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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Contracts (25 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will respond to correspondence sent to him by a person (details supplied). [31748/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (26 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the targets to provide universal broadband in rural County Meath are sufficient; if his attention has been drawn to the deep dissatisfaction regarding broadband provision in that area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31837/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (26 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to improve broadband services in rural parts of County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31836/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (26 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to make changes in the procedures for identification parades in order to abolish the requirement for the victims of crime to be present in the same room as the suspects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32252/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Defence of the Dwelling (26 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current rights of property owners with regard to defending their families, themselves and their property against intruders who may be armed with firearms or other weapons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32319/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: University Status Review (27 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is not allowed to describe itself as a university here for marketing and labelling purposes but may do so outside the State; and his Department's reasoning for maintaining this restriction on the RCSI in the Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015. [32437/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (27 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount and the percentage of total income for University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, the National University of Ireland, Galway, University College Cork, University of Limerick, Maynooth University and Dublin City University that comes from direct Exchequer sources as well as from indirect Exchequer sources such as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (27 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount and the percentage of the income for each individual institute of technology that comes from direct Exchequer sources and from indirect Exchequer sources such as research and contracts, in tabular form; and the name of the programme under which each income is derived, for example, HEA grant, tuition fees and so on. [32439/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (27 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 4 October 2016, if the review of the DEIS programme is looking at the need for including new schools and schools whose student intake and demographic profile may have altered since the initial introduction of the programme in 2006; when the last intake of a school into the DEIS took place; and if his...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (27 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the development of a new assessment framework for the identification of schools for inclusion in DEIS will be completed; the funding that has been allocated for developing this new assessment database to date; and the amount he anticipates will be required overall. [32442/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (27 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the roll-out of the primary online database; if he will provide latest statistics on usage by schools; if the Data Protection Commissioner has any outstanding concerns regarding the retention of student records under the new scheme, with the use of students' PPSN or with data-sharing provisions. [32443/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he plans to increase the number of apprenticeships and traineeships in 2017 and 2018 without any increase in funding for skills in budget 2017. [32444/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes (27 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the restrictions SOLAS places on education training boards, ETBs, in procuring new training providers for traineeships or apprenticeships; and if his Department has any concerns that restrictions on ETBs in procuring new training providers is holding back the expansion of these learning programmes to new skills areas. [32445/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the witnesses for their expositions and engagement with us, not just today but with the political system in general. A number of issues have arisen and it is important that they are teased out. Under the new model, will it be the case that no school will lose out in the allocation of resource and learning support? Does the increase referenced in the budget go beyond demographics...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Is the HSE still involved in the provision of special needs assistants?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I did not just express concern about the July provision. Ms Griffin stated that the Department's early intervention scheme is being limited to certain categories of disability. She then spoke about the July provision.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Would that not be considered unprofessional conduct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Dealing with professional bodies, that is a serious statement to make.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Advocates?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Not just diagnostic-----