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Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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School Patronage
Joan Burton
141. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the Government reaching its target of 400 non-denominational and multidenominational schools by 2030; the number of such schools to be opened in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16842/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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Special Educational Needs Data
Joan Burton
142. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way under the new model for allocation of resource teaching hours in primary and secondary schools children who received diagnoses in the school year 2016-2017 will receive resource teaching hours from September 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16843/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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Digital Strategy for Schools
Joan Burton
143. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of information technology grants his Department has paid to primary and secondary schools over the past 12 months; the details of the grants provided to schools, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16844/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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Garda Vetting of Personnel
Joan Burton
144. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed prior to 2007 that have registered for retrospective Garda vetting under the terms of the National Vetting Act and Teaching Council Acts; the outstanding number of applications to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16845/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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School Staff
Joan Burton
145. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the model of leadership in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16846/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Joan Burton
146. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide primary and post-primary average class size figures for Ireland and for other EU member states; his plans to tackle large class size concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16847/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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Teaching Council of Ireland
Joan Burton
147. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are remaining sections of the Teaching Council Act to be commenced; the timeframe for commencing such sections; and the number of fitness to teach complaints received and processed to date since he commenced these provisions in July 2016. [16848/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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Student Support Schemes
Joan Burton
148. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the specific measures he plans to deal with concerns regarding third level student support and funding challenges for third level institutions. [16849/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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Croke Park Agreement
Joan Burton
149. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is a clear pay disparity between teachers recruited before 1 January 2011 and those recruited thereafter; his further views on whether it is unacceptable to maintain such pay disparities; his plans to address pay equality issues beyond the steps already agreed on restoration of a qualification allowance payment; the cost of restoring teachers recruited since 1 January 2011 to the previous pay scale; the elements which make up this cost; and the number of teachers affected. [16850/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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Teacher Data
Joan Burton
150. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to issue a directive on implementing pay deductions for members of teachers' unions that rejected working additional hours under the Croke Park agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16851/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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Junior Cycle Reform
Joan Burton
151. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status on the roll-out of the junior cycle reform process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16852/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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Skills Shortages
Joan Burton
152. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the areas that have been highlighted as having skills shortages by the Skills and Labour Market Research Unit (details supplied); his plans to tackle these skills shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16853/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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Child Care Services Provision
Joan Burton
153. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the suggestions by an organisation (details supplied) that related capital investment will be necessary if the programme for Government commitment on having schools available for child care services can be successfully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16854/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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Education Policy
Joan Burton
154. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to progress the three areas (details supplied) in the education sector that he has identified as his core priority areas of focus in the sector; the reason he has prioritised these three areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16855/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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DEIS Scheme
Joan Burton
155. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the stage at which the review of the school support programme through the DEIS initiative is at; when this review will be completed and published; if he envisages any changes to the funding or delivery model of the DEIS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16856/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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School Curriculum
Joan Burton
156. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide new courses in the leaving certificate, such as coding, physical education and politics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16857/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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DEIS Scheme
Joan Burton
157. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the new national action plan for education inclusion will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16858/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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School Staff
Joan Burton
158. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the moratorium on filling certain promoted posts in schools will be lifted, since it was introduced as an emergency measure in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16859/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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Teachers' Professional Development
Joan Burton
159. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the ways, and total investment involved, in which his Department supports teacher continuous professional development at primary and post-primary levels; the percentage this is of education spending overall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16860/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Joan Burton
160. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated timeframe for and cost of the Government programme commitment to reducing the pupil-teacher ratio in junior and senior infants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16862/17]