Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

435. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants recruited in 2015 to date; the full-year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in consultant numbers resulting from this recruitment. [41803/15]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

436. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of newly recruited nurses in 2015 to date; the full-year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this recruitment. [41804/15]

Medical Qualifications

Tom Fleming

437. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will protect the titles of "physiotherapist" and "physical therapist" as the level of service physiotherapists and physical therapists provide is completely different (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41820/15]

Health Strategies

Billy Kelleher

438. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will publish its service plan for 2016; and when he received the first draft of it. [41829/15]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

439. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health given his comments on radio that an additional 1,000 general practitioners are required for our health services, the full-year cost of providing them. [41830/15]

Medical Card Data

Billy Kelleher

440. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards, general practitioner cards and each type of card issued on a discretionary basis as of 1 November 2015. [41831/15]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications

Billy Kelleher

441. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of applications under the nursing home support scheme approved and awaiting funding as of 13 November 2015. [41832/15]

Health Services

David Stanton

442. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health if occipital nerve stimulators are recognised by his Department as providing effective treatment methods for treating chronic pain in the head; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41838/15]

Consular Services Provision

Willie Penrose

443. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if progress has made in relation to the death of a person (details supplied); the steps he is taking to engage with the parents of the person concerned; the nature and frequency of contact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41328/15]

Northern Ireland Issues

Finian McGrath

444. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the concerns victim groups have regarding the draft legislation presented by the British Government to the Stormont House implementation talks regarding their measures to deal with the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41386/15]

Passport Application Refusals

Denis Naughten

445. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a passport has been issued to one person but not to another (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41667/15]

Human Rights Issues

Seán Crowe

446. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the charges which have been brought against the Colombian Senator Mr. Iván Cepeda; that the Senator is one of Colombia’s most recognised human rights defenders and has dedicated his life to helping to secure peace; that these charges have been tabled by Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez, who is a close ally of the former President, Mr. Álvaro Uribe, and that the charges follow the Senator's highlighting of alleged links between the former President and right-wing paramilitary groups during the 1980s and 1990s; and if he believes that these charges are politically motivated and without foundation. [41720/15]

Human Rights Issues

Seán Crowe

447. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that around 1,000 Fuerzas Armadas Revolutionarias de Colombia, FARC, prisoners being held in 15 different prisons across Colombia have gone on hunger strike to demand an improvement in their conditions, particularly with regard to health care; that human rights organisations have long documented the cruel treatment to which FARC prisoners are subjected once they are captured; that the Constitutional Court of Colombia ruled that prison authorities must protect the basic rights of the prisoners but that, as yet, these rulings have not been met with a positive response; and if he will raise the issue with Colombian authorities. [41721/15]

Cross-Border Projects

Brendan Smith

448. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the financial commitments signed up to by the Irish Government in the Fresh Start Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41809/15]

Cross-Border Projects

Brendan Smith

449. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the Narrow Water Bridge in the Fresh Start Agreement; the future plans for its development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41810/15]

Cross-Border Projects

Brendan Smith

450. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the Ulster Canal Project in the Fresh Start Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41811/15]

Cross-Border Projects

Brendan Smith

451. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the financial commitments entered into for the A5 motorway in the Fresh Start Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41812/15]

Northern Ireland Issues

Brendan Smith

452. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the concerns expressed by the Wave Trauma Centre in relation to the lack of a comprehensive plan to deal with the legacy of the past in the recent agreement entitled A Fresh Start - The Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41840/15]

Northern Ireland Issues

Brendan Smith

453. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the disappointment expressed by the Commissioner for Victims and Survivors, Ms Judith Thompson, in relation to the lack of a comprehensive plan to deal with the legacy of the past in the recent agreement entitled A Fresh Start - The Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41841/15]

Cross-Border Projects

Brendan Smith

454. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the level of funding available to the Northern Ireland Executive through the Block Grant from the British Government is the same as was available when the Stormont House Agreement Talks were concluded in December 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41842/15]

Cross-Border Projects

Brendan Smith

455. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if additional funding has been committed by the British Government through the Block Grant to the Northern Ireland Executive to deal with welfare issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41843/15]

Cross-Border Projects

Brendan Smith

456. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the provision in the recent A Fresh Start, The Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan, to return the legislative powers to deal with welfare issues to the British Government, that this decision sends out the wrong message in relation to the value of Devolution and indeed the potential for further responsibilities being devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive and to the Northern Ireland Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41844/15]

Cross-Border Projects

Brendan Smith

457. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on concerns outlined by some political parties in the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to the way talks were concluded and proposals finalised prior to the publication of A Fresh Start, The Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan; if this is an appropriate way to secure all-party agreement. [41845/15]

Cross-Border Projects

Brendan Smith

458. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding to be provided for projects referred to in A Fresh Start, The Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan, by project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41846/15]

Momentum Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

460. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the future of the MOMENTUM programme; what will happen to its unused budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41564/15]

Teaching Qualifications

Eoghan Murphy

461. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on making an exemption from compulsory Irish examinations for higher diplomas in education in the case of foreign language teachers. [41216/15]

Departmental Properties

Eoghan Murphy

462. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of arrangement that allowed her to take ownership of the Office of Public Works site on Harcourt Terrace in Dublin 2. [41218/15]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Gabrielle McFadden

463. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the decision of the National Council for Special Education to reduce the number of special need assistant posts by two at a special school (details supplied) in County Longford; the reason for the decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41226/15]

Student Universal Support Ireland Administration

Gabrielle McFadden

464. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite an application for a Student Universal Support Ireland Grant for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41227/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Terence Flanagan

465. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if much-needed additional accommodation will be provided for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41262/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Pearse Doherty

466. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills when construction on a new school building project (details supplied) in County Donegal will commence, and will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41280/15]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Finian McGrath

467. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence regarding a child (details supplied) in Dublin 13 with an intellectual disability, and the provision of speech and language therapy and a special needs assistant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41309/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Dara Calleary

468. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the current position of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo on her Department's building unit list; the intended steps towards construction of this new school; and if she will outline a timeline for same. [41344/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Dara Calleary

469. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out how a school (details supplied) in County Mayo, which is listed as a project to go to construction during 2019 to 2021, is currently under construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41345/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Noel Coonan

470. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41369/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Noel Coonan

471. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41370/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Noel Coonan

472. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41371/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Charlie McConalogue

473. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the provision in mainstream secondary schools in County Kildare for children with a disability, including those on the autism spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41377/15]

School Staff Appeals Mechanism

Stephen Donnelly

474. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is acceptable for the primary staffing appeals board to remove a teacher of a junior infants class of 37 students, including several with special needs, in a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the actions the school can take to seek to have the teacher reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41384/15]

Emergency Works Scheme Applications

Ciaran Lynch

475. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision not to provide an emergency works grant to a school (details supplied) in County Cork, given the urgent requirement for repair and the significant concern of staff and pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41407/15]

Third Level Funding

Jonathan O'Brien

476. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the guidelines in place for State-funded universities and institutes of technology which tender for the external delivery of courses. [41463/15]

Third Level Funding

Jonathan O'Brien

477. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of students attending courses under the free fees initiative being delivered by external private providers, but accredited to State-funded universities and institutes of technology; the names of these courses and awarding institutions; and the funding being given to these external providers for delivering these courses. [41464/15]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Jerry Buttimer

478. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that staff, students, parents and friends at Mount Mercy College, Model Farm Road, Cork have been fundraising to build a sports hall, but this project will only be possible if she provides funding for it; if she will provide the necessary funding to facilitate the construction of a much-needed sports hall at the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41481/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Charlie McConalogue

479. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who had attended a special autism unit in Derrinturn, but for whom there is now no place in a local secondary school. [41483/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Noel Coonan

480. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41492/15]

Gaelscoil Issues

Jonathan O'Brien

481. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the proven demand for a Gaelcholaíste in north Kildare; that parents are being encouraged to send their children to an Aonad in expectation that the figures from the Aonad enrolments will show a demand; and that the children from north Kildare are already taking up places in Gaelscoileanna outside of County Kildare. [41506/15]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Noel Coonan

482. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the funding allocated to it, as announced in the capital building programme; if construction will commence in 2019, or if the new building will be completed by that date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41507/15]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Robert Troy

483. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills whether it is acceptable to disqualify students (details supplied) who can only supply proof of address from the Department of Social Protection, as she deems this insufficient evidence of address. [41509/15]

Gaelscoil Issues

Catherine Murphy

484. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the recently announced establishment of a new Gaelcholáiste in Maynooth in County Kildare will require a new build; how the new build will interact with the proposed Maynooth Community College build; how the demand for the Gaelchólaiste will be measured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41514/15]

Gaelscoil Issues

Catherine Murphy

485. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to the recent announcement of the establishment of a new Gaelcholáiste in Maynooth in County Kildare to set out the arrangements that will be put in place to accommodate those students outside the Maynooth catchment area who, from September 2016, will no longer have the option of attending the Gaelchólaiste in Lucan in County Dublin, or who will not have the option of attending an Aonad in Maynooth in the event of it being oversubscribed, but who will have to wait until 2019 before the proposed new Gaelchólaiste in Maynooth is scheduled to open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41515/15]

Third Level Data

Charlie McConalogue

486. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department or agencies under its aegis collect statistics on third-level student debt or on debt incurred while students are attending third level; and the details of these statistics, by year, by institute and by programme. [41516/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Éamon Ó Cuív

487. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills when building at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will commence, given that the building was scheduled to commence in 2008 but no progress has been made to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41525/15]

Schools Building Projects Administration

Michael McGrath

488. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills why a project (details supplied) in County Cork was not included in her capital investment programme; the status of the project; if she is committed to the construction of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41538/15]

Schools Building Projects Administration

Michael McGrath

489. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills why a project (details supplied) in County Cork was not included in her capital investment programme; the status of the project; if she is committed to the construction of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41539/15]

School Curriculum

Tom Fleming

490. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 11 March 2015, the progress in developing a new integrated primary languages curriculum; if this initiative will lead to further extending this programme to incorporate some continental languages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41542/15]

School Accommodation Provision

Brendan Smith

491. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed building project for the Holy Family School in Cootehill in County Cavan; when this project will proceed to the next stage; when the tendering process will commence, and be completed; when construction will commence; the funding to be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41549/15]

School Accommodation Provision

Charlie McConalogue

492. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for two additional classrooms for a post-primary school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41552/15]

Asylum Support Services

Charlie McConalogue

493. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale behind the five-year residency rule required for young asylum seekers to be entitled to access third level education in the same way as Irish citizens and European Union Irish residents; why she imposed a five-year as opposed to a three-year residency rule, as it is the normal residency requirement for Irish and European Union citizens. [41554/15]

Work Placement Programmes

Charlie McConalogue

494. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there is legislation which specifies the rights and responsibilities of employers towards students in post-primary education undertaking unpaid work experience, as part of a third level or second level course; if legislation is required to protect young persons from potential exploitation in these situations. [41555/15]

Student Grants Data

Charlie McConalogue

495. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the Exchequer estimates for the amount to link the student maintenance support grants with the consumer price index for the next five years, based on historical trajectories of the consumer price index over the past ten years; how she will provide Exchequer estimates for the amount the student maintenance support grants would increase by if linked to the Customer Price Index sub-index classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose Division 04, Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels, for the next five years. [41556/15]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Charlie McConalogue

496. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered amalgamating the Central Applications Office and the Student Universal Support Ireland systems, and introducing the proposals put forward by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (details supplied) for aligning the systems to ensure that students know their funding status before the take up their Central Applications Office offer. [41557/15]

Teaching Contracts

Fergus O'Dowd

497. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding teachers rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41558/15]

School Enrolments

Jonathan O'Brien

498. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the difficulties faced by parents in securing school places for children if they reside in a certain area (details supplied) in County Dublin; the options for these parents when students are refused access to a certain school and other schools in this area; her plans to assist these parents. [41562/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Billy Timmins

499. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when a permanent site will be purchased for it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41578/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Billy Timmins

500. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when a permanent site will be purchased for it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41579/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Thomas Pringle

501. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied in County Donegal is the only school in the county on the recently announced School Building Programme 2016 to 2021 which is in a 100% prefabricated school, with no permanent structure in place; why this school building is listed for construction in 2019 to 2021, and is not a priority, in line with the plan to eradicate prefabricated only schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41581/15]

Emergency Works Scheme Applications

Jonathan O'Brien

502. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the funding streams which a school (details supplied) in County Cork may apply to for financial assistance to rectify the problem of dry rot at the school; and how the school should address this matter. [41584/15]

Skills Shortages

Tom Fleming

503. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to address the 2015 National Skills Bulletin Report by the expert group on future skills needs, which identified a skills shortage in a number of areas, mostly in the information and technology sector, but also in the engineering, science and health sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41587/15]

School Transport Eligibility

Robert Troy

504. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will grant free school transport for a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [41595/15]

School Patronage

Colm Keaveney

505. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools under the patronage of the Catholic Church, including schools under the patronage of dioceses, religious orders or other bodies within the church that have been vacated and offered for divestment to her Department, but have yet to be handed over to other patron bodies; the location of each of these schools and the date from which her Department was made aware that these schools would be available for divestment; the reason for any delay by her Department in completing the divestment process in relation to these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41598/15]

Schools Building Projects Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

506. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills for details of the contractor she funded to build Adamstown Community College in Lucan in County Dublin, and the cost for the provision of this school. [41620/15]

Construction Contracts

Mary Lou McDonald

507. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the contract between the Education and Training Board and Castlethorn for the provision of a sports hall and community centre at Adamstown Community College which was funded by her Department; the cost to her Department and to the board for the sale of the land from Castlethorn; the moneys she and the board have paid to date to Castlethorn for the purchase of this site; any additional payment agreed for the building of the sports hall and community centre; and the date by which these facilities were to be provided under the terms of the contract. [41621/15]

Construction Contracts

Mary Lou McDonald

508. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she or the Education and Training Board are taking legal action against Castlethorn for its failure to meet the terms of its contract to build the sports hall and community centre at Adamstown Community College in Lucan in County Dublin; and if the board sought her approval or guidance, prior to taking this legal action. [41622/15]

Construction Contracts

Mary Lou McDonald

509. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills in the absence of an agreement between her Department, the Education and Training Board and Castlethorn for the provision of the sports hall and community centre at Adamstown Community College in Lucan in County Dublin, and in the context of a possible lengthy legal action by the board against Castlethorn, if she will directly fund, or co-fund with South Dublin County Council, the provision of the sports hall and community centre at this location. [41623/15]

Departmental Correspondence

Jim Daly

510. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of complaints her Department receives each year from parents of children attending primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41644/15]

School Funding

Jim Daly

511. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of voluntary contributions collected by the authorities in primary schools each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41647/15]

European Globalisation Fund

Pearse Doherty

512. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a ceiling on the amount of the €2.49 million Lufthansa Technik European Commission funding that can be spent on supports for the 200 people not in education, employment or training. [41676/15]

European Globalisation Fund

Pearse Doherty

513. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding the project web access international European globalisation adjustment fund application seeks from the European Commission; the matching Government component if the bid is successful; and when a decision is expected from the European Commission. [41677/15]

European Globalisation Fund

Pearse Doherty

514. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will formally request from the European globalisation adjustment fund, EGF, managing authority responsible for the Lufthansa Technik EGF programme the total amount of European Union funds spent as of 1 November 2015; and if she will provide this figure. [41678/15]

European Globalisation Fund

Pearse Doherty

515. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the €2.49 million European Commission contribution to the Lufthansa Technik European globalisation adjustment fund programme will be spent by the September 2016 deadline; and the measures she has put in place over and above those already in place for previous programmes to ensure the 40% return rate of European funding across previous EGF programmes is not replicated with the Lufthansa Technik programme and that all of the money allocated is spent. [41679/15]

European Globalisation Fund

Pearse Doherty

516. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the 200 people not in education, employment or training, NEET, in the Lufthansa Technik European globalisation adjustment fund, EGF, programme are named persons in the application, or a target to be reached from the overall NEET population in the area of the Lufthansa programme; and if the latter is the case, the criteria by which young persons may be deemed eligible for access to EGF support. [41680/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Éamon Ó Cuív

517. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a contractor will be appointed to construct the replacement building for the community school in Clifden, Connemara, County Galway; if the tenders have been examined; if a preferred contractor has been selected; when construction will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41688/15]

Stay Safe Programme

John Paul Phelan

518. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide all teachers with an in-service day on the revised Stay Safe child protection programme, similar to the one day in-service training being provided to support the implementation of the new language curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41698/15]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Michael McNamara

519. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application from a school (details supplied) in County Clare for funding for additional accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41699/15]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

James Bannon

520. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a Student Universal Support Ireland grant application by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41704/15]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

Jim Daly

521. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the outcome of a Student Universal Support Ireland grant application (details supplied), whereby a student lost out on a grant worth €1,500 due to earning €25 in September 2015 in advance of returning to college, given that if the student had earned this €25 in August 2015 it would not have affected qualification for the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41735/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brendan Ryan

522. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been identified for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and when this project will be built. [41768/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Pádraig MacLochlainn

523. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the confirmation from her Department that the proposed three-school campus at Buncrana in County Donegal, incorporating new schools for schools (details supplied) in County Donegal, is not scheduled to proceed to construction until between 2019 and 2021; if she is aware the boards of management and parents' committees of these schools are dismayed that their reasonable agreement to pursue a joint three-school campus many years ago has met with delay after delay; and if she is aware of the urgency of this matter considering that the buildings housing all three schools are very much unfit for purpose. [41788/15]

European Globalisation Fund

Pearse Doherty

524. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will publish the Lufthansa Technik Airmotive, Andersen Ireland and PWA International Limited European globalisation adjustment fund applications and make them available to Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas and on the EGF website. [41800/15]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Tom Fleming

525. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently examine and expedite a grant review by Student Universal Support Ireland for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41819/15]

Housing Assistance Payments

Anthony Lawlor

526. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider increasing the housing assistance payment for recipients in north Kildare to reflect the level of rent in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41612/15]

Library Services Provision

Robert Troy

527. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a request for funding to construct a new community library in Edgeworthstown in County Longford on a site obtained by the town's development association. [41713/15]

Water Quality

Róisín Shortall

528. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the situation whereby grant aid is not available to replace lead pipes in residential property, given the risk, according to the Health Service Executive, that lead poses to public health and the expense involved in replacing piping, if he will provide details of the proposed scheme for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41168/15]

Private Rented Accommodation Costs

Eoghan Murphy

529. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how landlords are expected to find similarly-priced lettings locally to reflect the market average, particularly where significant changes to internal accommodation are concerned and so are not necessarily reflected in lettings of a similar size or in a similar location. [41217/15]

Private Residential Tenancies Board Data

Barry Cowen

530. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the estimates from his Department, the Private Residential Tenancies Board, the Revenue Commissioners, and the Department of Social Protection on the number of landlords unregistered with the board and the percentage of landlords this represents overall. [41223/15]

Rural Development Policy

Eoghan Murphy

531. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the revitalisation of rural communities. [41312/15]

Local Authority Functions

Anne Ferris

532. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to issue guidance or direction to local authorities regarding the removal of hundreds of out of date public infrastructure development signs littering the countryside, much of it dating back two decades or longer, given that the signage materials and poles are manufactured from metal that has a recycling value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41316/15]

Private Rented Accommodation Standards

Tom Fleming

533. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce regulations to enable the reintroduction of bedsits into the rental housing stock, to alleviate the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41326/15]

Building Regulations Compliance

Joan Collins

534. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that when planning permission was granted for the Johnston Court development in Sligo it was a condition, under Part V of the Planning Act, that six of the 30 apartments in the development would be made available for social housing; that when the apartments were completed in May 2008 Sligo County Council drew down €1,232,000, 90% of the cost from his Department to pay for them; that despite this 90% funding being provided seven years ago, and despite the fact that in excess of 1,000 households are on the housing waiting list in County Sligo, the purchase of the apartments has not yet been completed and they remain vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41332/15]

An Bord Pleanála Review

Maureen O'Sullivan

535. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the review of An Bord Pleanála will be published; his views on the length of time it takes An Bord Pleanála to reach decisions; and his plans to address this. [41333/15]