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Wed, 3 Jul 2013
oral
Special Educational Needs Services Provision
Charlie McConalogue
1. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether children qualifying for a special needs assistant this coming September will experience reductions in their allocated special needs assistant hours due to the continuance of the cap on numbers at a time when the number of students qualifying for special needs assistant support has increased by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32544/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
oral
Back to School Costs
Jonathan O'Brien
2. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas Select Committee on Education who have proposed that pupils should not be obliged to wear crested uniforms and schools should end the practice of using work plans and if he will present a timetable for when these measures will be implemented. [32342/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
oral
School Curriculum
Maureen O'Sullivan
3. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the serious concerns regarding the subject of history in the proposed reform of the junior certificate, if he will consider including history as a compulsory subject. [32343/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
oral
Student Grant Scheme Administration
Charlie McConalogue
4. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Student Universal Support Ireland applications for 2012-13 still to receive a final answer; the number of appeals outstanding; the steps he has taken to ensure students are not refused access to examination results due to not having a final answer on their grant application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32545/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
oral
Special Educational Needs Services Provision
Catherine Murphy
5. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills how he expects to update the plan for implementation of the Education For Persons with Special Educational Needs, EPSEN, Act to prioritise access for children with special needs to an individual educational plan in view of the reduction in such services in recent years and the increase in demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32499/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
oral
Special Educational Needs Services Provision
Brendan Smith
6. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way he can improve the provision of special needs services to post-primary students who require them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32258/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
oral
School Staffing
Jonathan O'Brien
7. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of resource teachers that will lose their jobs or have their teaching hours reduced in the 2013/14 academic year; if he will confirm that principals and school boards of management have the flexibility to employ mainstream teachers without full-time timetables into roles that should be filled by specially trained resource teachers. [32206/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
oral
State Examinations Issues
Maureen O'Sullivan
8. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the basis on which he decided teachers would correct the junior certificate examination work of their own students and schools would provide their own individual certification. [32005/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
oral
Special Educational Needs Services Provision
Joe Higgins
9. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reassure parents and teachers there will be no cuts to other education services following his announcement not to implement his planned cuts to resource hours. [32241/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
written
Special Educational Needs Services Provision
Gerry Adams
10. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the July provision programme for children with autism and if siblings with autism will be entitled to one-to-one provision to meet their individual needs as stated in section 7 of the terms and conditions of the 2011 July provision scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32209/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
written
Education Statistics
Seán Fleming
11. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills his response to the latest OECD Education at a Glance report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32265/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
oral
Special Educational Needs Services Provision
Joan Collins
12. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify his statement that pupil teacher ratios in schools may be increased to pay for the reversal of planned cuts to supports for children with special needs. [32053/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
written
Third Level Fees
Clare Daly
13. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that no plans for a graduate tax, student loan or student voucher system in relation to university fees will be considered in budget 2014. [32006/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
written
Student Grant Scheme Administration
Martin Ferris
14. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason school guidance counsellors were not informed by Student Universal Support Ireland that the closing date for higher education grants had been brought forward to 1 August. [32220/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
written
Graduate Statistics
Alan Farrell
15. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent OECD Education at a Glance report showing that Irish graduates are more likely to be unemployed in comparison with other countries, and the noted lack of progression from education to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32164/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
oral
Special Educational Needs Services Provision
Willie O'Dea
16. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills the implications for the education budget in 2014 of the additional resource teachers announced on 25 June 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32249/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
written
Value for Money Reviews
John Browne
17. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans regarding smaller rural schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32250/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
written
School Staffing
Dessie Ellis
18. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that guidance counsellors in many schools are reporting that up to 70% of their case load is now taken up by pastoral care and counselling with higher incidents of self-harm, drug abuse, children suffering from depression, abuse and the effects of family breakdown; and if he will respond to fears that the dismantling of guidance services in schools is putting the lives of young persons at greater risk. [32218/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
written
Public Procurement Regulations
Micheál Martin
19. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change the procedures in place for stationery procurement in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32272/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
oral
Special Educational Needs Services Provision
Dara Calleary
20. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the working group to review special education will report; the key priorities the group is addressing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32254/13]