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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: What about the deal done to take over the old property of the school?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I heard of a case - I will not name the school because it is just talk - where one school is getting a new building on a new site. The rumour is that a hotel is moving in, although I cannot verify that. There should be some programme in the Department to examine this matter, because they all have a value. It would seem to me that if the Minister is providing a new school and a new site, as...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: Is it the case that a patron could profit from the Department of Education and Skills providing a new school building on a new site, if the Department is buying the site?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: The new site and building go to the patron eventually, is that right?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: Does the old site stay with the patron?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: That would represent a windfall for the patron.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I can see that point if the patron provided the site originally or if a community group provided it on behalf of a patron, which can happen too. Should there not be some arrangement, however, simply to help replenish the coffers? If the State is going to provide a new school site and replace a school building, we should be asking the patron to sign over the existing building when all that...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: Are there examples of that?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I was sceptical, but I actually think it was good.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding provided by his Department in 2017 for funding apprenticeships; and the number of apprenticeships that are currently being funded. [22748/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Stay Safe Programme (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been allocated to schools to implement the child abuse prevention programme; and his views on whether this is adequate. [22750/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department caps per-pupil primary school funding at 500 pupils; and the rationale and justification for this. [22751/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017 to primary schools and post-primary schools for additional Traveller support, in tabular form. [22752/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the status of the oral junior certificate curriculum; and the changes being proposed and implemented. [22872/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the proposals to close a school (details supplied); if this is in accord with the programme for Government commitments; and the steps he will take to prevent this occurring. [23005/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Remuneration (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed by his Department, or by public bodies or agencies funded by his Department, on salaries in excess of €125,000; the areas and organisations in which they work; and the positions or titles of the persons concerned. [22967/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Colleges (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to a new building for a college (details supplied). [22972/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses Availability (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of PLC, post-leaving certificate, places allocated to each ETB, education and training board; and the number of PLC places actually taken up in each ETB in each of the past three years. [22973/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department's land at Ashbourne, County Meath, is for sale in view of the fact that it is needed for public education and has also been the subject of discussions with Meath County Council for use as a public park. [23184/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Mental Health Strategies (16 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 198, 206, 210, 211 and 212 of 9 May 2016, if he will clarify his reply that schools can plan a well-being programme without loss of teaching time for other subjects; and the way in which hours for the well-being programme will not impact on hours for other subjects. [23187/17]