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Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: Tá mé buíoch as ucht an deis chun caint ar an ábhar fíorthábhachtach seo. All Members will agree that Brexit presents the biggest threat to the Good Friday Agreement and to the social and economic future of the people of this island. In the education sector, for instance, we are facing significant issues in respect of funding for research projects under EU...

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: The Government has not. It is doing so again true to form.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the surplus of the national training fund. [16501/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: Page 84 of the programme for Government states that changes to the nursing home scheme will be introduced in order to remove the discrimination that exists against small businesses and small family farms. I have been contacted by a number of small farmers who are at the end of their tether about this issue, which has been ongoing for a considerable time. These farmers are struggling to pay...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Colscaradh) 2016: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Divorce) Bill 2016: Second Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: I commend Deputy Josepha Madigan for proposing the Bill. Sinn Féin welcomes this Bill which, if enacted, would allow for a referendum to reduce the waiting period that a separated couple must undergo before they can be granted a divorce. We recognise, as we did during the original divorce referendum in 1995, that the reality is some marriages break down over time and that sometimes...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who are currently in direct provision; the number of persons granted asylum over each of the past ten years; the waiting times to be granted asylum; the number of persons who have been refused asylum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17906/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks Rental Scheme (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital and current allocation over each of the past ten years for school book rental; the number of schools that received a capital allocation to purchase books to establish a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17765/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Charges (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the student contribution charge by €250, €500, €1,000, €2,000 and €3,000, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17767/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants required to meet projected demographic increases over the next five years; the estimated cost of providing an additional 100 SNAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17770/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of establishing the inclusion support service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17771/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Expenditure (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing an additional 100 NEPS psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17772/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation to various bodies within his Department to provide for the education and training of teachers in special education; the number of graduates of initial teacher training whereby special education formed a compulsory part of the course; the cost of providing the equivalent of a module at initial teacher training level in special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the low incidence proportion of the special needs allocation to schools under the new resource allocation model by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17774/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Expenditure (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing 100 higher education places for students of returning emigrants or those that came through the direct provision service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17775/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current allocation to the student assistance fund and the scheme for students with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17776/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Momentum Programme (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of providing 100 places for persons with disabilities on the momentum scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17777/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the allocation to provide training places for adults with literacy problems and learning difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17778/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Modern Language Teaching (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the allocation that was made to the modern languages in primary schools programme in the last year of its existence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17779/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers at second level to teach a modern foreign language; the cost of increasing this by 10%, 20% and 30%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17780/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of introducing a computer science curriculum at primary and secondary level, including staff and equipment, if such a programme was to be offered in all schools to all students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17781/17]