Parliamentary questions

Schools Recognition

Carol Nolan

278. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the ways in which he has considered the demand for Irish-medium education in the context of the new arrangements for the recognition of schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22404/16]

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge

Carol Nolan

279. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken by his Department to promote immersion education through Irish as set out in the 20-year strategy for the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22405/16]

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge

Carol Nolan

280. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the remaining actions that his Department needs to take to give effect to the 20-year strategy on the Irish language; his plans to implement these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22406/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Carol Nolan

281. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the sections of the EPSEN Act that have not been commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22407/16]

School Accommodation Provision

Carol Nolan

282. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of prefabricated classrooms that were replaced under the previous programme for Government; the number that were identified but not replaced; the total cost of replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22408/16]

Legislative Measures

Carol Nolan

283. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the sections of the Teaching Council Act 2001 that have not been commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22409/16]

Child Abuse

Carol Nolan

284. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of victims of child sex abuse that have received offers of payment from the State in view of the O’Keeffe judgment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22410/16]

Departmental Legal Costs

Carol Nolan

285. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount paid by the State in fees to legal professionals for the purposes of defending the O’Keeffe case and other cases of school day sex abuse litigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22411/16]

Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme

Carol Nolan

286. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been allocated to the DEIS programme over each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22412/16]

Education Policy

Carol Nolan

287. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the report on science, technology, engineering and mathematics has been finalised and presented to his Department; the timeframe for publication of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22413/16]

Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation

Carol Nolan

288. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he intends to apply the recommendations of the Cush and Ward reports only to those who have signed up to the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22414/16]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Carol Nolan

289. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of reference of the review of the scheme for special needs assistants to be carried out by the National Council for Special Education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22415/16]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Carol Nolan

290. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the occupations, trades or professions for which there is an apprenticeship currently established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22416/16]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Carol Nolan

291. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the occupations, trades or professions for which there are new apprenticeships being developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22417/16]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Carol Nolan

292. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the establishment of a new apprenticeship; the details of the apprenticeships that are at various stages of development within his Department; the timeframe involved to bring these on stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22418/16]

School Transport Review

Carol Nolan

293. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has determined the terms of reference for the review of the school transport scheme; the date upon which the review is to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22419/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Carol Nolan

294. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to publish the focused policy assessment of the special needs assistants scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22420/16]

Education Policy

Carol Nolan

295. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has commenced the review of the barriers to education for lone parents; when the review will be concluded; the terms of reference of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22421/16]

Third Level Funding

Joan Burton

296. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will release the detailed studies of the operation of student loan schemes to fund third level education in other countries referenced in the Cassells report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22422/16]

Autism Support Services

Mattie McGrath

297. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to develop autism spectrum disorder units at primary and secondary level schools in Clonmel, County Tipperary; the numbers of those diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder in County Tipperary; the number of autism spectrum disorder units in Tipperary and their location and capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22506/16]

Schools Refurbishment

Pat Buckley

298. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide necessary funding for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) which was recently damaged in a fire; and the steps he will take to ensure that students of the school do not have their education disrupted in the intervening period. [22570/16]

School Funding

Carol Nolan

299. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide capital funding to a school (details supplied) following the fire that has destroyed another school, designated as the new home for the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22611/16]

School Funding

Mattie McGrath

301. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for funding will be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22642/16]

Teachers' Panel Rights

Mattie McGrath

302. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a qualified special needs assistants and Montessori teachers can be placed on the relevant panels for employment in their area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22679/16]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Joan Burton

303. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to place a school (details supplied) in Roslyn Park national learning network, Beech Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4, which his Department is in negotiations to purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22682/16]

Schools Building Projects

Joan Burton

304. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to build a new school on the Poolbeg Peninsula, Ringsend, Dublin 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22683/16]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Joan Burton

305. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of sites currently being considered for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22684/16]

School Management

Frank O'Rourke

306. Deputy Frank O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has a provision for sign language interpreters to be in attendance at parent-teacher meetings where there is a requirement for parents or guardians to avail of this facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22686/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Willie Penrose

307. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will take steps to ensure funding is provided for vital and necessary mechanical and electrical services for a primary school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22710/16]

Ministerial Advisers Data

Seán Sherlock

308. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of politically appointed staff working in his Department, including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in the case of special advisers, their qualifications and experience relevant to their roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22730/16]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Thomas P. Broughan

309. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education needs organisers yearly by county in each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22741/16]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Thomas P. Broughan

310. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools with special needs assistants organised by special education needs organisers yearly by county in each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22742/16]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Thomas P. Broughan

311. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore the number of special education needs organisers to 2009 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22743/16]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Brendan Griffin

312. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a FETAC level 5 course is considered an interruption in the five-year break in studies for a person (details supplied) who is applying for a student grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22758/16]

School Funding

Charlie McConalogue

313. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reassert his Department's commitment to ensuring that a school (details supplied) is provided with appropriate accommodation on the site of the former boys' national school in Moville, County Donegal; and if he will ensure that his Department engage proactively with the board of management to ensure that the additional challenges presented by a recent fire at the site can be addressed and a plan agreed to ensure completion of the project. [22760/16]

Data Protection

Thomas Byrne

314. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills whether or not his Department has yet issued instructions to schools informing them of the arrangements for dealing with the data protection issues that may arise if FEMPI is applied to ASTI members in second level schools but not to TUI members; to describe what these arrangements will be. [22798/16]

School Costs

Thomas Byrne

315. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills whether or not his Department has undertaken any surveys asking parents and-or schools regarding the amount asked for annually in voluntary parental contributions; if his Department has any statistics on how reliant schools' budgets are, on parental contributions. [22799/16]

North-South Ministerial Council

Brendan Smith

316. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the date for the next meeting with the Northern Ireland Minister for Education in sectorial format, as provided for in the North-South Ministerial Council; the issues to be discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22860/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

John McGuinness

317. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision is likely regarding the status of an application for funding for a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22902/16]

Emergency Works Scheme Applications

John McGuinness

318. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will send an inspector or official from the schools building unit to a school (details supplied) to view at first hand the work required to make the play area and footpaths around the school building safe; the reason only €26,000 was allocated to a project costing €96,000 and described by independent engineers as beyond urgent; if he considers the response to date as satisfactory given the health and safety issues involved for staff and pupils; and if he will provide the funding requested to complete all of the work urgently required and to protect the foundation of the school. [22903/16]

Departmental Staff Data

David Cullinane

319. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff who entered the public service after 1 January 2011 in his Department and by year of entry to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23495/16]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

David Cullinane

320. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing a pay increase to all those employed under the remit of his Department after 1 January 2011 of 2%, 4% and 5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23507/16]

Water Safety

Maureen O'Sullivan

321. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants for beach lifeguard positions who failed the initial tests; if they were all informed in time regarding the retest; his views on whether an organisation (details supplied) should not be examining its own members. [22121/16]

Illegal Dumping

Pat Casey

322. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the funding of the PURE project, protecting uplands and rural environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22217/16]

Local Authority Staff Recruitment

Bobby Aylward

323. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the efforts being made within his Department to fill all vacant local authority arts officer positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22295/16]

Constituency Boundaries

Seán Haughey

324. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to revise the Dáil constituency boundaries following census 2016; the terms of reference for the new commission; if he has a timescale to finalise this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21947/16]

Traveller Accommodation

Robert Troy

325. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will sanction funding to Westmeath County Council for 14 new Traveller residential units at Blackberry Lane, Athlone, County Westmeath. [22008/16]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding

Pearse Doherty

326. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will allocate funding approved under the rural water programme in 2015 to a group water scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal following the suspension of the project by the local authority; if he is aware of the large number of houses, community facilities and businesses in the locality that are awaiting connection to this group water scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22021/16]

Private Rented Accommodation Data

Ruth Coppinger

327. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has carried out any independent research into residential landlords' costs, in particular for landlords with no mortgage on their property. [22037/16]

Departmental Funding

Ruth Coppinger

328. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the State funding provided by his Department and agencies under its remit, including to local authorities to non-profit or non-governmental organisations for each year from 2008 to 2015. [22038/16]