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Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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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]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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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]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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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]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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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]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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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]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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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]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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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]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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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]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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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]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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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]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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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]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Applications
Seán 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]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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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]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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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]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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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]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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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]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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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]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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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]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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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]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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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]