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Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Applications
Sean Fleming
241. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a third level grant will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57900/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Jonathan O'Brien
242. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to fears that the increase in the pupil-teacher ratio from 17:1 - 19:1 will result in a 10% cut to staff in the Cork College of Commerce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57904/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Third Level Institutions Mergers
Robert Dowds
243. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the negotiations between the Church of Ireland College of Education and Trinity College Dublin in relation to a possible merger. [57928/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Third Level Institutions Mergers
Robert Dowds
244. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the negotiations between Saint Patrick's College, Drumcondra and Dublin City University in relation to a possible merger. [57929/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Youth Unemployment Data
Eoghan Murphy
245. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the 2012 McKinsey Center for Government Report, Education to Employment: Designing a System that Works. [57936/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
Arthur Spring
246. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in County Kerry who are awaiting grant approval from Student Universal Support Ireland. [57944/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
Arthur Spring
247. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in County Kerry who were denied a student grant. [57945/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
Arthur Spring
248. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in County Kerry who were approved for a student grant. [57946/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
Sandra McLellan
249. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students still awaiting a decision and payment of their higher education grant on the 1 January 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57978/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Special Educational Needs Services Provision
Charlie McConalogue
250. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is a difference in the revised sick leave arrangements Circular 0033/2010 between teaching staff and special needs assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57988/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Applications
John Perry
251. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a Student Universal Support Ireland third level grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will be processed and granted as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58019/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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School Funding
Michael Healy-Rae
252. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Kerry has been refused grant aid to rectify health and safety issues in the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58051/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Applications
Dara Calleary
253. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo may expect their application for a higher education grant to be processed by Student Universal Support Ireland; if he will expedite the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58068/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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School Funding
Tom Fleming
254. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene in a health and safety issue at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of the fact that the board of management have alerted and provided a full engineering report on the extreme necessity to carry out the electrical replacement and also the critical ESB recommendation and in the interest of general safety and compliance with electrical standards; if he will act immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58073/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
Joe Carey
255. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason whereby those that satisfy the qualifying period for the back to education allowance for 234 days on jobseeker's benefit or allowance must in addition satisfy a qualifying period of 391 days on jobseeker's benefit or allowance in order to receive the special rate fee grant specifically as it applies to those doing postgraduate studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58086/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Departmental Correspondence
Finian McGrath
256. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to correspondence regarding disclosure of non conviction in respect of a person (details supplied). [58089/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Literacy Levels
Finian McGrath
257. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support the literacy project sponsored by Barnardos (details supplied). [58104/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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School Transport Provision
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
258. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make known the costs of engaging a private bus contractor to bring children to school in Glenamaddy and Glinsk in County Galway; the reason this contractor is still engaged, when the original reason for hiring the contractor was to ensure that all passengers had a seat with a seat belt, Bus Éireann now having installed seat belts on all their buses; the facility or mechanism that exists to ensure that moneys granted to Bus Éireann by his Department is spent efficiently and to ensure full oversight of expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58117/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Catherine Murphy
259. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for altering the pupil teacher ratio for post leaving certificate colleges; the likely effect this will have on youth unemployment and for the long term unemployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58119/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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State Examinations Issues
Dessie Ellis
260. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has not been assigned a reader for their leaving certificate despite having had one in the junior certificate. [58127/12]