Parliamentary questions

School Staffing

Jonathan O'Brien

101. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list in tabular form the number of assistant principal posts and special duties posts in post-primary schools; the number of assistant principal posts and special duties posts in post-primary schools in September 2011; and the number of assistant principal posts and special duties posts in post-primary schools in September 2012. [32397/13]

School Staffing

Jonathan O'Brien

102. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list in tabular form the number of Assistant Principal posts returned to primary schools and post primary schools each year as a result of the limited alleviation introduced for schools acutely affected by the impact of the moratorium. [32398/13]

School Staffing

Jonathan O'Brien

103. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct his Department to carry out a review of the workload of principal teachers with particular emphasis on the role of teaching principals in view of reports that increasing workload pressure, responsibility and accountability is leading to a general negativity about the role of school leadership. [32399/13]

School Staffing

Jonathan O'Brien

104. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary principals between the age of 21 and 30; the number of primary principals between the age of 31 and 40; the number of primary principals between the age of 41 and 50; the number of primary principals between the age of 51 and 60; and the number of primary principals older than 60. [32400/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Jonathan O'Brien

105. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of section 29 appeals against suspension in post-primary schools that were taken by parents of children with special needs; the number of section 29 appeals against expulsion in post-primary schools that were taken by parents of children with special needs; the number of section 29 appeals against suspension in primary schools that were taken by parents of children with special needs; and the number of section 29 appeals against expulsion in primary schools that were taken by parents of children with special needs. [32401/13]

School Funding

Jonathan O'Brien

106. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial support being provided to each of the managerial bodies at primary and post-primary level in each of the past five years. [32402/13]

Departmental Funding

Jonathan O'Brien

107. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial support being provided to the National Parents Council Primary and the National Parents Council Post Primary in each of the past five years. [32403/13]

School Staffing

Jonathan O'Brien

108. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list in tabular form the number of release days from full-time teaching duties afforded by his Department to teaching principals; his plans to increase these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32404/13]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

Colm Keaveney

109. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) may expect a response to their current appeal to Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32406/13]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

Colm Keaveney

110. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) may expect a response to their appeal to Student Universal Support Ireland; if he will resolve the issue whereby SUSI has issued this individual with two reference numbers; if he will clarify which one they should use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32412/13]

School Enrolments

Peter Mathews

111. Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to secure a school place in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32413/13]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Sean Fleming

112. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a third level higher education grant application for 2012-13 will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) as a dependent student, in view of the fact that they were deemed not an independent student at the time of application; when the parents' means will be taken into account and the grant approved in view of the urgency of the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32415/13]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

Colm Keaveney

113. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) may expect a response to their current appeal to Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32424/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Eric J. Byrne

114. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify a situation regarding special needs assistants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32433/13]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

Tom Fleming

115. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine a student grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32435/13]

School Accommodation

Charlie McConalogue

116. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow is being asked for a financial contribution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32451/13]

Fee Paying Schools

Emmet Stagg

117. Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that the only State support to fee-paying schools relates to teacher pay and that the schools themselves have to cover all of their other costs from fee income; and in view of the situation if it is reasonable to refer to fee income as discretionary as his Department did in a recent report. [32475/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Billy Timmins

118. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding special needs assistants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32501/13]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Bernard Durkan

119. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has been able to avert any loss of teachers at primary and second level schools throughout the country; the extent to which he is in a position to initiate any alleviating measures in any such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32502/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Bernard Durkan

120. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to meet the educational needs of children with special needs at primary and second level in all areas throughout the country in both small and large schools; the steps he has taken to address any such emerging issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32503/13]

Fee-Paying Schools

Bernard Durkan

121. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to facilitate dialogue with the authorities in catholic and protestant fee-paying schools with a view to addressing concerns they may have arising from fears of capitation reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32504/13]

Fee-Paying Schools

Bernard Durkan

122. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received communication from the authorities in catholic or protestant or fee-paying schools who are concerned with suggestions regarding possible reduction in capitation grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32505/13]

Fee-Paying Schools

Bernard Durkan

123. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if arising from any discussions he has had with representatives of fee-paying schools, it has been found possible to address issues of mutual concern; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32506/13]

Fee-Paying Schools

Bernard Durkan

124. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will facilitate meetings with representatives of catholic and protestant fee-paying schools with a view to reaching agreement on issues of mutual concern; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32507/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Bernard Durkan

125. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of places currently available in mainstream primary and second level schools for children with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32508/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Bernard Durkan

126. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has been in a position to maintain expenditure on the educational needs of children with special needs in each of the past four years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32509/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Bernard Durkan

127. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which children with autism and Asperger’s or children with similar needs are likely to be facilitated in terms of their educational requirements at primary and second level throughout the country in the coming year notwithstanding the budgetary exigencies within which he must operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32510/13]

School Accommodation

Bernard Durkan

128. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools at primary and second level throughout the country at which he has managed to replace temporary school buildings with permanent structures in each of the past two years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32511/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Bernard Durkan

129. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will become fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32512/13]

School Accommodation

Bernard Durkan

130. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools at primary and second level throughout County Kildare at which he has managed to replace temporary school buildings with permanent structures in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32513/13]

School Curriculum

Bernard Durkan

131. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the workplace educational and skills requirements continues to be monitored with a view to ensuring that students leaving second and third level are suitably skilled and equipped to meet the ever-increasing challenges of the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32514/13]

Student Grant Scheme Administration

Bernard Durkan

132. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects Student Universal Support Ireland to be in a position to deal with processing of higher education grants for students within a reasonable time; if in the event of the obvious shortcomings so far identified, consideration might be given to reverting to the old system whereby extra local authority staff were traditionally deployed for this purpose and were redeployed to other work for the remainder of the year, thus achieving a much higher degree of efficiency and value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32515/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Bernard Durkan

133. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of special needs school places available throughout the country; if this is in line with requirements as set out by the school authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32516/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Bernard Durkan

134. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of special needs school places available throughout County Kildare; if this is in line with requirements as set out by the school authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32517/13]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Bernard Durkan

135. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which pupil-teacher ratios at primary and second level throughout the country have been kept to the desired levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32518/13]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Bernard Durkan

136. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which pupil-teacher ratios at primary and second level throughout County Kildare have been kept to the desired levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32519/13]

Bullying in Schools

Bernard Durkan

137. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of incidents of school bullying including cyber bullying reported to his Department through the primary and or post-primary sectors in each of the past three years to date; the extent to which it has been found possible to address the issue to date; his plans for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32520/13]

Third Level Participation

Bernard Durkan

138. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students known to have dropped out of third level education in each of the past three years to date for whatever reason; his plans to tackle this issue in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32521/13]

Special Educational Needs Staffing

Michael Healy-Rae

139. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant will be assigned to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32523/13]

School Transport Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

140. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to representations made by this Deputy on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32525/13]

Third Level Participation

Catherine Murphy

141. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible for a person to participate in the DARE programme in a given academic year if their application is held up beyond the closing date for reasons beyond their control; his views that adding an extra year’s wait to students in this situation represents a significant additional stress; his plans to change the applications process to allow for such complexities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32535/13]

Ministerial Meetings

Joe Higgins

142. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on his meeting with Down Syndrome Ireland on 25 June 2013; and if he will provide the resource hours to children with Down's syndrome as requested by Down Syndrome Ireland. [32536/13]

School Services Staff

Catherine Murphy

143. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a protocol or guideline in place governing the appointment of voluntary classroom assistants at primary and second level; if not, his plans in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32607/13]

Banking Sector Investigations

Dominic Hannigan

144. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects a banking enquiry to be started in order that all the information from the decision to guarantee the banks will be publicly known; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32319/13]

Banking Sector Staff Issues

Joe McHugh

145. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if officials who were employed in banks that received bailout and contingency funding from the Central Bank and other State institutions, were bound by the code of the Civil Service that relates to the achievement of an excellent service for Government and the other institutions of the State as well as for the public as citizens and users of public services, based on principles of integrity, impartiality, effectiveness, equity and accountability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32332/13]

National Monuments

Pearse Doherty

146. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the current state of national monuments DG025-029001, DG025-029003, DG025-029006, DG025-029004, DG025-029005,  DG025-029002, and their grounds and access roads at present; if he will ensure that access to these national monuments is upgraded and the vicinity in which they stand is enhanced; if he will provide an undertaking to have signage and information on the history of this national monument erected in the vicinity of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32419/13]

National Lottery Licence Sale

Sean Fleming

147. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a requirement in the tendering process documentation for the National Lottery Licence for the successful applicant to be a registered company here; if companies whose registered offices are not here will be excluded from this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32439/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Sean Fleming

148. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on public bodies granting contracts for works to be carried out here where the companies registered office are in the British Virgin Islands or in other jurisdictions thousands of miles away; his views on whether these companies will be fully compliant with public procurement guidelines such as tax clearance certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32441/13]

Registered Employment Agreements

Andrew Doyle

149. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the legislative measures he intends to take on registered employment agreements following on from the recent striking down elements of the Industrial Relations Act 1946 by the Supreme Court in McGowan and others v. The Labour Court, Ireland and the Attorney General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32494/13]

Birth Certificates

Niall Collins

150. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the procedures to be followed in order for a person aged 89 years, with no living family members, to register their birth as it has not been registered to date. [32325/13]