News & Statements
Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD to travel to Berlin for round table meeting of EU leaders on Youth Employment
The Taoiseach, Mr Enda Kenny TD, will today travel to Berlin for a round table meeting of EU leaders on Youth Employment hosted by Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Full report needed on math exam mistakes
Sunbeds are as carcinogenic as tobacco
Youth guarantee needs to have real solutions
Deputy Harris welcomes double-digit reduction in burglary rates in the Garda Region including Wicklow
Harris raises need for improved student grant system with Education Minister
Mental Health (Anti-Discrimination) Bill 2013
Question on Suicide Awareness and Mental Health Support in Secondary Schools
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken in order to increase suicide awareness and mental health support in secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Question on Emergency Works Grant Aid
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the monthly cost of emergency works grant aid in 2013 and annual cost in 2012; the number of applicants for the grant in 2012 and 2013; the cost of the minor works grant scheme in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Question on the Employment of Substitute Teachers
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the turnover of substitute teachers in primary and secondary level schools are monitored by his Department with respect to each school; the rate of which the number of substitute teachers has increased or decreased since the embargo on recruitment; if there has been analysis carried out by his Department on the impact that this may have on the quality of lessons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.