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Question· writtenPQ 515asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
515. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of outstanding applications under the Student Universal Support Ireland scheme that remain to be processed despite all necessary documentation having been received; when the students who qualify will receive their grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42597/15]
Question· writtenPQ 514asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
514. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person qualifies for a special rate student grant if he or she is within the threshold and meets all qualifying conditions but is in employment for two days a week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42596/15]
Question· writtenPQ 513asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
513. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the training and support she is putting in place for primary and secondary school teachers who are teaching children who are experiencing homelessness; if she is conducting research into this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42587/15]
Question· writtenPQ 512asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
512. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding and programmes available to secondary schools to upgrade information and communications technology hardware; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42575/15]
Question· writtenPQ 511asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
511. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will prioritise further pupil-teacher ratio reductions in secondary schools in future budgets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42574/15]
Question· writtenPQ 510asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
510. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will cover the cost of first substitution days in secondary schools, as previously, given the financial and staffing impact the current system is having on schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42573/15]
Question· writtenPQ 509asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
509. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if guidance and special education needs positions in secondary schools will be classified as ex quota, given the impact that the current classification has on them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42572/15]
Question· writtenPQ 508asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
508. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of improvements relating to guidance counselling in secondary schools, as announced in budget 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42571/15]
Question· writtenPQ 507asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
507. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the July provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42569/15]
Question· writtenPQ 506asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
506. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will revisit the arrangement in education and training board schools with religious denominations to have a particular class time per week dedicated to religious instruction in a particular denomination's teachings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42534/15]
Question· writtenPQ 505asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
505. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average response times for decisions by the National Educational Psychological Service under reasonable accommodation in the certificate examinations scheme for students requiring special arrangements to sit their leaving certificate examination in 2014 to 2015, or in the latest year available; the number of students who receive a response within one month, three weeks, two weeks, one week or otherwise prior to sitting the examination; the number of applicants in 2014 to 2015; and the percentage of applicants who were approved for full, partial, or no support. [42521/15]
Question· writtenPQ 504asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
504. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the health and safety issues in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42465/15]
Question· writtenPQ 503asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
503. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will appoint a third teacher to a school (details supplied) in September 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42461/15]
Question· writtenPQ 502asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
502. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for an electronic device for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [42454/15]
Question· writtenPQ 501asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
501. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when decisions will be made on the patronage and site of the new primary school in the Goatstown and Stillorgan area of County Dublin; if she will involve the parents in these decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42446/15]
Question· writtenPQ 500asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
500. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of minority faith schools by county, by denomination, by primary or post-primary and by patronage, such as voluntary, comprehensive, community, etc., in tabular form. [42389/15]
Question· writtenPQ 499asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
499. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide sufficient resources to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin to ensure that it can cater for all the children with special needs who are on its waiting list for a placement in 2016. [42365/15]
Question· writtenPQ 498asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
498. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 will be provided with a place at a school that meets that person's special needs. [42364/15]
Question· writtenPQ 497asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
497. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve the provision of an extension for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and detail the status of the project. [42350/15]
Question· writtenPQ 496asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
496. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the schools listed in the summary of new schools to open in 2017 and 2018 list, Appendix 1, are due to be operational in 2017 with the number of classes and students indicated on the list; if not, if she will provide a new list outlining when each new school on the list is expected to be operational; and the type of temporary accommodation she expects these schools to be housed in. [42337/15]
Question· writtenPQ 495asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
495. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education and Skills if pupils attending a school that does not have delivering equality of opportunity in schools, DEIS, status (details supplied) following an amalgamation will continue to receive this status; if they will be recognised under the higher education access route scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42328/15]
Question· writtenPQ 494asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
494. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will revisit her decision to refuse funding for essential emergency works to a national school (details supplied) in Cork city; the appropriate funding scheme for such works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42315/15]
Question· writtenPQ 493asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
493. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the pay provided to primary teachers recruited before 2011 in contrast to primary teachers recruited since 2011 in tabular format; the efforts to bridge the gap and provide specific figures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42893/15]
Question· writtenPQ 467asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
467. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health given the report published by Action Ireland sampling 700 schoolchildren from Dublin, Galway and Cork, and the findings that girls are now more likely to consume alcohol than boys, if he will commit to a multi-pronged approach, along with the Department of Education and Skills, to tackle the problem of under-age drinking; if he will follow the example of Finland and regulate online marketing aimed at this demographic, to improve general health of young persons and Ireland's bad relationship with alcohol. [42952/15]
Question· writtenPQ 377asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
377. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to revert to this Deputy on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43027/15]
Question· writtenPQ 371asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
371. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide capital funding to enable early childhood education and care settings to expand, in keeping with the announcements made in budget 2016; when and how child care providers will be able to access this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42707/15]
Question· writtenPQ 368asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
368. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on correspondence regarding the early childhood care and education scheme and the revision to this scheme in budget 2016 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42624/15]
Question· writtenPQ 365asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
365. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the need to have a career path for those who take degrees in early childhood education and to have proper pay and conditions in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42478/15]
Question· writtenPQ 354asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
354. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if provision is in place to grade applicants for rehabilitative training and education in order to ensure the maximum benefit to the prisoner, with the objective of encouraging the pursuit of a life outside crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42921/15]
Question· writtenPQ 183asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
183. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to examine the need for the provision of a comprehensive programme for jobseekers who require upskilling in numeracy and literacy following a PEX analysis at local Intreo centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42960/15]
Question· writtenPQ 123asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
123. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach the number of persons under the age of 34 who were unemployed and on the live register, who were in employment, who were on activation schemes and who were in tertiary education, over the past 18 months, in tabular form [42605/15]
Question· writtenPQ 122asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
122. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach the number of persons under the age of 24 who were unemployed and on the live register, who were in employment, who were on activation schemes and who were in tertiary education, over the past 18 months, in tabular form. [42604/15]
Question· writtenPQ 110asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
110. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on establishing a Traveller agency to drive urgent improvements in Traveller accommodation and to implement existing Traveller health, education and employment policies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37697/15]
Question· writtenPQ 208asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2015
208. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on section 7(3)(c) of the Equal Status Act 2000, which permits religious based discrimination in schools admissions policy. [42282/15]
Question· writtenPQ 207asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2015
207. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend supplementary redeployment panel access to Montessori-trained teachers such that they would be eligible to apply for permanent teaching positions in special schools without having to depend on obtaining a contract of indefinite duration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42278/15]
Question· writtenPQ 206asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2015
206. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the building of new schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42200/15]
Question· writtenPQ 205asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2015
205. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of over-subscribed primary schools according to the latest information available to her Department; the proportion of primary schools that are over-subscribed; a list of the schools in question, including addresses, in tabular form; the patron body of these schools; and the extent of over-subscription in each case, by pupil numbers if available, or by any other measure if not. [42191/15]
Question· writtenPQ 204asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2015
204. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of teachers who took career breaks, resigned or retired from schools (details supplied) in County Louth in 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42177/15]
Question· writtenPQ 203asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2015
203. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of teachers who took career breaks, resigned or retired from schools (details supplied) in County Louth in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42176/15]
Question· writtenPQ 202asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2015
202. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of teachers who took career breaks, resigned or retired from schools (details supplied) in County Louth in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42175/15]
Question· writtenPQ 201asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2015
201. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of teachers who took career breaks, resigned or retired from schools (details supplied) in County Louth in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42174/15]
Question· writtenPQ 200asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2015
200. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of teachers who took career breaks, resigned or retired from schools (details supplied) in County Louth in 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42173/15]
Question· writtenPQ 199asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2015
199. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of teachers who took career breaks, resigned or retired from schools (details supplied) in County Louth in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42172/15]
Question· writtenPQ 198asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2015
198. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of teachers who took career breaks, resigned or retired from schools (details supplied) in County Louth in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42171/15]
Question· writtenPQ 197asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2015
197. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of teachers who have taken career breaks, resigned or retired from a school (details supplied) in County Louth since January 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42170/15]
Question· writtenPQ 196asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2015
196. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of children who are living in the feeder areas of secondary schools in the Navan area of County Meath who will be expected to apply for a place in these secondary schools in September 2016, September 2017, September 2018 and September 2019; the number of first-year places that will be available in each of these schools in each of these years; and given the complete lack of places available for Irish language post-primary education in Navan, her plans to resolve this problem. [42166/15]
Question· writtenPQ 195asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2015
195. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans to provide extra primary Gaelscoil places in Navan, County Meath. [42165/15]
Question· writtenPQ 194asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2015
194. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of approval for a centre for education and training under the auspices of Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board at Maynooth in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42149/15]
Question· writtenPQ 193asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2015
193. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education and Skills when she commenced the review of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools programme; its status (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42111/15]
Question· writtenPQ 192asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2015
192. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education and Skills when her review of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools programme will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42110/15]