176. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the policy of the State Examinations Commission in rounding up percentage results, for example, if a student gets 29.83%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5340/18]
331. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting time to process a carer's benefit application; and if she is satisfied with the level of staffing in the carer's benefit department. [5119/18]
64. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to bring forward new proposals to ensure greater access to broadband in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4687/18]
61. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the transparency of the school selection process for the DEIS scheme will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4688/18]
49. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the State Examinations Commission annual deficit tripling during 2017 to more than €2.2 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4689/18]
41. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that schools infrastructure planning is keeping pace with demographic changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4686/18]
36. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to improve the regional distribution of PLC, post-leaving certificate, courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4685/18]
3. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the levels of access to broadband in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5090/18]
1. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that schools infrastructure planning is keeping pace with demographic changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5089/18]
181. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the names and districts of peace commissioners in County Meath, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4691/18]
589. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that the offices of the two JobPath providers are sufficiently equipped with basic information technology equipment such as computers and printers to carry out their functions. [4112/18]
588. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to set out the annual remuneration of the two JobPath providers (details supplied) to deliver the programme nationwide; and the number employed by both providers in their offices across the country. [4111/18]
279. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 18 January 2018, if it is policy that it is a condition of naturalisation that a person has not been absent from the State for more than six weeks per annum in the years claimed towards the reckonable residency requirement, irrespective of the explanation furnished under Q5.6 of the application form. [3981/18]
251. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is in discussions with Meath County Council regarding school provision in the county particularly in areas in which house building has begun again. [4409/18]
250. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has made a submission on the national planning framework; and if so, if he will provide a copy of same. [4408/18]
247. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills when full broadband service will be restored in a primary school (details supplied). [4375/18]
246. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the contacts and communications he has had with a company (details supplied) in the context of the collapse of a company. [4368/18]
217. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the terms of reference on the career guidance review make specific mention of enterprise engagement with no mention of engagement from academia, education, health services and other public service providers. [4029/18]
216. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of employing consultants to carry out the review on career guidance. [4028/18]
215. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the members of the expert steering group on the review of career guidance. [4027/18]
214. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed construction of a new school building (details supplied); and when building works will commence. [4018/18]
83. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to contractual disputes and outstanding building defects at schools (details supplied). [3812/18]
82. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times his Department had to retender building projects as a result of firms going into liquidation. [3811/18]
81. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of building projects that were interrupted in 2017 by firms going into liquidation. [3810/18]
81. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a transport grant was discontinued for a person (details supplied). [3539/18]
596. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the future of the social welfare officer based in a town (details supplied) is secure. [3122/18]
549. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has satisfied herself with the welfare of a person (details supplied). [2978/18]
523. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the €25,000 that was recently announced in grant allocations from Transport Infrastructure Ireland for the N2 road from the Rath roundabout to Kilmoon Cross, County Meath; and his further views on whether the N2 requires urgent attention to increase efficiency and road safety in view of major fatalities in recent years. [2916/18]
473. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reduce the costs of domestic waste for households with persons with special needs (details supplied). [3160/18]
130. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the refusal of a naturalisation certificate for a person (details supplied) in east County Meath was unreasonable and wrong in view of the fact that the person was refused on the basis of being away on holidays for a short period despite living here for 44 years. [2592/18]
107. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the schools operated through public private partnership, PPP, or under construction by a company (details supplied). [2608/18]
99. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on reports that a company (details supplied) is in financial difficulties and is seeking to sell on Irish public private partnership, PPP, contracts it has in connection with school construction and maintenance. [2567/18]
1271. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a company (details supplied) in County Meath can expect to have good quality and reliable broadband; and his views on whether existing poor broadband is severely affecting the ability of businesses to achieve their targets. [54899/17]
1128. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, payment by a person (details supplied). [54317/17]
836. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent cut to funding of the counties Louth and Meath branch of an organisation (details supplied) through the national lottery grant scheme 2017; and his views on whether this cut will reduce the ability of the branch to carry out work in the community. [55011/17]
459. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills when consent and the terms of consent for the sale of an old school building (details supplied) will be given. [1953/18]
458. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a special autism unit will be set up in a school (details supplied). [1952/18]
434. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary teachers currently on career break from teaching. [1582/18]
344. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied) regarding its allocation of Special Needs Assistant, SNA, hours. [54657/17]
308. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for two additional permanent classrooms in the interests of the health and safety of the school community. [54369/17]
179. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the ratio of students to teaching staff in each of the years from 2013 to 2017 at third level. [53614/17]
178. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that was spent on the provision of counselling services at third level in each of the years from 2013 to 2017; and the amount that has been allocated for the year 2017-2018. [53613/17]
175. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding his Department is providing for the creative youth programme in 2017; the allocation it will receive in 2018; and, if his Department is allocating funding, the amount being provided for media promotion of the programme. [53551/17]
108. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of training provided to serving primary teachers specifically to support the implementation of the national literacy and numeracy strategy in each of the years 2011 to 2015; the number of substitute days paid by his Department in each of the years to facilitate such training; the cost to his Department of such training in each of the years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53418/17]
107. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, special classes in each county or local authority in tabular form. [53417/17]
106. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of its total allocation under the capital investment plan 2016 to 2021 his Department has spent to date. [53416/17]
192. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the statutory obligations he must comply with in respect of funding primary and secondary schools. [53078/17]
190. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position with regard to protected disclosures made by persons employed by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. [53059/17]