Parliamentary questions

Teachers' Remuneration

Charlie McConalogue

840. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers who began teaching this academic year and who remain to be placed on the correct payscale. [1546/15]

Teachers' Remuneration

Charlie McConalogue

841. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures taken by her Department’s payroll section to automate the application of other consequential Haddington Road agreement measures. [1547/15]

Departmental Records

Charlie McConalogue

849. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department plans to store PPS numbers of primary school pupils for 30 years; the plans her Department has in place to ensure the safety of this information; the number of persons who will have access to this information; the safeguards that are in place to ensure that there will be no breaches of confidentiality or data protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1653/15]

Third Level Staff Recruitment

Charlie McConalogue

851. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in order that third level colleges may be permitted to fill posts where they can do so within their budgets and in line with agreed salary levels without having to obtain approval from that Department. [1675/15]

SOLAS Staff

Charlie McConalogue

857. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of personnel currently employed by SOLAS head office; the skill sets employed within this group; the total salary cost associated with this group of employees; the total costs associated with the rent of the new head offices together with the fit-out cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1698/15]

Education and Training Boards Establishment

Charlie McConalogue

858. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of former FÁS employees reassigned or employed to each education and training board; the global budgets assigned to each ETB for adult and further education and for training; the additional human resources and financial resources allocated to each ETB since the ETB sector assumed responsibility for training and for the former FÁS training centres; the resources she plans to allocate to those ETBs that currently do not have a training centre; the way in which and when it is proposed that these ETBs will have full statutory responsibility for their full SOLAS remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1699/15]

Education and Training Boards Staff

Charlie McConalogue

859. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of adult education officers and adult guidance counsellors employed by each ETB; the number of additional such officers allocated to each ETB since the ETB sector assumed responsibility for FET; if she is satisfied that such allocations are sufficient to properly and effectively allow ETBs to carry out their statutory remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1700/15]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Charlie McConalogue

477. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form for each local authority area, the number of schools that applied unsuccessfully for a summer works grant in 2014. [48797/14]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Charlie McConalogue

216. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the total number of applications for the 2014 summer works scheme; the number of these which were funded by county; the number of which were not funded by county; the amount of funding sought by each unfunded school; and the nature of the works funding was sought for. [48631/14]

Summer Works Scheme Expenditure

Charlie McConalogue

217. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding allocated to the 2014 summer works scheme; if any of this funding was sourced from an underspend in the 2013 primary and secondary capital works budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48632/14]

Teacher Data

Charlie McConalogue

218. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of qualified primary teachers currently unable to find work or under-employed in part-time work; the number of student teachers currently in colleges including private colleges that will be seeking work in coming years; the number of full-time positions filled in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48633/14]

School Staff

Charlie McConalogue

221. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers currently employed in second level schools that are surplus to requirements due to not having been redeployed. [48691/14]

Charlie McConalogue

553. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools have been asked for 99 year leases by her Department; the purpose of this request; if all voluntary schools have been asked for such leases or just those that received capital funding from her Department in recent years; the oldest capital project where this has been requested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47771/14]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Charlie McConalogue

565. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding her plans for a new post-primary school (details supplied) in Celbridge, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47948/14]

Schools Recognition

Charlie McConalogue

369. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the names of primary schools in each county with temporary recognition; the year in which temporary recognition was granted to those schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46735/14]

Minor Works Scheme Eligibility

Charlie McConalogue

370. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason payment of the minor repairs grant is confined to schools with permanent recognition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46736/14]

Minor Works Scheme Eligibility

Charlie McConalogue

371. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason schools with temporary recognition will not be paid the minor repairs grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46737/14]

Schools Recognition

Charlie McConalogue

372. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department requires a school to undertake to achieve permanent recognition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46738/14]

Departmental Funding

Charlie McConalogue

373. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department makes to running the Irish Primary Principals Network; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46744/14]

Third Level Staff Data

Charlie McConalogue

400. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the under-representation of women in senior academic positions in third level institutions. [47071/14]