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Other Questions: Back to Education Allowance (16 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for his response but I dread to hear the word review, because it seems to me to be a stalling tactic used to kick the can down the road. I would prefer to hear a date for that report. The Minister says the review will be completed at the end of this year, but I ask for a specific date for that report. Parents in lone-parent families are struggling. An EU standards of...

Other Questions: Back to Education Allowance (16 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: Again, I emphasise the importance of this issue. We need to tackle it. It is vital to ensure successful outcomes for lone parents and their children, many of whom come from disadvantaged backgrounds. They are disadvantaged because society has made them disadvantaged through cuts to social welfare and everything else. We need a greater level of support. We need a greater commitment. We...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Institutes of Technology (16 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the steps he will take to address the funding shortfall in the institutes of technology in view of the recent report from the Higher Education Authority. [35238/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Institutes of Technology (16 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: Will the Minister outline the steps currently being taken by the Department in respect of the institutes of technology, which are currently subject to a funding crisis? Will the Minister set out the detail, including timeframes? This is an urgent issue and we need concrete timeframes. Six of the institutes are in serious difficulty as we speak.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Institutes of Technology (16 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for his response. However, I believe there is a lack of urgency. This must be addressed quickly. We should not be discussing action plans or models coming into effect next year. I appreciate that this is a serious issue. It has been brewing for some time. However, in the budget €40 million was allocated for the entire third level sector. That is only a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Institutes of Technology (16 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for his response. Again, however, I am struck by the absence of an urgent response to this issue and the lack of a clear timeframe to resolve it. I do not believe that kicking the issue into the committee is enough. Certainly, committee members will have views on the matter and we will all contribute, but I do not believe that is good enough. We need a response from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (16 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the student accommodation crisis. [28431/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (16 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the pilot project for the new resource allocation model for children with special educational needs will be published. [34877/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: The programme for Government contains a very clear commitment to provide regulation and planning guidelines for wind farms. It is a major issue for rural communities. The absence of guidelines is giving big wind energy companies a free run in rural counties such as my own, County Offaly. There is a serious problem in Cloghan, where a planning application was opposed by an inspector who...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Applications (15 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payments will be made under the minor works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34804/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Data (15 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of those who have entered third level education over each of the past ten years in each socio-economic group, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34807/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (15 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons a person (details supplied) has been refused administrative status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34815/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (15 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken by his Department to implement the recommendations of the Cush report; the number of academic staff with more than two years' service who have been given permanent and pensionable contracts since 2009 and the grade of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34818/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (15 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons, by county, who have been taken off the social housing lists as a result of failure to return forms during the recent housing needs assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34817/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (15 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 390. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons, by county, that have had their payments reduced or ceased as a result of failure to comply with the requirements of the JobPath scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34816/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Projects (15 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 416. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the restoration of a bridge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34803/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 541. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase funding to an organisation (details supplied) in order to allow it to continue to provide services for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34806/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (15 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 542. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the actions undertaken by his Department after a recent meeting with Laois Offaly Families for Autism, LOFFA, in order to address current issues with services for children with autism spectrum disorder in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34808/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (15 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 543. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted an impact assessment of the decision to remove accident and emergency provision in Nenagh hospital; if his Department plans to review this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34809/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (15 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 544. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency staff at Nenagh hospital over each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34810/16]