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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching posts as additional English language posts over each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9253/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (23 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an estimated cost of extending free school transport to concessionary pupils who hold a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9254/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has put in place guidelines or issued circulars to schools on the standards of vehicles to be used when transporting children during school hours on trips, lessons and so on outside of the school transport scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9255/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (23 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not included on the DEIS list; if he will reconsider the exclusion in view of the fact that the corresponding boys school at which many siblings of pupils of the school attend has been granted DEIS status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9256/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Study Opportunities (23 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an Irish citizen, enrolled on a course of study in an Irish university, should be subject to the same fees in an institution in another EU member state when undertaking a year of study at that institution with the support of the Irish university with which he or she is enrolled. [9257/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Study Opportunities (23 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a matter in which a person (details supplied) is studying in another EU member state and is subject to visiting students' fees that are higher than those levied on students of that member state and do not take into account this person's status as an EU citizen. [9258/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (23 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the establishment of a third stream in a school (details supplied) to meet local demand for the children to be educated through the medium of Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9259/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax (23 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are any exceptions to the requirement to have a VAT number in order to tax a vehicle under the commercial rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9222/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (23 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools that currently do not have a school meals programme in place per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9238/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (23 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all DEIS schools currently avail of the school meals programme; the number that do not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9237/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (23 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 308. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE review of the list of products available to phenylketonuria patients under the reimbursement scheme has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9216/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (23 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 309. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding the list of products available to phenyltketonuria ,PKU, patients under the terms of the HSE reimbursement scheme; if he will update the current list to reflect products that are no longer available to patients; his views on whether the restriction of products available to PKU patients is in contradiction of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (23 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 310. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing additional supports and resources in order to improve the treatment and care of phenylketonuria patients here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9219/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (23 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 311. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the early intervention psychologist post in County Offaly, which has been vacant since February 2016, has not been filled; when the vacancy will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9220/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (23 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 312. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Offaly who are currently awaiting assessment by a psychologist for early intervention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9221/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation (23 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 313. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has introduced a strategy to effectively manage rare diseases; the progress under this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9223/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mobile Telephony Services (23 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 398. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason persons in an area (details supplied) cannot access 4G coverage when there is a mobile phone mast in the area and neighbouring villages can access the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9215/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Visiting Teacher Service (23 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 438. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of restoring the teacher service for Travellers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9246/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (23 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: 439. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount of funding allocated to the school completion programme over each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9247/17]

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Carol Nolan: Go raibh maith agat a Leas-Cheann Comhairle as ucht an deis seo chun labhairt ar an topaic fíorthábhachtach seo anocht. Sinn Féin has long campaigned for the full implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and we welcome this legislation in so far as it goes towards that aim. As many Deputies have outlined in this House tonight...