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Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Industrial Disputes
Joan Burton
133. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether second level schools will close on dates other than those formally set out as strike days by the ASTI as a direct result and consequence of the withdrawal of ASTI members from supervision and substitution duties; if his Department will pay the wages of ASTI members who present for work on those days but who are unable to teach students because of the closure of schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32629/16]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Summer Works Scheme Applications
Joan Burton
144. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an engineer's report detailing the need for replacement of 39 year old fire doors and apex windows in a school (details supplied), and that it was not included in the summer works programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32720/16]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Recreational Angling Sector
Joan Burton
408. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of derelict fishing rights transferred from the former Land Commission to Inland Fisheries Ireland at a location (details supplied) under the Irish Land Commission (Dissolution) Act; if these fishing rights remain with him for his disposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32575/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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UN Conventions Ratification
Joan Burton
78. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when it is likely that Dáil Éireann will vote on the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [31621/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Budget Measures
Joan Burton
182. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to first-time buyers who have saved house deposits in excess of 20% of the total value of the home they wish to purchase and are now unable to avail of the help to buy scheme as announced in Budget 2017; if his Department has investigated first time buyers in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32001/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Schools Site Acquisitions
Joan Burton
191. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the names of the geographic areas in Dublin west for the purposes of school planning; and if he will provide a map illustrating the boundaries of the planning areas in Dublin west. [31458/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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School Accommodation
Joan Burton
198. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost of the purchase of Roslyn Park rehabilitation centre for a new school (details supplied); the likely date the school will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31522/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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School Accommodation
Joan Burton
199. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the newly purchased site for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 4 is of sufficient size for the co-location of a future second level school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31523/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Education and Training Boards Data
Joan Burton
212. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have been recruited in the Tipperary Education and Training Board since its establishment; the number assigned to the ETB head office in Nenagh; the number allocated to other locations in the county and their locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31774/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Local Government Reform
Joan Burton
254. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for the introduction of a directly elected mayor for the city and county of Dublin; and the work his Department has undertaken on this matter since the consultation with the four Dublin local authorities in 2013. [31729/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Local Government Reform
Joan Burton
255. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has received representations from members of Fingal County Council seeking to partition the local authority along the N2 to create a new local authority in the north County Dublin area outside the remit of the proposed directly elected mayor for Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31730/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Local Government Reform
Joan Burton
256. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has examined the redrawing of the boundary between Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council in the vicinity of the M50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31731/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Local Government Reform
Joan Burton
257. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department will be establishing a local government boundary committee to review local electoral areas in view of the population increases in the Fingal county area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31732/16]
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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Departmental Budgets
Joan Burton
30. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will explain the 9% reduction of funding in the 2017 Estimates for the Irish language, Gaeltacht and the islands programme from €51,206,000 to €46,736,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31014/16]
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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Arts in Education Charter
Joan Burton
107. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure the better integration of the arts into education and a broadening of the focus on science, technology, engineering and maths, STEM, into science, technology, engineering, arts and maths, STEAM; if he will expand the ambition and resourcing of the arts and education charter; and if he will continue to work to further enhance the position of arts subjects within the curriculum at primary and secondary level. [31305/16]
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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School Patronage
Joan Burton
108. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the new schools establishment group has made a decision in respect of the new Carpenterstown and Castleknock second level school in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31189/16]
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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School Patronage
Joan Burton
109. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the final assessment reports of the new schools establishment group in respect of the patronage of nine new schools to be established have been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31190/16]
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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Arts Funding
Joan Burton
170. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she has agreed to carry over funding for the 1916 commemoration to the general arts, culture and film programme for 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31285/16]
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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Arts Funding
Joan Burton
171. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the Government will commit to the long-term goal of increasing arts funding to the European average of 0.6% of GDP. [31286/16]
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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Arts Funding
Joan Burton
172. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans to increase funding for the arts over the lifetime of the Government; and her views on whether funding for the Arts Council and the Irish Film Board should be doubled. [31287/16]