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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (11 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 791. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the allocation to the school completion programme over each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17793/17]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Colscaradh) 2016: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Divorce) Bill 2016: Second Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: I commend Deputy Josepha Madigan for proposing the Bill. Sinn Féin welcomes this Bill which, if enacted, would allow for a referendum to reduce the waiting period that a separated couple must undergo before they can be granted a divorce. We recognise, as we did during the original divorce referendum in 1995, that the reality is some marriages break down over time and that sometimes...

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: Page 84 of the programme for Government states that changes to the nursing home scheme will be introduced in order to remove the discrimination that exists against small businesses and small family farms. I have been contacted by a number of small farmers who are at the end of their tether about this issue, which has been ongoing for a considerable time. These farmers are struggling to pay...

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: Tá mé buíoch as ucht an deis chun caint ar an ábhar fíorthábhachtach seo. All Members will agree that Brexit presents the biggest threat to the Good Friday Agreement and to the social and economic future of the people of this island. In the education sector, for instance, we are facing significant issues in respect of funding for research projects under EU...

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: The Government has not. It is doing so again true to form.

Maternity Leave and Benefit: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: Tá mé buíoch go bhfuil deis agam labhairt ar an rún seo anocht. I commend the Green Party and the Social Democrats for bringing forward this important and timely motion. There is an urgent need to extend the maternity benefit and maternity leave for mothers of premature babies in Ireland. As we know, 4,500 babies are born before 37 weeks across this State every year....

Other Questions: School Accommodation (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for his response, but I am disappointed at the lack of urgency. Based on responses I received to parliamentary questions, I am aware that an assessment was due to be carried out. I understand this assessment process has not commenced. I ask the Minister to confirm if that is the case. I ask him to give an indicative timeframe for the assessment process because we...

Other Questions: School Accommodation (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: I again thank the Minister for his response. I welcome the reduction. The €128 million figure relates to the past five years and came from the media, based on freedom of information data. I remain unconvinced that the issue is being given the priority it deserves. We are wasting millions of euro that could be channelled into special education, for example, as we mentioned earlier...

Other Questions: School Accommodation (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the number of prefabs being used by schools. [16500/17]

Other Questions: School Accommodation (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: The programme for Government contains a commitment to eliminating the use of prefabs in our schools. What actions has the Department taken on this to date? How are we going to move towards the elimination of prefabs? Can we have a timeframe and a date for it?

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that will be available for children with additional needs under the new resource allocation model when these needs have not been captured in the allocations to schools. [16827/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: As the Minister knows, schools recently received notice of their special needs allocations under the new resource allocation model. There are significant concerns about how this will operate, particularly where the needs of specific children are not captured under the model or where those needs are subsequently identified after allocations have been made to schools. I remind the Minister...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for his response. This is an issue of huge concern. I have been informed of many cases. Parents are not happy with this. They are worried about their children, many of whom have special needs and are already facing too many barriers in areas like speech therapy and occupational therapy. I am one of a number of Deputies who have raised this issue on the floor of this...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: I am aware that no school will have its hours cut. My point is that there is no flexibility and there are no additional resources for children. The fact of the matter is that children will lose out because of the manner in which schools will have their resources fixed for two years under the new model. It is extremely worrying that some relevant features, such as the inclusion support...

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: The programme for Government contains a clear commitment that no small school will close without the consent of parents, in order to protect the sustainability and viability of our rural communities. However, I was contacted earlier this week about Coláiste an Chreagáin in Mountbellew. Parents of students at the school received text messages stating that the school would not be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (5 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the surplus of the national training fund. [16501/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Collection (4 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a derogation from carbon tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16192/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Court of Justice Rulings (4 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has read the submission of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC, on the O'Keeffe ruling; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the IHREC has requested that the Council of Ministers refer the ruling back to the court for interpretation; his views on this request; the action he will take to ensure that the issue...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (4 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if private contractors providing school transport during the bus strikes will be paid as normal, particularly those which may have covered extra routes during the industrial action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16636/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the report on teacher supply will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16198/17]