82. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the roll-out of the primary online database; if he will provide latest statistics on usage by schools; if the Data Protection Commissioner has any outstanding concerns regarding the retention of student records under the new scheme, with the use of students' PPSN or with data-sharing provisions. [32443/16]
81. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the development of a new assessment framework for the identification of schools for inclusion in DEIS will be completed; the funding that has been allocated for developing this new assessment database to date; and the amount he anticipates will be required overall. [32442/16]
80. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 4 October 2016, if the review of the DEIS programme is looking at the need for including new schools and schools whose student intake and demographic profile may have altered since the initial introduction of the programme in 2006; when the last intake of a school into the DEIS took place; and if his Department has estimates for the number of schools currently not in DEIS but which may have a demographic profile that would make them eligible for inclusion should the scheme be expanded. [32441/16]
79. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount and the percentage of the income for each individual institute of technology that comes from direct Exchequer sources and from indirect Exchequer sources such as research and contracts, in tabular form; and the name of the programme under which each income is derived, for example, HEA grant, tuition fees and so on. [32439/16]
78. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount and the percentage of total income for University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, the National University of Ireland, Galway, University College Cork, University of Limerick, Maynooth University and Dublin City University that comes from direct Exchequer sources as well as from indirect Exchequer sources such as research and contracts, in tabular form; and the name of the programme under which each income is derived, for example, HEA grant, tuition fees and so on. [32438/16]
77. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is not allowed to describe itself as a university here for marketing and labelling purposes but may do so outside the State; and his Department's reasoning for maintaining this restriction on the RCSI in the Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015. [32437/16]
56. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current rights of property owners with regard to defending their families, themselves and their property against intruders who may be armed with firearms or other weapons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32319/16]
53. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to make changes in the procedures for identification parades in order to abolish the requirement for the victims of crime to be present in the same room as the suspects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32252/16]
43. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to improve broadband services in rural parts of County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31836/16]
40. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that the targets to provide universal broadband in rural County Meath are sufficient; if his attention has been drawn to the deep dissatisfaction regarding broadband provision in that area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31837/16]
562. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will respond to correspondence sent to him by a person (details supplied). [31748/16]
197. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has developed a contingency plan whereby parents of school children affected by the ASTI union ban on substitution and supervision will be asked to volunteer to provide cover; the details of the plan; and if these parents will be required to undergo Garda vetting. [31511/16]
228. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment to see a consultant in the Mater hospital in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31277/16]
145. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied). [31271/16]
159. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if upgrade works on the national broadband scheme will take place in Smithstown, Julianstown, County Meath. [31025/16]
158. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if upgrade works on the national broadband scheme will take place in Stackallen, County Meath. [31023/16]
54. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the capital funding that will be available for schools to apply for in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31032/16]
53. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) and its place on the school building list. [31029/16]
30. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason there is no borrowing framework in place for IOTs, as there is for universities, whereby they can borrow autonomously from private sources independently of general government, in view of the fact that there is no statutory distinction between IOTs and universities; and his views the introduction of a borrowing framework for IOTs to enable them to borrow autonomously. [30730/16]
17. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department favours putting in place a borrowing framework for institutes of technology, IOTs, or for technological universities, that give institutes autonomous borrowing powers outside of general government; and if his Department is of the view that it would be legally possible to put such an autonomous borrowing framework in place under EUROSTAT rules. [30729/16]
218. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new building for a primary school (details supplied). [30221/16]
615. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of research grants from Science Foundation Ireland won by bidders in each higher level institution in each of the years from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form. [29714/16]
586. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the use of the Leap card on Irish Rail outside Dublin.
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433. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre, a sensor for measuring blood sugars, will be made available on the GMS and long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29601/16]
347. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of research grants won by bidders to the Health Research Board in each of the years 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form. [29714/16]
326. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the measures being taken to control the spread of Japanese knotweed. [29458/16]
316. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department favours putting in place a borrowing framework for institutes of technology, or technological universities, that give institutes of technology autonomous borrowing powers outside of general government; and if his Department is of the view that it would be legally possible to put such an autonomous borrowing framework in place under EUROSTAT rules. [29778/16]
244. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for refusal of the back to education allowance for a person (details supplied). [29460/16]
243. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for refusal of back to education allowance for a person (details supplied). [29459/16]
154. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of research grants won by bidders in each higher level institution from Science Foundation Ireland, the Higher Education Authority, the Irish Research Council and Teagasc in each of the years 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form. [29714/16]
153. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department favours putting in place a borrowing framework for institutes of technology or for technological universities that give institutes autonomous borrowing powers outside of general government; if his Department is of the view that it would be legally possible to put such an autonomous borrowing framework in place under Eurostat rules; and the work which is ongoing within his Department on preparing a new borrowing framework for institutes of technology. [29713/16]
142. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Thomas Byrne den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an dtabharfaidh sé uasdátú ar an tionscnamh páirt-tumoideachais a d'fhógair an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna ar leathanach 3 den Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge, 2010-2030: Tuarascáil ar Dhul Chun Cinn: Iúil 2013 - Meán Fómhair 2014, tionscnamh a deirtear a tosaíodh i gcomhar leis an gComhairle Náisiúnta Curaclaim agus Measúnachta agus leis an tSeirbhís um Fhorbairt Ghairmiúil do Mhúinteoirí i seacht scoil ina múintear na hamharcealaíona trí mheán na Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [29628/16]
141. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Thomas Byrne den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an dtabharfaidh sé uasdátú ar an mbeartas páirt-tumoideachais a ndéantar tagairt dó i dTuarascáil Bhliantúil na Roinne, 2015; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [29627/16]
140. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Thomas Byrne den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén socrú a bheidh le cur i bhfeidhm don Ghaeilge mar ábhar Ardteistiméireachta nuair a thiocfaidh an córas nua don Ghaeilge sa tSraith Shóisearach isteach, .i. an mbeidh curaclam in oiriúint don chainteoir dúchais ar fáil don Ardteistiméireacht. [29626/16]
139. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Thomas Byrne den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an gcinnteoidh sé go mbeidh teacht ag aon dalta scoile ar an gcuraclam nua atá le teacht isteach i scoileanna Gaeltachta, más rud é go bhfuil an dalta sin i scoil Ghaeltachta nó i nGaelscoil áit ar bith eile, chun a chinntiú go mbeidh an curaclam seo ar fáil do gach dalta scoile atá á thógáil nó á tógáil le Gaeilge nó a bhfuil Gaeilge ar ardchaighdeán aige nó aici; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [29625/16]
128. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the protocols in place at SUSI for students such as a person (details supplied) where SUSI will not accept a change of circumstances once a student's first point of entry into the system is when he or she is under 23 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29464/16]
113. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost estimates for the expansion of the incredible years programme to 646 schools; the nature of the expansion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29285/16]
112. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of continuing professional development, CPD, units which were delivered in each year from 2010 to date in 2016. [29284/16]
110. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the report by his Department on the barriers to lone parents accessing higher education will be published prior to the budget 2017. [29282/16]
59. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason a small local authority housing project in Kells, County Meath, which was due to go to tender in 2016, has been delayed. [28476/16]
38. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to relieve the rental market crisis in County Meath. [28477/16]
565. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale behind his decision to not add the Six Nations Rugby competition to Ireland's compulsory free-to-air sporting events list; if this decision was made after public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28462/16]
462. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health when he envisages an alternative to the motorised transport grant, which was discontinued in 2013, will commence and begin accepting applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28572/16]
403. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health if a person caring full time on a live-in basis in the carer's home for one or two infirm clients must register as a nursing home. [28280/16]
179. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a technical assessment will take place on a school building (details supplied). [28320/16]
178. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has conducted a particular study on the demographic needs of the east Meath, north Dublin and south Louth region to establish the necessity of new secondary schools; and when it is envisaged that new secondary schools will be required to be provided in the region. [28314/16]
170. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if figures are available for repeated or semi-permanent non-use of school transport tickets; and his views on whether this is an issue which needs to be addressed. [28212/16]
169. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the State aid complaint made in relation to the school transport service. [28211/16]