Results 621-640 of 6,354 for speaker:Carol Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (17 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of examiners and assessors appointed by the State Examinations Commission that have not been reappointed due to failure to comply with protocol for each of the past five years; the procedure in place to ensure that examiners and assessors comply with protocols in relation to confidentiality and fair and accurate assessment; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (17 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: 363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of examiners and assessors appointed by the State Examinations Commission that have been reappointed with a warning due to concerns with compliance with protocol over each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41265/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (17 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of examiners and assessors appointed by the State Examinations Commission that have been reappointed at a lower level in their respective subjects due to concerns with compliance with protocol for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41266/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (17 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of examiners and assessors that are currently appointed by the State Examinations Commission; the average remuneration received by each; the cost to the Exchequer of providing examiners and assessors each year for State examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41267/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (17 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the quality assurance systems in place to ensure that examiners and assessors appointed by the State Examinations Commission are compliant with protocol in relation to confidentiality and fair and accurate assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41268/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (17 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: 367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training received by examiners and assessors appointed by the State Examinations Commission in relation to the protocols concerning confidentiality and fair and accurate assessment; the cost of providing the training; the average length of time of the training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41269/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Protection (17 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: 368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action which has been taken by his Department on foot of the allegations of sexual assault on a pupil at a school (details supplied); if all front-line staff at the school in question received training in Children First guidelines and legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41270/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Protection (17 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: 369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if every school has received training on Children First legislation and guidelines; the form of the training that has taken place; the total amount spent by his Department on the training; if the training forms part of initial teacher training for all student teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41271/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Protection (17 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: 370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a requirement that all front-line staff in schools, including support staff, have received training in the area of Children First legislation and guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41272/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (17 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: 372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which do not have direct access to a National Educational Psychological Service psychologist for the purposes of carrying out an educational assessment, per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41321/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Data (17 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of EU students that are registered to study here as full time undergraduates in higher education institutions for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41522/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Review (17 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recent review of the school transport scheme will lead to families in the Urris area of Inishowen, County Donegal, having their right to school transport to a school (details supplied) to be restored considering that the shortest traversable route measured by Bus Éireann is over the Mamore Gap, which is an unsuitable route for a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: 421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of the site selection process for the proposed three school campus at Buncrana, County Donegal; and if he will prioritise resources in his Department to ensure the speedy progression of the planning, procurement and construction phases of the project in view of the long delays in site selection. [1384/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (17 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: 759. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding allocated to Conradh na Gaeilge over each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41526/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: 999. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for speech and language therapy and occupational therapy, both in terms of initial appointment and treatment, for County Donegal for both adults and children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41479/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (17 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: 1683. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Tusla workers and number of reports received in relation to concerns regarding the welfare of children by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41480/16]

Priority Questions: School Transport Review (18 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: 28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the school transport review. [2013/17]

Priority Questions: School Transport Review (18 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: I wish to raise again the issue of school transport and the current review issued just before Christmas. Could the Minister of State outline his response to the review?

Priority Questions: School Transport Review (18 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister of State for that response but I am very disappointed with it. I was a member of the cross-party group. I expressed very clearly to the Minister of State the concerns of rural communities. It is clear that this issue does not arise in the Minister of State's constituency. If it did, he might be more active on it. What is occurring is not good enough. I expressed...

Priority Questions: School Transport Review (18 Jan 2017)

Carol Nolan: The Minister of State is not showing that through his inaction.