Parliamentary questions

Schools Building Projects Status

Pat Breen

447. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project in a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38701/12]

Teachers' Remuneration

Willie O'Dea

448. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the intention to remove all public sector allowances from newly qualified teachers and the way he can justify the inequity of two colleagues performing the same duties with a possible differential of €4,426.00 per annum in their salary whilst being employed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38703/12]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Charlie McConalogue

449. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary teachers currently registered with the Teaching Council that presented a degree qualification satisfying the subject requirement for mathematics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38737/12]

State Examinations

Charlie McConalogue

450. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details for the past five years of the total number of schools each year that did not enter any students for the higher level leaving certificate maths exam; the names and addresses of the schools and the school's DEIS status if any. [38738/12]

State Examinations

Charlie McConalogue

451. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the mathematics results for this State from the most recent PISA test, showing the percentage of correct answers and questions skipped for the following categories (details supplied). [38739/12]

Residential Institutions

Seán Crowe

452. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the Christian Brothers are planning to donate land they own at Summerhill in Nenagh, County Tipperary, as part of an arrangement with his Department to compensate the survivors of residential abuse. [38769/12]

Residential Institutions

Seán Crowe

453. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible for his Department to help facilitate a partnership arrangement between the Christian Brothers and Nenagh Town Council in order that land owned by the former at Summerhill Nenagh, County Tipperary, may be developed to provide essential amenities which would include three GAA pitches and a running track for public use. [38770/12]

Teacher Training Provision

Dara Calleary

454. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the status of the report of the International Review Panel on the structures of teacher education; if he has accepted all of the recommendations of the report; if he will outline in detail the implications of the report for a college (details supplied) in County Sligo; the timeline for the implementation of the report's recommendations in relation to this college; his plans for this college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38785/12]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Sean Fleming

455. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a student grant will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38788/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Murphy

456. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the expected date on which a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be in a position to open the new school buildings constructed there; the reason for the delay in opening the new buildings; if he will outline all existing planning impediments and compliance orders related to the new building works; if he will provide details of his Department's correspondence with the construction company regarding the delay in opening the new buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38795/12]

Garda Vetting of Personnel

Simon Harris

457. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers at primary level that are not currently Garda vetted; the number of teachers at secondary level that are not currently Garda vetted; the plans that are in place to ensure that all teachers are Garda vetted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38840/12]

Appointments to State Boards

Dominic Hannigan

458. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline, in tabular form, both the number and the percentage of women and men on State boards under the aegis of his Department in each of the past ten years; if he will provide the most up-to-date figures available regarding the number and percentage of women and men on State boards under the aegis of his Department in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38855/12]

Subsidised Private Schools

Seán Crowe

459. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the annual amount paid in State subsidises to minority faith based fee-paying schools here, on a school by school basis. [38895/12]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Seán Crowe

460. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the annual wage scale paid to senior FÁS staff earning in excess of €80,000 per annum based on the one to six grading system. [38900/12]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

461. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will qualify for the higher education grant despite being found ineligible under Article 15(7)(c)(i) of the student grant scheme legislation as they had to take a year out from study due to medical reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38901/12]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

462. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to persons (details supplied) in County Kildare to obtain student finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38967/12]

School Transport Provision

Pat Breen

463. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38977/12]

Scoileanna Oileáin

Éamon Ó Cuív

464. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén fáth a tharraing sé siar an deich n-uaire an chloig de mhúinteoireacht tacaíochta foghlama ginearálta a raibh scoláirí Scoil Náisiúnta Inis Meáin ina teideal, céard é an dochar measta a dhéanfaidh sé seo do na scoláirí; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [39047/12]

Appointments to State Boards

Anne Ferris

465. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for Government; the percentage at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39151/12]

Teacher Redeployment

Dan Neville

466. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding post-primary teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39239/12]