175. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for Student Universal Support Ireland grant in respect of a person (details supplied) will be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55282/12]
Question· writtenPQ 174asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
174. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any financial supports available for student teachers to facilitate their participation in the Gaeltacht placement programme where their means are limited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55268/12]
Question· writtenPQ 173asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
173. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if school leavers with Down's Syndrome will have access to full training services from September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55265/12]
Question· writtenPQ 172asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
172. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to ensure that the school build programme at Johnston, Navan, County Meath, contributes to the local economy and job creation through the provision of local labour, local sourcing and other social clauses within the procurement process. [55234/12]
Question· writtenPQ 171asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
171. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55232/12]
Question· writtenPQ 170asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
170. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the EAL teacher granted in April this year to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin on an appeal was removed in October without any warning or input from the school. [55228/12]
Question· writtenPQ 169asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
169. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the grants or funding made available to primary or post primary schools for the provision of foreign language skills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55212/12]
Question· writtenPQ 168asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
168. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to parliamentary question No. 323 of 27 November, 2012, when the Student Universal Support Ireland application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; the date on which first payment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55201/12]
Question· writtenPQ 167asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
167. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the Ministerial guidelines, as per SI No. 189 of 2012, Article 15 (8), which were issued to the awarding authorities on 15 August 2012, are publicly available; if not, the reason for same; if he will have them published on-line as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55199/12]
Question· writtenPQ 166asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
166. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in locating a new site for the provision of a new school building (details supplied) in County Cork, a site that funding was ring fenced for in early 2012 and to date no progress has been made. [55184/12]
Question· writtenPQ 165asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
165. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that he has taken to ensure that the school build programme in County Meath contributes to the local economy and job creation through the provision of local labour, local sourcing and other social clauses within the procurement process. [55182/12]
Question· writtenPQ 164asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
164. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in approving FETAC courses; the way that he intends to address this backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55178/12]
Question· writtenPQ 163asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
163. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the difficulties that parents with different school aged children face with differing finishing times, if he will consider developing a single fare in addition to the return fare for school transport. [55127/12]
Question· writtenPQ 162asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
162. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding disability services north east and disability services south west, both co-funded by the Health Service Executive and FÁS; if it is the case that disability services in these areas are being put out to tender; the reason for same; the consultation that has taken place with service providers across both areas or with REHAB nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55124/12]
Question· writtenPQ 161asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
161. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if this application will be processed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55122/12]
Question· writtenPQ 160asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
160. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for a third level Student Universal Support Ireland grant wil be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55109/12]
Question· writtenPQ 159asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
159. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the teacher refund scheme will be re-opened in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55092/12]
Question· writtenPQ 158asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
158. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of funding from his Department for a centre (details supplied) in County Dublin in 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012. [55090/12]
Question· writtenPQ 157asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
157. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the progress made to date on the move towards permanent recognition of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55087/12]
Question· writtenPQ 156asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
156. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding localisation of school standards. [55075/12]
Question· writtenPQ 155asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
155. Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the allocation for the student assistance fund in 2012-2013 will be adequate to support the needs of students; if there are figures available to show the number of students that will require the support of the student assistance fund in the current academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55067/12]
Question· writtenPQ 154asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
154. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 6 November 2012, if a person who is in receipt of separate remote area grants for two children attending two different schools who has had one payment stopped is in fact entitled to claim both payments [55065/12]
Question· writtenPQ 153asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
153. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Education and Skills has his attention been drawn to a delay in the organisation of FÁS training courses for apprentices usually run in January (details supplied), when a decision will be made in relation to whether these courses will go ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55680/12]
Question· writtenPQ 152asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
152. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will arrange for FÁS to offer language courses to unemployed persons in Tallaght, Dublin 24; if he appreciates the importance of such courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55594/12]
Question· writtenPQ 62asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2012
62. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if back-to-education allowance is payable in lieu of unemployment assistance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55040/12]
Question· writtenPQ 50asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2012
50. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the anomalous situation whereby a recipient of disability allowance can continue to receive a dependent allowance for a dependent who has exceeded the age of 22 years, by virtue of the fact they are in full time education on the date of their 22nd birthday, however if the dependents birthday happens to fall on a date when the educational facility is in recess that this entitlement does not exist despite the dependent being deemed to still be in full time education as illustrated by a case (details supplied) in County Cork; if she will review this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54877/12]
Question· writtenPQ 46asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2012
46. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 29 November 2012, if she will state the correct level of back-to-education allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54848/12]
Question· writtenPQ 37asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2012
37. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an education grant is available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55052/12]
Question· writtenPQ 36asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2012
36. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if back-to-education allowance recipients are entitled to third level grants in respect of the student contribution and the criteria they need to fulfil to be eligible. [55022/12]
Question· writtenPQ 35asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2012
35. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current waiting time for an application to the higher education grant Student Universal Support Ireland system to be processed; the current waiting time for the processing of appeals to same broken down on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55011/12]
Question· writtenPQ 34asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2012
34. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff currently working on clearing the backlog of student grant applicaitons in Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55010/12]
Question· writtenPQ 33asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2012
33. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals broken down on a county basis received to date by Student Universal Support Ireland for student grants; the length of time it is taking to assess and make a decision on an appeal in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55009/12]
Question· writtenPQ 32asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2012
32. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students' grants applications that have been processed by Student Universal Support Ireland for the past three months broken down on a daily basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55008/12]
Question· writtenPQ 31asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2012
31. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of grants broken down on a county basis that have been refused by Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55007/12]
Question· writtenPQ 30asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2012
30. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students grants broken down on a county basis that have yet to be approved by the higher education grant Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55006/12]
Question· writtenPQ 29asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2012
29. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students broken down on a county basis that have been approved for a student grant by Student Universal Support Ireland and who have begun to receive their payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55005/12]
Question· writtenPQ 28asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2012
28. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of student grants broken down on a county basis approved to date by the higher education grant Student Universal Support Ireland system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55004/12]
Question· writtenPQ 27asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2012
27. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied); if there is any mechanism that the person can follow or investigate in seeking to resolve their problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54978/12]
Question· writtenPQ 26asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2012
26. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the selection panel criteria the reason Student Universal Support Ireland was specifically chosen; the cost saving the State has incurred to date by centralising the student grant award and payments function through SUSI; and the persons who were on the independent selection panel and the way they were chosen. [54892/12]
Question· writtenPQ 25asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2012
25. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the criteria used for the donation of a school site from Ballymun Regeneration Limited, Dublin, to his Department; and the rationale for the development. [54891/12]
Question· writtenPQ 24asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2012
24. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the level of engagement that the National Council for Special Education has with members of the deaf community here as part of the recent review of issues relating to deaf education; if the membership of the high level review includes deaf people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54890/12]
Question· writtenPQ 23asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2012
23. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54884/12]
Question· writtenPQ 22asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2012
22. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for an education grant will be processed and the person (details supplied) in County Clare notified of the outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54880/12]