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Tue, 19 Nov 2019
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School Accommodation Provision
Carol Nolan
177. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is on the school designs building works programme; if not, the reason therefor; when the school will be listed on the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47294/19]
Tue, 19 Nov 2019
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School Accommodation Provision
Carol Nolan
178. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when tenders for the construction of a new school building (details supplied) will be published; the reason no tender for such works has been yet published on e-tenders.gov.ie; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47295/19]
Tue, 19 Nov 2019
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Special Educational Needs Staff Data
Carol Nolan
239. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs allocated to primary schools from budget 2016 to budget 2020; and the geographical location of each in tabular form. [47846/19]
Tue, 19 Nov 2019
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Special Educational Needs Staff Data
Carol Nolan
240. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNA's allocated to post-primary schools from budget 2016 to budget 2020; and the geographical location of each in tabular form. [47847/19]
Tue, 19 Nov 2019
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Home Tuition Scheme
Carol Nolan
241. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of home tuition applications submitted in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47848/19]
Tue, 19 Nov 2019
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Home Tuition Scheme
Carol Nolan
242. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of home tuition applications for post-primary pupils approved or refused since 2016; the reason for refusal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47849/19]
Tue, 19 Nov 2019
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Home Tuition Scheme
Carol Nolan
243. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the minimum and maximum number of hours of home tuition that can be granted to a post-primary pupil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47850/19]
Tue, 19 Nov 2019
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Ministerial Meetings
Carol Nolan
307. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the meetings she has conducted with ESB management with respect to the closure of its midlands power plants; when she was first notified of the decision to close the power plants; if she is satisfied that the redundancy measures will be sufficiently robust and reflect European best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47852/19]
Tue, 19 Nov 2019
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Beef Industry Irregularities
Carol Nolan
503. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-compliance cases in regard to carcase trim specifications, that inspectors have identified in beef plants each month from January 2018 to date; the name of the plants involved; the amounts of the payments made to individual farmers supplying the animals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47844/19]
Tue, 19 Nov 2019
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Local Authority Funding
Carol Nolan
642. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if additional funding will be allocated to Offaly County Council in view of future loses in respect of rates as a result of the impact of power plant closures in the midlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47845/19]
Wed, 13 Nov 2019
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Pension Provisions
Carol Nolan
86. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence he reason the widow of a person (details supplied) has not received a widow's and orphan's pension. [46766/19]
Wed, 13 Nov 2019
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Tax Yield
Carol Nolan
91. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance when revenue from the carbon tax will be ring-fenced for the purpose of a just transition in the midlands; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46781/19]
Wed, 13 Nov 2019
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Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
Carol Nolan
121. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an audit will be conducted from 2016 to date on the number of third-level students that have been denied a full SUSI grant due to their part-time employment earnings exceeding the €4,500 threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46758/19]
Wed, 13 Nov 2019
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School Staff
Carol Nolan
122. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if teacher allocations to small rural schools will be reviewed in view of the fact that some rural schools lost a class teacher due to the fact they were just one or two pupils short of the figure required to retain a class teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46759/19]
Wed, 13 Nov 2019
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Teacher Recruitment
Carol Nolan
123. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he is continuing to pursue in order to address the issue regarding ongoing difficulties in recruiting teachers at primary and second-level schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46760/19]
Wed, 13 Nov 2019
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School Accommodation
Carol Nolan
124. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the building of a new national school in Ferbane, County Offaly, can be progressed in view of the fact it is operating on two different sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46761/19]
Wed, 13 Nov 2019
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Schools Building Projects Status
Carol Nolan
125. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a new school (details supplied); and the expected date for its completion. [46762/19]
Wed, 13 Nov 2019
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Hospital Groups
Carol Nolan
161. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an independent external facilitator to engage in a consultative process in respect of Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, has been appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46765/19]
Wed, 13 Nov 2019
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Crop Losses
Carol Nolan
186. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider reintroducing the weather related crop loss support measure scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46763/19]
Wed, 13 Nov 2019
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Biofuel Obligation Scheme
Carol Nolan
196. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a 10% biofuel obligation on the heat sector will be introduced as part of the commitment by Ireland to reduce carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46764/19]