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Question· writtenPQ 162asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
249 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a decision for a third level higher education grant has not been made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 161asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
248 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Education and Science when resource hours will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly who has been diagnosed with dyspraxia with related learning difficulties following assessments with therapists and psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 160asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
247 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of special educational resource applications received by his Department since 31 August 2003; the number of these applications which have been resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 159asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
246 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps being taken to address the accommodation crisis and shortage of places in the primary schools in Portlaoise, including the urgent need to provide a new school building for Gaelscoil Phortlaoise.
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Question· writtenPQ 158asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
245 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if the free transport scheme is available to students on a private service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 157asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
244 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Science if elected parents’ representatives on boards of management of national schools cannot be considered for the position of chairperson of a board; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 156asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
243 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the position regarding Aghina Primary School, Macroom, County Cork; when work on new school accommodation will be started; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 155asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
242 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Science the failure rate over each of the past four years in the SCG examination; if he intends to review the standard being set for this exam by his Department; if he will incorporate a classroom based assessment as past of the exam and set a focused syllabus for exam purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 154asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
241 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress made by his Department in acquiring a site for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 153asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
240 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will reconsider the decision to stop the central funding of the school chaplains’ association in view of the unique nature of the service given by chaplains which does not fall not into the general category of services which might normally be supplied through local teacher centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 152asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
239 Mr. Glennon asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason there is no representation from the primary sector on the special education council recently announced; if it is his intention to co-opt such a representative; and, if so when such a co-option can be expected.
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Question· writtenPQ 151asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
238 Mr. Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of appeals against suspension or exclusion from post-primary schools, voluntary, VEC, community and comprehensive and primary schools that have been made under the Education (Welfare) Act 2000; the reasons for such suspensions or exclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 150asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
237 Mr. Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of appointments to administrative posts that are under appeal in the primary sector and at each strand of the post-primary level, voluntary, VEC, community and comprehensive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 149asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
236 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the completion of an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick.
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Question· writtenPQ 148asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
235 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason exam fees have been levied on final year apprentices, who are undertaking such apprenticeships under the auspices of FÁS; if, in this context he will take steps to ensure that such levies are not imposed, due to the financial exigencies of many of the students who are participating in these apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 95asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 March 2004
90 Mr. N. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Education and Science when a new school (details supplied) in County Cork will be opened.
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Question· writtenPQ 94asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 March 2004
89 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Science when he expects to allow the ABA school in Rathfarnham, County Dublin to proceed; if he will authorise the works to commence immediately in view of the number of children awaiting places; when he expects it to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 93asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 March 2004
88 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made in developing a second level class for children with Asperger’s Syndrome on Dublin’s northside; if agreement has been secured to develop a facility at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 141asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2004
212 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will investigate the application for school transport for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 140asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2004
211 Mr. M. Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Science if a PLC College can, by definition, offer a postgraduate course; if so, if a graduate student on such a postgraduate course is eligible to apply for a higher education grant; if the postgraduate teacher’s diploma in commercial skills at the Cork College of Commerce is the equivalent of a higher diploma in education in terms of qualification; the rate of remuneration paid to persons who hold each qualification; and the eligibility of such persons to apply for and obtain permanent positions in second level schools.
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Question· writtenPQ 139asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2004
210 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will investigate the urgent need for funding in regard to very necessary central heating repairs for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in which, due to such heating problems, the children have had to be sent home; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 138asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2004
209 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will make issues (details supplied) a matter of priority.
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Question· writtenPQ 137asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2004
208 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide, in respect of the Finglas children centre for the period 1 August 2003 to 31 January 2004, the number of times the gardaí had to be called to the centre to deal with out of control behaviour; the number of abscondances which occurred; the cost of the damage done to those recently refurbished premises by residents; the number and nature of crimes committed by residents while at large; the number of incidents in which staff were subjected to violent threats; the number of staff sick-leave days taken in this period; and if he will make a statement on the operation of this centre.
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Question· writtenPQ 136asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2004
207 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the progress of the school for autism in Middletown, County Armagh.
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Question· writtenPQ 135asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2004
206 Mr. Ardagh asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the application, already submitted for additional resource teacher hours for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12.
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Question· writtenPQ 134asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2004
205 Mr. Ardagh asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will resource the allocation of a full-term learning support teacher as requested by the parents association of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12.
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Question· writtenPQ 229asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
307 Ms M. Wallace asked the Minister for Health and Children if his Department can address in more detail the question raised in Question No. 341 with regard to the integrated sick children-general nursing degree programme as distinct from the degree programmes in the disciplines of general, psychiatric and mental handicap nursing; if his Department will acknowledge that, while the degree courses commenced in 2002 in the other disciplines, it has not commenced in the discipline referred to despite the fact that a Department of Health and Children sponsored tutor was appointed to UCD to develop the programme, which is essential to maintain the distinct identity of sick children’s nursing and to continue to attract students to this crucial area of the health service; if his Department could address the timeframe issue in February 2004 for the autumn 2004 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 204asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
284 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 272 of 17 February 2004, if verbal notification during a telephone call might not be reasonably understood by a school to be a sufficient basis on which to then approach parents for examination fees.
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Question· writtenPQ 203asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
283 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the provision of special needs education to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if he will consider matters (details supplied).
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Question· writtenPQ 202asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
282 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the rates of home tuition grant payments available; the conditions attached to the granting of such payments; the number of children in the various categories for which home tuition grant payments were made in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003; the number receiving such payments; the total amount paid in the respective categories in each of these years; the change that has been made in the rates of payment in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 201asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
281 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science when the applications will be considered for Scropul school and Coore school in County Clare for the summer grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 200asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
280 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of post-primary pupils in County Leitrim using his Department’s school transport service; the numbers attending each post primary centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 199asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
278 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of post-primary pupils in County Longford using his Department’s school transport service; the numbers attending each post primary centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 198asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
276 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of post-primary pupils in County Roscommon using his Department’s school transport service; the numbers attending each post primary centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 197asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
279 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school pupils in County Leitrim using his Department’s school transport service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 196asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
277 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school pupils in County Longford using his Department’s school transport service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 195asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
275 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school pupils in County Roscommon using his Department’s school transport service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 194asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
274 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will continue to have a full time special needs assistant with them during all school hours for the remainder of the year in senior infants and when they progress to first class in June 2004.
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Question· writtenPQ 193asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
273 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the over subscription for the Convent Secondary School in Longford; the way in which he intends to ensure that the students, approximately 20 in number, who cannot get a place in the Convent Secondary School are provided with a second level place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 192asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
272 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Education and Science , further to Question No. 315 of 3 February 2004, if his attention has been drawn to the extra resource hours that have only meant an extra one class in maths for a student (details supplied); and if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that this student, who is exempt from Irish, is spending five class periods per week in a study hall without any extra one-to-one tuition being supplied; if he will intervene with the school to discuss this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 191asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
271 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will make special one-to-one tuition available to a person (details supplied) who suffers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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Question· writtenPQ 190asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
270 Mr. C. Lenihan asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason officials from his Department are discouraging parents from introducing sign language to their deaf children; and the plans he has to remedy this situation.
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Question· writtenPQ 189asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
269 Mr. C. Lenihan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will consider lifting the cap of six people per class which has been set for the model school for the deaf project in light of the view by the sponsors of the school that the cap actually acts to inhibit the development of pupils in a classroom context.
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Question· writtenPQ 188asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
268 Mr. C. Lenihan asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason officials from his Department are advising parents not to attend the pre-school run by the model school for the deaf project even though it was established by his predecessor and is fully funded by his Department.
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Question· writtenPQ 187asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
267 Mr. C. Lenihan asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the model school for the deaf project and the sense among some parents that his Department is actively opposing the establishment of such a primary school; and if he will make a statement allaying such fears.
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Question· writtenPQ 186asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
266 Mr. C. Lenihan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will meet as a matter of urgency the model school for the deaf project to discuss how their plans for a primary school for the deaf can be progressed further.
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Question· writtenPQ 185asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
265 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, in the scrúdú le haghaidh cáilíochta sa Ghaeilge for foreign trained teachers, applicants for the course claim that his Department will not provide them with an SCG examination syllabus, free or low-cost classes for teachers providing training at all levels, beginners, intermediate, remedial and examination level, an SCG examination that is comparable to those required in all Irish teacher-training courses and a textbook or handbook which contains all texts, prose, poetry and so on, that is on the exam; and the proposals he has for providing such facilities.
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Question· writtenPQ 184asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
264 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Education and Science when a Garda clearance check will be completed by the central vetting unit into a person (details supplied) so as to allow them to take up a teaching post offered to them in England; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 183asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
263 Ms M. Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans his Department has to deal with the increase in the primary school pupil numbers in the east Meath coastline area for 2004; if his Department inspector has provided a report to the planning unit of his Department outlining that there will be 240 junior infants between Julianstown, Laytown and Donacarney for September 2004; the plans his Department has to provide accommodation on time for these junior infants; the location of the various proposals for accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 182asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
262 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Education and Science when an application for resource teaching hours on behalf of a student at Caltra national school, Ballinasloe, County Galway, will be approved; if his attention has been drawn to the urgency of the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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