Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Staff Data

Dara Calleary

175. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General in his Department at 1 January 2017; the expected change in that pay as a consequence of the provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2906/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Dara Calleary

176. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of assistant secretaries general in his Department; the annual pay of each assistant secretary general in his Department at 1 January 2017; the expected change in that pay as a consequence of the provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2922/17]

School Funding

Dara Calleary

406. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form all funding announcements made by him or by his Department for projects in County Mayo since January 2015; the details of each project; the status of the project at 31 December 2016; the amount of funding drawn down at 31 December 2016; and the reason for the delay in the project or funding draw down. [1057/17]

Appointments to State Boards

Dara Calleary

171. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the gender balances on each of the State boards under his remit. [40725/16]

Psychological Services

Dara Calleary

177. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a cluster of five schools (details supplied) in County Mayo has no dedicated psychological service available to it for the second school year running; the proposals in place to address this issue; his views on the provision of psychological services to schools in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36926/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Dara Calleary

182. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff from his Department currently seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service per annum from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36963/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Dara Calleary

183. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff from his Department who have appealed against secondment per annum from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form; the appeals mechanism involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36979/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Dara Calleary

184. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff from his Department currently seconded to a firm in the private sector per annum from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form; the details of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36995/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Dara Calleary

185. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff from his Department currently seconded from a firm in the private sector per annum from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form; the details of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37011/16]

Departmental Bodies Data

Dara Calleary

91. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies on boards or agencies within his Department's remit that currently exist; the number that have been filled since 8 May 2016; the number of these that were filled through the Public Appointments Service; the timeline for filling remaining vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36645/16]

Departmental Bodies Data

Dara Calleary

106. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies on State boards in his Department; the number filled since he took office; the number filled through the Public Appointments Service; the timelines to fill vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36836/16]

Industrial Disputes

Dara Calleary

38. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills his efforts to resolve the pending industrial relations disputes involving members of the ASTI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31004/16]

Minor Works Scheme

Dara Calleary

151. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a commitment that minor works scheme applications will be processed, sanctioned and paid out as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32877/16]

Departmental Agencies Expenditure

Dara Calleary

213. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 405 and 406 of 16 September 2016, when the detail sought will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31780/16]

Ministerial Responsibilities

Dara Calleary

226. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the delegated responsibilities he has given to Ministers of State in his Department; when the order of delegated responsibility was signed; if he included his Ministers of State in direct discussions or meetings with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform as part of pre-budget discussions; if so, the dates of such meetings and the attendance at each meeting; if the Minister of State was not included, the reason this was the position in view of the designated responsibilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31913/16]

Departmental Funding

Dara Calleary

262. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide extra funding to the Dyslexia Association of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30712/16]

Teacher Retirements

Dara Calleary

123. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 18 May 2016, if there have been any cases where provision has been made for those retired from the community school sector to receive five years' enhancement as per technical and specialist civil servants on pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28008/16]

Summer Works Scheme

Dara Calleary

265. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the policy of cancelling summer works application for schools where an emergency works application was granted for a totally different project was introduced; the number of schools which have been affected by this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26846/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Dara Calleary

404. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in his Department; the amount spent on credit cards by his Department in 2014 and in 2015; the amount of bank interest paid on credit cards in 2014 and 2015; the controls in place to monitor the issuing of and the expenditure on these cards; the controls in place in each agency to monitor expenditure on personally held credit cards that are subsequently used to recoup work-related expenses; if these controls are being reviewed in view of recent events in agencies funded by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24740/16]

Departmental Agencies Expenditure

Dara Calleary

405. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of credit cards issued to staff working in each State agency funded by his Department, in tabular form; the number of cards per funded agency; the amount spent by credit card in 2014 and 2015 by each agency; the amount of bank interest paid on credit cards in 2014 and 2015; the controls in place to monitor the issuing of and the expenditure on these cards; the controls in place in each agency to monitor expenditure on personally held credit cards that are subsequently used to recoup work-related expenses; if these controls are being reviewed in view of recent events in agencies funded by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24755/16]