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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review sex education policy in view of the fact that the recent review of sex education by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment found that sex education for most secondary school pupils is outdated and provides little information in relation to issues such as consent, the way to navigate relationships in a positive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the acquisition of a site for a school (details supplied) has been agreed; the position regarding progress on the planning process for the new permanent school building for the school; when construction on the new permanent school building for the school will commence; when the new permanent school building for the school is expected to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the delivery of a new permanent school building for schools (details supplied); when the new school building will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19831/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans aimed at reducing the pay gap between teachers recruited pre and post-2011; if there is scope to address the pay inequality under the current pay arrangements; if not, if it will be dealt with in negotiations on a successor to the Public Service Stability Agreement; the timeline for a pay review mechanism; when teachers on lower pay...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Money Laundering (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of suspicious transaction reports that have been made to the Revenue Commissioners on an annual basis in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the role of the Revenue Commissioners in combatting money laundering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19941/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a national school based counselling programme; his plans to supply each school with access to an on-call counsellor or psychotherapist to ensure children and young persons have regular access to mental health services outside of the intervention services provided by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school secretaries who have been employed directly by his Department in each of the past five years; if principals can apply for Department-paid status for their secretaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19792/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Relations (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reimburse members of a union (details supplied) who suffered financial penalties amounting to a total of €15 million in wages to thousands of teachers as a result of industrial action they took in their campaign for equal pay for teachers recruited pre and post-2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19844/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding his plans for a new secondary school in the western area of Blanchardstown; if an appropriate site has been identified; the timeline for the delivery of the new school; if proposals regarding the patronage of the new school have been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19845/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 558. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to produce a macroeconomic assessment of the impact of Brexit on the all-island economy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18625/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 595. To ask the Minister for Health when negotiations will conclude with the Departments of Children and Youth Affairs, Education and Skills and the Taoiseach concerning the youth mental health pathfinder initiative; when approval to launch same will be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18415/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 611. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the youth mental health pathfinder initiative; the roadmap and timeline to full implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18414/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 612. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the delays in access and lack of resources in mental health services for children and young persons; his plans to implement in full the recommendations of the report of the task force on youth mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18416/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 680. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department was consulted on the publicly indicated recruitment and overtime ban to be brought in by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18020/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Hedge Cutting Season (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 1330. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to reports of hedgerow destruction on the part of Irish Rail, including severe hedge trimming and hedge removal (details supplied); if he has raised the matter with Irish Rail; his plans to carry out an investigation in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20007/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 1540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent reports that lead concentration levels well above the legal limit have been found in drinking water in areas of north Dublin, including Cabra, Drumcondra and Phibsborough; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18826/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gorse Burning (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 1621. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the recent gorse fires that destroyed hundreds of acres of land around the villages of Loughanure and Annagry, County Donegal; her plans to carry out an evaluation of the destruction of flora, fauna and wildlife as a consequence of these fires; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hedge Cutting Season (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 1622. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to reports of hedgerow destruction on the part of Irish Rail, including severe hedge trimming and hedge removal (details supplied); if she has raised the matter with Irish Rail; her plans to carry out an investigation in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20005/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gorse Burning (8 May 2019)

Joan Burton: 1623. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to put in place an information and support system for landowners in order that they will not engage in the burning of vegetation outside the burning season from September to February inclusive as legislated in section 7(1) of the Heritage Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20006/19]

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (18 Apr 2019)

Joan Burton: I attended a local meeting recently with people who live close to the airport flight path north of the Navan Road. It included some people who worked in the airport and had a lot of experience in relation to noise. As one might expect, they are aghast at Deputy Ross's arrangement, as Minister, to make Fingal County Council the regulator for noise. Not only that, confirming what my...