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Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: Deputy O'Brien said the motion does not mandate the Government to do anything, but certainly the impression that Sinn Féin seeks to present to the general public is that this is possible. It is not possible. Our motion calls for a range of actions to be taken and also notes the severe lack of confidence and problems within the force at the moment. The Commissioner and senior...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (12 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 264. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in accessing occupational therapy in County Meath. [18401/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (12 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 265. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting to access occupational therapy in County Meath. [18402/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (12 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 266. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists in County Meath recruited in the past 12 months. [18403/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Data (12 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 330. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of the salmon rod and line return figures for the past six years relating to the Bangor, County Mayo, fishery district. [18397/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Data (12 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 331. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the catch and release figures for fisheries (details supplied) in County Mayo. [18398/17]

Mental Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I want to make a general point about mental health. There is huge community activity going on. Darkness into Light walks will take place in a number of places in my constituency this weekend. I could mention many other community and voluntary activities. This Parliament is about the Government. The confidence and supply agreement between Fianna Fáil and the current Government is the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific training grants supplied to industry from the national training fund in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [19197/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount collected from the national training levy in each of the years 2000 to 2010; and the use of this funding by types of programme. [19198/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Funding (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the programmes for which his Department provides funding to SOLAS in each year since its establishment; and the number of participants on each programme in each year. [19199/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is scope to reduce funding to the Springboard or information and communication technology skills conversion course programmes due to reduced demand from unemployed persons. [19200/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Places (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants on training programmes for the unemployed run by SOLAS in each of the years from 2007 to 2016; if funding to these programmes will be reduced due to decreasing demand from unemployed persons; and the reason expenditure on these programmes increased in 2016 compared to 2014 and 2015 in view of the general reduction in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approximate cost of the programme for Government commitment to achieving cumulative apprenticeship registrations and traineeship enrolments of 50,000 in the period 2016 to 2020; and the approximate cost to the State of training an apprentice. [19234/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €600 million core funding requirement by 2020 referenced in the Cassells report includes or excludes provision for demographic increases that have already been included in fiscal parameters for 2018 and 2019. [19235/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no education performance or educational outcomes data from individual schools was used in the identification process for DEIS status; and his views on whether this is a significant shortcoming in the methodology used. [20278/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason data on junior certificate retention rates by school, junior certificate exam results aggregated to school level and or leaving certificate retention rates by school were not used to identify post-primary schools that had high levels of disadvantage for the DEIS identification process; and the reason he is of the view that it is an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have requested verification of the data used to identify the levels of concentrated disadvantage in their school for the purposes of identifying their eligibility for support under the DEIS programme; the name of each school that has requested this verification; if his Department is providing this verification to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is problematic that the DEIS identification process relies on an assumption that there is a strong correlation between the HP Deprivation Index and educational outcomes; the level of research there has been to support this assumption; and the correlation between the index and education outcomes, including education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department or bodies under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for consultancy and ongoing use of intellectual property in relation the use of the HP Deprivation Index. [20487/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the level of completion of primary online database questionnaires by parents; if completion rates are low in certain schools or in certain areas compared to other areas; and his views on low questionnaire completion rates. [20557/17]