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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Data (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications that were made under the reasonable accommodation scheme for certificate examinations for the 2017 sittings; the number that were decided by the school; the number of applications that were determined by the State Examinations Commission; the number that were successful and unsuccessful, by junior certificate and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 2017 target of 800 new apprenticeship registrations and 15 new apprenticeships will be met in September 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33749/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in the development of the 15 new apprenticeship schemes for intake in September 2017; the details of the new apprenticeships; the number of places available on each; the date on which each will be open for application; if applications have been made to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33750/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has put in place a student accommodation strategy as outlined in Rebuilding Ireland; the date on which this strategy will be published; the actions that will be undertaken to alleviate the student accommodation crisis in Autumn 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33751/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 526. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for home help in counties Laois and Offaly over each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33726/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 527. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are awaiting a home help package in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33727/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 528. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of home help hours granted in Laois and Offaly over each of the past ten years; the number of persons who have availed of home help hours in these counties for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33728/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 532. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons home help hours have been cut by 27% in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33732/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 529. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the orthodontic service in Tullamore is without staff with no relief cover put in place to cover staff leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33729/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Data (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 530. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for child and adult orthodontic services in counties Laois and Offaly; the number of persons on each waiting list; the number of persons waiting six months, one year, 18 months, two years or over two years for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33730/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 531. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he intends to address the waiting times for orthodontic treatment in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33731/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Data (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 533. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are waiting for respite services in counties Laois and Offaly; the number of persons waiting six months, one year, 18 months, two years or two years or more; his plans to address waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33733/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 534. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE midlands area has submitted a request for additional staff in the area of occupational therapy; if this request will be approved by his Department; the timeframe for a decision on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33734/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 535. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 27 June 2017, the number of additional staff that have been requested by the HSE midlands area to address the waiting lists in occupational therapy; the costs of providing the posts requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33735/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 536. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for additional staff made by the HSE midlands area over each of the past ten years; the number of posts sought by grade and division; the number of posts that were approved by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33736/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 940. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will be made to a person (details supplied); if the payment will be processed without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33737/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 941. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that will be taken by his Department to ensure that the delay in respect of AEOS and GLAS payments does not arise again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33739/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compensation Schemes (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 942. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made in providing compensation to the 370 tillage farmers across the State that lost crops in the heavy flooding in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33740/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (11 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: I thank all of the contributors to the discussion. This is a huge issue in my constituency which covers County Offaly and north Tipperary and of concern to many parents. I have been contacted by many of them about it even before they have received decisions. The way many of them were treated last year was nothing short of a disgrace. There is no flexibility whatsoever in the system and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (11 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: I am disappointed the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, is not here given it is his brief. I do not think it is good enough. I met with Deputy Halligan over the appeals issue and all the other issues that were raised. When will the appeals review be published? Shortly is not god enough. I have constituents contacting me. I have constituents in Rhode, County Offaly, who felt very...