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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 534. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE midlands area has submitted a request for additional staff in the area of occupational therapy; if this request will be approved by his Department; the timeframe for a decision on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33734/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 535. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 27 June 2017, the number of additional staff that have been requested by the HSE midlands area to address the waiting lists in occupational therapy; the costs of providing the posts requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33735/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 536. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for additional staff made by the HSE midlands area over each of the past ten years; the number of posts sought by grade and division; the number of posts that were approved by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33736/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 940. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will be made to a person (details supplied); if the payment will be processed without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33737/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 941. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that will be taken by his Department to ensure that the delay in respect of AEOS and GLAS payments does not arise again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33739/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compensation Schemes (13 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 942. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made in providing compensation to the 370 tillage farmers across the State that lost crops in the heavy flooding in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33740/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (11 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: I thank all of the contributors to the discussion. This is a huge issue in my constituency which covers County Offaly and north Tipperary and of concern to many parents. I have been contacted by many of them about it even before they have received decisions. The way many of them were treated last year was nothing short of a disgrace. There is no flexibility whatsoever in the system and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (11 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: I am disappointed the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, is not here given it is his brief. I do not think it is good enough. I met with Deputy Halligan over the appeals issue and all the other issues that were raised. When will the appeals review be published? Shortly is not god enough. I have constituents contacting me. I have constituents in Rhode, County Offaly, who felt very...

Education (Inspection of Individual Education Plans for Children with Special Needs) Bill 2017: First Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Education Act 1998 to grant additional functions to the Inspectorate to examine and report to the Minister on the prevalence and standard of individual educational plans for children with special educational needs on an annual basis; and to provide for related matters. This Bill seeks to extend the powers of the...

Education (Inspection of Individual Education Plans for Children with Special Needs) Bill 2017: First Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the unallocated spend within his Department for 2017; the details of expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017; the funds which will become available within his Department's expenditure profile in 2018 due to changes in demand for services, goods and or changes to costs within his Department and so on; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount allocated to his Department under budget 2017; the amount of this that remains to be spent in his Department; the headings under which the unspent allocation has been made; the anticipated spend between July 2017 and 31 December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32180/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (11 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 423. To ask the Minister for Health if art therapists are employed by the HSE; if so, the number of same, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32448/17]

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: 12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to ensure sufficient autism units are provided to address local demand. [31571/17]

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: I want to ask about the Minister's plans to ensure a sufficient number of autism units are provided for children throughout the country.

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: The Minister said it has been reported there is an increased number of units in order to meet demand. I assure him that is not the case on the ground. I have met many parents and teachers who are totally frustrated. They feel very strongly about this issue and that their children are being failed. I am sure many Deputies concur with what I am saying because they have met the same...

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: I believe the only way forward is for the NCSE to have the powers to designate a unit where there is local demand. That is the only way we can provide an inclusive and proper education to all of the children of this nation. It is problematic that there is a huge issue at second level in terms of the lack of resources, which has been emphasised time and again. I wonder how the Minister is...

Other Questions: Teachers' Professional Development (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: Similarly, I recognise the importance of CPD in developing leadership. However, newly qualified teachers feel that induction workshops are being imposed on them. I have been contacted by a number of newly qualified teachers who have said it is a waste of time. We need to look at how we are doing it. It is fine if teachers feel they want to do extra CPD, whether in special education or IT,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Accommodation Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for his response but I am disappointed with it. The board of management of this school submitted an application to the capital appraisal section of the Department of Education and Skills for additional accommodation because it is a growing school. The Minister mentioned increasing numbers. There are certainly increasing numbers in this school and the fact that it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Accommodation Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for his response. I am deeply concerned. If this room is used, it will put the children with special needs out into an overcrowded classroom. They will not get the same attention. They will not get the same level of teaching. As the Minister will be aware, those children require extra teaching, often in a very quiet environment so that they can learn. This now means...