Results 5,901-5,920 of 6,286 for speaker:Carol Nolan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (11 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the site selection process for the three school campus at Buncrana, County Donegal, which incorporates new schools for a school (details supplied); if he will provide assurance that this project will proceed without further delay in view of the fact that it has taken 11 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29744/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (11 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make grants available to schools to upgrade ICT equipment; the timeframe for the introduction of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29745/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (11 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the situation whereby a school (details supplied) has not been included in the DEIS programme due to an administrative error ten years ago on the part of the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29746/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (11 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will provide the necessary supports to allow an aonad be established at a school (details supplied); if he will meet the group wishing to establish the aonad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29747/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (11 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the methodology being utilised by his Department to identify the areas of demand for school diversity in respect of patronage for existing schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29748/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (11 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new governing circular and application forms have been issued to schools in respect of the reasonable accommodation scheme for State examinations for the 2016-2017 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29749/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Staff (11 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been a decline of experienced psychologists willing to participate in the scheme for private psychological assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29750/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (11 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will consider granting urban DEIS status to a school (details supplied) that currently is categorised as a rural DEIS school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29751/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (6 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the changes to the rent supplement scheme in County Offaly. [28432/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (5 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: I ask the Taoiseach about the review of barriers to education for lone parents. That report was meant to be published at the end of August. It is very disappointing that it was not, given that we have had cuts to the one-parent family payment. Surveys have been published which show that 59% of one-parent households suffer material deprivation. I ask the Taoiseach for a clear commitment...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (5 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the changes to the HAP scheme in County Offaly. [28432/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (5 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will include in his quarterly homeless progress report data on the average length of time families in different local authority areas are spending in emergency accommodation. [28704/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (5 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the practice of requiring families at risk of homelessness to self-accommodate through sourcing their own emergency accommodation; and if he will instruct local authorities to provide this service where required. [28705/16]

Other Questions: Child Abuse Prevention (4 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's implementation in relation to the O'Keeffe Ruling. [28334/16]

Other Questions: Child Abuse Prevention (4 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: Will the Minister outline his Department's implementation of the O'Keeffe judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, in respect of child sex abuse?

Priority Questions: National Educational Psychological Service (4 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to enhance the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, specifically the capacity to increase the level of assessments undertaken. [28420/16]

Priority Questions: National Educational Psychological Service (4 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: I wish to raise the issue of plans to enhance the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, but, of more importance, the capacity to increase the level of assessments by that service of children and, in particular, of children with special needs.

Priority Questions: National Educational Psychological Service (4 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for his response. However, I am aware of many frustrated principals, teachers and parents nationwide. While there has been an increase in the number of NEPS psychologists, there has not been an increase in the number of assessments. For example, the number of assessments has declined since 2008, from a total of 10,585 assessments to 9,824. This represents an average...

Priority Questions: National Educational Psychological Service (4 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: I appreciate the new resource allocation model will assist in addressing some of the issues I have outlined. Will the Minister indicate a timeframe for its implementation? A budget will be announced within the next two weeks and a new school term has started in which children are faced with lengthy waits for early intervention. The assessments are essential to secure resources at second...

Priority Questions: School Guidance Counsellors (4 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: 18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore guidance counselling services in secondary schools. [28421/16]