Parliamentary questions

Overseas Development Aid

Ruth Coppinger

874. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on increasing the overseas aid budget; if this will be raised to the 0.7% target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37433/15]

International Terrorism

Joe Higgins

875. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the terror attacks in Turkey and the protest movement against these attacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36989/15]

Middle East Issues

Clare Daly

876. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any contact with the Israeli embassy regarding the tone and manner of its online discourse, which is incredibly inaccurate and aggressive towards any person who highlights the plight of the Palestinian people. [37746/15]

Middle East Issues

Paul Murphy

877. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent election that took place in Egypt. [37767/15]

Middle East Issues

Brendan Griffin

878. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding banking costs and charges for Irish exporters; his plans to address this matter, which is impacting on trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37816/15]

Departmental Staff Allowances

John Deasy

879. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for details of the rent allowances paid to public servants and officials of his Department if placed on assignment in the United Kingdom and in mainland Europe; and the way in which these rates for living accommodation are calculated or benchmarked. [37900/15]

Shannon Airport Facilities

Clare Daly

880. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of military personnel who have passed through Shannon Airport since the start of 2015 on military and State aircraft, including crew; if any of them were armed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37920/15]

Passport Services

Seán Crowe

881. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of complaints from citizens living in rural areas who are having difficulty in getting their passport forms signed by a member of An Garda Síochána due to the closure of Garda Síochána stations or a reduction in their hours of opening; and his plans to change the passport application system to reflect this new reality, and to make the application process easier for these citizens. [37923/15]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

882. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 317 and 318 of 22 October 2015, his views on whether he did not provide the information requested regarding the numbers of refuellers granted permission from the US en route to Saudi Arabia and with regard to the reply that he provided, the reason for each of the 46 refuelling aircraft landings and if they were filling up with fuel that was likely to be used for refuelling other aircraft. [37936/15]

Air Navigation Orders

Clare Daly

883. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the six United States of America Marine Corps F18 Hornet fighter aircraft which were making the journey from the Middle East back to the United States of America via the United Kingdom on 21 October 2015, when one of them crashed in Cambridgeshire in England, had been given permission to overfly Irish airspace; if they had been granted permission to overfly on their outward journey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38039/15]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

884. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of military refuelling aircraft belonging to the US that were given permission to overfly Irish airspace in 2015 to date. [38040/15]

Departmental Appointments

John McGuinness

885. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider the appointment of persons (details supplied) as goodwill ambassadors to San Diego in the United States of America, based on their outstanding work with the Irish community there, and the recognition that they have received from that community and the Mayor of San Diego; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38066/15]

Middle East Issues

Paul Murphy

886. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the possible revocation of Jerusalem residency of Palestinian communities on the outskirts of East Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38097/15]

Humanitarian Aid Provision

Seán Crowe

887. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the devastating floods which have hit Sahrawi refugee camps in south-west Algeria; that the camps provide shelter to 90,000 persons; that the flooding has caused a humanitarian crisis; and if he will consider providing support and aid to the affected refugees and organisations working there. [38109/15]

Passport Applications

Bernard Durkan

888. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if and when passports will issue to persons (details supplied) who were born in Ireland, whose parents are European Union nationals, and who have been living and working in Ireland since 1998; the additional documentation requested in this case, and why; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38214/15]

Passport Services

Catherine Murphy

889. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is potential to allow passport renewals to be signed by a peace commissioner or by another official in good standing, in order to alleviate workloads placed upon An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38257/15]

EU Migration Crisis

Bernard Durkan

890. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which a co-ordinated humanitarian effort throughout Europe remains a possibility in the context of the refugee crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38396/15]

European Security Strategy

Bernard Durkan

891. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the Council of Foreign Ministers is conscious of the tendency in some Member States to pursue policies that are not in accord with the principles of the various European Union treaties, with particular reference to the emergence of Euroscepticism and re-nationalisation; and if the Minister will make a statement on the matter. [38397/15]

EU Enlargement

Bernard Durkan

892. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which progress continues to be made in respect of the application by Turkey for membership of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38398/15]

EU Enlargement

Bernard Durkan

893. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which progress continues to be made in respect of the application for membership of the European Union by the western Balkan applicant countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38399/15]

Foreign Conflicts

Bernard Durkan

894. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which realistic efforts continue to be made to bring about a ceasefire in Syria; the degree to which the European Union is actively supporting any such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38400/15]

Foreign Conflicts

Bernard Durkan

895. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the European Union, in conjunction with the United Nations, continues to focus on the activities of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, with particular reference to the persecution of Christians and other persons of different religious beliefs; if any co-ordinated effort is emerging in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38401/15]

Foreign Conflicts

Bernard Durkan

896. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which supporters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria continue to benefit from the taking of hostages for ransom; the extent to which cases are documented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38402/15]

Human Rights Issues

Bernard Durkan

897. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which women and girls continue to be targeted by Boko Haram, taken as hostages and released; the efforts being made to assist in their release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38403/15]

EU Issues

Bernard Durkan

898. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which any particular emphasis is placed on efforts within the European Union to address the issue of Euroscepticism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38404/15]

Foreign Conflicts

Bernard Durkan

899. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to engage with the various parties in Syria, with a view to bringing about a ceasefire and settlement, and the elimination of human rights abuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38405/15]

Human Rights Issues

Bernard Durkan

900. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the persecution and abuse of Christians has been noted globally; if steps have been taken or are likely to be taken to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38406/15]

Trade Strategy

Bernard Durkan

901. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which new trading links can be established globally and to which it is expected that Ireland can benefit from such developments in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38407/15]

Humanitarian Aid Provision

Bernard Durkan

902. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which humanitarian aid is received by those persons for whom it was intended at all locations globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38409/15]

Ukrainian Conflict

Bernard Durkan

903. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the European Union continues to engage with the Russian and Ukrainian authorities with a view to achieving a permanent settlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38410/15]

Human Rights Issues

Bernard Durkan

904. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his Department directly, and through the aegis of the European Union, continue to engage with the authorities in Egypt with a view to bringing about the early release of a person (details supplied) who has been imprisoned pending trial for an exceptionally long period of time; whether this person continues to receive regular visits from embassy or consular officials; if an appropriate appeal in the format required by the Egyptian authorities has been agreed; if it is expected that the case for repatriation can be reiterated, given that the person is an Irish citizen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38411/15]

Humanitarian Aid Provision

Bernard Durkan

905. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the top ten locations worldwide identified as being areas subject to the most serious human rights abuses, with particular reference to those areas also affected by war, famine, starvation, genocide, and religious intolerance; the extent to which the global community can make a positive and influential impact in such situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38412/15]

EU Enlargement

Bernard Durkan

906. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which applicant countries for European Union membership continue to have their applications progressed and in accordance with the acquis communautaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38413/15]

Departmental Staff Career Breaks

Finian McGrath

907. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of civil servants under his remit who have been reinstated in recent years after taking a career break; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38727/15]

English Language Training Organisations

Brendan Griffin

908. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an offer to teach English to refugees being housed (details supplied) in County Kerry will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37505/15]

Education and Training Boards

Olivia Mitchell

909. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if staff paid directly by a recognised school or vocational education committee whose salaries were adjusted with effect from January 2011, in accordance with the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009, and in line with Department of Education Circular No. 0070/2010, will receive an increase in salary under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015. [37643/15]

School Transport Eligibility

Willie O'Dea

910. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills the transport measures that will be put in place to assist a child in County Laois (details supplied) to attend school; the reason for the delay in organising appropriate transport; the timeframe within which the transport will be organised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38091/15]

Departmental Properties

John McGuinness

911. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a vacant site (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be made available to the Kilkenny Order of Malta; and if officials from her Department will meet the Order of Malta to discuss its need for a base and educational centre. [38354/15]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Tony McLoughlin

912. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) who has just completed a level 8 degree in social care is not able to avail of Student Universal Support Ireland support which would enable the person to proceed to do a level 9 master's degree in social work, especially considering the current shortage of qualified social workers at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37175/15]

School Services Staff

Pearse Doherty

913. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the statutory and additional entitlements of those employed to provide secretarial or caretaking services or both to schools through the ancillary services grant programme; the rate of remuneration payable to employees employed through the programme; her plans to increase rates payable to schools under the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37176/15]

School Funding

Noel Coonan

914. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37189/15]

Schools Designation

Michael Ring

915. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the delivering equality of opportunity in schools programme, and the review that was taking place; and if a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will be included in the programme. [37205/15]

Teaching Contracts

Charlie McConalogue

916. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills why her Department does not allow a partial day's leave to be recorded for teachers who require time off from the classroom, and instead requires that they be recorded as absent for the full day; the cost of this rule; the number of days of unnecessary disruption it causes to students; her plans to change the system to allow for partial days' leave due to sickness or hospital appointments to be recorded as such; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37229/15]

Teaching Contracts

Charlie McConalogue

917. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of extra personal vacation, EPV, days recorded for all primary schools in the 2014-2015 school year and in the 2013-2014 school year; if her Department has conducted an assessment of the level of disruption such days without substitute cover cause to the educational experience of students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37232/15]

School Placement

Eric J. Byrne

918. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she and her Department are taking to address a situation (details supplied) regarding a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37303/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

919. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated expenditure of her Department in 2015, in tabular form; the budget for expenditure agreed at the start of the year for 2015; the extra expenditure or savings in this budget during the year to date; when and under what process this expenditure and these savings were approved; and her Department's budget for expenditure in 2016. [37260/15]

School Transport Eligibility

Charlie McConalogue

920. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37311/15]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Pearse Doherty

921. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a student grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37314/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

922. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation for her Department in 2016 which covers the Lansdowne Road agreement; and the demographic or other inflationary pressures. [37276/15]

Student Support Schemes

Jonathan O'Brien

923. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on supports available for low-income students attending fee-paying institutions such as Griffith College and the Dublin Business School; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37345/15]

Appointments to State Boards

Catherine Murphy

924. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will indicate, in respect of State boards under her Department's remit, the name of each appointee made from 7 March 2011 to date in 2015; the date of appointment; whether or not each appointee came through an advertised public application process; the number of vacancies which currently exist on State boards under her remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37360/15]

Emergency Works Scheme Applications

Michael Creed

925. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm receipt of an application from a school (details supplied) in County Cork for grant aid under the emergency works scheme; if she will provide funding in respect of this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37374/15]

State Examinations

Dara Calleary

926. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs students who avail of examination aids such as laptops and memory sticks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37395/15]

Schools Administration

Peter Mathews

927. Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have a ban on edible nuts in place; if any legal issue has arisen because of such a ban; if her Department provides advice to schools in relation to edible nut allergies; her plans to introduce a compulsory ban on edible nuts in all primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37404/15]

Schools Building Projects

Maureen O'Sullivan

928. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the basis upon which there was a request for an extension to a planned school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if she is aware of the existing primary schools in the area; their numbers; and the impact this, if granted, could have on these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37483/15]

International Students

Seán Kenny

929. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken in the United States of America to bring additional students from there to Ireland for academic studies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37491/15]

Home Tuition Scheme

Jim Daly

930. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students availing of the home tuition grant in County Cork; the number of these who are at primary level and at post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37413/15]

Schools Establishment

Jim Daly

931. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the necessary requirements for a voluntary group of parents wishing to set up a new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37414/15]

Special Educational Needs Data

Jim Daly

932. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school places available for children with autism-specific learning challenges within special educational units in County Cork at primary level and at secondary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37415/15]

School Staff

Finian McGrath

933. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that the current ban on promotion in our national schools is seriously affecting schools and their ability to deliver a quality education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37515/15]

National Council for Special Education

Michael McCarthy

934. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to include Down's syndrome on the list of disabilities in all National Council for Special Education literature and applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37527/15]

Home Schooling

Charlie McConalogue

935. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a teacher can remain in a home school liaison scheme post for only five years; her plans to change this; the number of exemptions which have been granted enabling a teacher to remain in the post for longer than five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37532/15]

School Services Staff

Charlie McConalogue

936. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the rate of the ancillary services grant to primary schools, and if not, the reason for it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37558/15]

School Services Staff

Charlie McConalogue

937. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to change the current employer of secretaries, cleaners and caretakers, employed in primary schools from the individual board of management to her Department, and if not, the reasons for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37559/15]

School Staff

Jonathan O'Brien

938. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of English as an additional language posts awarded from 2010 to September 2015 to date, by full-time post, part-time post and year. [37564/15]

School Staff

Jonathan O'Brien

939. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria required for a school to qualify for the allocation of an English as an additional language post. [37565/15]

School Staff

Jonathan O'Brien

940. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school, 20% of whose total enrolment is made up of pupils who require English as an additional language support, qualifies for support as outlined in Circular 0005/2015. [37566/15]

School Staff

Jonathan O'Brien

941. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the budget for English as an additional language posts has been cut and, if so, the details of the cuts by post and year. [37567/15]

School Transport Eligibility

Charlie McConalogue

942. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will continue to be provided for a family (details supplied) from September 2016; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37577/15]

School Enrolments

Clare Daly

943. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 589 of 20 October 2015, and noting that the religious values exception to the Act applies to more than 96% of schools, her views on whether this is appropriate in a State-funded school system; and the steps she proposes to take to deal with unbaptised children to ensure that their second-class status under this legislation is dealt with. [37578/15]

Multidenominational Schools

Richard Boyd Barrett

944. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views regarding the lack of secular, multi-faith, non-faith primary and post-primary schools in the Dún Laoghaire constituency; whether the supply of primary and secondary schools is sufficient to meet the increased demand for children from non-Catholic families; if she will consider supplying funding to Educate Together or similar groups for the purpose of providing new schools in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37584/15]

Schools Building Projects Expenditure

Michael Creed

945. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received a request from a school in County Cork (details supplied) regarding additional funding for works unforeseen at the time of its original application, and as stipulated in the recent granting of planning permission by the local authority; if she will provide the school with an additional financial allocation to meet these unforeseen costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37595/15]

School Enrolments

Joan Collins

946. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the decision by the Canal Way Educate Together national school, Basin Lane, to only accept one stream of junior infants from 2016. [37601/15]

School Accommodation Provision

Joan Collins

947. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the board of Ard Scoil Éanna secondary school roll number 60990G on the Crumlin Road in Dublin 12 has contacted her Department to offer the facility for divestment to an alternative educational body. [37602/15]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Mattie McGrath

948. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a family who are in receipt of family income supplement from the Department of Social Protection cannot qualify for a SUSI grant due to the family farm having had an annual turnover of about €70,000, not income, in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37603/15]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Ruth Coppinger

949. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills given the requirement for further education teachers to have teaching qualifications to teach in a further education college, if she will revise the Student Universal Support Ireland grant rules on progression to cater for students undertaking courses at level 8, for the purposes of becoming further education teachers, when they have a level 9 qualification. [37616/15]

Schools Building Contractors

Mattie McGrath

950. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that all contractors working on a school in County Tipperary (details supplied) have been paid for the work they completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37625/15]

Further Education and Training Colleges

Pádraig MacLochlainn

951. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Question No. 656 of 6 October 2015 regarding accountability and transparency in further education grading procedures, if she will note that the policies and guidelines available on the Quality and Qualifications Ireland website at www.qqi.ie make no provision for further-education students to receive an explanation of the reasons they have been awarded a particular overall grade on coursework they have submitted, in contrast to policies and guidelines governing higher education students, for whom such a provision does exist, as published on the this website in 'Assessment and Standards, Revised 2013' by the Higher Education and Training Awards Council. [37647/15]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

Tom Fleming

952. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine and allow a grant appeal from a student (details supplied) in County Kerry as all the relevant documentation has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37648/15]

Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility

Dessie Ellis

953. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills if home tuition can be provided for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who has autism and is awaiting the outcome of a section 29 appeal, which could take some time, as the child has already been absent from school for several months. [37654/15]

School Staff

Noel Coonan

954. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a staffing appeal and DEIS status for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37655/15]

School Transport Provision

Jack Wall

955. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of school transport for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37712/15]

School Staff

Charlie McConalogue

956. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse a decision to suppress a post at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37751/15]

School Staff

Charlie McConalogue

957. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse a decision to suppress a temporary EAL post in a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37752/15]

School Staff

Charlie McConalogue

958. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills why a temporary EAL post in a school (details supplied) in County Waterford has had suppressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37753/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

959. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress on a new building for a primary school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason for the delay in sanctioning the move to the new building, as the school was originally advised of this in 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37754/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Niall Collins

960. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide temporary prefabricated accommodation on the second level school site in Kingswood Heights in Dublin 24; if any consultation has taken place with the local community in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37756/15]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

Charlie McConalogue

961. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider her Department's decision to refuse an appeal of a student grant by a person (details supplied), given that the person should be considered as being a second-chance student; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37762/15]

School Placement

Patrick O'Donovan

962. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place for 12 to 16-year old children who are expelled from school in County Wicklow (details supplied); and the funding allocated to the west Wicklow region in this regard over the past three years. [37765/15]

School Staff

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

963. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence regarding the appointment of an additional administrative deputy principal for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will engage directly with the board of management of this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37772/15]

Home-School Liaison Scheme

Patrick O'Donovan

964. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for a reduction in the allocation of home-school liaison to a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; the steps the school may take to seek a review; if the arrangements currently in place regarding the allocation of home school liaison for this school and neighbouring schools needs to be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37787/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Bobby Aylward

965. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate resource teaching hours to a student (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37798/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

966. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the number of autism spectrum disorder classes in Cork, given that there are currently only five schools with such classes to cater for autistic pupils and the demand for places far exceeds availability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37815/15]

School Transport Administration

James Bannon

967. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school bus ticket for a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37847/15]

Weight of Schoolbags

Éamon Ó Cuív

968. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to roll out the use of electronic tablets by all school children in an effort to reduce the stress and negative health effects experienced by students as a result of their having to carry heavy schoolbags; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37863/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Sean Conlan

969. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure that the building of the new Holy Family school in Cootehill in County Cavan receives priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37891/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Michael McGrath

970. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants allocated to a special school (details supplied) in Cork city for the 2014-15 and the 2015-16 school years; if she will confirm if the National Council for Special Education is currently reviewing the allocation of special needs assistants to the school based on the needs of the pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37901/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Pearse Doherty

971. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for capital funding for a building project submitted by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if she is aware of the inappropriate and deteriorating conditions of existing accommodation at the school; the timeframe within which this project will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37916/15]

School Enrolments

Olivia Mitchell

972. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond positively to the request for a third junior infants class for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16, due to the serious under-provision of places for children of the parish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37921/15]

School Patronage

Olivia Mitchell

973. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the patronage selection for the new national school in Stillorgan and Clonskeagh in County Dublin will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37922/15]