Results 4,521-4,540 of 5,087 for speaker:Kathleen Funchion

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (14 Feb 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 183. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a committee put in place with regard to overnight respite to which a parent representative would be appointed. [7674/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (14 Feb 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 184. To ask the Minister for Health if all parents on the respite waiting list have been contacted to date. [7675/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (13 Feb 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding available to part-time third level students in academic years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6870/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (13 Feb 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring guidance counsellors to one per 500 pupils ex-quota at post-primary schools. [6871/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (13 Feb 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance counsellor to pupil ratio ex-quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6951/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Speech and Language Therapy Data (13 Feb 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the new pilot scheme for in-school speech and language therapists; the number of participating schools; the demographic in this regard; the number of therapists employed under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6970/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (13 Feb 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to implement the policy advice of the National Council for Special Education regarding children with ASD; if all of the recommendations of the report will be implemented; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6971/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 Feb 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building for a school (details supplied); if a suitable green field site has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7440/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges Refunds (13 Feb 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and amount of water charge refunds paid to date; the plans of Irish Water for further repayments; the way in which unspent funds will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6972/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (6 Feb 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child with epilepsy is being denied an SNA from September 2018. [5328/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (6 Feb 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 311. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of persons from County Tipperary who are inpatients in the department of psychiatry, St. Luke’s Hospital, County Kilkenny. [5313/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (6 Feb 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 378. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of persons from Ennis who are inpatients in the department of psychiatry at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny. [5588/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Feb 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for children with additional needs starting primary school in view of the fact that there are not enough school places for children who require space in an ASD unit and that have other such requirements within a reasonable distance. [4980/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Feb 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: My question is about ASD units and what the plans are for children with additional needs who are starting primary school, in view of the fact that there are not enough school places for children who require space in an ASD unit and who have other such requirements. These units are not available within a reasonable geographic distance for students.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Feb 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I am concerned that the NCSE is saying it is meeting the requirements. Unfortunately it is not. I am not sure where it is getting its figures from, but in my constituency alone in the last number of months I have dealt with three cases of children who are due to start school in September and who have no school place. Starting school is a major step in anybody's life, but if a person has an...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Feb 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I understand that the children are eligible for school transport, but it is not good enough that we are asking a five year old child to get on a bus at 7.30 a.m. so that he or she can be in school for 9 a.m. The child in that instance would be awake for over an hour and a half before they even get to school and begin to learn. That is not an adequate way to learn. That child is not going...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Provision (1 Feb 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to include as part of lifelong learning proposals, the development of a nationwide learner centred flexible and affordable high level competency based learning collaborative initiative within Irish higher education which would involve multiple community based stakeholders (details supplied). [4684/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (31 Jan 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in need of special educational and or ASD support in County Wexford, particularly in north County Wexford; and the numbers availing of special educational support and on waiting lists for same, respectively. [4779/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (31 Jan 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated figures of future need in north County Wexford based on the number of persons at pre-schooling stage who have been diagnosed on the autistic spectrum or as having other special needs. [4780/18]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this motion as housing is probably one of the biggest issues I deal with in the constituency of Carlow-Kilkenny. Today in Carlow there are 30 properties available to rent in the entire county and 32 properties are available in Kilkenny. How is anybody supposed to be able to afford to even rent a home let alone buy one? Purchasing a home is...