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Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Standards (4 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 531. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the capacity of the HSE to conduct medicated food testing in order to benefit persons such as those that suffer from PKU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16332/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (4 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 586. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who have had their GLAS payments delayed; when the payments will be made; the steps he is taking to ensure that payments are processed as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16195/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (4 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 617. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a policy in place on the burning of significant quantities of wood for commercial purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16257/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (4 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the planned all-Ireland national indoor cycling velodrome construction will commence at the National Sports Campus in Abbotstown [16256/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Intellectual Property Protocol (4 Apr 2017)

Carol Nolan: 678. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name of the body tasked with the oversight of the national intellectual property protocol; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16554/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: Figures I obtained very recently on early intervention, which is committed to in the programme for Government, show that 7,176 children in this State are waiting for over a year for initial therapy or assessment. I am sure the Minister can agree this figure is both shocking and unacceptable. In my constituency, there are 921 children in north Tipperary waiting for early intervention while...

Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: Yes. Gabhaim mo bhuíochas as ucht an deis chun labhairt ar an rún fíorthábhachtach seo anocht. I commend my colleagues, Deputies Ó Laoghaire and Funchion, on their work on this serious issue, which is one that needs to be resolved. The people in question need closure in their lives. I commend Deputy Ó Laoghaire on tabling the motion, which I hope all parties...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. As a teacher for 12 years, I could identify with many of their observations, especially in terms of the workload and paperwork. It is pragmatic that we look at the implications such a Bill may have in terms of legal costs for the Exchequer at a time when things are very frail and when our schools badly need resources that have been withdrawn...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Implications of Brexit for the Irish Educational System: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: I thank all of the witnesses for attending and for their good and insightful presentations. Professor MacCraith mentioned all of the advances that have been made in terms of the McAleese scholarships, ERASMUS funding and the position relating to CAO points being rectified in order to be fair to students from the Six Counties. We need to protect the many advances that have been made in these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Data (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: 335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of assessments that have been carried out by the National Educational Psychological Service for each class level for primary school pupils, that is junior infants, senior infants and so on, or alternatively by year of age, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13587/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Data (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: 336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists in each National Educational Psychological Service office in tabular form; the total number of schools the office covers; the vacancies in each office; the administrative support in each office; the area covered by each office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13588/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Data (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of payments per annum by the National Educational Psychological Service to the scheme for the commissioning of psychological assessments, SCPA, panel over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13589/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: 338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any of the 900 additional resource teachers recruited to implement the new resource allocation model will form part of the inclusion support service; the number of same that will form part of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13590/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: 339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for schools that wish to access supports for children with special educational needs under the inclusion support service; the range of supports that will be available; if additional resource hours will be available under the service; the criteria to avail of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13591/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: 340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that will be available to schools under the new resource allocation model in cases in which a child receives a diagnosis after the allocation is received by a school or additional complex needs are identified by the school subsequent to their allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13592/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: 341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if details of the resource allocation for each school will be published; the date on which; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13593/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: 343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional resource hours that have been allocated to schools under the new resource allocation model; the number of schools that received additional hours under the new model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13595/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: 342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeals mechanism will be available for parents under the new resource allocation when they are of the view their child is not receiving sufficient supports; if he will outline this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13594/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: 345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce any mechanism of oversight in relation to the way in which resource hours are used in schools as part of the new model; if this was a recommendation of the NCSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13597/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional provision has been made for special education needs co-ordination under the new resource allocation model, as recommended by his Department's inspectorate in relation to the review of the pilot; if schools are expected to provide this from within their resource allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13596/17]