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Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Departmental Contracts Data
Niall Collins
212. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out details of the contracts his Department or agencies under his remit have with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; the contingency plans that may now be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3144/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Anne Rabbitte
213. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reason for the lack of apprenticeships in areas such as mechanics and HGV; if he will provide a list of the 26 apprenticeship programmes announced during 2017; the locations of these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3157/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Capitation Grants
Pearse Doherty
214. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence has been received from the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in which the board expressed a desire for the capitation grant to be increased; if a reply to this correspondence has issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3198/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Schools Refurbishment
John Lahart
215. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding for the renovation of a school (details supplied) will be considered; the reason for the reluctance of his Department to proceed with this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3201/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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School Enrolments
James Lawless
216. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the extent to which adequate provision is being made for the high numbers of primary school places required in Naas, County Kildare, in view of the high numbers of new residents settling and due to settle in the town; the plans being put in place to cope with the high demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3202/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Schools Building Projects Status
Sean Fleming
217. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when construction work will begin on a new school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3208/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Schools Building Projects Status
Mattie McGrath
218. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding the funding and development of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3213/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Schools Amalgamation
Mattie McGrath
219. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding the amalgamation of national schools in Cahir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3214/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
Alan Kelly
220. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if partial capacity benefit will be included as an eligible payment for the purposes of a SUSI special rate grant award in circumstances in which the appellant's partial capacity benefit is dependent on the appellant satisfying the underlying eligibility conditions for invalidity pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3222/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Schools Site Acquisitions
James Browne
221. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a preferred site for a school (details supplied) has been chosen in view of the fact that the building occupied by the school is now up for sale and no leasing arrangement is in place; if his Department has entered negotiations with the site owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3251/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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School Patronage
Fiona O'Loughlin
222. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a report from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will schedule a meeting with the organisation regarding same. [3261/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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School Curriculum
John Curran
223. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the progress to date of his Department's steering group that was set up to develop and oversee an implementation plan for leaving certificate computer science with a view to commence introduction in schools from September 2018; the group's findings in terms of cost of infrastructure and equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3269/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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School Curriculum
John Curran
224. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to introduce computer coding at primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3270/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Information and Communications Technology
John Curran
225. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the schools nationally that run voluntary coding programmes through initiatives such as an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3271/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Junior Cycle Reform
John Curran
226. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has examined introducing computer science as a junior certificate subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3272/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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School Curriculum
John Curran
227. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his views on whether the science curriculum is sufficient at primary school level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3273/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
Joe Carey
228. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reason the back-to-work family dividend cannot be regarded as a qualifying payment for the special rate of postgraduate grant as administered by SUSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3294/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Schools Building Projects Status
Seán Haughey
229. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to provide replacement or new schools in Clongriffin, Dublin 13; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the school population in this area is increasing rapidly; the stages at which these school building projects are listed on the school buildings programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3296/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Schools Building Projects Status
Pat Casey
230. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Education and Skills if works at a school (details supplied) will be fully completed on time following the collapse of a company in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3324/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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School Patronage
David Cullinane
231. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for his Department's decision to limit the intake of a school (details supplied) to 13 students per annum; if this decision is in contradiction to his Department's own conclusion regarding the school as outlined in the report on the pilot surveys regarding parental preferences on primary school patronage published in December 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3387/18]