Results 441-460 of 2,177 for speaker:Kathleen Funchion in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (26 Feb 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial remuneration for each board member of the Teaching Council; the frequency with which membership of the board changes; if his Department is the employer of the Teaching Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8999/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (26 Feb 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of higher education student housing units built over the period of 2018 to date in 2019, nationally; the number of student accommodation units built by county; the cost over the same period; the proposed monthly cost to each Irish national student per room for the units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9000/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (26 Feb 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of higher level students living in shared room hostel dormitories nationally as their form of student accommodation to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9001/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (26 Feb 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision within the education system for a derogation from set exam time allowed for students with additional needs, learnings difficulties and diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder or Asperger's syndrome; the guidelines for allowing schools to grant extra time during mock exams and final exams; the deadline for applying for a derogation;...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Childcare Scheme (5 Mar 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 485. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure that community childcare and early years facilities are not left in a disadvantaged position due to the new affordable childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10710/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Childcare Scheme Eligibility (5 Mar 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 498. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason children in community childcare settings will be restricted to 15 hours per week if their parents are not in full-time employment or education; her views on whether this will have a serious negative impact on vulnerable children that rely on their childcare settings for hot meals; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (5 Mar 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 499. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason Pobal is trying to recategorise childcare and early years settings as half day facilities due to the fact that children may be collected early; her views on whether this will have a detrimental effect on facilities in terms of funding and on children that will not be entitled to a meals if facilities are forced to become half...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (6 Mar 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of authority teachers in primary and post-primary schools have in determining whether a child with additional needs is allowed to participate in a mainstream subject; if a teacher has the authority to refuse a child into their class should that child wish to participate in that class; the authority a teacher has to refuse a SNA into...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Commencement of Legislation (6 Mar 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 has not been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10932/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (6 Mar 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to put a new bereavement process in place regarding the sitting of junior and leaving certificate exams and payment of tuition fees for students who have experienced a family bereavement in the same school year; the situation for students that have experienced a family bereavement in 2019 in advance of the junior and leaving...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Issues (6 Mar 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of commitment which exists that fees from higher level education institutions will not change for students from Northern Ireland post Brexit should Britain exit the European Union. [10935/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (6 Mar 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if knowledge of the conditional and future tenses in the German language is required for the junior certificate exam. [11006/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (6 Mar 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the genitive and dative cases and genitive and accusative prepositions in the German language are required for the junior certificate exam. [11007/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (26 Mar 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child who is in receipt of SNA assistance in a particular school and moves from that school to another location or school during the same school year is no longer entitled to a SNA in the new school and must wait until the beginning of September in the following school year in order to avail of a SNA once again; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (26 Mar 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has been denied an SNA in view of the fact the child is entitled to an SNA based on particular needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13162/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (26 Mar 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding primary and post-primary schools receive from the initial point of opening the ASD class and throughout the operation of an ASD class within each school; if there is an amount received by the school for the operation of that class on a monthly or annual basis; and if the funding is received by the school directly from his...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (26 Mar 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 770. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health services available to persons with autism; the process for a child or adult in accessing these mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13434/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (26 Mar 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 771. To ask the Minister for Health the options for treatment in Northern Ireland that persons here can avail of regarding mental health if they are diagnosed as being autistic. [13435/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Fees (26 Mar 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 772. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the review of the system for setting nursing home prices under the nursing home support scheme. [13436/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (26 Mar 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 773. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the new general practitioner contract for nursing homes. [13437/19]