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Wed, 31 May 2017
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Ambulance Service
Carol Nolan
218. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the terms of reference for the review of ambulance services; the timeframe for the completion of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26145/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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School Transport Eligibility
Carol Nolan
172. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children from Gleneely, County Donegal, are unable to attend their school of choice (details supplied) due to the nearest distance rule and that these children are therefore educated separately from their siblings; and his plans to address the matter. [25402/17]
Tue, 23 May 2017
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Technological Universities
Carol Nolan
256. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the deal he has reached with a union (details supplied) regarding the Technological Universities Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24575/17]
Thu, 18 May 2017
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Flood Prevention Measures
Carol Nolan
179. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood prevention measures put in place along the River Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23727/17]
Thu, 18 May 2017
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Hospital Investigations
Carol Nolan
216. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an internal investigation was carried out on the complications arising from the delivery of a person (details supplied) at Portiuncula Hospital 25 years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23728/17]
Wed, 17 May 2017
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Air Corps Equipment
Carol Nolan
65. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department investigated claims that students from the University of Limerick were exposed to hazardous chemicals and organic solvents during the course of their work placement at Casement Aerodrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23305/17]
Wed, 17 May 2017
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Special Educational Needs
Carol Nolan
111. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a place in a preschool pending receipt of a diagnostic report from the early intervention team; when the school will be provided with written confirmation of diagnosis from the early intervention team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23410/17]
Wed, 17 May 2017
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Carol Nolan
118. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are guidelines in place relating to the use of quiet rooms for children with autism in schools; if his Department monitors the use of such rooms; if training is provided to teachers in the use of quiet rooms and the circumstances in which they can be used; if his Department has received complaints about improper use of quiet rooms; if so, the number of complaints received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23412/17]
Wed, 17 May 2017
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Public Sector Pay
Carol Nolan
119. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a union (details supplied) will be invited to participate in the upcoming talks on public sector pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23413/17]
Wed, 17 May 2017
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Teacher Redeployment
Carol Nolan
120. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if no teacher who is a member of a union (details supplied) will be made redundant under the redeployment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23414/17]
Wed, 17 May 2017
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School Transport Provision
Carol Nolan
121. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide alternative school transport arrangements for a person (details supplied) with special educational needs in order to address the concerns of their parents. [23415/17]
Wed, 17 May 2017
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School Accommodation
Carol Nolan
122. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not been granted funding to provide additional classroom accommodation in view of the fact it was allocated an additional classroom teacher; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current multi-purpose room is not suitable for classroom accommodation in view of the fact it has no toilet facilities and is currently being utilised as a multi-sensory room for children with special educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23416/17]
Wed, 17 May 2017
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Hospital Appointments Status
Carol Nolan
207. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be granted an appointment in Tallaght or in another hospital offering the same service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23405/17]
Wed, 17 May 2017
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Departmental Funding
Carol Nolan
208. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to each of the various Alzheimer's associations across the State in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23406/17]
Wed, 17 May 2017
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Infectious Disease Incidence
Carol Nolan
209. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason tests in German laboratories for the detection of Lyme disease are not recognised here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23407/17]
Wed, 17 May 2017
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Infectious Disease Incidence
Carol Nolan
210. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns about the accuracy of tests carried out here to detect Lyme disease; the testing process; the mechanisms in place to ensure accuracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23408/17]
Wed, 17 May 2017
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Infectious Disease Incidence
Carol Nolan
211. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if there is a specific module or component in medical training covering the detection, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease; if such training is compulsory; the length of training required on this particular issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23409/17]
Wed, 17 May 2017
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Services for People with Disabilities
Carol Nolan
212. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the diagnosis of a person (details supplied) will not be confirmed in a report prior to the enrolment of the person in preschool; if the report can be provided in time for the person to enrol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23411/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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Higher Education Authority Funding
Carol Nolan
167. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding granted to the Mayo campus of the GMIT for each of the years 2012 to 2016, and to date in 2017; if he will consider proposals for future allocations to be ring-fenced for the Mayo campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21398/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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Third Level Institutions
Carol Nolan
168. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the access initiatives currently operated by third level institutions; the number of participants on each; the annual expenditure on each; the number of staff employed in each institution for the purposes of promoting or implementing access initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21399/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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Youth Employment Initiative
Carol Nolan
169. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount drawn down by his Department each year since 2014 and to date in 2017 under the youth employment initiative; the programmes and initiatives funded in whole or in part by these moneys; the number of participants on each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21400/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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Student Grant Scheme
Carol Nolan
170. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason eligibility for a student grant is based on gross income rather than net income; and his plans to change this criteria. [21401/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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Student Retention Rates
Carol Nolan
171. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the high levels of non-progression in some courses in institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21402/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Carol Nolan
172. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the final numbers of schools that have appealed their allocation under the new resource allocation model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21403/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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Teachers' Remuneration
Carol Nolan
173. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the implementation of pay equality for teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21404/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Carol Nolan
174. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of early child care and education scheme, ECCE, programmes that are implementing the Aistear and Síolta curriculum; the mechanisms in place to evaluate the educational outcomes for children under the ECCE scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21405/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Carol Nolan
175. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places in autism units that will be available in the 2017 - 2018 school year; the number of new autism units that will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21406/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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Capitation Grants
Carol Nolan
176. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce school costs specifically in relation to the proposal of a premium capitation payment to schools; the amount of the premium to be paid to schools; his plans to monitor the implementation of this proposal; when his Department circular will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21407/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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Psychological Assessments
Carol Nolan
177. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 2 February 2017, when a response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21410/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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Higher Education Institutions
Carol Nolan
178. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the value of additional funding received by universities or other third level institutions for the purposes of improving access, including premium level of funding for target students; the institutions in receipt of such funding; the amount received by each institution over the past five years and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21412/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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Education Data
Carol Nolan
180. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms in place to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of access initiatives at third level; if guidelines in relation to best practice have been circulated among institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21414/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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DEIS Data
Carol Nolan
181. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of current DEIS schools that would not have met his Department's new criteria for inclusion in the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21415/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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DEIS Administration
Carol Nolan
182. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if, in identifying schools to be included in DEIS, each school was given a grade or numerical measure in terms of deprivation according to indicators; the difference in this measure between the lowest new school added to DEIS and the highest school not added to the DEIS programme; if all schools were assessed according to deprivation indicators; the range between the lowest school and the highest school across all schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21416/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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Educational Disadvantage
Carol Nolan
183. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to support disadvantaged children in schools not under the DEIS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21417/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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Special Educational Needs Staff
Carol Nolan
184. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the work being done to develop the model of the identification of future complex needs; when the model will be developed and finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21418/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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Area Based Childhood Programme
Carol Nolan
658. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the preparing for life programme; her plans to extend it further; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21408/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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School Completion Programme
Carol Nolan
659. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff who have been employed under the school completion programme over each of the past ten years and to date in 2017; the number of participants in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21409/17]
Tue, 9 May 2017
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School Completion Programme
Carol Nolan
660. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if guidelines have been produced by her Department in respect of the operation of the school completion programme; if the programme is co-ordinated on a national basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21411/17]
Wed, 12 Apr 2017
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VAT Rate Application
Carol Nolan
121. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the annual revenue that would be generated if VAT was applied at the standard rate to all private school and higher level student fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18690/17]
Wed, 12 Apr 2017
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SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Expenditure
Carol Nolan
136. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring the cuts to the SOLAS training allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18459/17]
Wed, 12 Apr 2017
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Special Educational Needs Data
Carol Nolan
141. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of establishing a special class or an autism unit in an existing school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18514/17]
Wed, 12 Apr 2017
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Literacy Programmes
Carol Nolan
142. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the budgetary allocation to each scheme which provides education and training places to persons with literacy problems and learning difficulties; the number of places available on each scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18515/17]
Wed, 12 Apr 2017
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Teachers' Professional Development
Carol Nolan
143. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the budgetary allocation to the employee assistance programme for teachers; the details of the support services provided under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18516/17]
Wed, 12 Apr 2017
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School Costs
Carol Nolan
144. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of implementing the joint Oireachtas committee report on school costs as published in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18519/17]
Wed, 12 Apr 2017
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Post-Leaving Certificate Courses Fees
Carol Nolan
145. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of abolishing PLC and apprenticeship fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18520/17]
Wed, 12 Apr 2017
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School Transport Data
Carol Nolan
146. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount allocated to the school transport scheme over each of the past ten years; the total revenue generated each year in charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18521/17]
Wed, 12 Apr 2017
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Literacy Programmes
Carol Nolan
147. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total budgetary allocation to adult literacy programmes over each of the past ten years, in tabular form; the average cost per participant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18522/17]
Wed, 12 Apr 2017
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Special Educational Needs Data
Carol Nolan
148. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cap in place for special needs assistants, SNAs; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the NCSE will provide an SNA only in cases in which there is an assessed need; the number of SNAs required over the next five years to maintain the current level of support taking into account demographic increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18523/17]
Wed, 12 Apr 2017
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Special Educational Needs Data
Carol Nolan
149. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants, SNAs, and the budgetary allocation for SNAs over each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18524/17]
Wed, 12 Apr 2017
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Special Educational Needs Data
Carol Nolan
150. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of hiring ten additional special needs organisers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18525/17]