454. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department consults with schools on the weight of school bags in the context of the setting of textbooks and timetables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36447/19]
453. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanism by which the weight of school bags is monitored by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36446/19]
436. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who will commence training to qualify as secondary school teachers in schools in September 2019; and the number who will continue training in schools in September 2019. [36194/19]
435. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the work undertaken to date to update the sexual education curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36193/19]
434. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the value of rewards paid to schools to date for the implementation of circular 0032/2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36192/19]
433. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the monitoring of the implementation of circular 0032/2017 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36191/19]
432. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SUSI grant applications made for the 2019-2020 term; the number granted and refused, respectively to date; the number of appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36190/19]
431. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work underway to examine the Cassels report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36189/19]
430. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the engagements which have taken place between his Department and representatives of school secretaries since June 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36188/19]
429. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the areas in which he has been advised to use his powers in the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 to increase school places by State bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36187/19]
428. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the communications he has undertaken to date with patrons and schools on the provision of school places for children with autism in Dublin 15; the date on which each communication took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36186/19]
427. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the major school building projects scheduled to be completed in the next six and 12 months respectively; the number of projects scheduled to commence works in the next six and 12 months respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36185/19]
426. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide additional supports to students experiencing mental health difficulties at third-level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36183/19]
425. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met representatives of Bus Éireann or the RSA since September 2018 regarding the safety of the school transport fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36181/19]
403. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of unannounced inspections carried out by school transport supervisors in 2018; the number of times an inspection was not passed; the number of follow-up inspections carried out; the number of follow-up inspections failed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35865/19]
402. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of quality assurance checks of vehicles operating the school transport scheme that took place in 2018; the number of checks and the pass rate by county, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35864/19]
383. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an increased use of part-time contracts for teachers; if so, when his attention was drawn to the practice; the actions he will take to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35727/19]
382. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the date, number of teachers impacted and value of payment due not issued for each event in which 30 or more teachers were not paid on an agreed date from January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35726/19]
381. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching posts filled by teachers working on full-time, part-time and temporary contracts, respectively, in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to the end of June 2019. [35725/19]
380. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid to teachers on part-time and full-time contracts, respectively, in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to the end of June 2019, in tabular form. [35724/19]
348. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request a short review of an application made alongside certain proposals with a view to allowing a school (details supplied) to continue to operate under new patronage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35310/19]
531. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of classes in prefabs at both primary and secondary level in September in each of the years 2014 to 2018; and the number of classes that will be prefabs in September 2019. [33211/19]
399. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an urgent review of the criteria of the scheme for ex gratia payments from the State for historic sex abuse as school pupils will be commissioned in view of the recent ruling regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31717/19]
398. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills when 13 applications to a scheme for ex gratia payments from the State for historic sex abuse as school pupils but did not qualify under the prior complaint criterion will receive payment under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31716/19]
397. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if prior compliant will remain a condition for applicants to a scheme for ex gratia payments from the State for historic sex abuse as school pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31715/19]
396. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the compensation paid to date applicants to a scheme for ex gratia payments from the State for historic sex abuse as school pupils. [31714/19]
395. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants to a scheme for ex gratia payments from the State for historic sex abuse as school pupils; the number that have been declined; the number that have been submitted for independent assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31713/19]
394. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to the requirement that claimants for ex gratia payments from the State for historic sex abuse as school pupils must show that their abuser was the subject of a prior complaint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31712/19]
867. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is satisfied with the level of drawdown under the LEADER programme in County Meath. [30599/19]
811. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of permits issued to airlines outside the State under the fifth freedom over the past five years. [31172/19]
810. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the decision to issue a permit to an airline (details supplied) to operate a service between Dublin and Madrid; his views on whether this new service could give rise to a potential unfair commercial advantage; and his further views on whether this route was already well serviced with 39 existing services weekly. [31171/19]
311. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the oversight of his Department of circulars issued; if surveys have been carried out of compliance with circulars since 2016; if so, the surveys carried out; the results of those surveys; the compliance rate; the actions taken following these results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31291/19]
310. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children provided with school transport on a concessionary basis through the school transport scheme. [31290/19]
309. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received for the school transport scheme in 2018; and the number of places provided. [31289/19]
308. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school transport appeals lodged to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31288/19]
307. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the specific learning outcomes for the draft primary mathematics curriculum; the rationale for this approach; the other countries in which a similar model is applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31287/19]
306. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a reduction of €100 to the student contribution at third-level. [31286/19]
305. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of the provision of 100 additional springboard courses. [31285/19]
304. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retirements and pensions started by staff in 2019; if these are in line with projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31284/19]
303. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the results of the economic analysis of the Cassells report on third-level funding referred to the European Commission will be made available. [31283/19]
302. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who received a SUSI grant for the 2017/2018 academic year; the cost of the provision of the SUSI grant for the year; and the estimated cost of a 1%, 5% and 10% increase in the SUSI grant. [31282/19]
301. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to abolish student contributions for apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31281/19]
300. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the oversight conducted by his Department of the number of young persons seeking support and or counselling for mental health difficulties at third-level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31280/19]
299. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has discussed issues raised by a person (details supplied) in their resignation from the board of Tusla with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs; if his Department has examined the issues they raised; the result of the examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31279/19]
298. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will conduct a review of the common level junior cycle science course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31278/19]
296. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of employing an additional ten, 20, 50 and 100 new NEPS psychologists for special needs assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31276/19]
295. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to restore English as an additional language post to pre-2012 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31275/19]