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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: I thank the speakers for their detailed and thorough contributions. They give a detailed insight into reality. I do not understand why we are so dismissive of state-funded education systems. Other countries like Germany have managed such a system. It is all about priorities. Over the past several years education has not been the top priority of previous Governments. That has led us into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: I agree completely with Ms Murphy's point that education, health and child care are crucial in society. Nonetheless, they are areas that have been neglected, let us face it, which is where we have got the priorities wrong. As I stated earlier, there is a way around this and it simply means prioritising what is important. That has not happened in the past and it needs to happen now. It...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (7 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the report Investing in National Ambition: A Strategy for Funding Higher Education (details supplied) the ICLs were introduced in 2018 on the basis of a student contribution of €4,000 for the current number of full time undergraduates, including those whose fees are paid on their behalf, assessed at costing €600...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (7 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the report Investing in National Ambition: A Strategy for Funding Higher Education (details supplied) the ICLs were introduced on the basis of a student contribution of €4,000 for the current number of full time undergraduates, including those whose fees are paid on their behalf, assessed at €600 million, in view of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (6 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the shortage of secondary school places for children in Naas and Sallins, County Kildare; the steps his Department is taking to address this; the timeframe for resolution of this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38291/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Review (6 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the school transport scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38392/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Data (6 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of all staff employed in third level education to address issues of access among disadvantaged socioeconomic groups or for students with disabilities; if each institution has a full time staff person dealing with this specific area and the implementation of the national access plan; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Access to Higher Education (6 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff employed across higher education institutions to administer the Higher Education Access Route and Disability Access Route to Education schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38395/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (6 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money spent by each higher education institution under the student assistance fund for the 2016/2017 academic year to date; the amount each institution has remaining in the fund; the amount of applicants per institution for assistance under the fund; the number that received assistance; the number that were refused; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas Gaeilge (6 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an dtabharfaidh sé sonraí maidir le líon iomlán na ndaltaí atá ag freastal ar iarbhunscoileanna Gaeltachta agus atá ag fáil díolúine ón nGaeilge ó thaobh scrúduithe stáit de; an dtabharfaidh sé briseadh síos ar líon na ndaltaí i ngach iarbhunscoil...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €20 million spent on prefabs across the State refers to rental or to upgrade or replacement; if he will provide a breakdown of the spend and a comparison over each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38716/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (6 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: 301. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money ring-fenced under budget 2017 for the progression of the new ambulance station in Edenderry, County Offaly, as was committed to by the Minister for State with responsibility for health promotion in a recent local meeting with the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38384/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: 302. To ask the Minister for Health the action plan that has been put in place as a result of local meetings with HSE management in order to address the ongoing issues affecting children in counties Laois and Offaly with disabilities; the timeframe for resolution of these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38388/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (6 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: 303. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances that will operate out of the new station in Edenderry, County Offaly, when it is completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38389/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (6 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances that will be accommodated at the temporary accommodation for the ambulance service in north Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38390/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: 305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private or agency psychologists who are currently employed to advance the progressing disability services initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38391/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Penalties (6 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: 404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Offaly who have been penalised for non-compliance with various schemes over each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38385/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (6 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: 405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Offaly who have been inspected over each of the past three years; the number of these that have had penalties imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38386/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (6 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: 406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have been inspected over each of the past five years for compliance with various schemes, by county; the number of these that have had financial penalties imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38387/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (6 Dec 2016)

Carol Nolan: 463. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of the commercial value of the Limerick to Ballybrophy railway line and its contribution to the local economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38394/16]