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Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: We have now concluded.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is focused on the need to ensure that the skills of those persons leaving the education system can be matched to the requirements of the workplace; the ongoing efforts to augment the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43870/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied regarding her ability to meet the full requirements of special needs teachers and special needs assistants at primary and secondary level; the steps she is taking to address emerging needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43871/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 24 November 2015 and the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow, if the review will be undertaken on foot of this parliamentary question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44363/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Threat (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to make required funding available to nurseries to help combat and prevent the spread of ash tree disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44349/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is unusual for an application for residency to take eight years to determine, as appears to be the case for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44353/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Health Services (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 111. To ask the Minister for Health if school medical examinations continue to identify children with issues requiring urgent attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44415/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 136. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the eligibility for a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44377/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will improve pupil-teacher ratios at primary and second level schools over the next twelve months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44402/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the education system, at all levels, will meet the skills demand in the workplace; if apprenticeships will impact on the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44403/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the adequacy of the school building programme and, in particular, with the completion of the replacement of temporary or prefabricated classrooms; if she will meet the requirements projected by the various school authorities for special needs teachers in the coming year at primary and at second level; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adequate resources are in place to meet the teaching and accommodation requirements of children with Asperger's syndrome and autism at primary and secondary level, if she has identified the areas of great demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44405/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adequate resources are in place to meet the teaching and accommodation requirements of children with Asperger's syndrome and autism at primary and secondary level school throughout County Kildare, if she has identified the areas of great demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44406/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the number of autism classes throughout County Kildare will increase in line with demand in the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44407/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new enrolment process will address difficulties that have emerged in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44408/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if issues relating to school patronage will be addressed in the short to medium term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44409/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will continue her support smaller urban or rural schools with a denominational ethos; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44410/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and how she will address issues relating to student accommodation in the short to medium term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44411/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the issue of school bullying will be monitored to ascertain the best methodology to deal with it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44412/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (9 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she continues to evaluate progress on the provision of a Gaelcholáiste in north Kildare, having particular regard to the case being articulated by the local support group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44413/15]