Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Research and Development Funding

Thomas Byrne

138. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans for the next cycle of the programme for research in third level institutions; the amount to be allocated; the timeframe for the cycle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46656/17]

National Educational Psychological Service

Thomas Byrne

309. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a referral for a person (details supplied) by the Meath community care psychology service to the national education psychological service will be made. [45763/17]

School Transport Administration

Thomas Byrne

369. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he will take following the finding of the Comptroller and Auditor General that the accounting arrangements between his Department and Bus Éireann to deliver school transport are inadequate in view of the significant level of costs involved. [46353/17]

School Transport Administration

Thomas Byrne

370. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the costs to be met from the transport management charge indicates that the funding received by Bus Éireann from his Department was in excess of costs in each of the four years to 2014 resulting in a reported accumulated surplus of €11.2 million at the end of 2015. [46354/17]

School Transport Administration

Thomas Byrne

371. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department does not carry out verification checks on Bus Éireann’s analysis of the expenses to be met from the school transport management charge. [46355/17]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Thomas Byrne

989. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if broadband services will be available in an area (details supplied). [46764/17]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Thomas Byrne

1300. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason purchasers of houses post-2013 cannot avail of the pyrite remediation scheme. [45765/17]

Schools Building Projects

Thomas Byrne

38. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the widespread dissatisfaction with the progress of many school building projects, including many on a list published in 2014 for construction in 2015 which have not yet commenced, and the slow progress on the subsequently announced six-year capital plan for schools. [45228/17]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Thomas Byrne

40. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is an imbalance in the pupil teacher ratio mainstream staffing schedule which means that the bigger the school the PTR progressively disimproves; and his further views on whether this contributes to a particularly large amount of supersize schools in certain parts of the country which happen to have larger schools. [45229/17]

Access to Higher Education

Thomas Byrne

54. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allow greater access for those in direct provision to access higher and further education. [44945/17]

Schools Building Projects

Thomas Byrne

57. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to locate a second level school in the general Duleek and east County Meath area. [44943/17]

Schools Building Projects Status

Thomas Byrne

65. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for the development of a new campus for a school (details supplied). [44946/17]

Teacher Training Provision

Thomas Byrne

77. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the education of teachers is becoming too expensive and lengthy. [44944/17]

Schools Building Projects Status

Thomas Byrne

89. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with actual and potential school place shortages in Ashbourne and Dunshaughlin, County Meath. [44942/17]

Broadband Service Provision

Thomas Byrne

128. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that broadband is being rolled out in an area and that a school (details supplied) is not benefitting from this roll-out. [44572/17]

School Expulsions

Thomas Byrne

133. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of section 29 appeals to his Department on expulsions which occurred in each of the years 2014 to 2016, inclusive; and the outcome of each appeal. [44761/17]

School Expulsions

Thomas Byrne

134. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of section 29 appeals to his Department on expulsions arising from special schools or children attending special classes in each of the years 2014 to 2016, inclusive; and the outcome of such appeals. [44762/17]

School Expulsions

Thomas Byrne

135. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of section 29 appeals to his Department on expulsion arising in respect of children who were diagnosed as having special educational needs in each of the years 2014 to 2016, inclusive; and the outcome of each such appeal. [44763/17]

School Expulsions

Thomas Byrne

136. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of section 29 appeals to his Department on refusals to admit which occurred in each of the years 2014 to 2016, inclusive; and the outcome of each such appeal. [44764/17]

School Expulsions

Thomas Byrne

137. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of section 29 appeals to his Department on refusals to admit arising from special schools or children attending special classes in each of the years 2014 to 2016, inclusive; and the outcome of each such appeal. [44765/17]