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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
22. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support ChildVision, the National Education Centre for Blind Children, Dublin 9, in 2014-15. [45098/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
21. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government to protect front-line services in education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44785/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
20. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the role her Department is playing in addressing the problems in the regulation of English language schools; the communications she has had with the Department of Justice and Equality on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45118/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
19. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who apply for Student Universal Support Ireland grants on the basis of illness benefit, having lost their jobs as a result of being out sick, are not allocated higher rates of the grant; and if she will rectify this anomaly. [45120/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
18. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the minor works grant has been omitted from the list of grants for primary schools, in view of the fact that a large number of national school buildings are in excess of 50 years old, this fund was vital in carrying out repair works and, without it, it is proving extremely difficult for schools to budget sufficiently to cater for buildings that are in constant need of repairs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41737/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
17. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of one-teacher primary schools in the country in each year since the school year starting September 2011; the number of such schools in each year belonging to minority faiths; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45102/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
16. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a survey carried out by the Irish Primary Principals Network which found that most parents are worse off financially now compared with last year and that half of schools had requested voluntary contributions from parents of more than €100; and her plans to actively address the issue of both primary and secondary schools requesting excessive amounts from parents. [45121/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
15. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding she has allocated to the reform of the apprenticeship system and for introducing new apprenticeship schemes and expanding current schemes. [45119/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
14. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has met representatives of the locked out bricklayers and builders at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45362/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
13. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills when all articles of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs, EPSEN, Act 2004 will be implemented; if she will provide up-to-date financial information on the cost of implementation of the Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45361/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
12. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views regarding whether it is appropriate for special schools to implement a policy of regular suspensions for students with ASD, ADHD and ODD. [45096/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
11. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 912 of 4 November 2014, if she will provide further details of the nature of the review being carried out by SOLAS of the five trades of electrical, plumbing, carpentry and joinery, metal fabrication and heavy vehicle mechanics; if she will report on the way this could lead to improvements in the number and types of apprenticeships available in these trades; and her plans to provide a modern system of apprenticeship education to meet the needs of the Irish economy over the next decade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45104/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
10. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her ongoing provisions and-or proposals to meet the educational requirements of children with special needs at primary and second level; the extent to which adequate places, special needs teachers and special needs assistants are currently provided for and are likely to be augmented in the course of the current year; if her Department has identified any particular deficiencies in areas of population expansion; if urban or rural settings have particular requirements in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45092/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
9. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to share school enrolment data with the Department of Social Protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45090/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
8. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide proper high speed broadband funding for primary schools. [45101/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
7. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason funding for primary schools decreased by 15% over the past four years. [45100/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
6. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way she plans to deal with the overloading of the primary school curriculum. [45099/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
5. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the Down's Syndrome (Equality of Access) Bill 2013 and its implications for pupils with a disability. [45415/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
4. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a minor works grant in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45455/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
3. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the integrity of the junior certificate for students by retaining the principle of having external examiners grade the examinations. [45414/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
2. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out her plans to resolve the dispute with the teacher trade unions regarding her proposed reforms of the junior cycle. [45416/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2014
1. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the junior cycle reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45454/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
135. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to press ahead with the regulatory reform for the international student sector in January 2015; if the impact on the sector has been assessed by her Department; the consultation that has taken place with the sector on the proposals; if her Department has estimated the number of private colleges which will close as a result of these changes; the reason she announced the removal of UK courses from the approved register in view of the fact that it is impossible for colleges to apply for Quality and Qualifications Ireland-recognised courses in such a short timeframe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45556/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
134. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed building project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; the present stage of this project; when the project is likely to proceed to the next stage; the likely timescale for construction, if financial provision is made in her Department's capital budget for this school in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45537/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
133. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review an application under the school transport scheme based on ethos in respect of a family (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45515/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
132. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a comprehensive update on the plans for the new school building in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the progress being made in view of the fact that the project appears to be behind schedule and no planning permission has been applied for; if she envisages the new school will be provided by the promised date of September 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45507/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
131. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current amount of resource hours allocated to a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason this child has received no resource hours for maths this school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45494/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
130. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form, the dates of meetings of her Department's Management Advisory Council in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the civil servants present at each of these meetings; if she or her Department's Minister of State was present at each of these meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45475/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
129. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if and when she plans sanctioning the release of funding for the minor works grant to all primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45467/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
128. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 18 November 2014, if the school in question has confirmed that it can remove the asbestos material from areas that can have restricted access by children; if her attention has been drawn to the reconfiguration of the stairwells in the school which is a proposal that has emerged in response to an accident, which is now the subject of a claim against the board of management, and follows the conduct of a safety audit; her views that this is perverse to delay works considered to be emergency; if her reply of 18 November 2014 means that her Department will fund the necessary works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45462/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
127. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider changing the requirement for teachers to register with the teaching council from an annual registration to a three or five yearly renewal requirement so as to avoid the situation where teachers who miss the annual deadline for registration by more than five days are blocked from receiving salary payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45451/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
126. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if school management bodies, who employ teachers for whom Teaching Council registration is subsequently not completed for more than the five days beyond which unregistered teachers are ineligible for salary payments, are paid the salary for such teachers in full and permitted to retain the full salary payment even if the management body is not permitted to pay it to an affected unregistered teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45450/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
125. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of days paid cover available to teachers employed by Education and Training Boards, who are elected members of local authorities, to facilitate attendance at council meetings; if permitted cover days have to be taken in full or may be availed of in part; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45449/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
124. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the international and national research supporting the collection of data to create a social profile of every school, including the names and authors of any reports consulted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45431/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
123. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the data protection measures that are in place regarding information concerning the survey of schools conducted by the Educational Research Centre at the request of her Department in conjunction with the NSCE; the other Departments or statutory bodies which this information will be shared with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45430/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
122. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available in respect of a primary school (details supplied) in County Mayo to carry out necessary works on a school yard which is a health and safety hazard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45426/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
121. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the recent submission in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Galway will be fully assessed and a decision made on their application for a new school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45425/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
120. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 14 October 2014, the further progress that has been made with regard to the site acquisition in respect a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if the new school building project is still on target to go to construction in 2015-2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45421/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
119. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the intention of her Department to ensure that a school (details supplied) in County Wexford remains open as a two teacher national school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45412/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
118. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is eligible to take up a Springboard course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45460/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
64. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that early childhood care and education services are included and named under schedule 4 of the Valuation Act as relevant property not rateable and that the rateable valuation is only based on commercial activity. [45512/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2014
63. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will bring in an equitable valuation system for early childhood care and education services which recognise the educational nature of the service provision and the importance of providing space for children to play and learn. [45511/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2014
481. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the work being done by her Department to find alternative course places for students affected by the closure of English language schools as a result of their courses no longer being approved by her Department. [43829/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2014
480. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45385/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2014
479. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are circumstances where a person not in receipt of a social welfare payment could be deemed eligible to partake in SOLAS training schemes, either subsidised by the State or at their own expense; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45368/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2014
478. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the situation of many secondary teachers who have spent several years teaching in casual and temporary positions without any prospect of job security or permanency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45355/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2014
477. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department, or any agency of her Department, has awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45344/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2014
476. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Student Universal Support Ireland will not accept Department of Social Protection documentation as proof of address in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45331/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2014
475. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school development project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if a site has been purchased; if a planning application has been made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45302/14]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2014
474. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding provided to a school (details supplied) in County Clare through a devolved grant for an extension, the tender for which was awarded in 2013. [45276/14]