Parliamentary questions

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Charlie McConalogue

141. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way she proposes to address concerns that have been expressed regarding the school profiling element of the proposed new special needs model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3357/15]

School Guidance Counsellors

Charlie McConalogue

151. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down her plans to provide schools with ring-fenced resource hours for the employment of those holding a recognised qualification in guidance counselling to enable all schools to provide every student with appropriate guidance as per section 9C of the Education Act 1998; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3355/15]

School Accommodation Provision

Charlie McConalogue

473. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a planning decision will be made on temporary accommodation for a new post-primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3725/15]

Departmental Staff Data

Charlie McConalogue

184. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 857 of 14 January 2015, the number of staff in her Department who were responsible for the further education, FE, budget prior to 1 January 2014; the number currently employed in her Department involved in the FE function; the actual value of the FE budget these staff were responsible for prior to January 2014; the value of the budget they are currently responsible for; the value of the budgets managed by FÁS prior to 2014 that specifically related to the training function and the actual value of the budget currently managed by SOLAS exclusive of the FE funding previously allocated by the Department directly to the vocational education committees-education and training boards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3099/15]

Education and Training Boards Funding

Charlie McConalogue

185. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 858 of 14 January 2015, the budget currently administered by education and training boards other than those in category three; her plans to ensure category three ETBs will have full responsibility for these actual allocations that relate to their functional areas; the provision she or SOLAS will make to ensure the training function will be delivered within the functional areas of these category three ETBs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3100/15]

Technological Universities

Charlie McConalogue

523. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of the proposed technological university in the south east. [2547/15]

School Staff

Charlie McConalogue

539. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when she will publish the staffing schedule for primary schools for 2015/2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2695/15]

School Accommodation Provision

Charlie McConalogue

540. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if approval for schools to build additional classrooms to cater for planned increases in teacher numbers in September 2015 has been notified to schools; if not, when her Department plans to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2696/15]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Charlie McConalogue

756. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on plans for a new school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49500/14]

Psychological Assessments

Charlie McConalogue

761. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 477 of 18 November 2014, if she will engage directly with the counselling division of the Psychological Society of Ireland and meet directly with a person (details supplied) to discuss the response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49536/14]

School Accommodation Provision

Charlie McConalogue

766. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kildare may permanently remain in the school in which it is currently occupying; if not, the reasons for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49596/14]

Student Support Schemes

Charlie McConalogue

800. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available to postgraduate students in the arts and humanities with the exception of the excellent schemes operated by the Irish Research Council; the impact her decision to abolish postgraduate grant support has had on research in the arts and humanities; if she will restore postgraduate grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1372/15]

Teachers' Remuneration

Charlie McConalogue

812. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department requested its payroll provider to develop the software necessary to release the increments deferred under the Haddington Road agreement. [1518/15]

Teachers' Remuneration

Charlie McConalogue

813. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department requested the delivery of software necessary to release the increments deferred under the Haddington Road agreement from its payroll provider. [1519/15]

Teachers' Remuneration

Charlie McConalogue

814. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe commitments provided by her Department’s payroll provider for the delivery of the software necessary to release the increments deferred under the Haddington Road agreement in time for the payment of those increments by the date due. [1520/15]

Teachers' Remuneration

Charlie McConalogue

815. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimate received by her Department of the costs of developing the software necessary to release the increments deferred under the Haddington Road agreement. [1521/15]

Teachers' Remuneration

Charlie McConalogue

816. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of developing the software necessary to release the increments deferred under the Haddington Road agreement. [1522/15]

Teachers' Remuneration

Charlie McConalogue

817. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the interim checks made and the intervals by officials in her Department to ensure development of the software necessary to release the increments deferred under the Haddington Road agreement would be completed in time. [1523/15]

Teachers' Remuneration

Charlie McConalogue

818. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the interim updates received by officials in her Department from its software providers on the progress of the development of the software necessary to release the increments deferred under the Haddington Road agreement. [1524/15]

Teachers' Remuneration

Charlie McConalogue

819. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department became aware that software requested from its payroll provider necessary to release the increments which were deferred under the Haddington Road agreement was found to be incapable of releasing the increments. [1525/15]