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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will conduct a review of the costs of school building projects in view of the rapid increase in the cost per square metre of school construction projects in the context of a reduced capital budget in education; his plans to ensure that value is achieved; and if increases in cost have led to delays in tendering under the school building...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: For the past year or more, I have had serious concerns about the Department of Education and Skills's capital budget ranging from the number of major projects currently out to tender, which is at a record low, to the cost of each school place increasing by 50% and the number of school places being delivered decreasing. It is clear that the education budget is not providing the same outputs...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister should not insult the intelligence of the Dáil by saying that the capital budget is ring-fenced. At the first opportunity, he cut it. At the very first fence on the racecourse, he fell and let education down by agreeing a cut in the capital budget. I want to know how that happened and how the Minister plans to deliver school buildings. The figure for the capital budget...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I am glad to see that the Department of Education and Skills is not the only organisation buying above the guide price. Unfortunately, the Department has paid as much as double the guide price several times. That is my problem with this. The Minister has admitted that the budget has decreased by €2 million, but the overall capital budget has decreased by €19 million. During...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2020 (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the reduction of the capital budget in budget 2020 for his Department. [42524/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Colleges (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if works on permanent places for all colleges of further education have been ceased in 2019 pending the completion of a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42525/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he is taking for September 2020 to address unmet demand for school places for children with special needs. [42527/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce history as a core subject on the junior cycle. [42526/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: University Global Rankings (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop a strategy to address the falling university rankings. [42528/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing the National Council for Special Education’s policy advice on educational provision for children with autism spectrum disorders recommendation to extend the enhanced level of capitation grant to post-primary schools with special classes on the same basis as primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recommendations of the National Council for Special Education’s policy advice on educational provision for children with autism spectrum disorders which have not yet been implemented; the timescale for implementation of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42642/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dates in 2018 and 2019 in which the implementation group for the National Council for Special Education’s policy advice on educational provision for children with autism spectrum disorders has met; and when it is next planned for this group to meet. [42643/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to the provision of additional places and classrooms for children with special needs in which a new building for an existing school is being provided under the capital programme and additional accommodation schemes; if new places and classrooms for children with special needs must be provided or planned in the location...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring capitation rates to pre-2010 levels following the implementation of increases announced in budget 2020. [42708/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Funding (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of funds to be made available for further education of the €174 million set aside for higher education. [42749/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of permitting schools with enrolments of 700 or more to fill caretaker vacancies provided they have fewer than two caretakers under budget 2020. [42750/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of permitting schools with enrolments of 500 to 650 to fill secretary vacancies provided they have fewer than 1.5 posts and schools with enrolments of 626 to 699 provided they have fewer than two posts filled under budget 2020. [42751/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to participate in the school transport scheme for a pupil who becomes homeless during the school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42822/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Starting Age (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his responsibilities with regard to the mandatory school age. [42823/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Attendance Data (17 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 295. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her responsibilities with regard to the mandatory school age. [42824/19]