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Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Is oth liom go gcaithfidh mé an cheist seo a chur ar an Aire Stáit inniu. Nuair a seoladh an monarchan seo i mBaile Ghib bhí ionadaithe ón Roinn agus, measaim, an Taoiseach ann. Bhí a lán daoine á chéiliúradh nuair a bunaíodh an monarchan seo, ach tá sé go léir tar éis titim as a chéile. Cé mhéad airgead...

Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I am happy to speak as Gaeilge nó as Béarla but I will speak in English so other people may understand because this is such a crucial issue. These were jobs advertised by the Government and particularly the Fine Gael Party as high-tech jobs. I understood this to be a high-tech processing facility. It turned out to be a waste-collection facility and I was surprised that public...

Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I hope a lesson has been learnt here. It is a very expensive lesson. I wonder whether the Department will investigate this matter. At the time, the Fine Gael Party locally was thanked by various people involved in the project for its assistance in this regard. This needs to be looked at more closely. More importantly, this premises needs to be taken over by Údarás na Gaeltachta...

Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I did not. I did not know anything about them. They were announced by the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 61. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the Gibbstown Gaeltacht in County Meath. [37409/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next round of capital funding for major school works will be announced. [36954/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the major capital projects which were announced to begin construction in 2016 and which have not commenced yet. [37458/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the major capital projects which were announced to go to construction in 2017 and which are now expected to proceed. [37459/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the major school projects which were announced in previous years to go to construction by 2017 or earlier which have not proceeded in the year announced or which will not proceed in 2017. [36955/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding Northern Irish and British students enrolling in universities here; and if, post-Brexit, their current EU rate fee arrangements would apply. [37060/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an amendment to the State's free fees initiative is envisaged to cater for Northern Ireland and UK students post-Brexit. [37166/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the source of the statistic used by his Department that on average 20% of schools, mostly in Dublin, are oversubscribed; if the statistic that 20% of schools use some selection criteria is correct; and if these figures are out of date. [37108/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has undertaken any research into the number of schools that employ selection criteria in their school admissions based primarily on religion rather than non-religious selection criteria, such as catchment area. [37109/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or a body under its aegis has undertaken any research into the number of children with autism spectrum disorder, ASD, who have not been admitted to a mainstream school in any given year, due to so-called soft barriers to entry as well as hard barriers such as the absence of special classes or individualised education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that some children with autism spectrum disorder who could be taught in mainstream post-primary schools are being accommodated in special schools, due to the lack of availability of special classes or other suitable resources in mainstream schools. [37111/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is proposed to introduce the new religion and ethics curriculum in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37112/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or a body under its aegis, in considering any proposals to reform career structures for researchers with masters degrees and PhDs working in higher level institutions or in research bodies attached to these HEIs that receive State research funding and contracts, has concerns that contracts of indefinite duration used in these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Issues (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions he has had with his counterparts in Great Britain, the Northern Ireland and Scottish Assemblies and in the EU with regard to the education issues following Brexit. [37167/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Equality Issues (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the CSO criteria he plans to use to decide which new schools will be able to access the DEIS scheme for the first time. [37202/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the appeals mechanism which will be in place for schools that fail to secure DEIS status in the next admissions to the scheme. [37203/16]