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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (8 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby students whose parents work in Northern Ireland have been rejected for the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant due to the fluctuations of the currency; the action he will take to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33679/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (8 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will review a SUSI application in respect of a person (details supplied) who has been refused a grant on the basis of currency fluctuations as their parents work in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33680/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (8 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will grant an exemption to a school (details supplied) from circular 32/03; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33681/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has ever conducted an assessment of the demand for an additional second level school in Kildare South; if his Department has consulted with local parents on this issue, particularly in relation to the demand for a multidenominational second level school for the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33682/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Employment Rights (8 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has considered proposals from an organisation (details supplied) in respect of employment standards for bricklayers working and seeking work on school building sites; if his Department will implement any of the proposals; his views on reports that a number of workers were locked out of a school building project in Dublin due...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (8 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State funding that may be available to an Irish student undertaking clinical work placement as part of their studies, either here or abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33684/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Projects (8 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the costings for the open library pilot project in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33700/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (8 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 520. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered a request by family resource centres that 3% of Tusla's budget be ringfenced for the family resource centre national programme to support voluntary boards of management in meeting the basic operational costs of the 109 family resource centres throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Guidelines (8 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 521. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions of the Children First legislation that have been commenced; the provisions that have not been commenced; the reason for the delay in commencing any provisions of the legislation; the timeframe for full commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33699/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (2 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 323. To ask the Minister for Health the changes to the fair deal scheme in budget 2017, particularly in respect of asset value of farm land; if any further changes are proposed to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32715/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Accommodation (2 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 324. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been allocated under budget 2017 for the commencement of the new ambulance centre in Edenderry, County Offaly; the overall amount that has been committed for the project; the timeframe for completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32719/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Accommodation (2 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 366. To ask the Minister for Health the status in relation to the identification of a suitable short-term base for the ambulance service in Edenderry, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32981/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (2 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the basic farm payment is being deliberately withheld from farmers that have been randomly selected for satellite inspections; when these inspections are due to take place; when the decision to withhold payments on this basis was determined; the number of farmers affected by this decision; if he will ensure such inspections are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (2 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the basic farm payment for a person (details supplied) is being withheld until a satellite inspection is carried out; the timeframe for the inspection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32717/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (2 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have been chosen for satellite inspection over each of the past five years, including 2016 to date, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32718/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: I commend all the members of the NCSE and thank them for their attendance. I acknowledge they have done substantial work on the report, which I appreciate. I do, however, have some concerns and I speak as somebody who taught as a learning support teacher and as a school principal. I feel there are gaps that need to be addressed first. I wonder are we jumping on too soon to something...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: In terms of individual education plans, I am saying that while there is no doubt that a great deal of work is carried out, the wrong perception is being fostered. When one looks at a teacher who has to plan for yearly, monthly and fortnightly schemes, that is mandatory. Such planning is not mandatory for children with special educational needs. That fosters the wrong perception. That is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: In terms of the EPSN Act, Mr. Mulkerrins said it could not be implemented on a piecemeal basis. I have a reply from the Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton, which shows that several sections of the Act have been implemented.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: As such, I question that. It is possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2016)

Carol Nolan: Tacaím leis an Seanadóir Ó Clochartaigh. Tá an ceart aige . Níl sé ceart nó cóir nach bhfuilimid in ann dul nó nach bhfuil, ar a laghad, cuireadh faighte againn. Chuir go leor daoine, ár bpáirtí agus páirtithe eile ina measc, brú ar an Aire an straitéis seo a chur i bhfeidhm. Bheadh sé oiriúnach plé a...