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Tue, 10 Feb 2015
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Departmental Correspondence
Charlie McConalogue
504. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 480 of 25 November 2014 (details supplied), when a final response will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5643/15]
Tue, 10 Feb 2015
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Site Acquisitions
Charlie McConalogue
519. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a suitable site has been identified for a new school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if her Department plans to engage with the school's board of management in relation to its plans for the purchase of a site in advance of acquiring it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5804/15]
Tue, 10 Feb 2015
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Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
Charlie McConalogue
530. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if Student Universal Support Ireland can assess a person (details supplied) as an independent student, in view of their circumstances; her plans to introduce discretionary measures in order to avoid situations like this in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5895/15]
Tue, 10 Feb 2015
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Education and Training Boards
Charlie McConalogue
554. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when guidelines will be issued by her Department to education and training boards on the appointment of representatives to school boards of management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6117/15]
Wed, 4 Feb 2015
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School Staff
Charlie McConalogue
140. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on an appeal in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Waterford to have its concessionary post retained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5026/15]
Wed, 4 Feb 2015
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Capitation Grants
Charlie McConalogue
147. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to withdraw capitation grants to schools for children whose parents object to their information being entered and stored on the primary online database; if so, the statutory basis for that action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5077/15]
Wed, 4 Feb 2015
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Primary Online Database
Charlie McConalogue
148. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she received express approval from the Data Protection Commissioner for the retention of all the details that are being collected and stored on the primary online database; and if there is a written agreement to this effect between her Department and the Data Protection Commissioner. [5078/15]
Wed, 4 Feb 2015
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Primary Online Database
Charlie McConalogue
149. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in her Department who have been designated with administrator rights in relation to the primary online database system. [5079/15]
Wed, 4 Feb 2015
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Primary Online Database
Charlie McConalogue
150. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money that has been spent on the primary online database project since its inception. [5080/15]
Wed, 4 Feb 2015
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Primary Online Database
Charlie McConalogue
151. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has hired external experts-consultants to advise them on how best to develop the primary online database; and if so, if she will provide, in tabular form, the details of same and the expenditure incurred. [5081/15]
Wed, 4 Feb 2015
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Primary Online Database
Charlie McConalogue
152. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has instructed schools to collect and submit pupils' details onto the primary online database, even where parents have objected to having their children's details entered onto the database or have not provided express consent to have their children's details entered onto the database. [5082/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Education and Training Boards
Charlie McConalogue
505. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the situation facing education and training boards, following the 2014 local elections, who have not reconstituted their school boards of management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4381/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Teaching Qualifications
Charlie McConalogue
526. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a degree course will be recognised by the Teaching Council of Ireland for the purpose of teaching at second level (details supplied). [4617/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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School Transport Eligibility
Charlie McConalogue
539. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions her Department has in place for providing transport for students with disabilities who wish to attend the North West Regional College in Derry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4814/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Schools Building Projects Status
Charlie McConalogue
544. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make arrangements for a meeting between her Department's building unit and a delegation from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal to discuss future development plans for a new school building and development of the school campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4923/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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School Staff
Charlie McConalogue
114. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide schools with ring-fenced resource hours for the employment of those holding a recognised qualification in guidance counselling to enable all schools to provide every student with appropriate guidance as per section 9C of the Education Act 1998; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3643/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Charlie McConalogue
116. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way she proposes to address concerns that have been expressed regarding the school profiling element of the proposed new special needs model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3644/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Schools Building Projects Status
Charlie McConalogue
120. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position with regard to approval for a new school for an area (details supplied) in County Donegal; if she will meet a delegation from the school to discuss progress towards a new school building as well as issues with regard to inadequate existing accommodation and road safety concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3358/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Language Schools
Charlie McConalogue
132. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the action she will be taking following the recent court decision in relation to language schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3356/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Teacher Training Provision
Charlie McConalogue
133. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of restoring the grant for student teachers' attendance at Gaeltacht courses; if she has carried out an assessment of the impact of this cut on the cost of teacher training to students; her vews on reinstating the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3354/15]