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Question· writtenPQ 200asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 March 2004
200 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the terms of reference of the audit which he has announced in respect of special needs provision in schools; the way in which he proposes to handle outstanding applications for resource teaching and special needs assistants during the period the audit is taking place; and if this delay is consistent with the legal obligation on his Department to make appropriate education available to children with special needs.
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Question· writtenPQ 199asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 March 2004
199 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is now no home economics faculty available to students who wish to study it in the Dublin area or on the eastern side of the country; his proposals to develop faculties for the teaching of home economics; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 198asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 March 2004
198 Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Science the estimate of the cost to the State of the indemnity agreement in relation to abuse in institutions run by religious orders.
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Question· writtenPQ 110asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 March 2004
111 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science his policy on making work sharing arrangements available to teachers on temporary contracts; and the way in which this policy is consistent with the approach adopted by Government that atypical workers should have equal access to entitlements which are made available to traditional full-time workers as part of a policy of encouraging flexibility in the work force and equality of workers rights.
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Question· writtenPQ 109asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 March 2004
110 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Science when the balance of grants awarded to various second level schools to encourage participation in the sciences will be made; if all schools to which such awards were made are likely to receive payments in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 108asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 March 2004
109 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has received an application from Dalkey School Project, Glenageary, County Dublin, for the summer works scheme; the consideration he has given to the application; if he intends to provide funding for the works concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 107asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 March 2004
108 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Science if solicitors acting for abuse victims appearing before the Residential Institutions Redress Board are paid in full by the State.
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Question· writtenPQ 106asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 March 2004
107 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Education and Science when the draft circular pertaining to post primary resource teachers will become available.
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Question· writtenPQ 105asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 March 2004
106 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason stage 2 development for a school (details supplied) in County Cork, promised before the general election in 2002 has not been sanctioned.
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Question· writtenPQ 104asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 March 2004
105 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Cork does not have disadvantaged status in view of the fact that most of the feeder schools at primary level enjoy disadvantaged status but the students lose the status once they transfer to this school.
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Question· writtenPQ 103asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 March 2004
104 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the action he intends to take to assist former students of day schools here who suffered from bullying while attending school; if he has any indication of the number of students involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 102asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 March 2004
103 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the funding his Department is making available to establish and support anti-bullying programmes in primary and second level schools in the State; his further plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 101asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 March 2004
102 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will proceed with public private partnership for Ennis national school; if the situation with regard to EUROSTAT has been resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 100asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 March 2004
101 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Science the Government’s plan for implementing the Youth Work Act 2001; and the time scale for its full implementation.
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Question· writtenPQ 51asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 March 2004
50 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will elaborate on her statement at the National Forum on Europe that the Government is in favour of retaining the unanimity requirement on international trade in health education and cultural-AV services; and her views on whether the necessity of maintaining a unanimity requirement on national taxation matters may require a concession on certain issues in relation to the opening up of trade in health, education and cultural-AV services.
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Question· writtenPQ 121asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2004
188 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will increase the capacity of the physical education area at the Maynooth girls national school, County Kildare, in line with the extent to which the original number of school places have been increased to meet the demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 120asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2004
187 Mr. O’Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science if school caretakers and school attendants will benefit under benchmarking; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 119asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2004
186 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal did not qualify under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 118asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2004
185 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the widespread dissatisfaction at the condition of the existing school transport fleet, that three students usually have to share two seats, and the absence of safety belts in most cases; his plans to replace the fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 117asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2004
184 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a full-time care assistant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 116asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2004
183 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Education and Science the outcome of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Carlow to the school transport appeals board regarding transport for their child to a particular school.
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Question· writtenPQ 115asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2004
182 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science if a special needs teacher will be appointed for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to ensure that they receive the education they need.
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Question· writtenPQ 114asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2004
181 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that due to depleting numbers and financial difficulties, the Catholic Church is withdrawing from education and closing some of its schools in Dublin’s inner city, his Department has a strategy in place to fill the vacuum that has been left by the church’s withdrawal from education; and if not, if his Department is compiling a strategy.
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Question· writtenPQ 113asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2004
180 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Science the way in which third level registration fees are spent; if all fees are retained by the colleges in respect of their registered students; the precise headings that are delineated on the use of the fees within colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 112asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2004
179 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will reconsider the decision to freeze the number of enrolments allowed to individual schools and colleges on post-leaving certificate courses in view of the flexibility of the PLC sector in responding to the needs of industry and commerce and the demand for places; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 252asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
339 Mr. B. Smith asked the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the difficulties that have emerged at the surgical department, Cavan General Hospital, he will seek the active involvement of senior personnel from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in addressing these issues; if, in view of the college’s role in promoting and maintaining the highest possible standards of medical education, those personnel could be involved directly in advancing and extending the work of this surgical department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 186asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
273 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Science if the increase in grants to VECs under headings D6 of the Revised Estimates of his Department includes increased funding to provide for adequate resources for child care for participants in vocational training opportunities schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 185asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
272 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide for children for whom English or Irish are not their first language the opportunity to use a dictionary of English or of their native language in State examinations for subjects other than English; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 184asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
271 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Science when he will provide funding for a new primary school at Laytown, County Meath, in view of the rapidly growing population in the area and the inability of Laytown national school to cope with local needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 183asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
270 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason the applications for Scropul School and Coore School in County Clare for the summer grant scheme were not considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 182asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
269 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide a classroom assistant for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 181asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
268 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if a full-time care assistant will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 180asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
267 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will recognise a beauty therapist course in the North West Institute of Technology in Derry for student support grant services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 179asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
266 Mr. O’Connor asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will furnish a report on the unsuccessful application by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 under the Department’s summer works scheme 2004 in view of the great disappointment of the community that the required works have not been approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 178asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
265 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be provided for an autism centre (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 177asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
264 Mr. S. Power asked the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) is included in the summer works scheme 2004; and the works that will be carried out.
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Question· writtenPQ 176asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
263 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the large sum of money owed by Donabate-Portrane Educate Together national school to Fingal County Council and that the school’s board of management has no ability to meet this charge; and if the Department will contact the school as a matter of urgency to discuss the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 175asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
262 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason Donabate-Portrane Educate Together national school has not yet been granted permanent recognition over a month since they first met with the criteria laid down as necessary for such recognition.
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Question· writtenPQ 174asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
261 Mr. O’Connor asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will initiate a process, including local consultation, to provide a multipurpose hall on his Department’s lands at Kingswood Heights, Tallaght, Dublin 24, to cater for the school going population attending St. Kilian’s national schools; if his attention has been drawn to the clear needs of the local community in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 173asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
260 Mr. O’Connor asked the Minister for Education and Science if fencing and other effective boundary treatment will be provided at his Department’s school site in Kingswood Heights, Tallaght, Dublin 24; if his attention has been drawn to the concern of the local community, particularly in Tynan Hall Park, who are suffering from serious anti-social behaviour from the site and the need for action; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 172asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
259 Mr. O’Connor asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will make available the report of his Department’s staff who recently visited St. Kilian’s national school, Castleview, Dublin 24, and who saw the state of the roof; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 171asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
258 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will grant approval for one to one teaching for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who has been assessed by the school and approved for same.
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Question· writtenPQ 170asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
257 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be made available to Cork county VEC for the repair and refurbishment of toilet and shower facilities for the racquetball club in Codrum, Macroom, County Cork.
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Question· writtenPQ 169asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
256 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress with regard to the application under the summer works scheme from the CBS secondary school in Midleton, County Cork, to have science laboratories at the school refurbished as a matter of urgency; the estimated cost of such refurbishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 168asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
255 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on an application made on behalf of a person (details supplied) in a school in County Limerick who has a learning disability that requires resource teaching; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 167asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
254 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to circular letter SPEO 24/03, the extent and the nature of the misapplication of the terms of circulars mentioned and identified following reviews of applications and allocations by the national educational psychological service and the inspectorate in 2002 and 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 166asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
253 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science further to circular letter SPEO 24/03, the education partners which have been involved in discussions that have already taken place or that he intends to hold in order to develop a weighted system of allocation of resource teachers and allocation and deployment of special needs assistants; the progress that has been made in this issue; the way in which he plans to predict incidence of special educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 165asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
252 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in approving south County Dublin CABAS in view of the fact that the parents themselves have a site, the CABAS expertise is available, a comprehensive submission was sent to him some time ago and that the required 18 pupils have had psychological reports stating that CABAS is appropriate for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 164asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
251 Mr. Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason St. Patrick’s girls secondary school, Gardiners Mill, Cork, is not included in the Breaking the Cycle scheme, even though the national schools surrounding it are all included in the scheme; if he has satisfied himself that St. Patrick’s has enough teaching resources to cater for students who require additional assistance; if he will include St. Patrick’s in the Breaking the Cycle scheme due to the fact that there are areas of disadvantage in its catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 163asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
250 Mr. Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding the school building programme for An Scoil tAthair Tadgh, Carrig na bhFear, County Cork; when he envisages this project being completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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