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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to previous parliamentary questions and arising therefrom in the case of a person (details supplied), if she will defer the proposal to deport pending a review of the evidence currently en route under separate cover; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17056/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the extent to which upskilling facilities continue to remain available to maximise the capability of the workforce in changing or challenging times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17127/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the number of apprenticeships created in the past 12 months; the likely development in this area in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17128/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the extent to which the requirements in terms of special needs teachers and SNAs has been met at primary and second level for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17129/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the extent to which negotiations have taken place with the relevant authorities to facilitate the construction of a urgently needed special school (details supplied); the reason the construction of a new bridge was allowed to interfere with the construction of the school; if discussions will take place to resolve the matter at an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the number of apprenticeships throughout the various trades awarded in County Kildare in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17131/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of extra teachers who have taken up employment at primary and second level over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17132/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which special needs school places are readily available at primary and second level throughout the country at appropriate locations to ensure the availability of such places within reason for children seeking the facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17133/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which facilities for children with autism or Asperger's syndrome continue to remain available and accessible at primary and second level throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17138/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which facilities to meet the educational needs at primary and second level, of children with autism or Asperger's syndrome throughout County Kildare remain available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17139/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his programme for the replacement of prefabricated buildings continues at primary and second level throughout the country; the number of prefabs still to be replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17134/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which psychological assessments are accessible as required in the primary and second level sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17135/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which class sizes and pupil-teacher ratios continue to improve arising from the steps taken over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17136/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Digital Strategy for Schools (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which e-technology has become available to all schools at primary and second level throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17137/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: She is not here now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Chairman. I am waiting patiently. Very patiently. I might need some of the product soon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Deputy Gino Kenny and his colleagues for coming before the committee and giving us their views. I do not have any vested interest one way or another. Deputy Boyd Barrett mentioned pain, which is the crucial and most significant element in this debate. Having had a condition that involved a lot of pain and having been referred to pain management in the past, I can speak with some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Bernard Durkan: The HPRA indicated this. It also indicated that the products were beneficial. A patient who had used cannabis oil came into my clinic last week and she was not dramatically different from the way she was the week before. It is claimed by the HPRA that the four cannabis-based products are as effective for certain conditions as what are in the Deputy's proposal. I have already raised the...