Parliamentary questions

Teacher Redeployment

Brendan Griffin

201. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the qualifying criteria for supplementary panel rights will be changed so that overall experience rather than just one year's earnings will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22236/14]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Seán Fleming

202. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the grant, financial assistance or bursary available to Irish persons who wish to commence studying for nursing in a university (details supplied) in Scotland in September 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22241/14]

Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements

Seán Fleming

203. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the Central Applications Office gives a higher priority to students who obtained leaving certificate points in the current year when considering applications for a course (details supplied) in third level education compared with students who completed their leaving certificate in 2013, 2012 or earlier years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22242/14]

Autism Support Services

Thomas P. Broughan

204. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 192 and 195 of 6 May 2014, the way the Teaching Council defines the minimum course content required to enable primary school teachers effectively to teach children who have received a diagnosis of autism in autism-specific classes. [22250/14]

Autism Support Services

Thomas P. Broughan

205. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 192 and 195 of 6 May 2014, if he will provide the list of evidence-based research to which he makes reference regarding his Department’s decisions on a range of matters including pedagogy, school curriculum, special educational needs and child development. [22251/14]

Autism Support Services

Thomas P. Broughan

206. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 193 and 194 of 6 May 2014, wherein he stated that it is not the practice of his Department to issue a circular on each approach used in the classroom setting, the reason his Department considers this appropriate in view of the fact that further training in the mentioned approaches are not mandatory for teachers in autism-specific classes. [22252/14]

Autism Support Services

Thomas P. Broughan

207. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 193 and 194 of 6 May 2014, if he will confirm that there is not one person or organisation with the responsibility for the implementation of ABA in classrooms. [22253/14]

Autism Support Services

Thomas P. Broughan

208. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 196 and 197 of 6 May 2014, if he will provide further details of the appropriate departmental circulars and guidelines to which he made reference in his reply. [22254/14]

School Transport Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

209. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a bus pass to a school will be restored in the case of a child (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22263/14]

Departmental Correspondence

Robert Troy

210. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond without further delay to correspondence from a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [22271/14]

Schools Recognition

Terence Flanagan

211. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 is eligible for State funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22275/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

212. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the facilities that will be made available to a school (details supplied) in County Cork for a deaf child who has put in an application for needs at the school as it has never had a deaf child before. [22316/14]

Special Educational Needs Data

Michael McNamara

213. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants in primary and secondary schools in County Clare; the number of children to whom they provided support in 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22323/14]

Special Educational Needs Data

Michael McNamara

214. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time and part-time special needs assistants posts to which the 10,965 whole-time equivalent posts allocated to County Clare schools translates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22324/14]

Special Educational Needs Data

Michael McNamara

215. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or the National Council for Special Education operates a county cap or ceiling limiting the number of special needs assistants that can be appointed in a county; the county cap or ceiling for County Clare for 2013-2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22325/14]

School Transport Administration

Patrick O'Donovan

216. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the total number of routes, the total number of children carried and the cost per child carried for primary and post-primary schools; the total revenue of Bus Éireann and the percentage increase or decrease year on year from 2004 to date under the school transport scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22327/14]

School Transport Administration

Patrick O'Donovan

217. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that Bus Éireann made an internal calculation that it saved his Department €30 million due to efficiencies of Bus Éireann in the provision of the service and Bus Éireann claimed the majority of this €30 million was spent on new services provided by Bus Éireann over the period specified, if he will provide in a year-on-year tabular form the alleged savings made in each category of charge as set out in the format as in the annual statement of account for direct costs and also the categories for indirect costs charges as tabulated in FGS report 2009, page 9, table 1.4, for each year that Bus Éireann claimed the total savings of €30 million over the said years as claimed by Bus Éireann to the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications on 7 May 2014 in respect of school transport; if he will provide in tabular form the €30 million in extra services provided over the same said period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22329/14]

School Transport Administration

Patrick O'Donovan

218. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a year-on-year in tabular form the categories for indirect costs charges to his Department by Bus Éireann as tabulated in FGS Report 2009, page 9, table 1.4, for each year from 1997, being ten years prior to the EU Commission's opening statement in state aid investigation C31/07, as published in the Official Journal on 15 September 2007; if he will ask Bus Éireann to prepare a balance sheet for each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22330/14]

Further Education and Training Programmes Provision

Dara Calleary

219. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that FETAC course operators must run their courses in FETAC-accredited centres; his views on whether this is a restrictive rule; his views on whether local community centres and civic centres would be ideal locations for the hosting of such courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22395/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

220. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the resources needed for a child (details supplied) in County Kildare will be processed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22403/14]

School Transport Administration

Charlie McConalogue

221. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Bus Éireann requires buses operated by its contractors to be tested by a private company at the expense of Bus Éireann even though these buses have already passed the test in the commercial vehicle test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22407/14]

Special Education Review

Clare Daly

222. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 30 April 2014, if he will confirm that he received a letter (details supplied) from the Psychological Society of Ireland division of behaviour analysis; if his Department has received the earlier communications Professor Leslie refers to; the reason he denied having received these communications in his earlier response; and now that this has been brought to his personal attention, if he will make contact with the Psychological Society of Ireland division of behaviour analysis to accept its invitation and address its concerns. [22413/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Clare Daly

223. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 186 and 216 of 30 April 2014, if he was aware when he made his reply of the recent ESRI-NCSE report which raised concerns over the extent to which teachers have the appropriate skills and qualifications to meet the needs of children with ASD and if he will share the documents he received from the Teaching Council that address the concerns raised by the ESRI-NCSE report with regard to the skills and qualifications. [22414/14]

Autism Support Services

Clare Daly

224. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he has stated that the SESS contemporary applied behaviour analysis course trains teachers to design, implement and evaluate ABA interventions when he has been informed by the Psychology Society of Ireland's division of behaviour analysis that to give this impression was dangerous; and if he will confirm that he is aware that the SESS has previously offered advice stating that teachers offering ABA to students with ASD should receive on-site and off-site supervision from a professionally qualified behaviour analyst. [22415/14]

Schools Data

Patrick O'Donovan

225. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the obligations for primary and secondary schools to compile accounts on a yearly basis; and the person who signed off. [22429/14]

School Management

Micheál Martin

226. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the avenues of redress parents or pupils have, in the event that a dispute arises between a person and the board of management of a school that cannot be resolved and remains an outstanding grievance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22430/14]

School Management

Micheál Martin

227. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the person to whom the board of management is answerable to in the event that a person is not satisfied with the outcome of a grievance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22431/14]

Schools Amalgamation

John Paul Phelan

228. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to progress concerning the merger of two schools (details provided) in County Kilkenny; when he expects this amalgamation to be completed; when he believes that a new amalgamated school building will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22436/14]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

229. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant in respect of a school (details supplied). [22445/14]

Student Grant Scheme Payments

Michael Healy-Rae

230. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22446/14]

Schools Building Projects Status

Dan Neville

231. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence regarding a permanent school building (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22476/14]

Third Level Qualifications Recognition

Billy Kelleher

232. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the qualifications of a dental hygienist are regarded as the same as those of a dental nurse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22485/14]

Speech and Language Therapy

Paudie Coffey

233. Deputy Paudie Coffey asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a speech and language class will be provided for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22507/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Derek Keating

234. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine a difficult situation (details supplied) whereby a young boy who has moderate learning disabilities cannot find appropriate educational accommodation and is currently in a school that caters for children with mild intellectual disabilities and, therefore, is not receiving any of the related Health Service Executive services; and if he will agree this matter is now urgent. [22513/14]

Schools Building Projects Status

Derek Keating

235. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the progress being made for the provision of a new 1,000 pupil school for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin, in view of the fact that the board and the design team have been waiting for a stage 1 meeting for the past six months and the school is currently unable to provide for the total number of students enrolled for September 2014, including some of the existing students who are currently enrolled, and this situation is therefore very urgent for the school; and the way he will help to progress this issue. [22515/14]

School Accommodation

Simon Harris

236. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the action his Department has taken to date to ensure that all children in an area (details supplied) have a school place for the school year 2014-15; when a review of accommodation needs in this area will be complete; how soon following this review he expects to make a decision regarding additional classes for the schools in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22538/14]

Adult Education

Gerry Adams

237. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the decision was made to close the community training centre, Mullaghcrone, Drogheda, County Louth; the reason that the decision was taken to close this service that caters for 48 service users at present; if any consultation took place between his Department and the experienced staff at the centre; the date on which the centre is scheduled to close; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22543/14]

Adult Education

Gerry Adams

238. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if Louth and Meath Education and Training Board was consulted as part of the decision to terminate services at the community training centre, Mullaghcrone, Drogheda, County Louth; if Louth and Meath Education and Training Board was identified as the replacement for the current services at Drogheda; the date on which this consultation took place; if the current community training centre was part of the consultation at this stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22544/14]

Adult Education

Gerry Adams

239. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the decision made to close the community training centre, Drogheda, County Louth noting that the centre has been in operation for 30 years and provides an invaluable service to 48 persons between the ages of 16 and 21 years old; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22545/14]

School Accommodation

Éamon Ó Cuív

240. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date with providing a school (details supplied) in County Galway with a new school building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22566/14]

School Staffing

John McGuinness

241. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will insist on the teaching posts being maintained at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that the number of pupils is set to increase in September 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22571/14]

School Funding

Jonathan O'Brien

242. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that students at a school (details supplied) in County Galway have no access to on-site sports facilities and that their fundraising efforts have raised significant finance for building a sports hall; and if part funding will be provided in order that they may have a sports hall on site. [22594/14]

School Accommodation

Jonathan O'Brien

243. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools with no on-site sports facilities. [22595/14]

Teacher Redeployment

Jonathan O'Brien

244. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be placed on the panel; the reasons she has received two different sets of advice from his Department regarding her ability to meet the earnings threshold; the appeals process open to her; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22596/14]

Teachers' Remuneration

Timmy Dooley

245. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a teacher who was in receipt of an allowance for teaching through the medium of the Irish language in the gaelscoil in Tullamore is no longer in receipt of the allowance now that the teacher is a permanent member of staff in another gaelscoil, (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22606/14]

School Enrolments

Jonathan O'Brien

246. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a child (details supplied) in Dublin 4 has been refused a place in a local school due to the fact that the school has changed the admissions procedure to prioritise access for daughters of past pupils and girls attending Belmont primary school meaning the child does not qualify for a place; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the ability of schools to discriminate against children in this manner puts these children at a massive disadvantage when it comes to securing a school place; that his proposed changes to the admissions system will still allow for discrimination in this manner; the steps he will take to address this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22611/14]

Education and Training Boards

Terence Flanagan

247. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide some background information regarding the takeover of an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 13 by SOLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22623/14]

School Funding

John O'Mahony

248. Deputy John O'Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive funding to carry out works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22653/14]

Weight of Schoolbags

Luke 'Ming' Flanagan

249. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills in reference to the report by a working group in 1998, which recommended that no child carry over 10% of his or her body weight, yet children are carrying books and backpacks three times their weight, the reason this is not implemented in practice in all educational institutions here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22658/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

David Stanton

250. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 1 April 2014, if he has received the finalised report of the independent review of the visiting teacher service; if he will publish same; the action he will take as a result of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22670/14]

Schools Establishment

Dessie Ellis

251. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 13 May 2014, the plans in place for an Educate Together secondary school for the areas Dublin 7, 9 and 11 as the Hansfield school is not an option for parents in this area. [22695/14]

Schools Building Projects Status

Michael Healy-Rae

252. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding works in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22697/14]

School Patronage

Terence Flanagan

253. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for change in relation to school patronage for primary schools and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22760/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Jack Wall

254. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a reader in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22764/14]

Teacher Redeployment

Robert Troy

255. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will arrange for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath to be redeployed from the Department of Education and Skills in Dublin to a position closer to home in Mullingar, County Westmeath. [22769/14]

School Accommodation

Robert Dowds

256. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on constructing temporary classroom accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22807/14]

National Educational Psychological Service Administration

Jonathan O'Brien

257. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will receive an appointment with a NEPS psychologist as a matter of urgency. [22808/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Jonathan O'Brien

258. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinstate the special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22825/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Clare Daly

259. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will withdraw circular 0030-14 regarding special needs assistants and special needs provision in schools which will lead to a serious deterioration in the ability of children to access the SNA resources that they require and which will have a detrimental impact on all. [22828/14]

Schools Building Projects Status

Jonathan O'Brien

260. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a permanent school building in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22829/14]

School Closures

Pat Breen

261. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of discussions with the INTO in relation to the future of rural schools, if a special case will be considered for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22833/14]

Schools Procurement Unit

Noel Grealish

262. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education and Skills the purpose of the new schools procurement unit officer role when schools are now prohibited from purchasing supplies from local shops and must instead purchase from central suppliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22840/14]

Special Educational Needs Staffing

Clare Daly

263. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way the National Council for Special Education and his Department payroll use the term full-time or whole-time post within special needs assistants contracts (details supplied). [22870/14]

Teachers' Remuneration

Clare Daly

264. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is setting up wage curtailment with circular letter 0041/2014 (details supplied). [22871/14]

Teacher Training Provision

Finian McGrath

265. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding training allowances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22873/14]

Nursing Education

Finian McGrath

266. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of young qualified nurses who left Ireland each year in 2013-14 or any statistical information from HEA regarding qualified nurses emigrating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22877/14]

Schools Designation

Jerry Buttimer

267. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request his Department to reassess the primary schools in Togher, County Cork with a view to granting DEIS status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22882/14]

School Accommodation

Jerry Buttimer

268. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty of parents in enrolling children in a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will consider facilitating the expansion of the school to cater for the increased population of the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22884/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Michael P. Kitt

269. Deputy Michael P. Kitt asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has autism and is awaiting an educational place for some considerable time; if he will clarify the position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22891/14]

State Examinations

Mary Mitchell O'Connor

270. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been denied a reader for the leaving certificate exam in June 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22905/14]

Higher Education Institutions

Clare Daly

271. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he will take to secure academic research and particularly oral histories in view of Boston College's failure to protect its work; and if he has any proposals to make in terms of offering to protect these archives. [22916/14]

School Staffing

Charlie McConalogue

272. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will uphold an appeal made by a primary school (details supplied) and appoint an additional teacher from September 2014 instead of September 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22952/14]

Schools Building Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

273. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when building work will commence for a new school building for a primary school (details supplied) in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22958/14]

Schools Building Projects Administration

Charlie McConalogue

274. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will put in place a list of approved architects for school building projects in order that schools can choose from this list rather than having to find an architect themselves without any guidance or assistance from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22963/14]

School Accommodation

Michael Healy-Rae

275. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22973/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

276. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the resources available for exceptionally able children who fit the profile of giftedness; the information, support and advice in place for parents and teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22976/14]

Summer Works Scheme Expenditure

Charlie McConalogue

277. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the list of primary schools by county which were granted funding for windows under the summer works scheme in 2014 together with the amount of funding each school received for windows and the percentage of the total summer works scheme budget which was allocated for windows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22991/14]

State Examinations

Jonathan O'Brien

278. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a reader for the leaving certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23005/14]

Teacher Training Provision

Jonathan O'Brien

279. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has offered professional development to teachers who want to improve their mathematical knowledge; and his plans to rectify same. [23009/14]

State Examinations

Jonathan O'Brien

280. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of junior certificate and leaving certificate pupils who applied during each of the past seven years for a reader, a waiver from the assessment of spelling, grammar and punctuation in the language subjects, use of a tape recorder or word processor, a scribe, reasonable accommodation on the grounds of visual impairment, reasonable accommodation on the grounds of hearing difficulties, reasonable accommodation on the grounds of physical disability, a helper for practical subjects, an exemption from the practical test in home economics, or an exemption from the project in home economics; the number of these applications that were granted during each of these years; the number of negative decisions that were appealed during each of these years; and the number of negative decisions that were successful on appeal. [23012/14]

State Examinations

Jonathan O'Brien

281. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the persons who sit on the group which decides on appeals where reasonable accommodations have been refused by the State Examinations Commission; and details of any remuneration they receive. [23013/14]

State Examinations

Jonathan O'Brien

282. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to the State Examinations Commission during each of the past seven years for providing for reasonable accommodations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23014/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Charlie McConalogue

283. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way he will address the problems caused by the implementation of relatively new criteria for the registration of teachers who intend to engage in the July provision programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23016/14]

School Transport Eligibility

Dan Neville

284. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will qualify for the school bus service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23068/14]

State Examinations

Alan Farrell

285. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills regarding reform of the junior cycle in secondary schools, the measures he will put in place to ensure impartiality where teachers are correcting the examination work of their own students; his plans to ensure that a proportion of such examination work will be reviewed by the State Examinations Commission on a random basis before results are released; the proportion of papers that will be checked for this once the reformed system is phased in; the form of appeals process that will be established as part of the reformed junior cycle student award system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23093/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Clare Daly

286. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way a student (details supplied) in County Kildare can gain access to an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit in a second level school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23096/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Michael McNamara

287. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available in non-DEIS schools for children and parents of children who are hyper-intelligent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23099/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Brian Walsh

288. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the availability of special needs assistants at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23120/14]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

John O'Mahony

289. Deputy John O'Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a Student Universal Support Ireland grant application was turned down in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23145/14]

State Examinations

Jerry Buttimer

290. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be allocated a scribe and reader for the leaving certificate; if the decision on appeal will be reviewed; the reason a student should suffer for the failure of the school to put in the application on time; if different criteria apply to the allocation of scribes and readers for the junior certificate and leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23155/14]

Teacher Training Provision

Terence Flanagan

291. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding trainee teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23170/14]

School Funding

Seán Fleming

292. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if all schools will be subject to the full water charges to be introduced later this year; if schools will be eligible for a concessionary rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23202/14]

School Funding

Seán Fleming

293. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will introduce an increase in the capitation grant for primary and secondary schools to assist such schools to meet the increased costs arising from water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23203/14]

Rainwater Harvesting Systems Provision

Seán Fleming

294. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the recently announced building projects and summer works schemes for schools will allow for the retrofitting of energy saving and water conservation features such as solar panels or rain collection systems in view of the significant financial burdens faced by schools from energy costs and water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23204/14]

School Accommodation

Alan Farrell

295. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update of the projected completion timeframe for the new Malahide and Portmarnock Educate Together school; if he will outline the capacity that will be given for students from September in the temporary accommodation of Holywell Educate Together national school, ETNS, in Swords, the planned total capacity for the school upon completion and details of its catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23211/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Niall Collins

296. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a tutor in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Waterford. [23224/14]

Summer Works Scheme Expenditure

Michael Ring

297. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve cost option 3 for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo as opposed to cost option 1, under the 2014 summer works scheme, as option 3 would result in a huge improvement in the school’s heating and would result in substantial savings in their oil and electricity bills in the future. [23225/14]

Teacher Training Provision

Thomas Pringle

298. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the restitution of the additional training allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23272/14]

Psychological Assessments

Robert Troy

299. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, testing without further delay; and if he will confirm that no special needs assistants will be lost in Streamstown NS. [23298/14]

Lease Agreements

Stephen Donnelly

300. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of money that has been paid by his Department to a private organisation (details supplied); if he will specify the legal basis for these payments and, in the absence of such a legal basis, when he proposes to get repayment of the money that has been paid to the private organisation concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23300/14]