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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2017
230. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health his views on whether serious flaws exist within the hospital system for persons that present with mental health difficulties. [24898/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2017
229. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health if it is common practice for a person who has presented to a hospital experiencing a mental health crisis to be sent home despite having a general practitioner's referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24897/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2017
228. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for a person in County Meath to access a psychiatric consultant. [24896/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2017
72. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason data on junior certificate retention rates by school, junior certificate exam results aggregated to school level and or leaving certificate retention rates by school were not used to identify post-primary schools that had high levels of disadvantage for the DEIS identification process; and the further reason he is of the view it is an improvement to exclude information on actual education outcomes from the identification process in favour of purely using information on the socioeconomic context of a school, which is only moderately correlated with actual education outcomes. [24666/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2017
68. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the treatment of pharmacy students in Trinity College Dublin, UCD and RCSI whose degrees have been changed and as a result they now have to pay masters degree level fees for their final year tuition and have to undergo an unpaid placement rather than a paid placement in their final year; if he was consulted with regard to this change; his views on whether it should be permissible; and if he will engage with the presidents of these institutions to reverse these changes. [24663/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2017
59. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the level of capital investment in institutes of technology is adequate; the progress being made to address the significant capital shortfall and infrastructure deficits which exist across the sector; and his views on best way in which to remedy these. [24665/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2017
38. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the modern languages strategy; and his further views on whether the reform of the teaching of modern languages is not being given enough priority in education policy and that his Department has no strategy for improving language skills, particularly at primary level. [24664/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2017
36. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the allocation of 300 classroom hours, rising to 400 hours, to the new wellness programme at junior cycle will reduce the number of hours schools can devote to science and language education in many schools that teach four classes per week in these subjects; and his further views on whether this is inconsistent with the ambition to improve science and language skills. [24667/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2017
27. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the treatment of pharmacy students in Trinity College, Dublin, UCD and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, RCSI, whose degree has been changed in order that they now have to pay masters degree level fees for their final year tuition and are having to undergo an unpaid placement rather than a paid placement in their final year; if he was consulted regarding this change; his views on whether it should be permissible; and his further views on engaging with the presidents of these institutions to reverse these unfair changes. [25042/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2017
25. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns about the current low rate of creating new apprenticeships and that the targets in the programme for Government will not be met; his views on whether there are significant barriers to creating new apprenticeships; and the steps he will take to address the slow rate of progress. [25041/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 May 2017
83. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which she proposes to ensure Garda numbers are increased in County Meath. [24329/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 May 2017
70. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of Garda districts as promised under the programme for Government will be published. [24328/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2017
605. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 4 May 2017, her views on whether it would not be worthwhile to compile non-attendance rates for schools for administrative divisions smaller than county level, even though the information and expertise is available within her Department and Tusla; and her further views on the use of county level statistics for understanding the impact of policies aimed at reducing school non-attendance or non-retention (details supplied). [22749/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2017
412. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health when a five-day assisted living service will be provided to a person (details supplied) with special needs. [22971/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2017
247. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection when a public services card will issue to a person (details supplied). [22759/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2017
199. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 198, 206, 210, 211 and 212 of 9 May 2016, if he will clarify his reply that schools can plan a well-being programme without loss of teaching time for other subjects; and the way in which hours for the well-being programme will not impact on hours for other subjects. [23187/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2017
198. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department's land at Ashbourne, County Meath, is for sale in view of the fact that it is needed for public education and has also been the subject of discussions with Meath County Council for use as a public park. [23184/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2017
186. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the proposals to close a school (details supplied); if this is in accord with the programme for Government commitments; and the steps he will take to prevent this occurring. [23005/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2017
184. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of PLC, post-leaving certificate, places allocated to each ETB, education and training board; and the number of PLC places actually taken up in each ETB in each of the past three years. [22973/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2017
183. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to a new building for a college (details supplied). [22972/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2017
182. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed by his Department, or by public bodies or agencies funded by his Department, on salaries in excess of €125,000; the areas and organisations in which they work; and the positions or titles of the persons concerned. [22967/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2017
167. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the status of the oral junior certificate curriculum; and the changes being proposed and implemented. [22872/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2017
162. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017 to primary schools and post-primary schools for additional Traveller support, in tabular form. [22752/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2017
161. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department caps per-pupil primary school funding at 500 pupils; and the rationale and justification for this. [22751/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2017
160. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been allocated to schools to implement the child abuse prevention programme; and his views on whether this is adequate. [22750/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2017
159. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding provided by his Department in 2017 for funding apprenticeships; and the number of apprenticeships that are currently being funded. [22748/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2017
163. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the document which will satisfy his Department regarding passport applications by stateless persons who may be entitled to citizenship but not a public services card. [22443/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2017
143. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the identification requirements for an application for a public services card. [22442/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2017
220. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a GLAS payment by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22252/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2017
219. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a GLAS payment by a person (details supplied). [22248/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2017
109. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or a body under its aegis has figures on numbers undertaking PhDs in each year since 2009, including PhD entry rates compared to completion rates in HEIs here; and if he will provide same. [22222/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2017
108. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies on State boards under his aegis; and when each vacancy dates from. [22211/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2017
494. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health if an assessment for disability home support can be expedited for a person (details supplied). [22050/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2017
264. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of school non-attendance data for each electoral division in Dublin or the smallest administrative division available in each of the years 2010 to 2016 in tabular form. [21172/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2017
104. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the new DEIS identification and designation process does not directly measure schools differing student intake profiles (details supplied). [21171/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2017
103. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the verification process with which DEIS schools can engage to ensure accuracy of the new education disadvantage identification process (details supplied); and if no verification process is in place, the reason for same. [21170/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 May 2017
169. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views that there is an inconsistency in his Department's aversion to using school level data on education achievement or outcomes in addition to school level survey data to identify schools in which there is concentrated disadvantage for the purposes of DEIS, but is willing to use the same data to indicate schools' socioeconomic context for the purposes of allocating resource teaching under the new SEN allocation model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20990/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 May 2017
155. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the new pilot projects for school clusters to test effective interventions and provide evidence for future resourcing proposed under the school support programme. [20950/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 May 2017
1432. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget allocation to educational welfare services in her Department in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the detail of the budget by constituent programme, such as school completion and the home school community liaison scheme. [19522/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 May 2017
1407. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the decision to fund the programme for research in third level institutions on an annual basis in 2016 and 2017, rather than announcing the programme as a five year investment cycle, has negatively affected the ability of institutions to attract matching funding from private sources due to lack of certainty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19489/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 May 2017
1402. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the proposed introduction of an employer Exchequer mechanism and associated increase in the national training fund levy on employers; if her Department has undertaken research or surveys on the effects of an increase in the employer contribution on businesses; and if her Department will make a submission to the consultation on this. [19214/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 May 2017
900. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [19594/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 May 2017
707. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason members of the fire service did not receive 1916 commemorative medals unlike their colleagues in the Defence Forces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19676/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 May 2017
384. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if, in circumstances in which primary online database questionnaires are not fully completed, this could affect a school's designation status for DEIS; and if this is considered a significant problem with the new DEIS identification and assessment by his Department. [20558/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 May 2017
383. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the level of completion of primary online database questionnaires by parents; if completion rates are low in certain schools or in certain areas compared to other areas; and his views on low questionnaire completion rates. [20557/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 May 2017
373. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department or bodies under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for consultancy and ongoing use of intellectual property in relation the use of the HP Deprivation Index. [20487/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 May 2017
369. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is problematic that the DEIS identification process relies on an assumption that there is a strong correlation between the HP Deprivation Index and educational outcomes; the level of research there has been to support this assumption; and the correlation between the index and education outcomes, including education disadvantage. [20335/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 May 2017
368. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason data on junior certificate retention rates by school, junior certificate exam results aggregated to school level and or leaving certificate retention rates by school were not used to identify post-primary schools that had high levels of disadvantage for the DEIS identification process; and the reason he is of the view that it is an improvement to exclude information on actual education outcomes from the identification process in favour of purely using information on the socioeconomic context of a school which is only moderately correlated with actual education outcomes. [20280/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 May 2017
367. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have requested verification of the data used to identify the levels of concentrated disadvantage in their school for the purposes of identifying their eligibility for support under the DEIS programme; the name of each school that has requested this verification; if his Department is providing this verification to each school that has requested it; and the detail of the verification process. [20279/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 May 2017
366. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no education performance or educational outcomes data from individual schools was used in the identification process for DEIS status; and his views on whether this is a significant shortcoming in the methodology used. [20278/17]