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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: May I apologise in advance to the Chair and to the Minister and Minister of State as I will have to leave very shortly? There is one stand-out figure in this particular Estimate, that is the more than doubling of the Estimate for the number of retirees from the teaching profession. There are extra retirees in the IT sector as well. The figure originally projected was 823 retirees, but...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (5 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes introduced to the criteria for qualification for tax relief in respect of third level fees in each of the years since 2004, in tabular form. [51921/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (5 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the shortage of substitute teachers in guidance, modern languages, Irish and home economics specifically. [51596/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (5 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to provide cover for teachers taken out of the system to train for the new junior certificate. [51597/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Allowances (5 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a rent allowance scheme similar to that of An Garda Síochána for teachers living in Dublin. [51598/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (5 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to incentivise rather than punish retired teachers who can help alleviate the substitute teacher shortage. [51599/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (5 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to deal with self-employed persons who have become ill before 2016 who are still ill and would otherwise qualify for invalidity pension; and if they can apply for invalidity pension. [51924/17]

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

Thomas Byrne: This will not take too much time. I thank my colleagues and the Ministers for their contributions. I am reminded of a little bit of history. The Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, spoke about the responsible attitude we are taking and I welcome his appreciation of that. Like the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, I have very strong memories of some of the original FEMPI legislation...

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

Thomas Byrne: On a point of order, the Minister of State is not the final speaker.

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

Thomas Byrne: We did not hear it. The Ceann Comhairle did not clarify with me. I was just checking, that is all.

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

Thomas Byrne: You did.

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I welcome the Social Welfare Bill 2017 and the measures the Minister is introducing. I have a few small issues which, like everything to do with social welfare, have a big impact on people's lives. I echo what Deputy Moynihan said about the invalidity pension. I welcome it as very good news. I thank the Minister for bringing it in. Everybody wanted to do it and I congratulate this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (29 Nov 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of implementing a one point reduction in average class size at primary level; and the estimated full year cost for reducing the average class size to 23 pupils. [51115/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (29 Nov 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of implementing a one point reduction in the average class size at post primary level. [51116/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Nov 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of fully restoring the staffing schedule for retaining and gaining a teacher that applied for schools before 2012 for three, four and five teacher schools. [51117/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (29 Nov 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of restoring capitation grants to primary schools to pre 2010 levels; and the estimated full year cost of a 10% increase in the capitation grant to primary schools. [51118/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (29 Nov 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of restoring capitation and related grants to primary and post primary schools to pre 2011 levels. [51123/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (29 Nov 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of a 20% increase per annum in the per capita capitation to voluntary secondary schools; and the estimated full year cost of a 10% increase in the capitation to community and comprehensive schools. [51125/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Nov 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of providing schools with one administration day per week for teaching principals to cover the establishment of a permanent pool of teachers to replace teaching principals on their administration day. [51119/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Staff (29 Nov 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of employing an additional 100 new NEPS psychologists. [51120/17]