Parliamentary questions

Health Insurance

Michael McGrath

616. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that have been raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the operation of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14762/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

617. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment at Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14773/15]

Registration of Nurses

Dara Calleary

618. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the amount of time it currently takes to register as a nurse from the time of submitting an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14777/15]

Registration of Nurses

Dara Calleary

619. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's plans for its clinical adaptation programme; his plans to extend the scheme in view of there being 272 nurses on a waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14778/15]

Registration of Nurses

Michael Lowry

620. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the delays in nurse registrations by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, which is directly impacting on the public, private and voluntary nursing sectors. [14782/15]

Registration of Nurses

Michael Lowry

621. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will address the fact that 272 nurses are currently on the waiting list for the Health Service Executive clinical adaptation programme; his plans to extend the programme beyond August 2015. [14783/15]

Care of the Elderly Provision

Michael Lowry

622. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health his views regarding the urgent need to address gerontological care and the requirement for a viable workforce plan in this regard. [14784/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

623. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14787/15]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

624. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if an application under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be given urgent attention in view of the fact that the original delay in the application was with St. Vincent’s Hospital; and if the family will be re-imbursed for nursing home fees when their application is finally granted. [14788/15]

Medicinal Products Licensing

Clare Daly

625. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to deal with supposed miracle cures for autism being marketed here, some containing bleach. [14810/15]

Health Services Provision

Dan Neville

626. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure that a deficit issue in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork is dealt with, in order that there is minimum impact on its service users; if he will sanction certain criteria in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14811/15]

Medical Card Appeals

Michael Healy-Rae

627. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14813/15]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

628. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the current status of the National Treatment Purchase Fund; the areas it is being focused on at present, its budgets in each of the past three years; where have these funds been spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14821/15]

Ambulance Service Provision

Terence Flanagan

629. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed takeover of Dublin Fire Brigade by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14832/15]

Dental Services

Terence Flanagan

630. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 5 relating to medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14834/15]

Health Strategies

Dara Calleary

631. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the proposed timescale for completion of a new national cancer strategy, the proposed membership of the review group, if he will consider including a patient advocate on the review group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14855/15]

General Medical Services Scheme Administration

Arthur Spring

632. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Health if there is an appeals process available to a medical card patient if a general practitioner removes that patient from his or her general medical services list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14862/15]

Medicinal Products Prices

Gerry Adams

633. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown on the cost of a packet of branded Xanax which is generic alprazolam, of branded Lipitor which is generic atorvastatin calcium and of branded Nexium which is generic esomeprazole, under the headings ex-factory price that is manufacturer's costs, distributors/wholesalers costs and retail costs; if he will provide a comparable breakdown on the costs of the same tablets, branded and generic, in all other European Union countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14873/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Tom Fleming

634. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a referral to St. James's Hospital in Dublin 8 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of that person's circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14875/15]

Nursing Home Services

Seán Kyne

635. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to extending the remit of registered nurse prescribers to address the needs of medical card holders in private nursing home facilities to the same extent as is currently permitted regarding non-medical card holders in such facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14890/15]

Pharmacy Services

Seán Kyne

636. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health his views on the concept of a minor ailment scheme involving Irish pharmacies; if he is aware of the high success rate of such schemes in other jurisdictions; and if such a scheme has been, or is being, considered by the Health Service Executive and his Department. [14891/15]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Billy Timmins

637. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health if an eight-year waiting time for access to a dermatologist in counties Carlow and Waterford is the exception rather than the rule; his plans to reduce such times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14894/15]

Hospitals Building Programme

Billy Timmins

638. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health the estimated completion cost of the children's hospital; if he will provide a breakdown of this; when the planning application will be lodged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14895/15]

Maternity Services Provision

Billy Timmins

639. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health the number and location of public maternity hospitals; the capital funding that was allocated to these since 1990 to date in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14896/15]

Maternity Services Provision

Billy Timmins

640. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health if all the recommendations outlined in a report (details supplied) have been implemented in all maternity hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14897/15]

Primary Care Centres Data

Billy Timmins

641. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the primary care list of 35 centres published in 2012; the cost to date; the estimated time of completion; and the estimated total completion cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14898/15]

Hospital Groups

Billy Timmins

642. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health the status of the hospital grouping lists; the person who is the chief executive officer of each group; when the appointments took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14899/15]

Vaccination Programme

Seán Kyne

643. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the consideration by his Department of the recommendation of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee for the inclusion of the meningitis B vaccine as part of the primary childhood immunisation schedule; and if proposed action on securing the best possible cost arrangements for the State for procuring medications includes such vaccines. [14930/15]

Health Services Provision

Finian McGrath

644. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health the position regarding occupational and speech and language therapy in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14939/15]

Semi-State Bodies

Billy Timmins

645. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the semi-State commercial companies under his control; the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend paid by each company to the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to 2014, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14966/15]

Undocumented Irish in the USA

Gerry Adams

646. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised with the Obama Administration the introduction of a waiver policy for Ireland, currently available through the embassies of the United States of America in several other states, which would remove the current obstacle of the three and ten-year bars for undocumented Irish citizens in the United States of America. [12790/15]

Foreign Conflicts

Paul Murphy

647. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has held with European Union Ministers for Foreign Affairs and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs on the conflict in Yemen; and his views on the support France and the United Kingdom are providing to one side in the conflict. [13897/15]

Foreign Conflicts

Paul Murphy

648. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if representations have been made to embassies of Middle Eastern or north African states to Ireland on the conflict in Yemen; and the representations that have been made by embassies of Ireland in the region to respective states on the conflict in Yemen. [13898/15]

Human Rights

Clare Daly

649. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will immediately and publicly call on the Egyptian Government to release a person (details supplied). [13979/15]

Irish Language

Terence Flanagan

650. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken to promote the use of Irish in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14174/15]

Passport Applications

Paul Murphy

651. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No 742 of 24 March 2015, the procedures with regard to establishing whether, in fact, a passport applicant has reduced capacity; and the acceptable documentation or proof that a person must furnish to show they are duly authorised to act on behalf of an applicant with reduced capacity. [14247/15]

Citizenship Status

Terence Flanagan

652. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14286/15]

International Relations

Maureen O'Sullivan

653. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will reaffirm Ireland's position of supporting small countries' right to self-determination and their right to apply social policies that their Governments were democratically elected to apply without interference from larger powers in the region, in view of a recent statement from the President of the United States of America condemning Venezuela as being a threat to the national security of the United States of America solely on the basis that Venezuela has a left-wing socialist Government that does not agree with the capitalist agenda of the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14299/15]

Foreign Conflicts

Maureen O'Sullivan

654. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn, and make Ireland's views known at European Union level regarding, the serious reports (details supplied) that Israeli authorities illegally bulldozed temporary shelters for Palestinians in east Jerusalem which were funded by the European Union, particularly in view of the discussions in Brussels recently regarding the trend of Israel destroying hundreds of millions of euro of aid from the European Union to the Palestinian people, if he will make Ireland's position on this serious matter known. [14300/15]

Foreign Conflicts

Maureen O'Sullivan

655. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use the upcoming Foreign Affairs Council to raise the deplorable situation in Gaza and the fact that six months on from the ceasefire rebuilding in the latter has not begun; if he will oblige the European Union to put pressure on Israel to completely lift the blockade of Gaza; if he will request the European Union to put pressure on Egypt to remove restrictions on the border with Gaza at Rafah; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14301/15]

Civil Registration Documentation

Brendan Smith

656. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason there has been a delay in processing the MP2A and MP1 forms in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who is due to be married in July in Latvia; if he is aware of the difficulties that may arise as a result of the delay; if his Department will endeavour to complete this process as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14498/15]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

657. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of permissions sought for military aircraft from the United States of America to overfly Irish airspace on 28 February 2015; the type of aircraft involved in these permissions; if the EC-130 H which made an emergency landing on that date had been given permission to overfly Irish airspace; if permission was granted, the basis for same, particularly in view of the Minister's previous statements to the effect that permission is not granted for the conduct of military operations in Irish airspace. [14556/15]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

658. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the basis for the permission that was given to land the EC-130 H aircraft at Shannon on 28 February 2015. [14557/15]

International Agreements

Paul Murphy

659. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the agreement made on 2 April 2015 between Iran and other world powers on the Iranian nuclear programme. [14594/15]

Foreign Conflicts

Gerry Adams

660. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise with the Israeli ambassador the case of a person (details supplied) who, for unexplained security reasons, was refused a visa to enter Israel from where the person planned to travel to Dublin in order to attend, as an invited speaker, a conference organised by SIPTU on 28 March 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14740/15]

Foreign Conflicts

Gerry Adams

661. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case a person (details supplied) whose sole activity is in helping traumatised and injured children and women in Gaza who was prevented from entering Israel from where that person planned to travel to Dublin to attend, as an invited speaker, a SIPTU conference on 28 March 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14741/15]

Foreign Conflicts

Gerry Adams

662. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that it is acceptable that an aid worker invited to Ireland to speak on human rights and aid issues would be prevented from so doing by a state which cites unspecified security reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14742/15]

North-South Ministerial Council

Brendan Smith

663. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the next North-South Ministerial Council meeting will be held; the issues to be discussed at this meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14942/15]

Overseas Development Aid Expenditure

Brendan Smith

664. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding allocated by his Department to overseas development aid as a percentage of gross national income from 1997 to 2014, inclusive; the total funding allocated in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14948/15]

Overseas Development Aid Expenditure

Brendan Smith

665. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is still Government policy to allocate 0.7% of gross national income to overseas development aid; the timeframe he as set in the context of achieving this target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14949/15]

Foreign Conflicts

Brendan Smith

666. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with his European Union and United Nations counterparts regarding the increasingly desperate humanitarian crisis at the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Syria; the actions that have arisen out of these discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14950/15]

Diaspora Policy

Brendan Smith

667. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has held discussions with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport following his decision to cancel the proposed plan to create a national diaspora centre here; the way this decision will affect the diaspora policy, as outlined in the Global Irish document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14951/15]

Semi-State Bodies

Billy Timmins

668. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of the semi-State commercial companies under his control; the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend paid by each company to the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to 2014, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14965/15]

School Transport Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

669. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding those over 70 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14001/15]

Education Standards

Dan Neville

670. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the report of Quality and Qualifications Ireland on the academic standards necessary for the accreditation of courses in counselling and psychotherapy [14353/15]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Billy Timmins

671. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the trade papers that apprentice pipe fabricator welders and apprentice fitters receive upon completion state plumber rather than welder, in view of the fact that this presents difficulties when trying to secure employment in the role of a welder, especially with international companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14484/15]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility

Michael McCarthy

672. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the Caranua fund, her plans to widen the criteria to include the children of the survivors of residential abuse in order that they can gain some of the assistance, in view of the fact that they are also suffering and their needs are often a huge source of stress for victims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13872/15]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility

Michael McCarthy

673. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a survivor of institutional abuse (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13873/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Jonathan O'Brien

674. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the special education section within her Department has not replaced a person within the visiting teacher service and ensured that a report regarding a reasonable accommodation application has not been sent to the State Examinations Commission, in order that a child (details supplied) with hearing impairment may have a specialist examiner and aural assistance for the leaving certificate, despite the fact the oral exams commence on 16 April 2015; if her attention has been drawn to the stress this will cause to the child; if she will rectify this as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13887/15]

Education and Training Boards Staff

Joan Collins

675. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the redundancies in January 2015 made by the Education and Training Board of four local training initiative co-ordinators and assistant co-ordinators who worked in the Saint John Bosco Youth Centre in Drimnagh in Dublin 12, when they will receive their enhanced redundancy payments. [13891/15]

Capitation Grants

John Deasy

676. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason capitation grants are lower for primary schools than for secondary schools; her plans to increase primary school capitation levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13930/15]

Language Schools

Charlie McConalogue

677. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the ability of non-accreditation and co-ordination of English language services schools to appear on international registers to non-European Economic Area students. [13949/15]

Language Schools

Charlie McConalogue

678. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline key improvements and quality assurances made within the English language teaching industry within the past year. [13950/15]

Language Schools

Charlie McConalogue

679. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the number of random inspections of accreditation and co-ordination of English language services approved schools has increase in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13951/15]

Language Schools

Charlie McConalogue

680. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a defined long-term strategy in place to improve the international reputation of the English language teaching industry here. [13952/15]

School Staff

Paul Connaughton

681. Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to ensure that a proper level of resource teaching is made available to pupils in a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13969/15]

School Funding

Derek Nolan

682. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the policy of withdrawing funding for schools that were previously designated under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme and that have amalgamated with schools not so designated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13990/15]

School Staff

Pearse Doherty

683. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that an appeal from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has been received by her Department's primary staffing appeals board; when a decision in respect of this appeal will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14019/15]

Disadvantaged Status

Charlie McConalogue

684. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will designate a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme band 1, in view of the fact that 76% of the school's students are from homes where the main earner is unemployed, and it meets the band 1 criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14036/15]

School Staff

Charlie McConalogue

685. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal to the decision of her Department not to award an English teacher as an additional language teacher to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15, in view of the fact that 91% of the school's students are from immigrant backgrounds; if her Department will award a permanent English teacher as an additional language teacher to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14037/15]

Disadvantaged Status

Charlie McConalogue

686. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will allocate a home-school liaison teacher to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14038/15]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Jonathan O'Brien

687. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in the special education support service; their job titles; the number of these who will transfer to the new inclusion support service within the National Council for Special Education; the number of these currently on sick or maternity leave who have been replaced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14039/15]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Jonathan O'Brien

688. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in the special education support service; their job titles; the number of these who will transfer to the new Inclusion Support Service within the National Council for Special Education; the number of these currently on sick or maternity leave who have been replaced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14040/15]

School Staff

Jonathan O'Brien

689. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in the visiting teacher service; their job titles; the number of these who will transfer to the new inclusion support service within the National Council for Special Education; the number of these currently on sick or maternity leave who have been replaced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14041/15]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Jonathan O'Brien

690. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the new inclusion support service within the National Council for Special Education; the total number of staff who will be allocated to this service; the date on which she expects this new service to be up and running. [14042/15]

Youthreach Programme Funding

Jonathan O'Brien

691. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the rates of payment provided to Youthreach students during each of the past five years; and the total payments allocated to these students during each of those years. [14048/15]

Post-Leaving Certificate Courses Availability

Jonathan O'Brien

692. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the rates of grant available for students participating in post-leaving certificate courses; and the reason students under 18 years of age cannot receive payments when attending a post-leaving certificate course. [14049/15]

Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation

Jonathan O'Brien

693. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills where the leaving certificate applied fits within the quality and qualifications Ireland framework. [14050/15]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Tom Fleming

694. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-examine a submission for roof replacement in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact that the only option in the circumstances is to replace or consolidate the timber structure of the roof to accommodate the reslating; if she will instruct the building section in her Department to have this investigated, in view of the fact that all details for this proposal have been provided, including vital amendments to the original inadequate proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14055/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Charlie McConalogue

695. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made towards delivering high-speed broadband to all national schools; when all national schools will have access to high-speed broadband; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14059/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Charlie McConalogue

696. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal only has access to broadband at a maximum speed of 1 MBps; the efforts her Department is making to provide high-speed broadband for the school; when the school will receive high-speed broadband; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14060/15]

Schools Establishment

Andrew Doyle

697. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the Educate Together primary schools in Wicklow and Greystones in County Wicklow, form part of the new catchment area for the new north Wicklow Educate Together secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14081/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Finian McGrath

698. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding students with mild general learning disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14148/15]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Fergus O'Dowd

699. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a Teaching Council of Ireland regulation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14155/15]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Michael McCarthy

700. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the grant, financial assistance and bursary available in respect of a person (details supplied) who wishes to continue studies in the United States of America; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14164/15]

Irish Language

Terence Flanagan

701. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to promote the use of Irish in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14172/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Michael McGrath

702. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision not to make an item of equipment available to a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [14209/15]

School Curriculum

Clare Daly

703. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the additional attributes achieved by teachers correcting their own students' work in a classroom, which is not already being carried out, which will improve further the learning experience in each subject at second level, rather than externally marked in the interest of transparency and fairness; her views that there is no appetite for change in the present school population; if further research is required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14276/15]

Education and Training Boards

Derek Nolan

704. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a building (details supplied) in County Galway is currently being rented by the Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board; the suitability of this building for this purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14295/15]

School Transport Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

705. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will include a child (details supplied) in County Cork in the free school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14302/15]

School Patronage

Clare Daly

706. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the deeds of variation change the legal standing of national schools; if there is a danger that such deeds of variation might be seen to change national schools into denominational schools; if the details of the agreement referred to by her, and the negotiations, can be made available immediately; if this matter was referred to Dáil Éireann for debate; if she will provide details of the property referred to, by her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14310/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Bernard Durkan

707. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in design work for the provision of a new school in the case of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14314/15]

Residential Institutions

Jonathan O'Brien

708. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 31 March 2015, the potential locations identified by Dublin City Council for the proposed memorial for victims of abuse in residential institutions. [14328/15]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Ciaran Lynch

709. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Skills if any grant and-or scholarship is available to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford seeking to study in America as part of a degree course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14333/15]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Jonathan O'Brien

710. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the requirements for school placements set out by the Teaching Council of Ireland for qualifying as a teacher through professional master of education courses; the changes that were made to these requirements during the past 24 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14366/15]

International Students

Jonathan O'Brien

711. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage increase in international students studying here each year, since coming to office; and the percentage increase in students coming from India, China and the Middle East. [14377/15]

Programme for Government Implementation

Jonathan O'Brien

712. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the commitments under the programme for Government which her Department is responsible for; the progress made to date with regard to each commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14378/15]

Institutes of Technology Staff

Jonathan O'Brien

713. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 1 April 2015, the number of persons employed in Letterkenny Institute of Technology in County Donegal who are paid in excess of €100,000, €150,000, €200,000 and €250,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14429/15]

School Transport Eligibility

Michael Ring

714. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a full reply will issue in respect of correspondence to her Department regarding an application for a remote area grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if this person can appeal the decision. [14477/15]

Schools Administration

Michael Fitzmaurice

715. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide for the obligatory ongoing maintenance of the Clárleabhar in primary schools following the introduction of the primary online database in 2016 as an invaluable source of local history and out of respect for long-established tradition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14515/15]