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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average waiting time for students to be publicly assessed for special needs by the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of students with special needs who have received a private assessment of special needs; and if he will provide a breakdown by electoral division or local authority area. [23196/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the performance of the pilot allocation system for resource teaching and learning supports; his views on whether the pilot is a success and, if so, on what indicators; his plans to extend the new allocation scheme in 2017-18 or at a later date; and the cost of the pilot scheme. [23197/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Services (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all DEIS schools are prioritised in their preferential access to NEPS psychologists; and if there is scope to provide priority to non-DEIS schools with a high percentage of students from lower-income backgrounds. [23198/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of major curriculum changes at post-primary level that are to be introduced in the 2017-18 or 2018-19 school years. [23202/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering funding and supports for urban (band 1) DEIS schools as suggested in the ESRI review of the programme; and if his Department is also giving consideration to the ESRI suggestion in the same report to encourage schools to move away from rigid forms of ability grouping. [23203/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department's review of the DEIS programme is considering the suggestion in the ESRI review of the programme that there is case for a degree of tapering of funding for schools rather than a sharp withdrawal below the specified cut-off, as currently occurs under the DEIS programme. [23204/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on restoring the visiting teacher service for Travellers; and the cost of restoring this programme to primary and post-primary schools. [23205/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Languages Programme (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has undertaken any review of the effectiveness of the simplified allocation process for both learning and language support introduced by his predecessor in 2012/2013; and the cost of restoring temporary English as an additional language posts to pre-2012 levels. [23206/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that voluntary secondary schools receive less funding per student per annum than the amount allocated to community schools and that allocated to Education and Training Board schools; if he can provide estimates for the difference in funding; and his views on whether there is a case for reintroducing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidelines on Obesity (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the guidelines on healthy, tasty and nutritious foods in primary schools; and if he will consider issuing a circular banning vending machines stocking sugary drinks, crisps and chocolate from vending machines in schools. [23208/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the policy of providing universities a top-up payment per student enrolled in a course teaching computer science has been successful; the estimated cost of the programme; and the estimated increase in computer science graduates this has lead to. [23209/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of non-Gaelscoileanna schools that offer access to Irish language partial immersion programmes, where 50% of subjects are taught through the Irish language; and if his Department offers any support or funding to schools to increase access to such programmes. [23210/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide estimates of the cost of restoring ex-quota guidance counsellors to all schools. [23211/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide estimates of the cost of a 20% increase per annum in the per capita capitation to voluntary secondary schools; and the estimated cost of a 10% increase in the capitation to community and comprehensive schools. [23212/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the preliminary census results for County Meath, showing above trend population growth, he has cause to review the current and future educational provision in County Meath. [23231/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the accounts of Caranua for 2014 and 2015 will be published. [23234/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet the Right to Peace group. [23235/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he had an opportunity to review a file (details supplied). [23236/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Data (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of survivors of institutional abuse who have received assistance from Caranua. [23237/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is envisaged that Caranua will complete its work.. [23238/16]