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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions Staff (11 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the staff to student ratio in publicly-funded higher education institutions here; the corresponding ratios from 2009 to 2014; the comparator figures from benchmark EU countries such as Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52012/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (11 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 178. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 350 of 15 October 2019 and 160 of 23 October 2019, if he has received a briefing from his officials on the HSE valproate response project report; if a decision has been made to publish or not publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51897/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (10 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 349. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the ongoing provision of a position (details supplied) at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin in view of the fact that the current specialist is due to leave by year end without a replacement provided for; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of families whose children are attending Crumlin for pain...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2020 (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 24 October 2019, the Department or State agency which commissioned official promotional material in respect of budget 2020 which was widely promoted on social media after the budget; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50861/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in respect of the long-promised provision of pensions for community employment supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50873/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address educational disadvantage; if the principle of the DEIS approach to targeting resources at such schools in order to counter the impacts of poverty and social exclusion on educational attainment will receive a commitment; if so, the reason class sizes in DEIS band 1 schools have not been reduced in view of the fact other...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in respect of the regulation of English language schools in respect of both pay and employment conditions for teachers in the schools and the setting of educational standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50832/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances in which a campaign (details supplied) is providing health messaging to school students in respect of alcohol; if he has sanctioned the activity; his views on the appropriateness of the alcohol industry being involved in educational content; the existing arrangements for health education in respect of substance misuse; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of the provision of the SPHE programme in schools, by county and school, in which the programme is not being provided; the steps he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50875/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of minors referred to the national office on juvenile crime by Garda division in each of the past three years to date in 2019; the number referred to the youth diversion programme for prosecution or other in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50870/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Question Heading for question(s) 139 (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to open up the education and training for solicitors and barristers in order to achieve greater accountability, independence and competition in these sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50871/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 200. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the long delay in publishing a report (details supplied) into the orthodontic service; the action the HSE has taken in respect of the issues relating to children that were covered by the report; and if, in the interests of openness and accountability, he will undertake to publish the report without further delay. [50863/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Authority of Ireland (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 201. To ask the Minister for Health the research which has been carried out here on the health impacts of nitrates in processed meats; the consideration which has been given to World Health Organisation research on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50865/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the status of child waiting lists for scoliosis treatment by hospital and length of time on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50869/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of appropriate treatment for a person (details supplied); if a care plan has been agreed for them since the meeting of their family with the hospital on 4 October 2019; the timescale for the treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50874/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Industry (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking and the funding being provided to address the proliferation of horses being bred here especially in respect of urban horses many of which are treated cruelly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50867/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme Data (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 312. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding allocations to each community-based organisation, CBO, in each of the past three years and in 2019 for the purpose of carrying out energy efficiency retrofits on the homes of persons on low incomes; the number of homes which were upgraded by each CBO; and his plans in respect the continuation of the work....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 349. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to ensure that the national childcare scheme will not penalise certain categories of lone parents in which it will act as a disincentive to taking up training, education or employment as identified by a group (details supplied); the action she will take in relation to same in the coming years and not merely the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 350. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) for the establishment of an early years and school age agency to replace Departments and agencies in order to ensure a streamlined, seamless and all-encompassing system in order that early child education and welfare issues are responded to appropriately and to achieve better...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the issue of pensions for community employment supervisors which has been promised for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50872/19]