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Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Official Engagements
Micheál Martin
1. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the position regarding his breakfast meeting with the Vice President of the United States of America, Mr. Joe Biden; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12766/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Official Engagements
Micheál Martin
2. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the position regarding his meeting with the President of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12767/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Official Engagements
Micheál Martin
3. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the position regarding discussions on the undocumented Irish with the President of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12768/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Official Engagements
Micheál Martin
4. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the position regarding discussions on Northern Ireland with the President of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12769/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Official Engagements
Micheál Martin
5. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the position regarding the bilateral meetings he attended while in the United States of America in March 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12770/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Official Engagements
Denis Naughten
6. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his discussions regarding the undocumented Irish during his recent visit to the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12776/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Official Engagements
Gerry Adams
7. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the United States of America in March 2015. [12782/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Official Engagements
Gerry Adams
8. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he met with members of the Irish-American community during his visit to the United States of America in March 2015. [12783/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Official Engagements
Gerry Adams
9. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the President of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12784/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Official Engagements
Gerry Adams
10. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he raised the Stormont House Agreement with the President of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama, and with the leaders of the Congress of the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12785/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Official Engagements
Gerry Adams
11. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he raised the case of Mr. Pat Finucane with the President of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama, and with leaders of the Congress of the United States of America during his visit to the United States of America in March 2015. [12786/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Official Engagements
Gerry Adams
12. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he met any of the lobby groups working with the undocumented Irish and other groups in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12787/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Official Engagements
Gerry Adams
13. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he met with business leaders during his visit to the United States of America in March 2015. [12788/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Official Engagements
Gerry Adams
14. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of the undocumented Irish with the President of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama, and the Government of the United States of America during his visit in March 2015. [12789/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Official Engagements
Gerry Adams
15. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he spoke to the President of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama, during his Saint Patrick’s Day visit concerning the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12791/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Official Engagements
Gerry Adams
16. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he spoke to the President of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama, regarding the plight of the increasing number of refugees arising from the conflicts in the Middle East. [12792/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Official Engagements
Micheál Martin
17. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the business leaders he met while in the United States of America in March 2015; if double taxation was discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15196/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Official Engagements
Micheál Martin
18. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he met groups representing the undocumented Irish while in the United States of America; if progress has been made in relation to the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15199/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Official Engagements
Micheál Martin
19. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the names of the Senate representatives in the United States of America with whom he met to discuss the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15200/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Official Engagements
Richard Boyd Barrett
20. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the outcome of discussions regarding the undocumented Irish in the United States of America at his meeting with the American President, Mr. Barack Obama; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32856/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Special Educational Needs Data
Charlie McConalogue
121. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns regarding the new system of allocation of special needs assistants that is being piloted this year; her plans to address the long waiting times for special needs assessment by the National Educational Psychological Service. [34079/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Jonathan O'Brien
122. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing the primary school pupil-teacher ratio by one point for each of the next five years, accounting for rising demographics; and the cost of additional school and classroom building to cater for reduced class sizes during each of these years. [34191/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Schools Building Projects Status
Ruth Coppinger
123. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's involvement in the process of constructing an access road to a planned school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the resulting delay in the opening of this new school building; if this will result in students continuing to travel to temporary off-site accommodation; her views on the impact this delay is having on the much-needed sports pitches and facilities for the Tyrrelstown community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34032/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
State Examinations Reviews
Charlie McConalogue
124. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her proposals for progressing with junior certificate reform following the rejection of the proposals by members of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34080/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Schools Building Projects Administration
Ruth Coppinger
125. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the failure to lodge a planning application on time for a temporary building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15, given that children in the school have started the school year in a gymnasium without natural light, adequate ventilation, or a play area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34033/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
written
School Curriculum
Seán Kyne
126. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of the reform of the junior certificate, the changes that are planned for the Irish language curriculum with particular reference to the spoken language elements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33953/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Jonathan O'Brien
127. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that parents in County Cork are finding it difficult to access mainstream secondary school places for their children with autism, in view of the unavailability of resources at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will set out her plans to rectify the lack of mainstream places for children with autism as a matter of urgency. [33939/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
School Accommodation Provision
Charlie McConalogue
128. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision on a preferred site for new school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be made; the reason for the delay in securing a site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33955/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
Bullying in Schools
Bernard Durkan
129. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which her Department continues to monitor the level of school bullying at primary and second level schools; if particular issues have arisen which may benefit from specific attention; if traditional methods of dealing with the issue continue to be effective; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33936/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
written
School Funding
Thomas Pringle
130. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns of the Irish National Teachers Organisation with regard to schools in rural Ireland, including the issues of class sizes, funding inequality between primary and secondary schools and the increased workload for many school teachers and principals who lack the support of a middle-management infrastructure in the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33981/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
State Examinations Reviews
Jonathan O'Brien
131. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of junior cycle reforms. [33940/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
School Patronage
Charlie McConalogue
132. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in providing a greater choice of school patronage to parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33954/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
written
Student Accommodation
Terence Flanagan
133. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on concerns regarding the shortage of accommodation for university students; the steps she is taking to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33959/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
oral
School Accommodation Provision
Michael McGrath
134. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the substandard accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if her Department plans to consolidate the infant school within the same site as the remainder of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33942/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
written
Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
Helen McEntee
135. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to her speech at the IMPACT conference in County Galway in September 2015, her plans to improve the working conditions and salaries of special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33979/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
written
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Terence Flanagan
136. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the action that is being taken to reduce primary school class sizes to the European Union average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33960/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
written
School Absenteeism
Ruth Coppinger
137. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has analysed the impact that homelessness has on school attendance, the education of pupils and the life of schools; her plans to address these matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33975/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
written
Student Accommodation
Ruth Coppinger
138. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she will take to provide for affordable student accommodation; her views that the lack of such accommodation has an impact on accessibility to third level education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33977/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
written
School Funding
Richard Boyd Barrett
139. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to fund primary schools in the same manner as secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33949/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
written
Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
Michelle Mulherin
140. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend the student grant scheme and the student support regulations in order that erstwhile legally resident Student Universal Support Ireland applicants who are deemed to be ineligible because they have not met the residency conditions, as they have worked overseas for a number of years as unpaid volunteers doing charitable work in some of the world's most deprived places, will be eligible for higher education grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33965/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
written
Schools Building Projects Status
Charlie McConalogue
141. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when architectural tender documents will be issued for the development of new permanent buildings to replace current prefabricated units at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33956/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
written
Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Charlie McConalogue
142. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a recent analysis (details supplied) which provides evidence that there are severe socio-economic inequalities in access to special needs supports across schools and pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33957/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Physical Education
David Stanton
143. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the role of physical education as part of the curriculum at primary and second level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33963/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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School Management
Jonathan O'Brien
144. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to hold an inquiry into the schools using resource hours for administrative duties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33937/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
written
Languages Programme
Charlie McConalogue
145. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for improving foreign language education at primary and secondary level to address the deficit of foreign language skills among the population. [33958/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
written
Educational Projects
Bernard Durkan
146. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects to be in a position to make adequate provision through the capital works programme to meet the full preschool, primary, second, third and fourth level current and future educational needs in all areas throughout the country, having particular regard to demographic trends, overcrowded classrooms, the schools building programme, special needs, and the challenge of the varying and increasing demands of the workplace and apprenticeships; if she is satisfied that the plans in place remain adequate to meet the challenges of an expanding economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33935/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
written
Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Ruth Coppinger
147. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the newspaper report (details supplied) which indicated that wealthier areas are accessing more resource teaching than poorer areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33974/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
written
Special Educational Needs Staff
Mick Wallace
148. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the current special needs assistant allocation levels in the education system, particularly in the early years of school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33950/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
written
Education Policy
Ruth Coppinger
149. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for primary school education; if she has any plans to restore teachers' pay and conditions, including newly qualified teachers; to reduce class sizes to 20 pupils; to reverse cuts to the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme; to reverse cuts to special needs education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33978/15]
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
written
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Richard Boyd Barrett
150. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reduce class sizes to the European Union average; the measures she plans to put in place to address this problem; when these measures will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33948/15]