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Public Accounts Committee: HEA Financial Statements 2017 (18 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: We all agree with and fully endorse that view. I am delighted to hear that we have a good education system, in particular at third level. We should be proud of it and strengthen it.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce one release day per week for teaching principals in order to carry out administrative work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42075/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Strength (17 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I thank the Minister for his reply. I also want to ask the Minister about the Garda traffic corps. There was a big reduction in the Garda traffic corps during the recessionary times. The traffic corps plays a vital role in policing in country areas also. We need the Garda traffic corps numbers to be brought up to the proper strength. I am aware that there is recruitment happening...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Strength (17 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and reservists in each Garda station in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42401/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Strength (17 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Will the Minister state the number of gardaí and reservists in each Garda station in counties Carlow and Kilkenny and make a statement on the matter? As the Minister knows, I have asked this question regularly since the recession. What are the current statistics?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Strength (17 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I am glad to hear that there has been an increase in the numbers. I will not give the numbers I have because I believe they are outdated. They date from last April. While I am glad that there has been an increase in the numbers, I contest that the Government sometimes underestimates the value of community gardaí and their effectiveness in fighting crime, rural crime in particular....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (16 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to correspondence sent to a person (details supplied) that has been acknowledged as received on a number of occasions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42091/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Laboratory Facilities (11 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review and cost-benefit analysis of the regional veterinary laboratory in County Kilkenny which serves the farmers of the entire south east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41304/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (11 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to ensure that farmers will not be forced to endure delays in receiving payments later in 2018 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41305/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Broadband Service Provision (10 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: It is all right to speak about colours and everything, but State intervention is urgently required in Urlingford. A significant area of the town is covered by commercial operators, but some areas that are crucial to the local economy, such as Urlingford business park, are awaiting State intervention through the NBP. A new nursing home that is due to open in the business park will cater for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Broadband Service Provision (10 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I accept what the Minister is saying. I tabled these questions on the basis of the information available to me, which is that these services are not available in Urlingford and Graiguenamanagh. It is all right to speak about coloured areas, blue areas and everything else, but these services must be available to new businesses that are coming into these towns. Rural towns that need...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Broadband Service Provision (10 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he has taken to improve broadband and connectivity services in a town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41222/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Broadband Service Provision (10 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he has taken to improve broadband and connectivity services in a town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41221/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Broadband Service Provision (10 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I ask these two questions together because they are connected and both apply to towns in my constituency of Carlow-Kilkenny. What steps has the Minister taken to improve the broadband and connectivity services in Graiguenamanagh and Urlingford?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (10 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension and associated building works by a school (details supplied) to the school capitals appraisal section, planning and building unit; if his attention has been drawn to the need for an efficient decision to be returned urgently in order that the school can apply for planning permission in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (9 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the delays in the payment of the bus escort grant to school (details supplied) and the subsequent difficulties the current situation is causing for the students, the majority of whom have moderate to severe learning disabilities, and for the management and staff; the steps he has taken to address this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (9 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reversing the budget 2011 decision to increase the SUSI grant non-adjacency qualifying distance from 24 km to 45 km; if reversing same has been considered in advance of budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40923/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (9 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the distances for adjacent and non-adjacent third-level grants were arrived at; his plans to reform the calculation of distances to one of a mean average for the journey; his further plans to address the issue of the calculation via the shortest distance using rural roads in poor repair; and if he will make a statement on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I understand a report was done but neither Bus Éireann nor the Department was brought before this committee. Were they brought in here previously?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Who requested that report?