Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Apprenticeship Programmes

Carol Nolan

292. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the establishment of a new apprenticeship; the details of the apprenticeships that are at various stages of development within his Department; the timeframe involved to bring these on stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22418/16]

School Transport Review

Carol Nolan

293. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has determined the terms of reference for the review of the school transport scheme; the date upon which the review is to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22419/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Carol Nolan

294. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to publish the focused policy assessment of the special needs assistants scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22420/16]

Education Policy

Carol Nolan

295. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has commenced the review of the barriers to education for lone parents; when the review will be concluded; the terms of reference of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22421/16]

School Funding

Carol Nolan

299. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide capital funding to a school (details supplied) following the fire that has destroyed another school, designated as the new home for the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22611/16]

Electronic Health Records

Carol Nolan

32. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the consultation that has taken place with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland with respect to working towards interoperability of cross-Border e-health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20919/16]

Electronic Health Records

Carol Nolan

90. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health following approval to proceed in 2016 with an initial phase that will facilitate the electronic transfer of prescriptions, utilising Health Information and Quality Authority standards developed to date, and the national message broker health link, the current progress with this initiative; the progress being made with phased implementation towards a national e-prescribing solution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20918/16]

National Educational Psychological Service Data

Carol Nolan

233. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department retains data on the number of private referrals made by schools to private psychologists, outside of the scheme for the commissioning of private psychological assessments, as operated by his Department, for the purposes of achieving a psychological assessment of the educational needs of students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20628/16]

National Educational Psychological Service Data

Carol Nolan

234. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists that have been contracted by his Department under the scheme for the commissioning of private psychological assessments in each of the years between 2006 and 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20629/16]

National Educational Psychological Service Administration

Carol Nolan

235. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if any guidelines, direction or other form of communication has ever been issued by his Department or the National Educational Psychology Service to teachers, school principals or school management advising schools of the number of students that may be referred to the National Educational Psychology Service or the scheme for the commissioning of private psychological assessments for assessment of educational needs per school per year; if limitations currently exist on the number of children that may be referred for assessment per school per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20630/16]

Psychological Assessments

Carol Nolan

236. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average number of educational assessments carried out by the National Educational Psychology Service and the scheme for the commissioning of private psychological assessments, by school, for each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20631/16]

Legal Proceedings

Carol Nolan

237. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of cases and litigation that comes within the parameters of the O'Keeffe judgment; the implications of this for the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20632/16]

Legal Proceedings

Carol Nolan

238. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the State intends to pursue the matter of costs against the plaintiffs involved in the recent High Court case where judgment was delivered on 26 May 2016 relating to the issue of sex abuse in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20633/16]

Legal Proceedings

Carol Nolan

239. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken by his Department to implement the O'Keeffe judgment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20634/16]

Legal Proceedings

Carol Nolan

240. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have been offered settlements by the State in relation to complaints of child sex abuse in schools in view of the O'Keeffe judgment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20635/16]

Legal Proceedings

Carol Nolan

241. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent decision of a person (details supplied) on 26 May 2016 in respect of litigation taken relating to school child sex abuse; if he is taking all appropriate action to ensure that victims of school child sex abuse are being compensated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20636/16]

Legal Proceedings

Carol Nolan

242. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the recent judgment of a person (details supplied) on 26 May 2016 in respect of litigation taken relating to school child sex abuse contradicts the Government's updated action plan submitted to the Council of Europe on 1 February 2016, which states that cases can proceed before the domestic courts if a person is not satisfied with the ex gratia payment offer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20637/16]

Legal Proceedings

Carol Nolan

243. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the State Claims Agency will contact all litigants who have discontinued their cases of school child sexual abuse advising them of the scheme of compensation as outlined in the updated action plan submitted to the Council of Europe in February 2016; if that correspondence will also clearly set out the right of the litigant to appeal the offer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20638/16]

Legal Proceedings

Carol Nolan

244. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if any action has been taken by his Department on foot of the submissions by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Child Law Clinic of University College Cork to the Council of Europe in relation to the Government's interpretation of the O'Keeffe judgment; in particular the requirement that a prior complaint of sex abuse must have been made in order for victims to be offered compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20639/16]

Industrial Relations

Carol Nolan

245. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of talks with the Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20640/16]