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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (17 Dec 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of his announcement in relation to a school (details supplied) during his visit to the school on 21 November 2019; and if his announcement will result in additional places being available beyond the planned intake of 180 in September 2020. [53162/19]

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

Brendan Ryan: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to open ASD units using the recent changes in legislation that no longer require consent from a school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53190/19]

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

Brendan Ryan: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on schools refusing to educate children with complex needs through ASD units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53191/19]

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

Brendan Ryan: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the needs of all children are planned for or just the neurotypical population when considering changing demographics in growing areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53192/19]

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

Brendan Ryan: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether schools should be engaging with parents to inform them of their special educational needs policies and facilities for children with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53194/19]

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

Brendan Ryan: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the additional stress to both pupils with special needs and their parents when no school places are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53195/19]

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

Brendan Ryan: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if ASD units are automatically considered when schools require extensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53193/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (12 Dec 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the need for a permanent extended scheme (details supplied) in view of the destruction of properties, public amenities and the dune system at the location in recent months; and if funding will be approved for proposals which are due to be submitted by Fingal County Council. [52469/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (10 Dec 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a primary school for the Donabate peninsula, County Dublin (details supplied); if a cost-benefit analysis has been carried out to justify the extra expense in building the school on private lands as opposed to public lands; the policy in respect of constructing schools on privately-owned lands when there is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Dec 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if alternative arrangements will be made by which there are no provisions for students due to sit examinations and due to unforeseen circumstances are hospitalised as an emergency and in many cases have no alternative to leave hospital to sit examinations in no fit conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49938/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (3 Dec 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the backlog that exists in processing applications for PPS numbers; the impact it is having on employers seeking to recruit critical skills shortages particularly in the building trades; the way in which she plans to address the problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (21 Nov 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the extra carriages planned for 2021 will be provided for the northern line; the way in which the carriages will impact on frequency; if the existing platform infrastructure is capable of servicing extra carriages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48150/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Status (21 Nov 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the works taking place in relation to Metrolink; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48151/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 Nov 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the provision of a regular bus service from Portrane and Donabate, County Dublin to the city centre will be reviewed to ease the congestion and burden on the rail service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48152/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (20 Nov 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that utility companies are adding VAT onto the total charge of consumption, including the carbon tax, indicating that VAT is being charged on the carbon tax itself; if this was the intention of the carbon tax when it was constituted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47997/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (19 Nov 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines issued for driving in bus lanes in 2017 and 2018, in tabular form. [47397/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Properties (13 Nov 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Thornton Hall lands in County Dublin earmarked previously for a prison; if the lands are still in public ownership; if so, if offers from community groups for temporary use of the land will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46731/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide temporary accommodation to a school (details supplied) to meet the capacity needs for the incoming intake of pupils for September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46495/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Postal Voting (6 Nov 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many older persons, persons with long-term illnesses and those who are housebound feel angry and discriminated against due to the fact that they are unable to vote in elections and are unable to get to a Garda station to have a postal vote form verified; and the way in which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Oct 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 17 September 2019, if the accommodation brief has been finalised; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43892/19]