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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or another body under its aegis are currently considering proposals to varying the length of apprenticeship based on learning outcomes determined by the trade standards and on the prior learning of the applicant; and his views on the recommendation of his Department's Apprenticeship Review – Background Issues Paper...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether due to the high waiting lists for phase two and phase 4 and 6 training places for apprentices especially in construction and electrical his Department is now effectively operating a capacity limited model of apprenticeship recruitment, which was suggested by a review in 2013 carried out by his Department (details...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 629. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there are capacity constraints holding back the training of apprentices here, especially in the electrical and construction sectors and that this is reflected in the high waiting lists for training places at phases two, four and six which has led to a reluctance and inability of employers to register more new apprentices...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether mistakes were made in the 2013 to 2016 period by SOLAS, the HEA and his Department in forecasting the demand for new apprenticeships in 2016 and 2017 and as a result the training places were not put in place to enable the throughput of more apprentices to match demand in the construction sector. [28897/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 631. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new measures and changes his Department has undertaken since 2013 to enhance the control of recruitment and to smooth capacity planning of apprenticeships. [28898/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Administration (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are sectors in which SOLAS sets a maximum allowable number of recruits to each trade for a set planning period; if recruitment is regulated to this figure; the sectors concerned; and the employer group which consults with SOLAS on targets for each sector. [28899/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 636. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Government approved the recent agreement with the TUI in respect of the Technological Universities Bill. [28907/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 1041. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for a person (details supplied) in Our Lady's hospital, Navan. [26667/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 1117. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) at the Mater hospital, Dublin [26937/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 1339. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug Translarna will be made available to those persons for whom it is suitable as a treatment for Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. [28043/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 1583. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding securing a bed for a person (details supplied) who requires intensive rehabilitation and physiotherapy. [29101/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 1782. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if upgrade works on the national broadband scheme will take place in Brownstown, Kilclone, County Meath. [28099/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 1783. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if upgrade works on the national broadband scheme will take place in Collinstown Kilcloon, County Meath. [28100/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 1792. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will respond to correspondence sent to him by a person (details supplied). [28706/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 1793. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be upgraded and provided in Gernonstown, Slane, County Meath; and if his attention has been drawn to the current download speeds in the area, which are often as low as 0.88 Mbps. [28722/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences Applications (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 1888. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driving licence will be issued to a person (details supplied) in view of serious delays. [28892/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 1911. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has read the ESRI review of the school completion programme; if her attention has been drawn to its findings regarding the effects of significant funding shortfalls making local groups unable to provide targeted interventions such as the provision of summer programmes for at-risk children; her views on whether the continued...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 1912. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 605 of 16 May 2017, the way in which without data on a postcode or electoral district level the public and the Houses of the Oireachtas can be expected to evaluate the effects of the budget reductions that have taken place to the school completion programme and home school liaison programme since...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 2147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the funding applications of Meath county council for social housing developments at locations (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26665/17]

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: The Taoiseach invited the comparisons.