Results 421-440 of 2,054 for speaker:Aodhán Ó Ríordáin in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Jul 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of employing an additional 100 resource teachers; the current number employed; the projected number of additional resource teachers to be employed in 2023/2024 due to demographic pressures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38476/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (13 Jul 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the student contribution charge by €1,000 from the start of the coming academic year; the estimated cost of reducing the charge in September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38502/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (13 Jul 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing SUSI grants by 10%, and the income threshold by 10%; the impact of the changes across bands; the number of additional students that would benefit in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38503/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (13 Jul 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills The number of students that qualify for postgraduate fee grants; the number that applied in 2021; the total funding for same in the 2021/2022 academic year; the estimated cost of restoring entitlement for full maintenance student grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38504/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (13 Jul 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of reducing the non-adjacent student grant distance from 45km to 30km; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38505/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (13 Jul 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing funding for higher education institutions by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38506/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Jul 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 552. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request a review of the ban on the HSE providing treatment for pectus carinatum on the grounds that the vast majority of cases are cosmetic, to ensure that patients who are suffering from non-cosmetic effects including physical symptoms such as the case of a patient (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38555/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 Jul 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 794. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate and his views on whether there is a supply chain issue with the supply of the prescription medication concerta XL used for the treatment of ADHD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37071/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Jul 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the research that has been conducted or the representations from her Department that have been made on finding a mechanism to streamline the Garda vetting process for artists working on projects with children in order to create a clear process which protects children but eliminates necessity for multiple Garda vetting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Jul 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of two children (details supplied) who have been allocated shared summer provision reduced from 40 hours each to 60 hours due to the fact that they are siblings and despite the fact that there is a five year age gap and they have different academic needs; if her Department are able to arrange for a full 40 hours...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (5 Jul 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contact that her Department has had with Dublin City Council in relation to the severe overcrowding in a school (details supplied); if her Department is in any negotiations to purchase a site in close proximity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35831/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (5 Jul 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 784. To ask the Minister for Health the action that his Department can take to ensure that patients without medical cards can access general practitioner services if they can show that they have received refusals from three or more GP services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35834/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a shortfall in applications from SNAs for suitable summer provision jobs; if any review of remuneration has been conducted to evaluate whether increased pay would fill the summer provision levels; if she will provide the relevant per-hour pay rates for teachers, student teachers and SNAs providing summer provision; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the criteria for qualification for deferred examinations to include students who suffer a serious and urgent medical emergency during an examination for conditions such as epilepsy, appendicitis and heart issues. [34764/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (30 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the primary schools in north Drogheda referred to in the Drogheda implementation plan report are given formal DEIS band one status in the current appeals process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34767/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reform the application process for a review of the SNA allocation for schools to remove language threatening potential downgrade of SNA numbers to schools making an application for a review given that it may discourage schools with additional needs particularly developing schools with a review. [34768/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will recognise that the stipulations for deferred examination requiring that a parent or guardian needs to sign a request for a deferred sitting on the day of the examination and that a medical report signed by a consultant needs to be uploaded within four days are not always practical in a life-threatening emergency and need to be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of deaf and hard of hearing children in each year in mainstream classes in primary and secondary schools. [34710/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of deaf and hard of hearing young people who sat the leaving certificate examination in each of the past five years. [34849/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of deaf and hard of hearing children in second, fourth and sixth class who completed STen tests in the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years. [34850/22]