823. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health if a residential care home or any of its community-based facilities (details supplied) are being used as rehabilitation centres or long-term accommodation for sex offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41099/16]
812. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for an occupational therapist for a person (details supplied). [41053/16]
471. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the expected timeframe for the introduction of the repair and lease scheme in County Meath as outlined in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41371/16]
422. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the services available for children with dyslexia, specifically in respect of audio textbooks, which have been proven to be of help but are not currently available from his Department. [1400/17]
396. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary pupils availing of school transport in 2015 and 2016, in tabular form; and if they are eligible or concessionary. [41693/16]
395. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Bus Éireann and contractor vehicles, including whether they are large, medium, mini or taxi, operating the school transport scheme, in tabular form. [41692/16]
191. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in 2017 which will be providing coding courses and at which levels. [41008/16]
190. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount which will be specifically allocated in 2017 to teaching coding in primary and post-primary schools. [41007/16]
38. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that will be taken to tackle a burglary detection rate of less than one in eight in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40461/16]
239. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm that Knockharley dump in Kentstown, County Meath will not be used again for emergency dumping, in breach of planning permission, and that the issue of lack of capacity in Dublin for waste disposal will be dealt with. [40364/16]
206. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the reimbursement status of the Freestyle Libre diabetic equipment [40370/16]
105. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an extension and new building for a school (details supplied). [40369/16]
104. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether various pieces of proposed legislation from his Department will only add to the bureaucratic and administrative burdens on schools. [40368/16]
102. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has satisfied himself with current student staff ratios in universities; and if he has current figures for these ratios and figures for the variances across subject areas. [40366/16]
101. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he proposes to carry out a technical study on the merits or otherwise of the income contingent loan model of funding put forward as an option in the recent Cassells report. [40365/16]
262. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a review is under way of the pyrite remediation scheme. [40109/16]
261. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of pyrite damaged houses in County Meath that have applications for remediation under the pyrite remediation scheme; and the number that have been remediated. [40108/16]
260. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of category one pyrite-affected homes. [40107/16]
259. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the pyrite remediation scheme to deal with the issue of category one homeowners and others that find themselves in limbo due to the fact they live in a pyrite estate. [40106/16]
220. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to initiate a teacher job exchange programme for permanent exchange as opposed to temporary exchange. [40114/16]
219. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Thomas Byrne den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil dualgas sa dlí ar Bhord Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh, uachtarán a bhfuil Gaeilge líofa aici nó aige a fhostú; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [40074/16]
214. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the exact distribution of increased third level funding announced in the recent budget. [40039/16]
158. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a payment of the water grant was not awarded to a person (details supplied). [39054/16]
377. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health when it is proposed to add new PKU-suitable foods to the various reimbursement schemes in view of the acute difficulties being experienced currently by those in need of them. [38784/16]
175. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding schemes that are available to schools and preschools that need to acquire agility and sensory play equipment for students with special education needs. [38793/16]
60. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide special accommodation, as necessary, for exam students with epilepsy or who otherwise suffer periodic seizures; and if he will engage with representative organisations on this matter. [37843/16]
293. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the body responsible for the investigation of accidents at funfairs (details supplied). [37465/16]
275. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to update guidance and legislation in respect of funfairs and theme parks, particularly in view of an accident taking place in a well known venue in the UK. [37206/16]
259. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide the safety certificates that he or his Department has received in respect of funfairs in County Meath in each of the years 2015 and 2016, in tabular form. [36887/16]
225. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the schools throughout the State which do not currently have a National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, psychologist assigned to them in tabular form. [37466/16]
224. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide for a scheme for schools to employ secretaries separate to capitation payments. [37464/16]
223. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the major capital projects which were announced to go to construction in 2017 and which are now expected to proceed. [37459/16]
222. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the major capital projects which were announced to begin construction in 2016 and which have not commenced yet. [37458/16]
221. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a purchase has been completed for a site for a school (details supplied). [37456/16]
214. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale behind the approach taken in the draft regulations on school admissions which were published in September 2013 that sought to limit the number of places that could be allocated to children of past pupils to a maximum of 25%. [37339/16]
199. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the appeals mechanism which will be in place for schools that fail to secure DEIS status in the next admissions to the scheme. [37203/16]
198. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the CSO criteria he plans to use to decide which new schools will be able to access the DEIS scheme for the first time. [37202/16]
197. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions he has had with his counterparts in Great Britain, the Northern Ireland and Scottish Assemblies and in the EU with regard to the education issues following Brexit. [37167/16]
196. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an amendment to the State's free fees initiative is envisaged to cater for Northern Ireland and UK students post-Brexit. [37166/16]
195. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or a body under its aegis, in considering any proposals to reform career structures for researchers with masters degrees and PhDs working in higher level institutions or in research bodies attached to these HEIs that receive State research funding and contracts, has concerns that contracts of indefinite duration used in these contexts to employ researchers have a negative effect on the State's ability to attract and retain research talent; and his views on whether these contracts can be exploitative of researchers. [37113/16]
194. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills when it is proposed to introduce the new religion and ethics curriculum in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37112/16]
193. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that some children with autism spectrum disorder who could be taught in mainstream post-primary schools are being accommodated in special schools, due to the lack of availability of special classes or other suitable resources in mainstream schools. [37111/16]
192. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or a body under its aegis has undertaken any research into the number of children with autism spectrum disorder, ASD, who have not been admitted to a mainstream school in any given year, due to so-called soft barriers to entry as well as hard barriers such as the absence of special classes or individualised education programmes for students with ASD. [37110/16]
191. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has undertaken any research into the number of schools that employ selection criteria in their school admissions based primarily on religion rather than non-religious selection criteria, such as catchment area. [37109/16]
190. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the source of the statistic used by his Department that on average 20% of schools, mostly in Dublin, are oversubscribed; if the statistic that 20% of schools use some selection criteria is correct; and if these figures are out of date. [37108/16]
188. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding Northern Irish and British students enrolling in universities here; and if, post-Brexit, their current EU rate fee arrangements would apply. [37060/16]
181. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the major school projects which were announced in previous years to go to construction by 2017 or earlier which have not proceeded in the year announced or which will not proceed in 2017. [36955/16]
180. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the next round of capital funding for major school works will be announced. [36954/16]