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Thu, 30 Jun 2016
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UK Referendum on EU Membership
Thomas Byrne
108. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has undertaken any contingency planning for the effects of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union; and the areas in which this contingency planning has been undertaken and any key proposals he has formed. [19025/16]
Thu, 30 Jun 2016
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Third Level Data
Thomas Byrne
109. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of British and Northern Irish citizens who are registered as students in higher education institutes here; and the number of Irish students registered as third level students in both Great Britain and Northern Ireland. [19026/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Lansdowne Road Agreement
Thomas Byrne
1. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the dispute with the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland, ASTI, over the Lansdowne Road agreement; and to provide an update on the arrangements for dealing with the data protection issues that may arise if financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation is applied to ASTI members in second level schools. [18464/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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School Admissions
Thomas Byrne
3. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills how he intends to deal with the issue of discrimination on religious grounds in school admissions; and his plans to insert a provision into the forthcoming schools admission Bill to deal with this issue. [18465/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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School Transport Administration
Thomas Byrne
5. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills to address concerns that the school transport scheme is not being run on an efficient basis, especially with regard to route selection criteria and criteria for providing a service to students wishing to avail of the scheme on a concessionary basis. [18466/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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School Accommodation Provision
Thomas Byrne
13. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status regarding the achievement of a permanent site for a school, details supplied. [18242/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Literacy Programmes
Thomas Byrne
19. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the literacy and numeracy strategy; his views on the gap that exists in literacy and in numeracy between advantaged and disadvantaged schools; his plans for new standardised testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18282/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Schools Building Projects Status
Thomas Byrne
33. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding for the building of a school (details supplied). [18241/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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School Curriculum
Thomas Byrne
39. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of negotiations with the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland regarding the outstanding dispute over reform of the junior education cycle; to address concerns by students and parents that students in schools staffed by members of the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland will lose 10% in English examinations in 2017 due to the lack of a resolution. [18281/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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School Transport Administration
Thomas Byrne
40. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills to address concerns that the school transport programme is not being run on an efficient basis, especially with regard to route selection criteria and the criteria for providing a service to students wishing to avail of the programme on a concessionary basis. [18280/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
Thomas Byrne
136. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the names of the 195 Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, schools in tabular form, including the year in which the school attained DEIS status, the area in which the school is located and the specific DEIS status of the school, rural, urban band 1 or 2. [18319/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Industrial Disputes
Thomas Byrne
137. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the expected impact of the proposed Irish National Teachers Organisation industrial action over the Droichead pilot induction programme on newly qualified teachers in special schools, special classes or special education settings; and his plans for both resolving the industrial dispute or for dealing specifically with the problem of registration for newly qualified teachers in special education settings. [18320/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
Thomas Byrne
268. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of defined benefit pension schemes in deficit. [18149/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Community Development Initiatives
Thomas Byrne
520. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he agrees that Broomfield and District Residents Association do tremendous work in beautifying and litter prevention predominantly in the area of County Meath close to Mellifont Abbey in the context of the Ireland's Ancient East programme; and if funding is available to help such organisations. [18159/16]
Wed, 22 Jun 2016
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Social Enterprise Sector
Thomas Byrne
205. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding options available to an existing social enterprise to expand their business. [17407/16]
Wed, 22 Jun 2016
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Ambulance Service Provision
Thomas Byrne
211. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the current arrangement for the dispatch of ambulances to the coastal area of east Meath, including the part of County Meath that is in Drogheda, in situations of emergency. [17345/16]
Wed, 22 Jun 2016
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Wind Energy Generation
Thomas Byrne
263. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a proposed wind farm development which has been refused a grant of planning permission can qualify for the REFIT 2 scheme in respect of a new planning application yet to be lodged, if the previous refused application for planning was lodged before the deadline of December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17392/16]
Wed, 22 Jun 2016
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Thomas Byrne
279. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a child care provider is entitled to payment from her Department for a child (details supplied). [17366/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Defence Forces Properties
Thomas Byrne
25. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for the future of Gormanston Camp in County Meath. [16861/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Special Educational Needs Data
Thomas Byrne
192. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students with special needs in mainstream classes at primary and post-primary level in the school years 2014/2015 and 2015/2016, in tabular form. [16994/16]