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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (21 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to draft an overarching policy strategy plan for the higher education sector here. [24209/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (21 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commission the HEA to carry out a more comprehensive graduate earnings survey, given that there is very little data available on graduate earning profiles here, beyond the first year post-graduation, an indiction of which is that a group (details supplied) had to use graduate earning survey data from 2006 to model repayments for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Data (21 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or a body under its aegis has carried out any research into the current debt profile of university students and or recent graduates here; the sources and results of this research; and if his Department has any statistics on the number of university students who take out bank or credit loans currently for tuition and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Expenditure (21 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the deficit and debt incurred by each State funded institute of technology and university here in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date. [24212/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Funding (21 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is envisaged that technological universities will be able to borrow independently and off the State balance sheet, in the same manner as universities currently can. [24213/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (21 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of implementing the EPSEN Act in full for his Department; if they can give a breakdown of the areas in which these costs would be incurred. [24214/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (21 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals his Department or a body under its aegis are currently considering with regard to reforming the capital asset test for the students grants system; his views on whether he believes the capital asset test for student grant entitlement requires reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24215/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Asylum Support Services (21 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans or proposals to reduce the current five year residency requirement for asylum seekers and refugees to be eligible for third level under the free fees scheme; and if he willreduce the residency requirement to three years for asylum seekers and refugees. [24216/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (21 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 432. To ask the Minister for Health if, with regard to the fair deal scheme, grandchildren who are in the custody of grandparents can avail of a postponement of a nursing home loan provided that they continue to live in the dwelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23404/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Agencies Board Appointments (21 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 727. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a board meeting of Horse Racing Ireland took place to approve the submission of a business case for the reappointment of a person (details supplied); and whether the board approved the submission of the business case, before it was submitted. [23890/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (21 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 763. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if upgrade works on the national broadband scheme will take place in Kilmessan, County Meath. [24018/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of the preliminary census results for County Meath showing above trend population growth, she has cause to review the current and future Garda provision in County Meath. [23232/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of implementing one-point reductions in average class size at primary level; and his estimates for reducing the average class size to 23 pupils for the 2017-18 school year. [23186/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of implementing one-point reductions in the average class size at post-primary level. [23187/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of fully restoring the staffing schedule for retaining and gaining a teacher that applied for schools before 2012 for three, four and five-teacher schools. [23188/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring pre-2010 capitation levels to primary schools; the estimated cost of a 10% increase in the capitation grant to primary schools. [23189/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing schools one administration day per week for teaching principals to cover the establishment of a permanent pool of teachers to replace teaching principals on their administration day. [23190/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Services (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of employing an additional 100 new NEPS psychologists. [23191/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the resource teaching and learning support hours allocated to all schools in each electoral division or the next smallest administrative area unit available in Dublin. [23193/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (20 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on the implementation of the Ward report in relation to contracts of indefinite duration and general recommendations for reducing workforce casualisation in the teaching profession. [23194/16]