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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]

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

Carol Nolan: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a student (details supplied) has been refused access under the school transport scheme despite having travelled to school under the scheme since September 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11038/16]

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

Carol Nolan: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students similarly affected by an oversight of Bus Éireann under the school transport scheme which has resulted in a student (details supplied) being deemed ineligible for school transport to the school the student has been attending for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11039/16]

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

Carol Nolan: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student diagnosed with epilepsy is eligible for school transport under the scheme for school transport for children with special educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11040/16]

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

Carol Nolan: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children diagnosed with epilepsy who avail of school transport under the primary school transport scheme; the post-primary school transport scheme; the scheme for school transport for children with special educational needs; those who avail of concessionary school transport; those who receive the remote area grant for school...

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

Carol Nolan: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have been refused access to the primary or post-primary school transport schemes on foot of a diagnosis of a medical condition or disability; the number of these who are catered for under the scheme for school transport for children with special educational needs; the number who are supported through the remote area...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Charges (19 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a commitment not to increase the student contribution fee; if he will reduce this fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11043/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (19 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to increase the rates of the student grant for undergraduate students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11045/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (19 May 2016)

Carol Nolan: 117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set down by county and by month in tabular form the number of persons who have presented as homeless for each of the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11048/16]