304. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the €600 million core funding requirement by 2020 referenced in the Cassells report includes or excludes provision for demographic increases that have already been included in fiscal parameters for 2018 and 2019. [19235/17]
303. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the approximate cost of the programme for Government commitment to achieving cumulative apprenticeship registrations and traineeship enrolments of 50,000 in the period 2016 to 2020; and the approximate cost to the State of training an apprentice. [19234/17]
302. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants on training programmes for the unemployed run by SOLAS in each of the years from 2007 to 2016; if funding to these programmes will be reduced due to decreasing demand from unemployed persons; and the reason expenditure on these programmes increased in 2016 compared to 2014 and 2015 in view of the general reduction in unemployment. [19201/17]
301. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is scope to reduce funding to the Springboard or information and communication technology skills conversion course programmes due to reduced demand from unemployed persons. [19200/17]
300. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the programmes for which his Department provides funding to SOLAS in each year since its establishment; and the number of participants on each programme in each year. [19199/17]
299. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount collected from the national training levy in each of the years 2000 to 2010; and the use of this funding by types of programme. [19198/17]
298. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the specific training grants supplied to industry from the national training fund in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [19197/17]
331. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the catch and release figures for fisheries (details supplied) in County Mayo. [18398/17]
330. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the salmon rod and line return figures for the past six years relating to the Bangor, County Mayo, fishery district. [18397/17]
266. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists in County Meath recruited in the past 12 months. [18403/17]
265. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting to access occupational therapy in County Meath. [18402/17]
656. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when low-cost loans for tillage farmers will be available following the announcement in October 2016. [17607/17]
458. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the specific areas of the electoral divisions in the Kells municipal district that are designated within the CLÁR area. [17959/17]
266. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation model for resource and learning support for children with special needs that will apply in newly founded schools. [18111/17]
134. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools with existing DEIS status that were assessed as not meeting the deprivation criteria in the latest DEIS assessment but did not lose their DEIS status. [17270/17]
133. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make publicly accessible the dataset with the index variables used to assess schools for DEIS status; and if so, when this will be made publicly accessible. [17269/17]
63. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address the need for greater community and sports facilities in new towns and villages across the country in the context of the Ireland 2040 plan and suitable planning. [17113/17]
37. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for new and acceptable guidelines on wind turbines. [17112/17]
92. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the commitment in the confidence and supply arrangement on career guidance counsellors and the implementation of same. [16457/17]
66. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons a parent has no appeals process with respect to the allocations of learning support and resource hours. [16490/17]
60. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding ex-quota guidance counselling and the announcement in budget 2017. [16489/17]
56. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a contingency plan for the school bus service as a result of the Bus Éireann dispute. [16491/17]
31. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the report of teaching supply will be published; and how he proposes to deal with the severe shortage of teachers in key subjects and the surplus in other key subjects. [17092/17]
29. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the application of the HP Deprivation Index to schools for inclusion of those schools in the DEIS programme; the discrepancies in relation to the recent list of DEIS schools in the programme; and if the DEIS programme was ready when it was published initially. [17091/17]
366. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the exact statutory provision which is preventing a public services card being issued in the case of a person (details supplied). [16567/17]
296. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the programme for Government first year priorities in education and the role his Department played. [16455/17]
280. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the rationale for the allocation of the other non-pay budget to Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board, CMETB, in view of the fact that student numbers at second level have not diminished and services traditionally provided across the ETB have in fact greatly increased owing to the vast numbers of the community availing of these services due to the recession. [16659/17]
279. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the amount of other non-pay budget granted to County Cavan VEC and County Monaghan VEC for the years 2012 and 2013; and the ONP budget allocated to Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16658/17]
53. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she is undertaking to increase Garda resources in County Meath in line with the programme for Government commitments. [15532/17]
21. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the long-term plans for the Courts Service in counties Meath and Louth. [15533/17]
589. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a company that cannot source indigenous or EEA national employees can fill vacancies by employing non-EEA nationals due to the shortage of skilled workforce here. [15330/17]
566. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all fatal road accidents since January 2016 including the date of the accident, the road number of the locus of the accident and the county. [15517/17]
557. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for funding for improvements and-or safety measures which have been made by Meath County Council and Kildare County Council in respect of the Dunboyne Maynooth Road R157. [15253/17]
529. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband services will be upgraded in Folistown, Dunboyne, County Meath. [15059/17]
252. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the provision there is for a stateless person lawfully resident here to apply for a public services card in view of the fact they are unable to produce any passport or information as to nationality due to the fact they are stateless. [15353/17]
185. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the appeals process has been removed for parents regarding the allocation of resource and learning support for children with special needs. [15369/17]
182. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if home tutors are employees of his Department; if his Department is paying appropriate PAYE and PRSI in respect of home tutors; and if not, the reason home tutors are being paid through the payroll of his Department. [15255/17]
173. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the key issues he will seek to raise in the forthcoming Brexit negotiations. [15110/17]
140. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage and the need for shuttering carpenters in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15329/17]
155. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding water connection charges; and his views on whether these fees are excessive. [14297/17]
78. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he is taking to promote and advance the Navan rail line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14216/17]
1291. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if it is standard practice for a private consultant to be used to recruit for non-commercial State employment vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14262/17]
753. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been approved home help or a home support package but who are currently on a waiting list to receive either due to a lack of available staff, by county. [12948/17]
642. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is standard practice for a private consultant to be used to recruit for non-commercial State employment vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14261/17]
375. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the revised methodology he is using to assess schools to enter the DEIS scheme; and the way it differs from the original methodology. [13900/17]