Results 5,341-5,360 of 6,286 for speaker:Carol Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (12 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing a one hour workshop in all primary and post-primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18695/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Administration (12 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a case of alleged misappropriation of funds by a national provider contracted to provide training courses through service level agreements with local education and training boards; the scale of the alleged misappropriation; the ETBs that have been affected; the steps he will take to ensure that service level...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a bus route (details supplied) was downgraded from a 58 seater to a 40 seater; the number of children previously travelling on the route that no longer have a seat; the length of time each pupil was travelling on the route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18697/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (12 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his office will contact a person (details supplied) regarding school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18680/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (12 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which proposals to increase the national training fund levy, such as those in his Department's consultation paper on the employer's contribution to further and higher education, will be accommodated within the expenditure ceiling of his department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18679/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (12 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to remove schools from DEIS that no longer meet the criteria; the number of schools that would be affected; if the criteria would be based on educational performance or on socio economic indicators; the details of the criteria that would be applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18678/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments (12 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 210. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €50 per child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18513/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme (12 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason supervisors under the rural social scheme have been informed of a change in their terms and conditions; if his Department intends that this scheme will focus on job activation; if this is the reason for the increase in places under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18677/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme (12 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 221. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a representative from his Department and the local development network will be in attendance at the Workplace Relations Commission hearing on 24 April 2017 regarding the rural social scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18681/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (12 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 283. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the estimated cost of recruiting 100 additional speech and language posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18518/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility (12 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 301. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for complying with the programme for Government commitment to end the discrimination against persons in relation to the fair deal nursing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18684/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compensation Schemes (12 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 308. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to compensate the 370 grain farmers affected by flooding; the timeframe to provide such compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18687/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data (12 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons awaiting agri-environment options scheme payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18682/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (12 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons awaiting GLAS payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18683/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme (12 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if suckler farming will be strongly supported and prioritised for increased targeted direct supports of up to €200 per cow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18685/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (12 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date in increasing live exports; his plans to protect live exports in relation to Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18686/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: DEIS Expenditure (12 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 364. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual budgetary allocation of her Department to the various elements of the DEIS programme each year since 2006 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18517/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Home School Community Liaison Scheme (12 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 365. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of home school community liaison staff over each of the past ten years; the budgetary allocation to the scheme over each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18532/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who are currently in direct provision; the number of persons granted asylum over each of the past ten years; the waiting times to be granted asylum; the number of persons who have been refused asylum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17906/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks Rental Scheme (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital and current allocation over each of the past ten years for school book rental; the number of schools that received a capital allocation to purchase books to establish a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17765/17]