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Tue, 15 Dec 2015
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Capitation Grants
Charlie McConalogue
517. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the capitation and ancillary grant in 2015 to 2016 to cover the increase in the minimum wage for cleaners, secretaries and caretakers in schools which comes into effect on 1 January 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44733/15]
Tue, 15 Dec 2015
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Special Educational Needs Staffing
Charlie McConalogue
518. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is compulsory for a special needs assistant to retire at 65 years of age, if there is a mechanism to appeal this ruling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44736/15]
Wed, 9 Dec 2015
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School Enrolments
Charlie McConalogue
1. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions she has had in relation to the inclusion of provisions excluding denominational schools from using a child's religion in selection criteria for school admissions in the forthcoming Education (Admission to Schools) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44117/15]
Wed, 9 Dec 2015
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Childhood Obesity
Charlie McConalogue
4. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the challenge by schools (details supplied) in County Wicklow to the locating of a fast-food restaurant close to their premises on public health grounds, and the progress in implementing the Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013 to 2025. [44118/15]
Wed, 9 Dec 2015
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Charlie McConalogue
9. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns regarding the new system of allocation of resource and learning supports that is being piloted in 2015; and if she will address the long waiting times for special needs assessment by the National Educational Psychological Service. [43884/15]
Wed, 9 Dec 2015
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School Curriculum
Charlie McConalogue
16. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of junior cycle reform; the level of participation of teachers in training for the new curriculum and assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43880/15]
Wed, 9 Dec 2015
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Health Promotion
Charlie McConalogue
28. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the challenge by schools (details supplied) in Greystones in County Wicklow to the location of a fast-food restaurant close to their premises on public health grounds; and the progress she has made on the implementation of the Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013 to 2025. [43881/15]
Wed, 9 Dec 2015
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School Enrolments
Charlie McConalogue
30. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions she has had on the inclusion of provisions excluding denominational schools from using a child's religion in selection criteria for schools admissions in the forthcoming schools admissions Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43883/15]
Wed, 9 Dec 2015
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School Staff
Charlie McConalogue
48. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills why, under the current staffing schedule, mainstream schools with 15 to 27 teachers require 37 extra pupils to gain or retain a teacher, while schools with more than 27 or fewer than 15 teachers only require an extra 26 pupils to gain or retain a teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43882/15]
Wed, 9 Dec 2015
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State Examinations Data
Charlie McConalogue
172. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the latest data from the State Examinations Commission and her Department on the percentage of school leavers from all 192 secondary level schools with DEIS status who sat the leaving certificate, and the percentage of these who went on to third level education, further education and to do an apprenticeship by name and location of school. [44342/15]
Wed, 9 Dec 2015
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Schools Data
Charlie McConalogue
173. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 500 of 1 December 2015, the number of primary schools, by county, by ethos and denomination, in tabular form. [44350/15]
Tue, 8 Dec 2015
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Educational Disadvantage
Charlie McConalogue
477. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Wexford will be considered under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme; if she will include new schools under this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43574/15]
Tue, 8 Dec 2015
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School Accommodation Provision
Charlie McConalogue
478. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the shortage of secondary school places in Wexford town, if she will address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43575/15]
Tue, 8 Dec 2015
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Physical Education
Charlie McConalogue
479. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of State-funded schools which she has funded since 2002 from her budget for designated facilities for physical education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43580/15]
Tue, 8 Dec 2015
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Departmental Expenditure
Charlie McConalogue
480. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the gross yearly cost of allowances paid to principals of primary schools to carry out their leadership functions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43581/15]
Tue, 8 Dec 2015
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Departmental Expenditure
Charlie McConalogue
481. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the gross yearly cost of all promoted posts, including deputy principal, assistant principal and special duties posts, in all State-funded primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43582/15]
Tue, 8 Dec 2015
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Teacher Data
Charlie McConalogue
482. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers who were employed directly in Traveller education in the 2008-09 school year, as a reference year, and in the 2014-15 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43583/15]
Tue, 8 Dec 2015
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Special Educational Needs Staff
Charlie McConalogue
483. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed directly in providing support to children for whom English was not their first language in the current school year and in the 2008-2009 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43584/15]
Tue, 8 Dec 2015
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Teaching Qualifications
Charlie McConalogue
484. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers probated by her Department's inspectorate in each year from 2010 to 2014, the number of full-time equivalent inspectors engaged in this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43585/15]
Tue, 8 Dec 2015
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Teaching Qualifications
Charlie McConalogue
485. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of newly qualified teachers who were not considered suitable for probation by the inspectorate in the year in which they were due to be probated from 2010 to 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43586/15]