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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he expects the school building programme to advance in the coming year with particular reference to the total number of new school places likely to be provided at primary and secondary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42448/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in respect of the school building programme, at primary and second level throughout County Kildare; the targets that have already been achieved and those outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42455/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the primary and second school building programme in County Kildare has advanced in each of the past three years to date with particular reference to the building of new schools, the replacement of existing school and his future plans regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42461/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to ensure the provision of the maximum number of special needs school places in the coming year, notwithstanding budgetary constraints which he inherited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42449/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be able to meet the demand in respect of special needs classes in all schools throughout the country in both rural and urban areas in the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42450/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he intends to provide for the maximum number of special needs teachers throughout the educational sector with particular reference to meeting emerging demands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42451/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be able to respond positively to meeting the needs of the various school authorities at primary and second level throughout the country in respect of special needs teachers and required school places in each of the next two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42453/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to meet the special needs class requirements at primary and second level throughout County Kildare in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42456/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of temporary or prefabricated school buildings at primary and second level currently in use and likely to be replaced in the next two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42452/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of school building projects country wide that have come to a halt or have been impeded in the course of construction resulting in delays in each of the past four years to date; the most common cause of such delays; the measures, if any, put in place or to be put in place to address such issues; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fee Paying Schools (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the context of discussions he or the Department has had with the patrons of fee-paying schools, it has been established that measures likely to force such schools into the public sector are unlikely to achieve any savings either to the Exchequer or to the parents of children attending, notwithstanding the fact that such parents are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fee Paying Schools (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to have dialogue with the authorities of fee-paying schools in an effort to address their concerns and any issues arising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42460/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Completion Rates (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which school drop out rates in respect of primary, second and third level education continue to be monitored with a view to addressing social or economic causes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42462/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which reports of school bullying are continuously monitored in all primary and second level schools throughout the country; the extent to which improved early alert and follow up systems have been put in place to address these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42463/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if access to Maynooth Castle, Maynooth, County Kildare, will be made available all year round to the local community to facilitate interest groups and tours; if he will review the current opening times with a view to easier access for the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41841/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlement to jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in the aftermath of disposal of property, the capital balance of which affected their entitlement to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41811/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Issues (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a PRSI refund for 2006-2007 will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who should not have paid PRSI for this year as they were over 66 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41960/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 438. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41965/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 521. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in respect of an appeal for a full medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41813/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 538. To ask the Minister for Health if an increase in home help hours may be accommodated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41942/13]