Parliamentary questions

Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements

Peter Mathews

407. Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills the entry requirement for third level education in respect of a family (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38099/12]

Departmental Funding

Finian McGrath

408. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support a matter (details supplied). [38112/12]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Finian McGrath

409. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support a matter (details supplied). [38113/12]

School Curriculum

Nicky McFadden

410. Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the submission made by the Irish Human Rights Commission on the issue of civic, social and political education; if the subject will remain a compulsory State examination subject in the new junior certificate curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38122/12]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Seán Crowe

411. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify, whether under existing legislation, a teacher who is not registered with the Teaching Council, if the Department is obliged to pay for their services from September onwards. [38222/12]

School Transport Provision

Sean Fleming

412. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the eligibility for school transport to provide the precise collection and drop-off point for children attending their nearest education centre as determined by his Department in respect of schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38231/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

413. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the problems associated with building a new school block for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 8 which remains partially built and the third contractor still not on site to complete the long awaited school building; the steps he and his officials will take to ensure speedy completion of the building works which started three years ago; the reason the cheapest contractor is always engaged when the experience at the school shows that this is not always the most prudent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38246/12]

Third Level Admissions Reform

Joanna Tuffy

414. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement the recommendation of the Points Commission report in 2000 that colleges be obliged to publish the number of places available on courses those colleges offer through the CAO, in order to lead to more transparency and accountability regarding the way public funding is being used by colleges for third level education and also help inform public policy in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38269/12]

Special Educational Needs Staffing

Michael Healy-Rae

415. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the position of a special needs teacher (details supplied) in County Kerry. [38277/12]

Third Level Funding

Paudie Coffey

416. Deputy Paudie Coffey asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish a review for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 into the expenses incurred by the president's office of every institute of technology and university in the State, to ensure that correct tendering processes are being followed, and that other procedures in terms of the way in which moneys are being spent are being adhered to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38282/12]

School Transport Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

417. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the cost to contractors carrying children to school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38312/12]

Higher Education Courses Applications

Charlie McConalogue

418. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have accepted places on postgraduate courses for 2012-2013; the number that accepted places on postgraduate courses in 2011-2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38318/12]

Higher Education Courses Applications

Charlie McConalogue

419. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have applied for a place on a postgraduate course for 2012-2013; the number that applied for a place on a postgraduate courses in 2011-2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38319/12]

Teaching Contracts

Eamonn Maloney

420. Deputy Eamonn Maloney asked the Minister for Education and Skills in the case of primary teachers who started teaching in 2011, the numbers of such teachers and the numbers of such teachers in the age bands 20-23 years, 23-25 years, 25-27 years, 27-30 years and more than 30 years or, as an alternative to age bands, the years of birth of these teachers as notified to his Department. [38333/12]

Third Level Funding

Charlie McConalogue

421. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the student loan scheme for students on offer by Bank of Ireland which has received the approval of the Minister for Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38338/12]

Third Level Funding

Charlie McConalogue

422. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts he has made to ensure the best deal for students before supporting the new Bank of Ireland student loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38339/12]

Third Level Funding

Charlie McConalogue

423. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the new Bank of Ireland student loan scheme, for which he expressed public support, is a fair scheme for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38340/12]

Special Educational Needs Staffing

Michael McGrath

424. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the way the teaching panel system works, including details of the eligibility criteria for teachers who wish to join the panel, whereby permanent teaching vacancies are filled from the panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38343/12]

School Transport Provision

Sean Fleming

425. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the grants available for school transport when students are eligible as they reside more than 4.8 km from their nearest education centre as determined by his Department and where there is no school transport service provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38344/12]

School Transport Provision

Sean Fleming

426. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) in County Laois will be approved for school transport on a bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38363/12]