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Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Summer Works Scheme Expenditure
Maureen O'Sullivan
467. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation with a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1 which was allocated funding by his Department as part of the summer works building scheme in respect of special needs access for children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39280/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Richard Boyd Barrett
468. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) with regard to the redress board for victims of abuse. [39285/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Schools Building Projects Status
Richard Boyd Barrett
469. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills when construction of the new building at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will commence. [39286/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Third Level Admissions Reform
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
470. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering adapting the leaving certificate points system to a ranking system based on relative performance as proposed by Irish university presidents in their recent report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39354/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Third Level Admissions Reform
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
471. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering changing the number of leaving certificate grades from 14 to eight as recommended by Irish university presidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39355/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Third Level Admissions Reform
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
472. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering adopting a move towards greater common entry for third level courses to take some of the pressure off the points race; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39356/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Third Level Admissions Reform
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
473. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering incentivising other strategically important leaving certificate subjects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39357/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Third Level Admissions Reform
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
474. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering introducing an examination in mathematics and Irish at the end of fifth year as recommended by Irish university presidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39358/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Third Level Admissions Reform
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
475. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering reviewing the date of publication of leaving certificate results as recommended by Irish university presidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39359/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Third Level Admissions Reform
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
476. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering introducing a graduate entry-only level for certain professional courses as recommended by the Irish university presidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39360/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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School Curriculum
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
477. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has given any consideration to concerns raised by certain professors that Project Maths is damaging not only to mathematics but to engineering, technology and the sciences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39361/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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School Curriculum
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
478. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has examined the latest international survey by the OECD entitled Education at a Glance, which highlights the fact that the proportion of time spent on teaching maths and science here is below the EU average; the action he will take to bring teaching practices here more in line with the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39362/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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School Equipment
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
479. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that do not have access to whiteboard technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39366/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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School Equipment
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
480. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools classrooms that do not have access to whiteboard technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39367/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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School Curriculum
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
481. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce digital literacy onto the school curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39368/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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State Bodies Expenditure
Sean Fleming
482. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of State bodies that have been set up since 9 March 2011; the rationale behind these decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39995/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Capital Expenditure
Pearse Doherty
483. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of the payments made by the State to private landowners in 2010 and 2011 to acquire land for use in the public capital programme. [40008/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Ministerial Adviser Appointments
Sean Fleming
484. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the names of special advisors for whom salary increases have been requested; the amount requested; the details of those granted increases and the amount by which they were increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40019/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Appointments to State Boards
Ged Nash
485. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appointments that have been made to positions available on the boards of semi-State companies and statutory agencies following public advertisement; if he will provide details of the names of persons who have been appointed under this initiative and the agencies on which they now sit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40033/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Croke Park Agreement
Micheál Martin
486. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has met the social partners recently in relation to the Croke Park agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36948/12]