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51 records in IE in 2017
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
663. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the number of weeks provided under ECCE by 1 to 8 weeks, respectively. [54077/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
661. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the opening date of the consultation on the over age exemption in the ECCE programme; the closing date; and the date by which her Department will make a decision on the future of the over age exemption. [54075/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
647. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her long-term plans with regard to the ECCE scheme; if a decision on the over age exemption from the early childhood care and education scheme will be reversed and not just paused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53625/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
644. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that each educational welfare officer is assigned to an average of 50 schools; her plans to tackle this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51918/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
492. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if an agreed ARI contract with each CHO on delivery of programme of education and capacity building to support development of recovery oriented services is now in place. [54047/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
426. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the delivery of the primary care education pathways and research in dementia education programme to primary care teams in collaboration with the National Dementia Office and social care services; the number of sites that have been selected for same; and the location of each. [53877/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
361. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses that have received training on the nutrition reference pack for infants aged zero to 12 months. [53810/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
351. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if each newly diagnosed person with diabetes is now being offered a place on the next available structured patient education course. [53799/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
193. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on photography, advertising, communications advice, public relations, website development, media interview training and preparation; the events, campaigns or policies to which this expenditure related; the company or person to which such payments were made, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54290/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
192. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the level of expenditure by his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information campaigns published specifically in national and regional newspapers in addition to all online advertising for all such Government information campaigns; the name for each such information campaign to which this expenditure related; the cost of each, in tabular form. [54274/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
191. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Education and Skills the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report; and the publication date, in tabular form. [54258/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
190. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Education and Skills the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the external public relations firm; the internal Department policy with regard to employing external groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54242/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
189. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Education and Skills the photography costs for his Department in each year since March 2011, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the list of occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used, in tabular form; if there is a policy regarding the booking of photographers within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54226/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
188. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the approximate time it takes to make new consortia-led apprenticeships operational to apprentices from call for proposals stage to validation by Quality and Qualifications Ireland, to being available for new enrolments; the detail of each stage in the approval and qualification process; and the approximate time it takes for each stage in the process. [54126/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
187. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to exclude students' part-time earnings in the assessment of means for the higher education grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54120/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
186. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the details of the 2018-2019 higher education grant scheme will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54119/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
185. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills if provision is made in his Department's Estimate for 2018 for a minor works grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54062/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
184. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will select and approve a suitable long-term site within a local community for a school (details supplied) in time for it to move to a more appropriate location for the 2018-2019 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54057/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
183. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the evaluation of new design options in respect of a school (details supplied). [53731/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
182. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received correspondence from a school (details supplied); if the financial assistance to the school will be increased in order to deliver high quality education as Gaeilge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53711/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
181. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when an extension for a school (details supplied) will go to construction; if every effort will be made to expedite this project in view of current accommodations in the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53709/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
180. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a housing estate (details supplied) is geographically split in two for the purposes of deprivation indices used for qualification for the higher education access route, HEAR, scheme; his plans to address this in order that all residents of the estate are treated equally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53708/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
179. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the ratio of students to teaching staff in each of the years from 2013 to 2017 at third level. [53614/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
178. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that was spent on the provision of counselling services at third level in each of the years from 2013 to 2017; and the amount that has been allocated for the year 2017-2018. [53613/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
177. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53595/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
176. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within his area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay in the commencement of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53566/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
175. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding his Department is providing for the creative youth programme in 2017; the allocation it will receive in 2018; and, if his Department is allocating funding, the amount being provided for media promotion of the programme. [53551/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
174. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who availed of the fee refund scheme in each of the years from 2011 to 2016; the average amount paid to teachers in fee refunds in each of the years from 2011 to 2016; if these payments differ between primary and post-primary teachers; the number of applications to avail of funding in each of the years from 2011 to 2016; the funding provided for the scheme in each of the years from 2011 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53548/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
173. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are exceptional circumstances in which the formal procedures set out in circular 0059/2009, as issued by his Department, do not have to be adhered to once the initiation of the formal process has begun; and if he will provide a list of these applicable circumstances. [53547/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
172. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the procedures set out in Circular 0059/2009 are underpinned by legislation; and if so, the relevant Act. [53540/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
171. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of departmental staff, by departmental premises, and within statutory bodies within his remit, and their grades, employed in Drogheda. [53531/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
170. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for new accommodation by a school (details supplied). [53510/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2017
169. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participating schools implementing a healthy schools action plan. [53797/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
249. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the postgraduate level 9 in accountancy will be included in the back to education allowance scheme (details supplied). [53397/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
197. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 414 of 5 December 2017, his plans to consider the development of a wildlife rehabilitation hospital and visitor centre in Fingal in conjunction with the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Department of Education and Skills, in view of the fact that such a proposition would be a new venture in an Irish context. [53477/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
112. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the rapid projected increase in student numbers for a school (details supplied); his plans to provide additional accommodation for the school to cater for an additional student intake of 185 projected for September 2018; the timeline for the delivery of additional accommodation for the school and plans to meet necessary planning permission requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53426/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
111. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department's building section will include a school (details supplied) in his Department's major building programme; if not, the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53425/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
110. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the application by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit and additional accommodation will be prioritised; if the remaining stages of the application will be approved without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53424/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
109. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the approved purchase of land at a location (details supplied) by Carlow Institute of Technology; the time and details of the deposit that was put down on the land; the person with whom the deposit was placed; if the purchase agreement was signed; if so, the person who signed it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53422/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
108. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of training provided to serving primary teachers specifically to support the implementation of the national literacy and numeracy strategy in each of the years 2011 to 2015; the number of substitute days paid by his Department in each of the years to facilitate such training; the cost to his Department of such training in each of the years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53418/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
107. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, special classes in each county or local authority in tabular form. [53417/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
106. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of its total allocation under the capital investment plan 2016 to 2021 his Department has spent to date. [53416/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
105. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Education and Skills if in view of his recent statements to Dáil Éireann that the minor works grant for schools for 2018 would not be paid until the calendar year 2019, there will be a double payment in 2019, one in early 2019 carried over from 2018 and a second towards the end of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53381/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
104. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the retention of funds for the construction of a new IT Carlow campus in County Wexford will be guaranteed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53371/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
103. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the shortage of primary school and secondary school places for children in the Wexford town district area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53370/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
102. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 6 December 2017, the seven County Wexford schools benefitting from major building projects under the school capital investment programme; the status of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53369/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
101. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in a full year if the student-to-staff ratio in institutes of technology decreased from 23:1 to 21:6. [53353/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
100. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to put the minor works funding on a statutory footing in order that it will be a guaranteed payment to schools each year in view of the fact that schools rely heavily on the minor works grant as part of their operational capital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53322/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
99. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school places in mainstream schools that have been made available to accommodate children with special needs nationally for the school years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18, by county, in tabular form; the adequacy of the provision of these additional school places for children with special needs in relation to demand nationally for the same period, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53291/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2017
566. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if steps will be taken to ensure that members of the Permanent Defence Force who undertake courses in Carlow IT and other such colleges of education and who are entitled to claim public transport expenses to attend same will receive payment of such expenses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52930/17]