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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 March 2017
374. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to make further revisions to the DEIS list. [13899/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 March 2017
373. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the recently-discovered error with the DEIS list was first discovered. [13898/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 March 2017
372. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the position of the DEIS programme in view of recent errors being discovered in the DEIS list. [13897/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 March 2017
265. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for refusal of a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied). [13051/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 March 2017
253. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review on Caranua; and the expected date of completion for the report. [12896/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 March 2017
249. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills when an assessment by a child psychologist of the National Educational Psychological Service will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied). [12874/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 March 2017
224. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Finance the proportion of staff members in the Revenue Commissioners that have opted out of spouse and child pension provision. [13555/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 March 2017
223. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a copy of all forms the Revenue Commissioners used in the 1970s and 1980s providing for opt in and opt out in respect of spouse and child pension provision for staff members. [13554/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 March 2017
218. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a copy of the rule book of every Revenue Commissioner staff pension scheme commenced in the 1970s and 1980s which would affect staff currently retiring. [13529/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 March 2017
170. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Finance if diagnosed severe autism will be included on the criteria for a primary medical certificate. [12966/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2017
304. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an application for an employment permit by a person (details supplied). [12312/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2017
172. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are exemptions for persons employed on community employment schemes to remain on these schemes after their term has ended. [12261/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2017
137. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a shortage in the availability of the trade of shuttering carpenters here at present. [12285/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2017
221. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the specific training teachers in special needs units are required to have to teach. [11585/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2017
220. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the funding available for special units in terms of sensory needs and occupational therapist needs, including soft padding and soft toys for special needs children. [11584/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2017
105. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for land registry by a person (details supplied). [11348/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2017
356. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to put in place another five-year cycle of the PRTLI for the period 2018 to 2022; her views on whether the €10 million allocation to the PRTLI in 2017 is sufficient to support research in universities and institutes of technology under the programme, in view of the fact that this amounts to just 17% of the 2011 allocation and 32% of the average annual allocation under the programme from 2011 to 2016; and when the new PRTLI will be finalised. [10788/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2017
95. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondments which have exceeded five years in the period July 2009 to October 2014, inclusive; the length of time for which the five years was exceeded; and the number of secondments refused or terminated in this period on the grounds that the secondment exceeded five years. [11122/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2017
94. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department entered into discussions with the EU with regard to the relocation of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11092/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 2017
252. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health when a home care package will be put in place for a person (details supplied). [10552/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 2017
71. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns of school principals that they have not been provided with enough information on the way the allocations of resource and learning support teaching will be allocated for the 2017-18 school term; and if he will further address concerns that schools that experience a rise in identified special needs in 2017 and 2018 will have to consequently reduce current pupils' contact time in order that new special needs pupils can be supported. [10485/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 2017
59. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on resolving the dispute with the ASTI union over junior certificate reform; and his views on whether students sitting the English and science examinations in ASTI schools are being unfairly treated in this dispute and should have the threat of losing 10% of their marks on the oral examination removed. [10488/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 2017
56. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the options he is exploring for availing of the opportunities provided under the European Fund for Strategic Investments to boost capital expenditure on schools and-or institutes of technology; if his Department is exploring any additional PPP projects under the EFSI; and if not, the reason this is the case. [10484/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 2017
53. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the fact that there are 95,000 pupils in 396 schools across the country who have no National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, psychologist assigned to them for assessment; and his views on whether the current ratio of psychologists to students is allowing timely access to assessment for children presenting with developmental or behavioural issues. [10486/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 2017
36. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on meetings and discussions he or his officials have had with counterparts in other EU states with regard to the impact of Brexit on third level fees that would be charged to Irish or other EU citizens studying in the UK or Northern Ireland and-or other barriers to access for Irish or EU students to studying in the UK or Northern Ireland. [10487/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 2017
21. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans regarding the issue of teacher supply; the reason the interim report on teacher supply has not been followed up; and if his attention has been drawn to the details of the secondary teachers who are qualifying and the subjects in which they are qualifying and the impact this inaction has on plans for the education sector. [10619/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 2017
19. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a fair appeals system for schools not admitted to the DEIS programme; the reason the entry criteria for DEIS are not based on the latest census data; and if work is actually complete on the model for achieving DEIS status. [10618/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2017
649. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the financial support that is provided from the health budget to St. Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown, which is located adjacent to Connolly Hospital (details supplied); the assistance and support these services receive from the annual health budget for this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10401/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2017
570. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health when a home care package that has been granted by the HSE will be put in place for a person (details supplied). [9867/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2017
502. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason services to the equine industry appear to have been removed from the list of projects eligible to be funded from Leader funding in view of the fact this is having a huge impact to the Leader programme in counties such as Meath in which the equine industry is a substantial employer in the rural area; if this will be reviewed to allow such projects to remain eligible for Leader funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10402/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2017
442. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a public service card for a person (details supplied). [10311/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2017
342. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the potential impact of the Bus Éireann industrial dispute on access to school transport for students; the alternative measures being explored to transport children to school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10469/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2017
296. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a decision on maintenance grants for third level students who attend private colleges. [9833/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2017
294. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of hours that constitute a full-time working week for a special needs assistant. [9831/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2017
238. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Finance if the first-time buyers grant can be used to contribute towards a required deposit; and the mechanism in place to ensure it can be available for this purpose at contract stage. [10263/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 February 2017
44. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to provide more social housing in County Meath. [9034/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 February 2017
40. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding a small development of social houses in Kells, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9033/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 February 2017
227. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his proposed actions following the recent motion on the North-South interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9009/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 February 2017
106. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the amount of money lost to Dublin Institute of Technology, DIT, due to the bankruptcy of a company (details supplied) that was the institute's information service provider; if he or the Higher Education Authority have undertaken any assessment of the impact of the loss of this funding on other services or programmes within the college; if he or the HEA have knowledge of the source from which the money is being recovered in view of the fact there are reports that students have less access now to online journals as a result of this loss; the reason DIT did not have insurance in place to cover it in the event of this loss; and if it is departmental policy that insurance is in place for such large investments. [8958/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 February 2017
100. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on meetings he or his officials have had with counterparts in other EU states with regard to the impact of Brexit on third level fees that would be charged to Irish or other EU citizens studying in the UK. [8856/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2017
373. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position in respect of the submission of Kells, County Meath, and its monastic site as part of the tentative list of locations for future nomination to the world heritage list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8297/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2017
360. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when flood relief works will be carried out in Huntsgrove, Ashbourne, County Meath. [8316/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2017
212. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the evidence his Department or a body under its aegis has to support the claim made by the NCSE that the current allocation model for resource teaching and learning supports is driving an over-diagnosis and over-labelling of children as having behavioural conditions, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, or developmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder, ASD . [8504/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2017
211. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that a number of schools will not meet the minimum of 167 teaching days in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8503/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2017
210. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns that under the new NCSE allocation model for resource teaching hours, allocations will be based on socioeconomic background, which is not directly related to assessed conditions such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, ASD or speech and language difficulties. [8502/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2017
209. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns that under the new NCSE allocation model for resource teaching hours, allocations will become reactive to students' needs due to the reliance on standarised tests; if he will further address fears that schools with strong performance on standardised tests might receive a worse allocation even though they have a high number of children with special education needs. [8501/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2017
208. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns that the NCSE is not accepting applications from schools for SEN supports for children with complex needs in 2017; and the way the NCSE expects to be informed in decisions made over resource teaching allocations without information submitted by schools on individual students' complex needs. [8500/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2017
207. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns of school principals that they have not been given enough information on the way the allocations of resource and learning support teaching will be allocated for the 2017-18 school term; and if he will further address concerns that schools which experience a rise in identified special needs in 2017-18 will have to consequently reduce current pupils' contact time in order that new special needs pupils can be supported. [8499/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2017
206. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns of some schools over the new resource and learning support teaching hours allocation model, in particular concerns that the NCSE will not review allocation of support teachers until 2019; and the position with regard to schools that require an increase in hours due to having additional pupils requiring SEN support while it is acknowledged that schools will not lose resource teaching hours. [8498/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2017
205. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the role of the Educational Research Centre in the DEIS status assessment process; and the reason its involvement in the assessment process was minimised, in view of this organisation's previous involvement and experience in DEIS. [8497/17]