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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (24 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of hours of resource teaching or special needs assistant supports requested by schools, but not granted, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11557/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Data (24 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of third level graduates with level 8, level 9 and level 10 qualifications who are currently unemployed in tabular form; the number of these who have been employed for a period of one year or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11558/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Data (24 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who commence a third level course but who fail to progress to completion, leaving after one and after two years by institution in each of the years 2005 to 2015 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11559/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (24 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that a staff member at the National University of Ireland, Galway has sought protection under the whistleblower legislation after making a series of disclosures to the Higher Education Authority involving alleged wrongdoing and irregularities where a central feature of the complaint relates to the appointment of persons to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (24 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the level of spending on consultants contracted across National University of Ireland, Galway from 2013 onwards including details of company names, units where they were used, fees, expenses, value added tax and other associated costs they were paid; on the use of consultants in a State-funded third level institution; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (24 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the term of the president of the National University of Ireland, Galway will end and his preparations to appoint a successor including the timescale and process he envisages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11737/16]

Other Questions: Teachers' Remuneration (19 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: 13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the two-tier payscale that leaves newly qualified teachers substantially underpaid in comparison with their counterparts. [10765/16]

Other Questions: Teachers' Remuneration (19 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: I am disappointed with that response. The Minister did not mention at any stage that he has met any of these newly qualified teachers. I have been in contact with many of them from my constituency and they tell me they are finding it difficult to afford mortgages and basic living conditions. It is unfair that these teachers have been put in that position. Teachers go above and beyond the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (19 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: I understand the Minister's point about the establishment of the NCSE, but surely there should be a mandatory requirement for an individual education plan for each child. I am very familiar with classroom planning, having worked as a teacher for 12 years. I am aware that class plans and subject plans are mandatory, but it seems to me that the arrangements are looser in the area of special...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (19 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: I thank the Minister for his response. I appreciate that efforts are being made. I would stand firm in my view that not enough is being done. I believe these plans should be mandatory. I would like to see a commitment from the Government to a higher rate of compliance with the requirement for assessments of need, particularly in counties Laois and Offaly, which are failing miserably to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Guidance Counsellors (19 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: That 0.3% of the staffing schedule, in the context of the pupil-teacher ratio, is not enough. I do not think the 50% referred to is enough either. We are not meeting our obligations under the Education Act if we only put back 50% of teachers. I urge the Minister to look at it again to see if it can be improved on.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (19 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: 4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sections of the EPSEN Act he will progress; when he will decide if individual education plans are a mandatory requirement; and if he will enforce compliance with the time limits required under the Disability Act 2005 and the regulations in terms of the assessment of need. [10948/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Guidance Counsellors (19 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: 2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding he will allocate to increase the number of guidance counsellors in second level schools from September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10947/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Guidance Counsellors (19 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: Guím gach rath ar an Aire, an Teachta Bruton, in a ról nua. I am a little disappointed that there is only 0.3% improvement in terms of staffing. The cut to the service has been a huge difficulty for schools and has put students at a significant disadvantage. We are talking about students of 17 years or 18 years of age who have career choices to make. These are children who need...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Reform (19 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: 23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his progress in reforming the junior cycle and the details of negotiations he has held with the teacher trade unions in the past four weeks. [10764/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (19 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money saved by his Department as a result of the changes to the primary and post primary school transport schemes; the number of children who have been determined to be ineligible for school transport since the changes were introduced; the number who have been deemed ineligible but avail of concessionary transport; the number with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services Funding (19 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated for mental health initiatives in schools in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11034/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children being taught in prefabricated classrooms at both primary and secondary levels, by county; the timeframe for the abolition of prefabricated classrooms in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11035/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Retention Rates (19 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who left education before completing primary, secondary and third level education or training in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11036/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Starting Age (19 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the commitment outlined in the programme for Government in respect of raising the school starting age to five years old; if this will apply to all students; when he will implement this measure; the consultation that has taken place with the relevant stakeholders on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11037/16]