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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: I welcome the fact that the Minister said a top-up fund was available for schools and that 133 had availed of it. However, more is needed. Schools are under pressure, hours are being cut and secretaries and caretakers do a fantastic job which is often undervalued. They are absolutely vital in a school but schools have had to make choices. I would like this to be addressed more effectively.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: Is it possible to get a breakdown of the €100 million in additional capital expenditure? I welcome that it will help 50 building projects to make progress. How many are now ready to move forward? I would like some clarity on that. Have we examined the possibility of additional capital expenditure where the allocation can be smoothed over a four-year period, which would help even...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: I want to raise again with the Taoiseach the issue of school transport again. I raised the issue a month ago and was told the findings would be published. We still have no findings. I attended a meeting with Bus Éireann officials last week along with the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, Deputy Halligan, and many other Deputies from rural constituencies who...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (29 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students from Northern Ireland or Britain who apply to study a third-level course here in the next term will have their funding guaranteed as EU students for the duration of their course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37322/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (29 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to publish guidelines to schools in relation to best practice for children that wish to opt out of receiving religious instruction; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37320/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (29 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that were invited by his Department to participate in the pilot model for the proposed new resource allocation model for children with special educational needs; the number that refused; the reasons for the refusal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37321/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Issues (29 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has put in place a plan to address the issues facing the education sector by the proposed exit of Britain from the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37323/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Data (29 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average time between referral for assessment and report completion for children assessed by the National Educational Psychology Service for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37324/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tionscadail Tógála Scoileanna (29 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an dtabharfaidh sé tuairisc maidir leis an dul chun cinn atá á dhéanamh chun foirgneamh nua a thógáil do Ghaelscoil Riabhach, Baile Locha Riach, Co. na Gaillimhe; an bhfuil muinín ag an Aire go mbeidh an scoil ullamh le bogadh isteach inti ag tús scoilbhliain 2017/2018; agus an ndéanfaidh sé...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Riachtanais Speisialta Oideachais (29 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an dtabharfaidh sé soiléiriú maidir le cén uair a chuirfidh an Roinn maoiniú breise ar fáil chun áiseanna agus seomraí breise a sholáthar do scoil Tí Nan Dooley ar an gCeathrú Rua, Co. na Gaillimhe, ionas gur féidir leo an curaclam iomlán a sholáthar do na daltaí ansin;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific training that is provided to teachers to equip them with the skills necessary to address incidents of physical violence from students, whether directed at the teacher or other member of staff or between two or more students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37327/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (29 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason history is being considered as a non-core subject at junior certificate level; his views on this proposal; the timeframe for the introduction of this proposal; if concerns have been expressed by stakeholders; if his Department plans to hold a public consultation process in respect of the proposal; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (29 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a current surplus in the national training fund; the expected increases in the fund; if there is a surplus projected in the fund; if there is further projected spending of the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37583/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (29 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the spend from the national training fund and the projected spend in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37584/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (29 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken by his Department to address the concerns outlined in the Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General in February 2012 entitled, Matters Arising out of Education Audits; if any of these concerns are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37585/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions Expenditure (29 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the audited accounts of higher education institutions in receipt of public funds are made public; the latest date for which the audited accounts of such institutions have been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37586/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is considering extending borrowing rights to institutes of technology, particularly in view of the recent HEA financial review of the institute of technology sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37587/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (29 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if savings will be made by his Department by the introduction of the new resource allocation model for special educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37588/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (29 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review has taken place of the procurement practices within the education sector, particularly in the higher education sector; if such a review is proposed; if concerns have been raised with his Department in relation to procurement practices in the higher education sector or other bodies within the remit of his Department; and if he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (24 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: The report states that we need an increase of €600 million by 2021 to address the chronic funding needs of the third level sector. How much of this relates to demographics? Has any of it been provided for in Government calculations? I am aware that €25 million has been costed for the increase in staff, but are any other demographic pressures included in the figure of...