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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2013
41. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify a matter (details supplied) regarding Bus Éireann inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52152/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2013
40. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if Bus Éireann engages the services of the UK-based association (details supplied) to conduct inspections on school buses; if this service is tendered for; and if so, if any Irish companies have put forward a tender for this operation. [52134/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
382. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of the 50 applications that were made to participate in the area-based childhood programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51786/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
151. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Social Protection further to approximately 2,400 jobseekers who have had penalty rates applied to their payments for failure to accept offers of education, training or employment, if any of these penalties related to the JobBridge scheme; and if not, if she will provide a breakdown of specific training schemes and education schemes which featured in this list. [51321/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
122. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51965/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
121. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is a critical number of teachers required to fulfil the full curriculum in secondary schools and if he acknowledges that the future survival of a secondary school in a rural location could be endangered where teacher numbers fall below a critical level. [51962/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
120. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if recognition and extra supports are provided or can be provided for schools which do not have selective entrance policies such as entrance exams and interviews compared with neighbouring schools. [51865/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
119. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views regarding VEC-funded schools and voluntary religious schools, whether VEC schools have a distinct advantage in terms of State funding to the detriment of voluntary religious schools; if he accepts that this is having a negative effect on schools being able to attract pupils equally particularly in areas which have schools in close proximity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51864/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
118. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a new school extension in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51854/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
117. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills the supports provided by his Department to the Dyspraxia Association of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51804/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
116. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the facilities available from his Department to help English language primary schools provide an Irish language stream within their school. [51770/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
115. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm whether his Department was involved in a tender process this year carried out by a board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Clare which received funding for a devolved projects, specifically whether his servants or agents advised that a tender could not be accepted. [51745/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
114. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department discouraged a board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Clare in receipt of funding for devolved projects to provide information on the successful tender to unsuccessful tenderers. [51744/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
113. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department encourages boards of management in receipt of funding for devolved projects to provide information on the successful tender to unsuccessful tenderers; if he will clarify whether issues of commercial sensitivity apply to freedom of information requests that relate to tendering processes which have been completed; if so, for how long after the process has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51743/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
112. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an assistive technology application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51701/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
111. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of primary school places in an area (details supplied) in County Wicklow for the school year starting September 2014; the number of parents that have not been offered any school place in the locality; the amount of school places available in the locality; the actions he intends to take and if his Department has met with local schools to discuss this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51677/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
110. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the application process for access to ACELS recognition is opening only for a temporary period; the way a language school can obtain ACELS recognition outside of those dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51591/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
109. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been refused a spelling waiver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51536/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
108. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an award of full 100% non adjacent rate maintenance grant, plus 100% fees and student contribution issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51526/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
107. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons an allowance is not paid to persons that fill a co-ordinator's post on a temporary basis in adult education. [51523/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
106. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51487/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
105. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 is not eligible to receive a full student grant. [51486/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
104. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the recent refusal of appeal for school transport in the case of the child of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51447/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
103. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the choice of patron body for a planned new school (details supplied) in County Cork, if he will provide details of the assessment process that has been undertaken to date by his Department; for each applicant body, the number of confirmed expressions of interest from prospective parents of pupils at the school; the position regarding the patronage decision; when he expects to make an announcement on the matter; when he envisages this new school will be enrolling pupils; the status of this project on his Department's schools building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51426/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
102. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will examine publishing material suitable for classroom posters as pdf files for free download in order to assist schools with managing costs. [51414/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
101. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 26 September 2013, the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51396/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
100. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department pays for any of its employees to receive third level qualifications; if so, the annual cost for each of the past five years; if the employee will receive a financial bonus as a result of receiving this qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51378/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
99. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of officials in his Department that receive the cost of club membership fees, including sports clubs and professional bodies, as part of their contract of employment; the total cost per year to his Department of paying these fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51364/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
98. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that have been made by his Department to ensure the protection of bus operators who have reported corruption in the administration of school transport. [51354/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
97. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the feeder area for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18 which has been granted planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51348/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
96. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6 will be accepting two junior infant classes in September 2014, as confirmation of places have only gone out to parents in the first stream, a fact that is causing concern to those on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51310/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
95. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will furnish a reply to correspondence (detail supplied) regarding school transport in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51306/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
94. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the catchment area for Irish medium schools, gaelscoilenna, into which schools (details supplied) in Dublin 8 fall. [51299/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
93. Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for utilising the national training fund in view of recent figures illustrating a large surplus in the fund for 2013. [51296/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2013
92. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if FÁS has entered into a contract with a driving school in County Donegal for the delivery of the MOMENTUM project; if so, with whom is the contract; when was the contract tendered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51890/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2013
80. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding accommodating the re-training needs of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51168/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2013
76. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Social Protection the date on which she will make the back-to-education allowance scheme available to all postgraduate courses. [51118/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2013
68. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total salary of the chair of the Teaching Council; if he receives more than one salary for the role, that is, from the Department of Education and Skills and the Teaching Council. [51271/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2013
67. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the provision of a new primary and a new second level school in Carrigtwohill, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51241/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2013
66. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a mature student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51216/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2013
65. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he took the decision to treat teachers who are not members of a trade union as if they were; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the practical result of this decision is that teachers who work in union-designated schools and who are not members of unions have their pay altered as if they were members of the predominant union in that school; if there are any legal implications in de facto designating them as though they were union members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51192/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2013
64. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has not been facilitated with a third level grant; if he will arrange to have the case reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51180/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2013
21. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to expand the back-to-education allowance for all postgraduate courses. [50107/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2013
1. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of training or education places that will be set aside next year as part of the youth guarantee for young persons who are out of work; the number of young persons who will qualify for the youth guarantee scheme at this time; the ratio of her Department case officers to the number of unemployed persons currently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50875/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2013
91. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the process by which a new school was established as a community college rather than as a junior/senior model school; if he will report on the type of school recommended by parents and by an independent report; and the reason a decision was made in advance of publication of this report (details supplied). [51069/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2013
90. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the position with regard to the ethos of a particular school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [51068/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2013
89. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to the total of some 40,000 student grants awarded by Student Universal Support Ireland up to end October 2013, the number of those that were renewals; the number that were first-time applications; of the remaining applications to be processed, the number that are renewed; the number that are first time applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51052/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2013
88. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the advertisement and recruitment procedures for a recent position filled in the professional development services for teachers run by the Dublin West Education Centre, which recently advertised for the position of deputy director organisational affairs (PDST), complied with equality legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51048/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2013
87. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount it cost to produce and deliver the eight page booklet that was sent to every parent of children of school-going age regarding school uniforms. [51046/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2013
86. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51032/13]