Results 681-700 of 6,463 for speaker:Carol Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Procurement Contracts Data (2 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of procurement contracts over each of the past five years over a value of or equivalent to €25,000 that have been awarded by his Department to companies based in Northern Ireland or Britain; the value of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5016/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (2 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the areas in which teacher supply is an issue; and the actions his Department will take as a result of the report prepared by the Teaching Council on the issue. [5017/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Programme for Government Initiatives (2 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in the review of adult and further education referenced in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5018/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Insurance Coverage (2 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been a directive issued by his Department in respect of the preference for a company (details supplied) as an insurance provider for schools; if this matter is subject to central procurement; if it is possible for schools to arrange insurance with an alternative provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5019/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments (2 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 19 October 2016, if he will provide similar data in respect of the number of assessments only, as opposed to casework, undertaken by NEPS psychologists for the years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2014-15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5020/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (2 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 250. To ask the Minister for Health the reason hip operations have been cancelled at Tullamore Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5027/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Third Level Courses Availability (2 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 315. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the funding for the intergenerational learning programme in DCU, Dublin City University, has been withdrawn; the total value of funding that has previously been allocated to the programme on an annual basis; the number of persons that benefitted from the programme; if his Department will consider reinstating...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (2 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider granting additional funding to Offaly County Council in order to carry out a road restructuring programme in respect of roads built on bogland that are currently in a poor state of repair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5028/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (9 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children per county who have applied over each of the past five years to either a special class or an autism class and were refused due to lack of space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6457/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (9 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with autism spectrum disorder per county currently in receipt of home tuition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6458/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (9 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason persons (details supplied) were not allocated sufficient home tuition hours for their child as recommended by a specialist; if he will review this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6459/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Examinations (9 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing an independent appeals mechanism for examinations at third level, particularly in the institutes of technology sector, in cases in which a student feels that they were not awarded the mark that reflects their efforts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6460/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Relations (9 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to enter into talks with the ASTI leadership in relation to the recent ballot result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6461/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (9 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he plans to take to ensure that junior certificate students do not suffer as a result of ongoing industrial action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6462/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (9 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status that history will have as a subject under the new proposals for junior certificate reform; if it will remain a core subject for the junior cycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6463/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (9 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to accelerate the divestment of patronage of schools; if schools will be divested to the community national school model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6464/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (9 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms his Department will utilise in order to ascertain the wishes of local communities for the purposes of divestment of patronage; if the process will be open to all of the various patrons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6465/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (9 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has undertaken an analysis of the community national school model in terms of inclusion, particularly in terms of those children of minority faith and none at times of religious instruction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6466/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (9 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the safeguards in place in the community national school model to ensure that children of minority faiths and none are treated in an inclusive manner during religious instruction; if there is an opt out procedure in place for children whose parents do not wish them to receive religious instruction; if any guidelines or best practice model have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (9 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any mechanism by which leaving certificate applied students who wish to apply for membership of An Garda Síochána could be granted an interim indication of results in order that their applications may be assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6469/17]