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Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: The Taoiseach said that to Deputy Ruth Coppinger last week.

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: What about Government advertisements? The Government could cut the number of those.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (12 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for additional accommodation. [52724/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (12 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position with regard to protected disclosures made by persons employed by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. [53059/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (12 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the statutory obligations he must comply with in respect of funding primary and secondary schools. [53078/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (7 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed major building project at a school (details supplied). [52406/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Process (7 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he plans to complete the passage of the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016. [52477/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Minor Works Scheme (6 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: Those Departments are not cutting capital spending. The Minister is cutting a project.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Minor Works Scheme (6 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when primary schools will be notified of a payment date for funding under the minor works grant scheme. [52198/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Minor Works Scheme (6 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: Tá áthas orm bheith anseo chun an cheist seo a chuir ar an Aire ar maidin. The question might appear to be somewhat moot but I do not believe it is. It asks when primary schools will be notified of a payment date for funding. I believed it was necessary to table a question on the minor works grant because of the incredible delays in that respect this year and the stress caused to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Minor Works Scheme (6 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I am grateful that the Minister has confirmed the information contained in yesterday's press release. It will come as a bombshell to schools throughout the country that there will be no minor works grant next year and that it is likely to be paid in January 2019. According to the press release, the Minister will decide in January 2019 whether money is available to pay the grant but the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Minor Works Scheme (6 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: It would be unthinkable for the grant not to be paid next year. I hope that the Minister's press release turns out to be wrong and that he revises his ambition regarding the minor works grant for next year. Schools will not function without it and repairs will go undone. This week, principals were preparing to go to banks to seek overdrafts to fund projects it had been intended to fund out...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Places (6 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on recent reports that only six graduates are in training to be physics teachers. [51819/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (6 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure an investigation takes place into bullying concerns raised by current and former staff members of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. [51818/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (6 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he plans to put in place to address substitute teacher shortages. [51817/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Applications (6 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when primary schools will be notified of a payment date for funding under the minor works grant scheme. [51821/17]

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

Thomas Byrne: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a recent claim that education authorities do not want to draw attention to the volume of upgrades in the leaving certificate in view of the fact that it could undermine public confidence in State exams. [51820/17]

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: May I apologise in advance to the Chair and to the Minister and Minister of State as I will have to leave very shortly? There is one stand-out figure in this particular Estimate, that is the more than doubling of the Estimate for the number of retirees from the teaching profession. There are extra retirees in the IT sector as well. The figure originally projected was 823 retirees, but...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (5 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes introduced to the criteria for qualification for tax relief in respect of third level fees in each of the years since 2004, in tabular form. [51921/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (5 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the shortage of substitute teachers in guidance, modern languages, Irish and home economics specifically. [51596/17]