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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
32. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to remove rule 68 from the school guidelines. [43700/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
31. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in primary and post-primary schools who have been diagnosed with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43866/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
30. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions she has had on the inclusion of provisions excluding denominational schools from using a child's religion in selection criteria for schools admissions in the forthcoming schools admissions Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43883/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
29. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of consultation on the proposals contained in the review of education in the Gaeltacht policy published by her Department. [43869/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
28. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the challenge by schools (details supplied) in Greystones in County Wicklow to the location of a fast-food restaurant close to their premises on public health grounds; and the progress she has made on the implementation of the Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013 to 2025. [43881/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
27. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of relief teaching days allocated to teachers on a departmental pension at primary and post-primary levels in 2013-14, in 2014-15, and in 2015-16; the value of these payments; the steps she is taking to reduce this number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43867/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
26. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to fund primary schools to the same level as secondary schools. [43916/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
25. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the maximum support to all pupils in disadvantaged schools in 2015-16. [43918/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
24. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the evaluations that have taken place on the effectiveness of teaching resources provided to assist children with dyslexia under the general allocation model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43873/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
23. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of resources hours for children with a disability in primary schools. [43915/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
22. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied regarding her ability to meet the full requirements of special needs teachers and special needs assistants at primary and secondary level; the steps she is taking to address emerging needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43871/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
21. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is focused on the need to ensure that the skills of those persons leaving the education system can be matched to the requirements of the workplace; the ongoing efforts to augment the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43870/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
20. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she supports the principle of equal pay for all teachers. [43914/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
19. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the budget for school-based prevention and education programmes on addiction; the programmes available at primary and at second level; the time provision for such programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43875/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
18. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the transfer of school patronage and the numbers of schools that have requested a transfer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43702/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
17. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in addressing infrastructure supports for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43703/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
16. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of junior cycle reform; the level of participation of teachers in training for the new curriculum and assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43880/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
15. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath that requires an upgrade to Delivering Equality of Opportunities in Schools band 1 status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43879/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
14. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will update Dáil Éireann on the roll-out of the junior certificate reforms in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43781/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
13. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed in the primary and post-primary sector; the number of teachers on part-time contracts; and her plans to address the pay disparity for newly qualified teachers. [43698/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
12. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she needs to be more assertive with local authorities in setting out the parking and road safety requirements of schools; if her remit, which includes administrative responsibility for over 3,000 rural schools, requires a formal school car parking policy that takes account of the reliance on car transport in rural areas; if the shortage of parking facilities in three schools (details supplied) in County Meath is a significant safety concern for teachers, parents, pupils and public representatives; what is required to address these risks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43695/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
11. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the provision of electronic tablets to school children to reduce the excessive weight of their school bags is feasible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43865/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
10. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide improved funding for third level education. [43782/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
9. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns regarding the new system of allocation of resource and learning supports that is being piloted in 2015; and if she will address the long waiting times for special needs assessment by the National Educational Psychological Service. [43884/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
8. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the multiple extra costs placed on the parents of children with dyslexia in seeking to ensure their children have access to the same standard of education as other children; that, notwithstanding the State supports in place, additional costs include a diagnosis every two to three years, membership of the Dyslexia Association and room hire and teacher remuneration to provide extra out-of-hours instruction; if she will propose new measures to address these issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43872/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
7. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the construction of an additional secondary school in south Wexford, given the long waiting lists for schools in the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43784/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
6. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to address the ongoing lack of secondary school places in Wexford town, which is forcing many parents to send their children 25 kilometres each way to schools in Enniscorthy in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43783/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
5. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the pilot scheme for allocating special needs resources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44043/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
4. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the challenge by schools (details supplied) in County Wicklow to the locating of a fast-food restaurant close to their premises on public health grounds, and the progress in implementing the Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013 to 2025. [44118/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
3. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reverse the pay cuts imposed by her Government and the previous Administration on new entrant teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44041/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
2. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the programme for divestment of patronage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44042/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2015
1. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions she has had in relation to the inclusion of provisions excluding denominational schools from using a child's religion in selection criteria for school admissions in the forthcoming Education (Admission to Schools) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44117/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
546. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost to her Department, and those bodies under its aegis, for the procurement of legal services in the State from 2011 to 2015 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44571/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
545. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the cramped and inadequate facilities at a school (details supplied) in Cork city; if she will expand the facilities on the current site or move the school to new accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44250/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
544. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff who reached a financial settlement and then retired or terminated their employment and the number who paid arrears relative to their retrospective contracts or to contracts of indefinite duration from 2010 to date; if sick pay is paid to permanent part-time cleaning staff and the status of negotiations between managment and SIPTU and IMPACT relative to this issue; if management has appointed permanent health and safety officers with the necessary qualifications and if management provides adequate training in health and safety to all staff in the Cork Institute of Technology, including its Bishopstown campus and the Rubicon Centre, the Crawford Art Gallery and the National Maritime College of Ireland. [44238/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
543. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be assessed and considered for possible learning supports. [44234/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
542. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a choice of secondary education under the patronage of Educate Together in Galway City, if she has conducted research to ascertain the demand for such a choice, if not, if and when she will do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44221/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
541. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills why a school (details supplied) in County Mayo does not have delivering equality of opportunity status, despite assurances to the contrary being given when two local schools, one with this status and one without it, were amalgamated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44220/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
540. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a special needs assistant by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44168/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
539. Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills why the term unit is used to describe special needs classes; if this term is seen by many families as suggesting that their children should be contained or kept separate from other children; if she will change this term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44075/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
538. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the circumstances of teachers being probated and if these teachers can carry their probationary period over two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44071/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
537. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has applied for school bus transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44069/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
536. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a teacher (details supplied) for retirement pension and lump sum can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44068/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
535. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the situation of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if she is aware of such difficulties facing teaching graduates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44066/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
534. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the decision not to grant approval for funding for temporary classroom accommodation to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if this decision will be reversed, given that enrolment at this school has doubled in recent years, that the school was approved funding for permanent classroom accommodation and that temporary accommodation will be required during construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44059/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
533. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 against the withdrawal of resource hours for the current school year and why the original deciding officer is overseeing the appeal despite this being in contravention of the National Council for Special Education rules. [44031/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
532. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills why a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is losing an entitlement to a special needs assistant; if she will re-instate this entitlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44029/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
531. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review a decision by Student Universal Support Ireland to refuse an application for a grant from a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44019/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
530. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available to assist schools to pay for the delivery of programmes on positive mental health and emotional health, given the extent of such issues among adolescents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43983/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
529. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills why the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund funded training courses are not recognised by SOLAS and if she will reconsider this policy. [43964/15]