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Question· writtenPQ 368asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2014
368. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a place on the Naas technology project FÁS course level 5 will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47249/14]
Question· writtenPQ 367asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2014
367. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills where families had previously relied on the medical card for school transportation purposes for children; if these families will be in a position to avail of the free service if a parent has been granted a medical card but a child has not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47145/14]
Question· writtenPQ 289asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2014
289. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the number of those in receipt of, or qualified for the community child care subsidy in 2013 and 2014; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of parents on community employment, Tús, Gateway, back to work enterprise allowance, back to education allowance, part-time job incentive, JobBridge, springboard or ETB Solas courses who qualified for the CCS; the number of children supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47034/14]
Question· writtenPQ 194asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2014
194. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in his view, it is reasonable and fair that a worker for an education and training board who holds two half-time positions equivalent to a full-time post, is only entitled to a pension for one half of that post but is paying the pension-related deduction on the full salary that is, for €53 pension the worker is paying €250 PRD. [46800/14]
Question· writtenPQ 179asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2014
179. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding expansion plans in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46727/14]
Question· writtenPQ 178asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2014
178. Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that the Student Universal Support Ireland grant threshold for fewer than four children is €39,875 and that the higher education access route scheme thresholds for fewer than four children is €48,811, the reason there is a difference of €8,936 in income level. [46708/14]
Question· writtenPQ 177asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2014
177. Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Student Universal Support Ireland reckonable income includes student's income (details supplied). [46707/14]
Question· writtenPQ 176asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2014
176. Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Student Universal Support Ireland application (details supplied) is assessed on the basis of gross income. [46706/14]
Question· writtenPQ 175asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2014
175. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a proposed building project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; when this project will proceed to the next stage; the likely timeframe for construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46705/14]
Question· writtenPQ 174asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2014
174. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the summer works scheme and funding allocated for forthcoming applications. [46686/14]
Question· writtenPQ 173asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2014
173. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if eligibility for a higher education grant may be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow in view of the fact that their application for naturalisation is pending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46665/14]
Question· writtenPQ 172asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2014
172. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if extra special needs teaching hours may be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46662/14]
Question· writtenPQ 171asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2014
171. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will facilitate an arrangement to facilitate the admission to a Maynooth post-primary school of the three children of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, all of whom have special needs and who have been refused admission due to the admissions structure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46651/14]
Question· writtenPQ 170asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2014
170. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the concerns and frustrations of parents in Maynooth, County Kildare, whose children find themselves unable to obtain a place in Maynooth post-primary schools notwithstanding protracted deliberation surrounding the setting up of two separate schools on the same site when the parents' choice was a single school entity operating on a senior and junior cycle basis that would have eliminated the possibility of any such issues; if the situation may be re-examined as a matter of urgency with a view to resolution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46646/14]
Question· writtenPQ 169asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2014
169. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that funding is provided for an extension to the staff room and principal's office in respect of a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that the facilities currently available there are in breach of workplace regulation. [46620/14]
Question· writtenPQ 168asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2014
168. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the planned Educate Together school in an area (details supplied) in County Dublin; when construction will begin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46619/14]
Question· writtenPQ 167asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2014
167. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the options available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth who is employed through the ancillary school grant; if there are any similar funding options or grants for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46563/14]
Question· writtenPQ 166asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2014
166. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the decision of Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology not to participate in the proposed new technological university with other institutes of technology in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46555/14]
Question· writtenPQ 165asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2014
165. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the non-compliance with circular 0025/2008 relating to the pensions of part-time employees in the institutes of technology and education and training boards and the issuing of circular 0062/2014; the organisations that did not comply with circular 0025/2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46554/14]
Question· writtenPQ 164asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2014
164. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding school transport conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46635/14]
Question· writtenPQ 151asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2014
151. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health the progress being made on the intended regulation of clinical biochemists, dietitians, medical scientists, occupational therapists, orthoptists, physiotherapists, podiatrists, psychologists, radiographers, social care workers, social workers and speech and language therapists and the HETAC report on education standards in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46602/14]
Question· writtenPQ 36asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2014
36. Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason the back to school clothing and footwear allowance ceased for children attending third level education. [46710/14]
Question· writtenPQ 35asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2014
35. Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason children allowance for children attending third level education up to 21 years of age has been stopped. [46709/14]
Question· writtenPQ 117asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
117. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to her statements that during the survey of social contexts of schools the data required were not in relation to the circumstances of individual pupils, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some schools including a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim have collected individualised information which they have stipulated will be shared with other State bodies in their correspondence with parents; the number of schools who have breached data protection regulations. [46511/14]
Question· writtenPQ 116asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
116. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a proposal on a national strategic response to food poverty among school children here; if she will work with the Department for Children and Youth Affairs on the priority matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46510/14]
Question· writtenPQ 115asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
115. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if third level institutions reserve the right to refuse to issue students with letters confirming their non-attendance at that institution for a particular academic year in the circumstance that the particular student has outstanding fee liabilities with the institution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46488/14]
Question· writtenPQ 114asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
114. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding redundancy payments in respect of an external school supervisor (details supplied) in County Donegal made redundant as a result of teachers taking on student supervision responsibilities following on from the Haddington Road Agreement; if her Department will provide funding to the school in order to facilitate full payment of redundancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46472/14]
Question· writtenPQ 113asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
113. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will grant the assistance of a special needs assistant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose speech therapist and pre-school teacher have indicated that they will strongly benefit from the provision of an SNA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46467/14]
Question· writtenPQ 112asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
112. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school funding in respect of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46459/14]
Question· writtenPQ 111asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
111. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers working in each of the 16 education and training boards who are on indefinite duration contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46457/14]
Question· writtenPQ 110asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
110. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department made towards the running of parents' associations (details supplied) in the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46456/14]
Question· writtenPQ 109asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
109. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that information which schools are requested to collect on parents, medical card status, social welfare status and then forward to the NCSE in accordance with the latest allocation model for resources for children with special needs is done in full compliance with data protection legislation; if she will indicate the use made of this information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46452/14]
Question· writtenPQ 108asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
108. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department made to running the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals in the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46441/14]
Question· writtenPQ 107asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
107. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department made towards the running of the National Parents Council Post Primary in the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46440/14]
Question· writtenPQ 106asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
106. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter regarding the options available in respect of persons (details supplied) for their child being educated in their local school without discrimination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46428/14]
Question· writtenPQ 105asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
105. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers working in the 16 education and training boards who are on contracts of indefinite duration; the number in permanent positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46418/14]
Question· writtenPQ 104asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
104. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide references for any research she or her Department has drawn from to demonstrate the benefits of having teachers assess their own students' project work instead of external assessors as part of the proposed junior certificate reforms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46417/14]
Question· writtenPQ 103asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
103. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding spent in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 on school transport arrangements for children with special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46404/14]
Question· writtenPQ 102asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
102. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the data protection measures in place in schools when they are holding information that contains students' personal public service numbers. [46401/14]
Question· writtenPQ 101asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
101. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the moneys spent on junior certificate marking during each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46396/14]
Question· writtenPQ 100asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
100. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected savings from introducing school-based assessment for the junior cycle. [46395/14]
Question· writtenPQ 99asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
99. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding approved by her Department for expenditure on the provision of escorts for children with special needs whilst being transported to school; if she will provide a breakdown of the escort cost for each individual school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46403/14]
Question· writtenPQ 61asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2014
61. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the exemption of commercial rates recently granted under the Valuation Bill 2014 to community or not-for-profit early child care facilities will be extended to all early childhood education facilities providing the early childhood care and education scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46493/14]
Question· writtenPQ 487asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
487. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of State board appointments that have been made under the aegis of her Department in 2014 without being advertised; the number that have been made of persons who had not formally applied for consideration of the particular appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46545/14]
Question· writtenPQ 486asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
486. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form by county the primary schools that are connected to quality high speed broadband; if she will provide an update on the position regarding provision of the service to each of the remaining schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46374/14]
Question· writtenPQ 485asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
485. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form by county the secondary schools that are connected to high speed quality broadband; if she will provide an update regarding installation of the service to each of the remainder of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46371/14]
Question· writtenPQ 484asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
484. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 886 of 4 November 2014, if she will provide an update on the State Claims Agency's review of day school abuse cases; when she will be announcing the Government's response to these cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46322/14]
Question· writtenPQ 483asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
483. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a Student Universal Support Ireland application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46297/14]
Question· writtenPQ 482asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
482. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a Student Universal Support Ireland application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46294/14]
Question· writtenPQ 481asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
481. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the 2014 summer works programme; the total allocation nationally and for Dublin, specifically in relation to primary schools; the number of schools that submitted valid applications on time; the number of same that were grant aided; the reason an application for heating improvements in respect of a school (details supplied) was not approved; if the school and its needs were inspected; if the need was clearly visible and proven; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46269/14]