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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Expenditure (22 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of legal fees and settlements in colleges (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, including a settlement in 2018 at the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, for alleged bullying. [43295/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Staff (22 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the appointment of a principal to an education and training board college is subject to departmental scrutiny and approval; if so, the process involved; if allegations of previous breaches of dignity at work guidelines are taken into account before such an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43296/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (22 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the results and actions taken as a result of the investigation into the protected disclosure regarding alleged wrongdoing at a college (details supplied). [43297/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Staff (22 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed at colleges (details supplied) at the time of the appointment of the current principal; and the number that have left. [43298/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Data (22 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled at colleges (details supplied) on 1 September 2019; and the number presently enrolled. [43299/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (22 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 307. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the Drimnagh, Dublin 12, primary healthcare centre; if it is provided for in the 2020 HSE capital budget; if planning permission will expire in November 2019 should the project not commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43079/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (22 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 329. To ask the Minister for Health the policy in relation to the future availability of the medical procedure involving vaginal mesh implants in the health service; his views on the reported ill effects of the procedure on some women; if he will commission an independent inquiry that takes account of the serious health concerns suffered by these women; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Schemes Data (22 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 499. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding used for SEAI grants; and the number of persons and households that gained funding or access to grants in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019 in categories (details supplied). [43166/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (22 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 501. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the inclusion of the Shannon LNG project on the PCI list agreed on 4 October 2019 is the finalised list of PCI projects; if the decision for its inclusion on the PCI list has to be finally ratified; if so, when this decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43246/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 546. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request that the NTA examine the bus currently operating through Chapelizod, Dublin 10, at peak hours between 7.30 a.m. and 8.30 a.m. on Monday to Friday in view of the fact that current service levels mean buses are full and passing intending passengers at peak hours in the village; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: And Fine Gael does not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: Essential services is what they are called.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Staff (17 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: I want to emphasise it is not just about the future prospects and the possible improvements in training. On the day-to-day level, the experience of thousands of SNAs is the fragmentation and insecurity they experience. There is an idea that there is a 72 hour block in a given year where they are flexible to do what has to be done in the school, whether it is cleaning, washing, taking kids...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Staff (17 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding for additional SNAs and improvements in the pay and conditions of SNAs will be provided for in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42572/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Staff (17 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: My question follows on from the previous one to some extent. Will the Minister clarify if the additional funding announced for 1,000 SNAs includes the 800 extra SNAs that he announced in May or is it a further 1,000? Will this announcement of extra funding include an improvement of conditions, hours and precariousness under which these workers work? I also want to talk about the pay levels.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Staff (17 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: It is great that the Minister is announcing all these extra hours. The public would state that this is an amazing achievement and that an additional 1,000 on top of the previous 800 is what we need for the children, the parents and to take the pressure off the teachers and SNAs. The difficulty is that many SNAs still work under very precarious terms. They do not know until May what will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the planned programme for school building for 2020; if the capital spending programme will meet the demands expected in primary, secondary and third levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42577/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the number of primary and secondary schools using temporary premises for their schools; the checks that take place by his Department to ensure these temporary premises are fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42575/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Regulations (17 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation of schools affected by an issue with a company (details supplied); if a full independent review will be conducted; if so, when such a review will take place; and the mechanisms his Department is using to procure the school building programme. [42576/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (16 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to enhance fast charging points for electric vehicles in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the grants available to owners of service stations nationally to enable them to develop high speed 100 kWh electric car fast charging points at their service stations; the grant supports in place for persons who wish to...