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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Apr 2023)

Niall Collins: 1608. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to approve Skyclarys (omaveloxolone) for Friedreich's Ataxia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17470/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1811 to 1813, inclusive, together. As of 17 April 2023, Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI) have advised my Department that there are 120 people employed as Community Education Facilitators across the ETBs as set out in the following table: CEFs working directly in Community Education CEFs working outside the area of community...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (18 Apr 2023)

Niall Collins: My Department has been advised by the Deputy's office that this question relates to Youthreach provision in the south Clondalkin area. The Youthreach programme aims to provide young early school leavers with the knowledge, skills and confidence required to participate fully in society and progress to further education, training and employment. My officials have contacted Dublin and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Official Engagements (18 Apr 2023)

Niall Collins: My schedule did not include a visit to the University of Malaya but I did visit the Universiti Teknologi MARA, the largest higher education institution in Malaysia. In addition, I also had a bilateral meeting with the Malaysian Minister for Higher Education, Khaled Nordin, where, inter alia, we discussed the long-standing education links between Malaysia and Ireland, the role of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (30 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: The number of places in Further Education and Training (FET) are due to increase in line with the 12 national system targets as set out in the Strategic Performance Agreements 2022-2024 and the national system report. In these 12 areas, there are projected increases of between 6.7% and 24%, with an overall aim of ensuring a minimum of a 10% increase from 2019 levels by the end of 2024. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (30 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: As the Deputy will be aware, where an Education and Training Board (ETB) or PLC college employs personal assistants to provide services under the Fund for Students with Disabilities (FSD), responsibility for the terms of employment rests with the individual ETB/ Further Education College. SOLAS provides FSD funding to the ETBs who manage the funding allocations to PLC colleges for services...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (30 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: There are over 3,300 adult education tutors employed across the 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs). There is no specific public sector grade of adult education tutor and tutors are paid on an hourly rate basis, generally at the unqualified teacher rate. While progress has been made across other issues for adult tutors, the claim from SIPTU and TUI to align adult education tutors to a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (30 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: 113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is any grant scheme for solar panels (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15887/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Renewable Energy Generation (30 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any grant scheme for solar panels (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15886/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (30 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can avail of employment in the Irish education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15912/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (29 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15686/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: 218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can advise if ACRES will reopen later in 2023 for applications, and if someone did not submit an ACRES application in 2022 and is not on the scheme this year, can they still apply if opened again later in the year and be accepted if they meet the criteria of the scheme for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Disability Services (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: On behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. The HSE provides specialist disability services, including day services and rehabilitative training, to people with disabilities who require them. While day service funding does not include transport, some transport supports are provided by the HSE or funded agencies on a discretionary...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Disability Services (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: I will flag the specific case that the Deputy has raised with my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Harris, and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to make them aware of it and to highlight not only the reply that I have given him, but also what the Deputy has raised, that being, the inconsistent approach around the country. I thank the Deputy for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: I had intended to make the point that each school can take account of the learning needs of children, as evidenced by performance in schools but also supported where relevant by information is provided regarding the nature of a condition a pupil may have. A process is available where schools can seek a review of their special education teaching allocation by the NCSE, including the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: Nearly all of them.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: I am not in a position to give the Deputy a time span here and now. I have given her the chronology of events, of which she is well aware. Indeed, she has told me that she followed the case and has read the judgments. Suffice it to say that I can make the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, well aware of the concerns the Deputy has articulated in the House this evening. I have nothing further...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: On behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, I thank Deputy Murnane O'Connor for raising this issue as it gives me an opportunity to outline the current position regarding special education provision. At the outset, I will stress that enabling students with additional needs to receive an education appropriate to their needs is an ongoing priority for this Government. My colleague,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: Housing for All is a clear priority for Government and we are committed to delivering on the targets across all pathways of the plan. The delivery of social and affordable homes is central to the plan and is expected to comprise approximately half of housing delivery over the next decade. The provision of individual local authority targets and the development of housing delivery action...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (28 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: On behalf of the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, I thank Deputy Connolly for providing an opportunity to update the House regarding the recent Court of Appeal ruling on the policy directive introducing a ban on trawling inside the six-nautical mile limit and the events leading up to this ruling. As the House may be aware, in December 2018, following a public consultation process in which over...