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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Accommodation Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has been allocated a new classroom teacher but has not been given approval for additional classroom accommodation to provide for increased numbers. [31914/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Accommodation Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: I ask the Minister the reason a school, Scoil Náisiúnta Naomh Eoin, in Rath Birr in County Offaly, which had been allocated a new classroom teacher, has not been given approval for additional classroom accommodation to provide for the increased numbers in the school. I tabled a parliamentary question to the Minister on this issue and would like to ask him why this school has not...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Accommodation Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for his response but I am disappointed with it. The board of management of this school submitted an application to the capital appraisal section of the Department of Education and Skills for additional accommodation because it is a growing school. The Minister mentioned increasing numbers. There are certainly increasing numbers in this school and the fact that it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Accommodation Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for his response. I am deeply concerned. If this room is used, it will put the children with special needs out into an overcrowded classroom. They will not get the same attention. They will not get the same level of teaching. As the Minister will be aware, those children require extra teaching, often in a very quiet environment so that they can learn. This now means...

Other Questions: Teachers' Professional Development (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: Similarly, I recognise the importance of CPD in developing leadership. However, newly qualified teachers feel that induction workshops are being imposed on them. I have been contacted by a number of newly qualified teachers who have said it is a waste of time. We need to look at how we are doing it. It is fine if teachers feel they want to do extra CPD, whether in special education or IT,...

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to ensure sufficient autism units are provided to address local demand. [31571/17]

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: I want to ask about the Minister's plans to ensure a sufficient number of autism units are provided for children throughout the country.

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: The Minister said it has been reported there is an increased number of units in order to meet demand. I assure him that is not the case on the ground. I have met many parents and teachers who are totally frustrated. They feel very strongly about this issue and that their children are being failed. I am sure many Deputies concur with what I am saying because they have met the same...

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: I believe the only way forward is for the NCSE to have the powers to designate a unit where there is local demand. That is the only way we can provide an inclusive and proper education to all of the children of this nation. It is problematic that there is a huge issue at second level in terms of the lack of resources, which has been emphasised time and again. I wonder how the Minister is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the action plan to expand apprenticeship and traineeships in Ireland 2016 to 2020. [31570/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the new resource allocation model and the processing of appeals by schools. [31569/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the review of school transport appeals. [31567/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the new reasonable accommodation scheme for exam pupils; and the guidelines provided to schools to assess eligibility under the scheme. [31568/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe to bring forward legislation to amend section 7(3)(c) of the Equal Status Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31849/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the allocations for special needs assistants will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31850/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider making the special needs assistants allocations at an earlier date in future to allow schools, parents and special needs assistants adequate time to plan and prepare children for the upcoming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31851/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be flexibility under the new junior cycle Irish framework for schools that wish to prioritise the oral strand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31852/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new junior cycle Irish framework will reduce the percentage of marks for oral Irish at junior cycle level; his views on whether this will have implications for the preparation of children at senior cycle in which the percentage of marks is 40%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31853/17]

Education (Inspection of Individual Education Plans for Children with Special Needs) Bill 2017: First Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Education Act 1998 to grant additional functions to the Inspectorate to examine and report to the Minister on the prevalence and standard of individual educational plans for children with special educational needs on an annual basis; and to provide for related matters. This Bill seeks to extend the powers of the...

Education (Inspection of Individual Education Plans for Children with Special Needs) Bill 2017: First Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."