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Tue, 24 Feb 2015
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School Staff
Charlie McConalogue
534. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of two-teacher primary schools that would have lost a second teacher in 2015-2016 but now stand to retain a second teacher on the basis of the changes she announced on 17 February 2015; and if she will provide a tabular breakdown, by relevant county and local authority area. [8014/15]
Tue, 24 Feb 2015
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School Staff
Charlie McConalogue
535. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of three-teacher primary schools that would have lost a third teacher in 2015-2016 but now stand to retain a third teacher on the basis of the changes she announced on 17 February 2015; and if she will provide a tabular breakdown, by relevant county and local authority area. [8015/15]
Tue, 24 Feb 2015
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School Staff
Charlie McConalogue
536. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of four-teacher primary schools that would have lost a fourth teacher in 2015-2016 but now stand to retain a third teacher on the basis of the changes she announced on 17 February 2015; and if she will provide a tabular breakdown, by relevant county and local authority area. [8016/15]
Tue, 24 Feb 2015
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School Staff
Charlie McConalogue
537. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of three-teacher primary schools that would in 2014-2015 have a fourth teacher if the measures she announced on 17 February 2015 had been in place for the purposes of staffing in 2014-2015; and if she will provide a tabular breakdown, by relevant county and local authority area. [8017/15]
Tue, 24 Feb 2015
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School Staff
Charlie McConalogue
538. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of two-teacher primary schools that would in 2014-2015 have a third teacher if the measures she announced on 17 February 2015 had been in place for the purposes of staffing in 2014-2015; and if she will provide a tabular breakdown, by relevant county and local authority area. [8018/15]
Tue, 24 Feb 2015
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School Staff
Charlie McConalogue
539. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of one-teacher primary schools that would in 2014-2015 have a second teacher if the measures she announced on 17 February 2015 had been in place for the purposes of staffing in 2014-2015; and if she will provide a tabular breakdown, by relevant county and local authority area. [8019/15]
Tue, 24 Feb 2015
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School Staff
Charlie McConalogue
540. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of two-teacher primary schools that became one-teacher primary schools on foot of the budget 2012 changes that would have retained a second teacher in 2014-2015 if the measures she announced on 17 February 2015 had been introduced in budget 2012; and if she will provide a tabular breakdown, by relevant county and local authority area. [8020/15]
Tue, 24 Feb 2015
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School Staff
Charlie McConalogue
541. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of three-teacher primary schools that became two-teacher primary schools on foot of the budget 2012 changes, that would have retained a third teacher in 2014-2015 if the measures she announced on 17 February 2015 had been introduced in budget 2012; and if she will provide a tabular breakdown, by relevant county and local authority area. [8021/15]
Tue, 24 Feb 2015
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School Staff
Charlie McConalogue
542. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of four-teacher primary schools that became three-teacher primary schools on foot of the budget 2012 changes but would have retained a fourth teacher in 2014-2015 if the measures she announced on 17 February 2015 had been introduced in budget 2012; and if she will provide a tabular breakdown, by relevant county and local authority area. [8022/15]
Tue, 24 Feb 2015
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School Enrolments Data
Charlie McConalogue
543. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of one-teacher primary schools, with 19 pupils in 2014/2015; and if she will provide a tabular breakdown, by relevant county and local authority area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8023/15]
Tue, 24 Feb 2015
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School Enrolments Data
Charlie McConalogue
544. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of two-teacher primary schools, with 53 to 55 pupils in 2014/2015; and if she will provide a tabular breakdown, by relevant county and local authority area. [8024/15]
Tue, 24 Feb 2015
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School Enrolments Data
Charlie McConalogue
545. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of three-teacher primary schools, with 83 to 85 pupils in 2014/2015; and if she will provide a tabular breakdown, by relevant county and local authority area. [8025/15]
Tue, 24 Feb 2015
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School Staff
Charlie McConalogue
546. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of the measures she announced on 17 February 2015 with regard to primary schools; and the estimated additional full-year cost of changing appointment thresholds to the level of the retention thresholds she announced for same. [8026/15]
Tue, 24 Feb 2015
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School Staff
Charlie McConalogue
547. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated additional full-year cost, over and above any costs resultant from the changes she announced on 17 February 2015, of restoring the small school staffing schedule that existed in 2011-2012. [8027/15]
Wed, 18 Feb 2015
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Schools Building Projects Status
Charlie McConalogue
201. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; if her Department has signed off on the designs for the building project; if the school-vocational education committee have been provided permission to commence the process of securing statutory permissions including planning permission; when the project will be given approval to move to the next stage; when building work is likely to commence on the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7337/15]
Tue, 17 Feb 2015
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Student Assistance Fund
Charlie McConalogue
431. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a top-up to the student assistance fund, in view of the fact that it has been reduced from €8 million in the last academic year to €6.6 million in the current year, and that most institutes of higher education have now spent their full allocations of the fund, and are experiencing high additional demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6685/15]
Tue, 17 Feb 2015
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Broadband Service Provision
Charlie McConalogue
433. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of broadband in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6701/15]
Thu, 12 Feb 2015
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Student Grant Scheme Representations
Charlie McConalogue
214. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Student Universal Support Ireland are using a mountain pass, a route which is primarily used during summer as a tourist attraction and would be impassable during winter months, as an acceptable route in its assessment of a student grant application; if she will use her discretion in this particular case in view of the facts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6379/15]
Thu, 12 Feb 2015
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School Enrolments
Charlie McConalogue
223. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Glencullen, County Dublin is not in the catchment area for a proposed school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6458/15]
Wed, 11 Feb 2015
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Higher Education Institutions
Charlie McConalogue
151. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the report by the expert group on future options for funding higher education (details supplied) is expected to present its final report to her; the main funding proposals that the expert group has presented to her in their interim report; the future funding options being considered by her Department for increasing the long-term sustainability of the higher education sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6242/15]