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51 records in IE in 1998
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 1998
Act to amend and extend the Scientific and Technological Education (Investment) Fund Act, 1997, and to provide for related matters
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 1998
37 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction capital funding for the required extension and sports hall to Scoil Mhuire community school, Clane, County Kildare, in view of the fact that planning permission for the project has been granted by Kildare County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23384/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 1998
36 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of in-service training days provided to date; the value and volume of audio materials and equipment provided to date to the 250 primary schools involved in the pilot foreign language programme; and if his attention has been drawn to the serious criticism of the adequacy of the planning undertaken for this initiative. [25892/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 1998
35 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps, if any, being put in place for a consultation process with interested groups in relation to the recently published Green Paper on Adult Education; when this will be completed and a White Paper published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25790/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 1998
34 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of remedial teachers required to provide a service to an acceptable standard to all those primary schools without a remedial service. [25866/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 1998
33 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans, if any, he has to introduce multi-annual budgeting for the voluntary youth sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25999/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 1998
32 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the disturbing reports that teachers convicted of child abuse appear to have remained teaching for many years after complaints were first raised; and the procedures adopted by his Department in relation to suspension of teachers pending a Garda investigation, monitoring of teachers where Garda investigations are inconclusive and providing school managements with clear rules in relation to the reporting and handling of these complaints. [25861/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 1998
31 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the substantial gap in resources per primary pupil spent in Ireland compared to the rest of the OECD countries; and if this accounts for the prevalence of educational disadvantage in Ireland. [26001/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 1998
30 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the proposals, if any, he has to make allowance for siblings with physical, sensory or intellectual disability living at home similar to that made for siblings attending a post leaving certificate, CERT or other approved third level course in Garda training or as a student nurse when assessing a student's entitlement to a third level maintenance grant. [24740/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 1998
29 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason additional money is not being provided to prevent applications under the early school leaver initiatives being rejected. [26000/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 1998
37 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction capital funding for the required extension and sports hall to Scoil Mhuire community school, Clane, County Kildare, in view of the fact that planning permission for the project has been granted by Kildare County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23384/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 1998
36 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of in-service training days provided to date; the value and volume of audio materials and equipment provided to date to the 250 primary schools involved in the pilot foreign language programme; and if his attention has been drawn to the serious criticism of the adequacy of the planning undertaken for this initiative. [25892/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 1998
35 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps, if any, being put in place for a consultation process with interested groups in relation to the recently published Green Paper on Adult Education; when this will be completed and a White Paper published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25790/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 1998
34 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of remedial teachers required to provide a service to an acceptable standard to all those primary schools without a remedial service. [25866/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 1998
33 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans, if any, he has to introduce multi-annual budgeting for the voluntary youth sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25999/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 1998
32 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the disturbing reports that teachers convicted of child abuse appear to have remained teaching for many years after complaints were first raised; and the procedures adopted by his Department in relation to suspension of teachers pending a Garda investigation, monitoring of teachers where Garda investigations are inconclusive and providing school managements with clear rules in relation to the reporting and handling of these complaints. [25861/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 1998
31 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the substantial gap in resources per primary pupil spent in Ireland compared to the rest of the OECD countries; and if this accounts for the prevalence of educational disadvantage in Ireland. [26001/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 1998
30 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the proposals, if any, he has to make allowance for siblings with physical, sensory or intellectual disability living at home similar to that made for siblings attending a post leaving certificate, CERT or other approved third level course in Garda training or as a student nurse when assessing a student's entitlement to a third level maintenance grant. [24740/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 1998
29 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason additional money is not being provided to prevent applications under the early school leaver initiatives being rejected. [26000/98]
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 1 December 1998
Amendment put.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 1998
Amendment put.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 1998
Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 1998
Amendment put.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 1998
11 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether the junior certificate course is a good preparation for the leaving certificate physics and chemistry courses; his views on whether the junior certificate course gives a sufficient number of students the confidence to tackle physics and chemistry at leaving certificate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20719/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 1998
10 Ms Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools which have approached his Department in respect of difficulties in maintaining class size within the guidelines; and the resources available to him to assist these schools to stay within the guidelines. [20689/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 1998
9 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will clarify issues surrounding his Department's definition of autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20726/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 1998
8 Ms McManus asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has received a request from ASTI to issue a circular to schools drawing attention to the needs of refugees and asylum seekers; the action, if any, he will take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20659/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 1998
7 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the short-term, medium-term and long-term proposals, if any, he has for the development of the recent large land acquisition by Waterford Institute of Technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20728/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 1998
6 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the action, if any, he has taken to implement the recommendations of the report of the Special Education Review Committee 1993; if his attention has been drawn to the level of disappointment expressed by parents with special needs children concerning the level of provision provided by the State for this area of education; if he will propose any initiative in this area in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17672/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 1998
5 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the St. Francis Clinic, Temple Street, Dublin 1, had to turn away 90 per cent of the children referred to its diagnostic facility and that parents of children with special needs have no special pre-schools on Dublin's northside. [20907/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 1998
4 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans, if any, he has to increase funding for adult education; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 1998
3 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of additional guidance counsellors, remedial teachers and other teachers which he is providing at second level in the current school year 1998 to 1999.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 1998
2 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the proposals, if any, he has to set up an expert review group to report and suggest recommendations on the education of those with autism, Asperger's syndrome, dyslexia, dyspraxia, attention deficit disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20834/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 1998
1 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans, if any, he has over the next three years to increase the teaching resource in primary education beyond that released each year by falling population; and if he has set a target level for the primary capitation grant for three years hence. [20904/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 1998
6 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands if she will provide details of the formal meetings between officials of her Department and the Department of Education and Science regarding the commitment in An Action Programme for the Millennium to modify the school curriculum to place more emphasis on cultural and artistic activities. [19709/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 1998
Amendment put.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 1998
Amendment put.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 1998
Amendment put.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 1998
Amendment put.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 1998
39 Mr. McGrath asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many women who work in the home are excluded from FÁS courses, back to education schemes and so on in view of the fact they are not eligible to sign on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18797/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 1998
39 Mr. McGrath asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many women who work in the home are excluded from FÁS courses, back to education schemes and so on in view of the fact they are not eligible to sign on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18797/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 October 1998
5 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Defence the interaction, if any, which exists between the Naval Service and education and training bodies outside of the Defence Forces; the plans, if any, his Department has to develop links further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18209/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 1998
Question put.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 1998
22 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will give an estimate of the total amount of money paid by parents at first and second level by way of voluntary contributions to schools, based on the latest information available to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14983/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 1998
21 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the loss of teachers due to declining numbers of pupils is causing severe problems for schools designated as disadvantaged in maintaining the high levels of teaching support required by pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14958/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 1998
20 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason the National Research Support Board was not informed of the proposed allocation of the £5 million special fund for research before it made arrangements for a competition to fund 90 additional research projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14962/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 1998
19 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of additional remedial and guidance teachers he will provide at primary and secondary level in the school year 1998-9. [15184/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 1998
18 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science if he considers that the third level maintenance grant is adequate to cover basic living costs in light of recent reports which indicate that many students are experiencing extreme poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15147/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 1998
17 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Science the proposals, if any, he has to make appropriate increases in both the income limits which apply to the levels of third level maintenance grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14988/98]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 1998
22 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will give an estimate of the total amount of money paid by parents at first and second level by way of voluntary contributions to schools, based on the latest information available to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14983/98]