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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has completed the schedule of accommodation requirements for the extension to a school (details supplied); if so, the details of the accommodation requirements agreed; if not, when the schedule will be completed; when a design team will be appointed for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38506/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new schools to be constructed as a regional solution in 2017 and 2018; the definition of a regional solution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38620/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken by his Department to remediate fire safety concerns in a school (details supplied) upon publication of the fire safety compliance report on 5 July 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38638/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports offered to schools (details supplied) since the discovery that these schools are not fire compliant; the cost that will be incurred to make these schools fire compliant; the target set for completion of these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38642/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place to review and monitor fire safety in schools on a continuous basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38934/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding prefabs in schools; the number of prefabs in use; the number of prefabs rented by his Department on behalf of schools; the identity of such schools by county; the age of such prefabs; the expected further life of such prefabs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38935/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the programme to phase out prefabs in schools and replace them with permanent buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38936/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 492. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the Brexit unit; the cost to date; the anticipated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37993/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 493. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff deployed full-time in his Department in respect of Brexit; if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38009/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Construction Costs (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 494. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of construction projects; the way in which he monitors construction inflation and the mechanisms his Department employs to tackle this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38025/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 495. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Stormont talks to restore power sharing in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38086/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 496. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the advice and actions his Department has taken in respect of the military stand off in Bhutan between the People’s Republic of China and India; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38095/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 497. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action his Department has taken in respect of the tensions in the Korean peninsula and the threat to civilians in Japan posed by ongoing North Korean missile tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38096/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 498. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the meeting with the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce on 29 August 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38097/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 499. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work his Department has undertaken in engaging with and studying the policy positions of business and political groupings in Britain advocating that the United Kingdom remain in the customs union and Single Market, including the British Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38098/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 500. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to help the family of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that Egypt is not party to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38099/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Syrian refugees resettled here in 2016 and to date in 2017; the anticipated number to be settled during the last quarter of 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38088/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 629. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the Brexit unit; the cost to date; the anticipated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37996/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 630. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff deployed full-time in his Department in respect of Brexit; if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38012/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Construction Costs (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 631. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of construction projects; the way in which he monitors construction inflation and the mechanisms his Department employs to tackle this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38028/17]