Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

National Educational Psychological Service

Carol Nolan

207. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the ratio of psychologists to students in the National Educational Psychological Service over each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14570/16]

Special Educational Needs

Carol Nolan

208. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students with special educational needs who are covered by an individual educational plan as opposed to a personal pupil plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14571/16]

Disability Services Provision

Carol Nolan

209. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the impact of the roll out of the network of disability teams on the provision of services to special classes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14572/16]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Carol Nolan

210. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of resource teachers who will be allocated in advance of the roll-out of the new model of resource allocation in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14573/16]

Special Education Review

Carol Nolan

211. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the report on the review of the special needs assistant scheme has been completed; his consultations with stakeholders as part of the review; if he will publish the report; when the National Council for Special Education will review the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14574/16]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Carol Nolan

212. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if all applications for resource teaching hours have been processed; if the number of posts available will be sufficient to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14575/16]

Employment Rights

Carol Nolan

213. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing the recommendations of the Cush report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14576/16]

School Transport Expenditure

Carol Nolan

214. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department is paying to private contractors for school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14577/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Carol Nolan

215. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will establish a national inclusion support service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14578/16]

National Training Fund

Carol Nolan

216. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the yield from increasing the employer contribution to the national training fund to 1%, 2% and 3% of the reckonable earnings of employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14579/16]

Gaelscoil Issues

Carol Nolan

217. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a Gaelscoil for the northside of Dublin in order to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14580/16]

Garda Vetting Legislation

Carol Nolan

218. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make arrangements for students starting a post-leaving certificate course to start in advance of Garda Síochána clearance coming through to ensure they are not delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14581/16]

Higher Education Authority Staff

Carol Nolan

219. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in appointing a chief executive officer of the Higher Education Authority; if he will appoint an interim chief executive officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14582/16]

Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements

Carol Nolan

220. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that the changes to the entrance requirements for universities, which reduce the value of a fourth A level for students from Northern Ireland, will impact on the ability of students in Northern Ireland to access high-point courses here; his plans to rectify this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14583/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Carol Nolan

236. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied), including when he will commence and complete the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14767/16]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Carol Nolan

240. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the third level projects he will fund under the capital plan 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14991/16]

Access to Higher Education

Carol Nolan

241. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the schemes he is running to promote access to third level education by lower socioeconomic groups, disabled students and mature students; the funding his Department has allocated to each in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; if any of the schemes are on a statutory footing or if they are initiatives by a body or institution of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14992/16]

Special Educational Needs Expenditure

Carol Nolan

242. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to carry out a full costing of the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14993/16]

Third Level Institutions

Carol Nolan

243. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the third level institutions that are running at a deficit; the amount of the deficit by institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14994/16]

School Services Staff

Carol Nolan

244. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding his Department allocated to schools to cover ancillary services such as the employment of a school secretary or caretaker in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date in tabular form; the cost of restoring this to 2008 levels taking increases in demographics into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14995/16]

Third Level Staff Recruitment

Carol Nolan

245. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing the academic staff to student ratio at third level to 1:15 in each of the years 2017 to 2021, taking forecasted increases in student numbers into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14996/16]

School Transport Data

Carol Nolan

246. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of empty seats on school transport buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14997/16]

Third Level Staff Remuneration

Carol Nolan

247. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the budget for salaries and for non-salary-related activities by third level institution in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14998/16]

Third Level Funding

Carol Nolan

248. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding his Department provided and the proportion this was of total income by third level institution over each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14999/16]

DEIS Scheme

Carol Nolan

249. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the review of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme; his plans to make changes to the scheme for the upcoming school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15000/16]

Third Level Expenditure

Carol Nolan

250. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of carrying out the capital projects identified in the Higher Education Authority space utilisation of third level conducted in 2010 in respect of projects that were identified as being in need of repair or replacement, taking deterioration that may have occurred since the report into account; if he will include any of these projects in the capital investment plan over a five, ten and 20-year period; the details of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15001/16]

Third Level Data

Carol Nolan

251. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will conclude the selection process for the projects at third level that are to receive investment under public private partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15002/16]

School Accommodation

Carol Nolan

252. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of providing additional classroom accommodation at primary and secondary schools to address increased demographics over the next five, ten, 15 and 20 years; the amount of this he will provide under the capital investment plan 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15003/16]

Third Level Expenditure

Carol Nolan

253. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of providing additional teaching accommodation at third level to address increasing demographics over the next five, ten, 15 and 20 years; the amount of this he will provide under the capital investment plan 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15004/16]

State Examinations Reviews

Carol Nolan

254. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has followed up on correspondence from the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland at the start of May 2016; if he has engaged with the association on reform of the junior certificate; his progress on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15005/16]

Departmental Correspondence

Carol Nolan

337. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has consulted with members of the Irish Postmasters' Union regarding his plans to change the payment arrangements for jobseekers who work part-time casually; the number of payments that will be affected by this change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14814/16]

Ambulance Service Accommodation

Carol Nolan

504. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to resolve the situation in respect of the ambulance service in Edenderry; his proposed plans to repair or replace the existing ambulance building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15007/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Carol Nolan

505. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the condition homocystinuria, related to the condition phenylketonuria, PKU, is not covered under the long-term illness scheme similar to PKU; his plans to include this condition under the terms of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15008/16]

Departmental Functions

Carol Nolan

590. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the natural heritage, environment, division and the water quality section will fall under the remit of the Minister for communications, climate change and natural resources; if his Department will have the word "environment" included in its title; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14532/16]

Hospitals Data

Carol Nolan

49. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children on public waiting lists for extractions under general anaesthetic; the cost of sending children to private hospitals for extractions under general anaesthetic; the cost for each year since the closure of the children’s dental clinic at St. James’s; his plans to source a new location for this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13713/16]

HSE Staff Training

Carol Nolan

99. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the progress being made to date on the European Commission proposal to establish a common training framework for health care assistants; the input his Department has had in this; the actions that have been taken to date; his plans and proposals in respect of registration, ongoing training, budget for recruitment and accountability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13712/16]

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge

Carol Nolan

48. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhféadfadh sí léiriú a thabhairt ar an mbuiséad atá aontaithe aici don Ghaeilge agus don Ghaeltacht don bhliain atá romhainn. [13270/16]

School Textbooks

Carol Nolan

96. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the funding to the school books grant by 30%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12210/16]

Adult Education Provision

Carol Nolan

115. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing all unemployed persons with low or no qualifications with access to an intensive basic education course leading to a level three or junior certificate qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12161/16]

Adult Education Provision

Carol Nolan

116. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing all adults with less than a level four or leaving certificate qualification with access to an intensive basic education course that enables them to move up one level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12162/16]

Schools Building Projects Expenditure

Carol Nolan

117. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a national building programme of infrastructure investment designed to provide kitchen facilities to all fee-paying schools which currently do not have them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12163/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Carol Nolan

118. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reintroducing qualification allowances for teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12164/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Carol Nolan

119. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of ensuring that newly qualified teachers recruited post-2011 are paid on the pre-2011 rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12165/16]

School Staff

Carol Nolan

120. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of lifting the moratorium on posts of responsibility in schools in order that they are at pre-2011 levels proportional to any necessary increase given increasing demographics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12166/16]

Special Educational Needs Expenditure

Carol Nolan

121. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of full implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 per annum until full implementation is reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12167/16]

School Staff

Carol Nolan

122. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reversing changes to the staffing schedule for schools with fewer than 86 pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12168/16]

Student Grants Data

Carol Nolan

123. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing maintenance grants for postgraduate students using the same income threshold as currently applicable to undergraduate students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12169/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Carol Nolan

124. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing 50 applied behaviour analysis, ABA, schools for children with special educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12171/16]

National Educational Psychological Service

Carol Nolan

125. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing National Educational Psychological Service resources in order that it may provide a diagnosis for children from application to final decision in a 12-week timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12172/16]

Capitation Grants

Carol Nolan

126. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing capitation rates for primary schools to the rate for post-primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12173/16]