Written answers
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Data
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeships registrations and number of new apprenticeship programmes which have resulted out of the Action Plan to Expand... - School Accommodation Provision
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) to replace prefab classrooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a second ASD unit urgently required by a school (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51090/19] - School Accommodation
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51127/19] - Schools Building Projects Status
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a primary school for the Donabate peninsula, County Dublin (details supplied); if a cost-benefit analysis has been... - School Accommodation
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a technical assessment of a school (details supplied) will take place. [51184/19] - School Services Staff
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a scheme to provide for occupational pensions for school secretaries and caretakers who are paid by their board of... - School Accommodation
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding extending the lease for temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects Status
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51200/19] - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider measures to reduce the class sizes in DEIS schools in view of evidence such as the study Addressing Education Disadvantage by... - Schools Site Acquisitions
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51232/19] - Irish Language
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new junior certificate Irish paper has been changed (details supplied); if so, if the long-term aim is that Irish will no longer be a... - Pension Provisions
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an illness related early retirement pension will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51239/19] - Teaching Council of Ireland
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a preschool (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is not closed due to processing of Teaching Council registrations; and if he will make a statement... - Third Level Funding
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the level of university funding coming from the military-industrial complex has been investigated; his views on the matter; and if he will... - Home Tuition Scheme Provision
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) cannot obtain more home tuition hours; if additional hours will be allocated; and if he will make a... - School Transport Provision
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding the provision of school transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51316/19] - School Textbooks Rental Scheme
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing the funding of the school books scheme by 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%, in tabular form. [51322/19] - Special Educational Needs Staff Data
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of employing ten new resource teachers. [51323/19] - National Educational Psychological Service Data
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of employing ten new educational psychologists. [51325/19] - Speech and Language Therapy Data
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of employing ten new speech and language therapists. [51326/19] - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the student teacher ratio by one point. [51327/19] - School Services Staff
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of bringing secretary pay in line with those employed directly by his Department. [51340/19] - School Transport Fees
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of waiving fees paid by students for school transport via the school transport scheme at primary and secondary level,... - Education and Training Boards Staff
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the staff shortage in the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board; if his further attention... - School Transport Eligibility
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 26 November 2019, when Bus Éireann will commence liaising with the family in relation to the... - Schools Building Projects Status
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school for the Malahide and Portmarnock areas of County Dublin as announced in November 2015; if... - Training Support Grant
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who is unemployed and wishes to undertake an ETB course is eligible for a social welfare payment while partaking in the course... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed in which a child has no place for school in September 2020. [51365/19] - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio in DEIS band one schools will be urgently prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken to increase the number of ASD units at primary and post-primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51391/19] - School Management
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider granting one administrative release day each week to teaching principals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Advertising Campaigns
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the advertising campaigns, promotional events and launches planned by his Department for the first six months of 2020; the budgeted costs of... - Data Sharing Arrangements
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the data sharing agreements his Department has in place with organisations that are not other Departments or State agencies; the purpose of these... - Freedom of Information Data
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of freedom of information requests in which his Department made a decision to deny; and the number in which the Information... - Physical Education Facilities
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a physical education hall will be provided for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51473/19] - DEIS Review
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an ongoing review of the DEIS support scheme. [51475/19] - Schools Data
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in which the use of an application fee has been reported and confirmed by county in 2019, in tabular form; if refunds have... - Homelessness Strategy
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his actions to date to implement the recommendations of a report (details supplied) of the Children's Rights Alliance home works... - Schools Amalgamation
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or his officials have had discussions with and received correspondence from a trust (details supplied) or the religious orders in charge of... - Departmental Agencies Data
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department; the number that have boards; the number of positions on each board; the number... - School Accommodation Provision
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expansion plans for a school (details supplied); if sanction has been given for expansion in 2020; and if sanction has been given for... - Departmental Staff Data
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget and number of staff working in his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will... - School Accommodation Provision
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) for an additional school building will be expedited. [51624/19] - Schools Building Projects Data
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approved capital projects for new school buildings, refurbishments of existing school buildings and temporary classroom provisions in an area... - Schools Building Projects Status
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the construction of a new campus for a school (details supplied) on lands; the status of same; and if he will make a statement... - School Accommodation Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the temporary accommodation arrangements which will be made for a school (details supplied) in view of the fact the lease is due to expire on its... - DEIS Scheme
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional improvements that will be made for DEIS schools; the resources that will be made available to them in 2020; the pupil-teacher... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the adequacy of the categorisation by SUSI of mature students as being dependent on their parents due to the fact they reside with... - Student Grant Scheme Appeals
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) who was refused the SUSI grant due to the fact they were categorised as dependent will be addressed;... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €23,000 funding applied for by a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme for the installation of... - Schools Building Projects Status
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of school building projects (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51747/19] - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the habitual residence clause by which Irish citizens returning here to study higher education undergraduate courses are not entitled to free... - Schools Building Projects Status
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if works at a school (details supplied) are to recommence in the summer of 2020; if so, the accommodation which will be made for a créche... - School Patronage
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made regarding the patronage of the new secondary school in Greystones, County Wicklow which is scheduled to open in 2021;... - Departmental Staff Remuneration
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 3 December 2019, the position regarding the postal delivery of payslips to teachers; and if he will... - School Transport Appeals
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made regarding a school transport appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects Status
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a purpose-built campus for a recently established school (details supplied) will commence construction; if it will be completed within the... - School Accommodation Provision
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for capital building works by a school (details supplied). [51813/19] - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to amending the regulations governing tuition grants to Irish citizens returning here from outside the EU to take... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding special needs assistant posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51846/19]
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