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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (22 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be granted for a school (details supplied) for the upgrading of its boundary fence under the summer works programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42944/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (22 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 404. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 8 October 2019, if patients in need of an upright scan will be allowed to reclaim the full cost of treatment in the UK which is not recoverable under either the treatment abroad scheme or cross border directive in view of the fact that the only available scanner is in a private clinic in the UK; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Data (22 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of carbon used in public transport per year; the carbon tax liability on same; the estimated cost of the increase in carbon tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43129/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (22 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if Turas Nua received a monetary award for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43462/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas (22 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 659. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the purchase of the lands at Booterstown Marsh for An Taisce will be explored to ensure that when the lease runs out in 2020 the bird sanctuary will continue as a public amenity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43165/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The shameful human consequences of the Government's failure in the area of housing are personified in Sam's tragic plight and are well known. I also want to highlight another fairly shameful failure on the part of the Government in not providing a key public service to citizens. I refer to what is happening in the context of public transport and bus services. Anybody who uses buses in this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is ideology.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Our policy is to have free public transport and better public transport. That is incompatible with private sector investment because private sector investment is about profit. The Government has not put more money into Dublin Bus. In 2008, €85 million in subvention went to Dublin Bus and we had 1,200 buses. Today, there is €41 million going to Dublin Bus and we have 1,115...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is in Luxembourg, Estonia-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: People always pay.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children in ASD units receive follow-up assessments and checks to ensure their educational needs are met; the way in which this is monitored and reported; if separate funding is made available for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42589/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (17 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact the cut to the education capital budget will have in view of the 471 schools that are in temporary buildings and numerous other schools promised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42588/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child currently has access to a SNA but is told that reassessment is required to continue to qualify for access, but the assessments are not within six months due to resource and staff shortages, the way in which the child is to be supported in school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42653/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools that are part of the school inclusion model, that is, the 75 schools in counties Kildare, Wicklow and south County Dublin areas currently participating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42654/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Staff (17 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if staff in NEPS who take leave or maternity leave are replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42656/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments Waiting Times (17 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time children who suffer a bereavement are expected to wait on waiting lists to be seen and assessed by psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42657/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (17 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children being home schooled at primary level; if they are all in receipt of the home tuition grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42658/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (17 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 181. To ask the Minister for Health if all school age teams have a full complement of specialists to allow multidisciplinary assessment and interventions; if, in particular, a team (details supplied) has the complement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42649/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (17 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which children are prioritised for the school age team assessment; if it follows the national policy for prioritisation for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42650/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (17 Oct 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 183. To ask the Minister for Health if assessments of needs by school age teams have a long waiting list; if parents can have private assessments done and still avail of interventions and supports from the appropriate specialists on the teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42651/19]