Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Educational Disadvantage

Brendan Griffin

943. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if eligibility for Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools status will be reviewed for schools currently not covered (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21494/15]

School Accommodation Provision

Patrick O'Donovan

944. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's position on correspondence which it received from a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow regarding the need for assistance to purchase a nearby building to facilitate expansion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21502/15]

Teachers' Panel Rights

Michael Creed

945. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way a qualified primary school teacher with five years' experience may access panel rights to secure a permanent position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21504/15]

Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

946. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cé na bearta atá á ndéanamh ag a Roinn chun an pobal a chur ar an eolas faoi na seirbhísí i nGaeilge atá ar fáil ón Roinn agus ó na heagraíochtaí atá faoi choimirce na Roinne; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [21520/15]

Third Level Fees

Paul Murphy

947. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial assistance with regard to fees that is available for a person entering third level for the first time who is on the back to education allowance, where the course is a master's course and the person in question has not previously undertaken an undergraduate course. [21533/15]

School Accommodation Provision

Joanna Tuffy

948. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the need for prefabricated units to be replaced by permanent accommodation in Lucan, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21534/15]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

949. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is acceptable or fair for adults in their early 30s who have returned to college to obtain further skills and knowledge to re-enter the workforce to be assessed for student maintenance grants as dependants if they happen to be living at their parents' address, even though they receive no financial support from their parents; and her further views on the case of a person (details supplied) who has been refused student support on these grounds. [21543/15]

School Enrolments

Eric J. Byrne

950. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding school admissions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21564/15]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Brendan Griffin

951. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a new building will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21587/15]

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

952. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna conas mar atá ag éirí leis an scéim phíolótach páirt-tumoideachais a luaitear i dtuarascáil na Roinne, Iúil 2013 - Meán Fómhair 2014, ar dhul chun cinn i gcur i bhfeidhm na Straitéise 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge, 2010-30, in alt 2.2 Páirt-tumadh / Foghlaim Chomhtháite Ábhar agus Teangacha; conas mar atá ag éirí leis an tSeirbhís um Fhorbairt Ghairmiúil do Mhúinteoirí i gcomhar leis an gComhairle Náisiúnta Curaclaim agus Measúnachta maidir leis an scéim seo a chur i bhfeidhm; cén líon scoileanna, múinteoirí agus daltaí atá ag tabhairt fúithi; céard iad na scoileanna atá i gceist; cén oiliúint bhreise nó cé na hábhair tacaíochta bhreise a tugadh do na múinteoirí agus céard a bhí i gceist leo; an bhfuil aon mheasúnú á dhéanamh ar chur i bhfeidhm na scéime agus ar thorthaí na scéime trí chumas a mheas nó an bhfuiltear ag súil lena leithéid a dhéanamh; an bhfuil sé i gceist an líon scoileanna a bhfuil an scéim phíolótach ar siúl iontu a mhéadú sa bhliain acadúil 2015/16; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [21601/15]

School Transport Eligibility

Brendan Griffin

953. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be allowed use a bus service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21611/15]

School Enrolments Data

Jerry Buttimer

954. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the increasing enrolment in primary schools annually, the projections in terms of attendance and school buildings her Department has made for each of the next five years; the costings that are attached to these projections in terms of buildings, teachers and resources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21621/15]

School Curriculum

Jerry Buttimer

955. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the primary curriculum review being carried out by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment will be completed; if she will provide details of the current curriculum in terms of subjects and the share of time spent on each subject during the primary school and secondary school day, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21622/15]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Jerry Buttimer

956. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills the savings accrued annually from the changes made to the pupil-teacher ratio of fee-paying schools; the number of staff positions annually that have been lost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21623/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Éamon Ó Cuív

957. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the tendering process for the new building approved in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; when it is likely a contractor will be appointed to this project; the expected date for the commencement of the building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21624/15]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

958. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite the appointment of a special needs assistant in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21628/15]

Proposed Legislation

Tom Fleming

959. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the draft technological universities Bill 2014 in view of the fact that if implemented as currently drafted it will lead to a dramatic reduction in the regional provision of programmes and corresponding inequity in access to higher education and allow the Higher Education Authority and the new technological universities the right to introduce new student fees, thus further increasing inequity in the educational sector; if she agrees that ministerial intervention is urgently required now, as the heads of Bill, in their current draft, are totally unacceptable to the 180 academic and research staff in the institute of Tralee, County Kerry, and likewise to staff in other institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21647/15]

School Transport Administration

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

960. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and her Department told the 2007 European Commission investigation into competition in the school transport scheme that the scheme was operated under contract with Bus Éireann, if she can reveal the reason her Department gave to the European Commission for the decision not to place the contract for public tender under the European Union directives on procurement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21701/15]

School Transport Provision

Dara Calleary

961. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a long-running school transport scheme on a County Mayo island (details supplied) is supported into the future; her views that the unique position of the islands should be acknowledged in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21705/15]

Educational Disadvantage

Brian Walsh

962. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to lower the enrolment threshold for an administrative principal in Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools 2 in urban areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21706/15]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Brian Walsh

963. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the allocation of an additional alleviation post in respect of a primary school (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the increase in enrolment at the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21707/15]

State Examinations

Seán Fleming

964. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for readers that were received by the National Educational Psychological Services, on the grounds of a specific learning difficulty, for the leaving certificate; the number approved and the number refused, for each of the past three years; the information submitted to the State Examinations Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21708/15]

School Accommodation Provision

Noel Coonan

965. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position and status of an application for funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21720/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Seán Fleming

966. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building project (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this will be included in the next five year plan-capital building programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21757/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Seán Fleming

967. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building project (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this will be included in the next five year plan-capital building programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21758/15]

School Patronage

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

968. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, figures on the number of primary and post-primary schools that have been established since 2000, including their denominational status; and the number of applications for the establishment of denominational schools that have been received by her Department in the same time period. [21774/15]

School Staff

Pat Breen

969. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a temporary English language teacher as an additional language teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21835/15]

School Enrolments

Finian McGrath

970. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence regarding a non-denominational school in the Dublin Bay North area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21853/15]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board

Clare Daly

971. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is unjust that victims of institutional abuse, who had previously been eligible for services under the Education Finance Board, are now excluded from Caranua solely because they were not aware they were eligible to apply to the Residential Institutions Redress Board; that her Department has arbitrarily redefined the meaning of the term "survivor of abuse" as a person who obtained compensation under a relevant scheme; and her plans to end this injustice and ensure equality of treatment for all survivors of abuse in industrial institutions. [21883/15]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board

Mary Lou McDonald

972. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the current eligible services which survivors of institutional abuse may currently apply for through Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board, such as funeral and burial services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21905/15]

Teacher Training Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

973. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No.159 of 28 May 2015, the criteria that were used for the application of derogations with regard to professional development services for teachers' secondees; if she will provide details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21906/15]

Student Grants Data

Charlie McConalogue

974. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of students receiving maintenance grants under the third level student grant scheme at each individual adjacent and non-adjacent rate, for example, the number of students in receipt of a special rate, full maintenance, part maintenance, 75%, and so on, for each of the years from 2012 to 2014, inclusive. [21909/15]

State Examinations Appeals

Joanna Tuffy

975. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of fully paid-up entrants in the 2014 leaving certificate who appealed their results, and the corresponding figures for exempt entrants; the average number of subjects appealed in each of the two groups (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21927/15]

Teacher Data

Jonathan O'Brien

976. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the pilot of new model for allocating resource teachers to schools, the cost of adding the additional resource teacher posts; the breakdown of the 6,454 posts between primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21929/15]

Fee Paying Schools

Ciara Conway

977. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, for each of the past five years, the amount of funding provided to each fee paying school for the purchase of laptops, tablets (details supplied) and information technology equipment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21961/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Noel Coonan

978. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the timeframe for completion of the works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21984/15]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

Brian Walsh

979. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an appeal for a student grant by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22015/15]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board

Clare Daly

980. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request that Caranua make contact with a person (details supplied) in order to process that person's claims for payment with regard to glasses, an occupational therapist and bathroom adaptations. [22033/15]

Education Policy

Charlie McConalogue

981. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 7 May 2015, the nature of the succession planning engaged in by the support services; the reason the training being provided to long-term secondees returning to teaching roles in their respective schools is, out of necessity, being provided by these same long-term secondees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22038/15]

Education Policy

Charlie McConalogue

982. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 7 May 2015, the number of derogated posts for each support service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22039/15]

Education Policy

Charlie McConalogue

983. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received a request to meet with representatives of the Professional Development Service for Teachers staff, who are affected by the five year rule for teachings secondments in September 2015; if she will agree to meet with them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22040/15]

Third Level Facilities

Michael P. Kitt

984. Deputy Michael P. Kitt asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received a report on the increased rent for campus accommodation at third level colleges for the next college year; the proposed increases in euros, and in percentage terms, for campus accommodation from September 2015 in each of the colleges; her plans for additional campus accommodation at third level colleges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22050/15]

School Accommodation

Michael Healy-Rae

985. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22053/15]

Institutes of Technology

Charlie McConalogue

986. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the proposal to merge Cork Institute of Technology and the Institute of Technology Tralee, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22079/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Michael McGrath

987. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the proposed cut to the provision of special needs assistants at a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork [22126/15]

State Examinations

Seán Fleming

988. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for reasonable accommodation at the certificate examinations scheme due to physical or behavioural conditions made to the State Examinations Commission for readers for the leaving certificate that have been received in each of the past three years; the number of refusals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22132/15]

Education and Training Boards

Clare Daly

989. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures for schools within the education and training boards structure which leave to become community schools directly under control of her Department, if they so wish. [22143/15]

State Examinations Reviews

Clare Daly

990. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills why a concession will be made to teachers on having projects which are at a current level of 50% or over of the final grade, retained within certification, but not so for all the other subjects, resulting in subjects such as art and woodwork having projects for certification, but others such as English and history not having the same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22144/15]

State Examinations Reviews

Clare Daly

991. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills why her Department is insisting on referring to the proposed school based components as 40% of the total student award at the end of third year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22145/15]

State Examinations Reviews

Clare Daly

992. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the English school-based assessment for second year, as the teachers have boycotted the training; her views that this planned oral communication presentation runs contrary to teachers' principles of fairness and dignity in the classroom; if she is concerned about such matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22146/15]