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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the diagnosis of a person (details supplied) will not be confirmed in a report prior to the enrolment of the person in preschool; if the report can be provided in time for the person to enrol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23411/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Skills and Apprenticeship Schemes: Discussion (16 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Apprenticeships are definitely undervalued in our education system and there is a culture that we badly need to change. I say that as somebody who has visited Dublin Institute of Technology, DIT, and the National Skills Competition, and seen at first hand the high calibre of talent there. We have a skills gap and we need a change of culture....

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Subhead B9 addresses the Regional Skills Fora. Can the Minister advise if each forum has a specific budget for the provision of programmes or initiatives to further its aims, and can the Minister advise as to the size of these budgets?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: The National Training Fund is referenced under various subheads. It is predicted that there will be a surplus of over €270 million at the end of 2017. Has there been any consideration of applying some of that funding, if possible, to the alleviate the crisis we have in third level?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: Regarding subhead C4, I welcome the fact that funding for the universities and institutes of technology has increased by 5%. This is a little too late, however, given that funding per student has fallen by over 20%. The institutes of technology are experiencing a funding crisis and there is talk of redundancies in at least one institute. Can the Minister confirm that there will be no...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: Regarding the implementation of the Cush report, how much of the grant paid to universities is actually spent on pay? I am following up on my earlier question.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017 (Resumed)
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (16 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: I refer to subhead C5 and training colleges for primary school teachers. There has been reduction from €8.4 million to €6.4 million. What are the reasons for this particular reduction? Has there been a reduction in teacher training places? Where have the savings been made?

Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: As the Taoiseach is aware, the programme for Government, on page 70, contains a clear commitment to improve services and increase supports for people with disabilities, particularly in terms of early assessment and intervention for children with special needs. The families of three young children have launched High Court proceedings over the delay in attaining assessments of need. One of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Funding (9 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding granted to the Mayo campus of the GMIT for each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; if he will consider proposals for future allocations to be ring fenced for the Mayo campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21398/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Participation (9 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the access initiatives currently in operation by third level institutions; the number of participants on each; the annual expenditure on each; the number of staff employed in each institution for the purposes of promoting or implementing access initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21399/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Employment Initiative (9 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount drawn down by his Department each year since 2014 and to date in 2017 under the youth employment initiative; the programmes and initiatives funded in whole or in part with these moneys; the number of participants on each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21400/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (9 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason eligibility for a student grant is based on gross income rather than net income; his plans to change this criteria. [21401/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Retention Rates (9 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the high levels of non-progression in some courses in institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21402/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the final numbers of schools that have appealed their allocation under the new resource allocation model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21403/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (9 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the implementation of pay equality for teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21404/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early Childhood Care and Education (9 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of early child care and education scheme, ECCE, programmes that are implementing the Aistear and Síolta curriculum; the mechanisms in place to evaluate the educational outcomes for children under the ECCE scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21405/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places in autism units that will be available in the 2017 - 2018 school year; the number of new autism units that will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21406/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (9 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce school costs specifically in relation to the proposal of a premium capitation payment to schools; the amount of the premium to be paid to schools; his plans to monitor the implementation of this proposal; when his Department circular will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21407/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments (9 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 2 February 2017, when a response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21410/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (9 May 2017)

Carol Nolan: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of additional funding received by universities or other third level institutions for the purposes of improving access, including premium level of funding for target students; the institutions in receipt of such funding; the amount received by each institution over the past five years and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...