Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific equipment used by her Department when completing acoustic assessments in a classroom; the formal training provided to personnel in advance of performing such an assessment; the reason that funding is not automatically provided for silencers for every primary school classroom in which there is a child with a diagnosed hearing impairment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5680/22]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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In relation to the Deputy’s question concerning acoustic assessments and associated training, this is a matter for the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) which I have referred for direct reply.

Schools may utilise existing funding streams from the Department, such as the Minor Works Grant, to provide chair silencers, if these are recommended.

Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in transferring the land for a proposed amenity (details supplied) from her Department to the Department of Health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5703/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is in discussions with the HSE regarding the disposal of a site to the HSE, which is part of an existing school site, for the development of a primary care centre. The proposals being discussed are to include the provision of facilities for use by the school. The details of this proposal are currently being finalised by my Department with the HSE. When the details are finalised my Department will proceed to progress the disposal of the site to the HSE in line with the protocols for the disposal of property sites between State bodies and subject to the sanction of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.