Questions asked 44 total

• Education 21 questions

  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the level of student accommodation in cities and towns to address the chronic shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32159/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he plans to address the shortage of school places for children with autism at primary and second-level schools in the midlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32139/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if class sizes will be reduced by one in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32140/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if all middle management posts lost in schools during the recession years will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32141/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide for a minimum of one leadership and management release day per week to enable teaching principals to meet other demands and responsibilities associated with their role. [32142/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the outstanding payment of the 2008 award to principals and deputy principals will be ensured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32143/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the criteria in respect of allocating release time and administrative status to principals of special schools and principals of schools with two or more special classes will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32144/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the student enrolment bands of small primary rural schools with three and four teachers will be decreased in order to support them in attaining additional teaching staff and counteracting issues pertaining to overcrowding in classrooms and class splits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32145/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the school capitation grant will be restored to the pre-2010 level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32146/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if all new apprenticeship programmes developed since 2017 will receive the same allowances for apprentices attending college as apprenticeships developed prior to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32148/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeships developed since 2017 [32149/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices enrolled per apprenticeship programme developed since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32150/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if equality will be ensured in respect to allowances for all apprenticeships in budget 2020; the estimated cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32151/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of women who took up apprenticeships since 2016, in tabular form. [32152/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he plans to take to increase the number of women taking up apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32153/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in attaining the target of 31,000 apprenticeships by 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32154/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if apprenticeship fees will be abolished at third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32155/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase investment in SUSI grants in terms of adjacent, non-adjacent and postgraduate rates to alleviate the financial hardship of students from low-income families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32156/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the numbers of counselling psychologists at third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32157/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the implementation of a peer-led support programme to assist students experiencing mental health issues in third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32158/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of negotiations between his Department and a representative trade union; if improved terms and conditions such as access to a basic pension and sick pay will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33123/19]
• Health 17 questions

  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if €18 million in funding will be allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in budget 2020 towards community supports and home care for persons with dementia. [32099/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the national cancer strategy in its entirety. [32100/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to remove inpatient charges for cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32101/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the drugs payment scheme threshold for families in which a member of the family has been diagnosed with cancer and for single persons with a cancer diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32102/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to remove the prescription charge for persons with a cancer diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32103/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to introducing the reduced car parking charges for cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32104/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the national cancer strategy key performance indicators which have been met to date; the other indicators being prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32105/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to completely centralise cancer surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32106/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that general practitioners treating cancer patients have direct access to diagnostics and are enabled to make e-referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32107/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement a skin cancer prevention action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32108/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount to be allocated to counties Laois and Offaly in respect of services for persons with lymphoedema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32109/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to make funding available to an organisation (details supplied) in County Laois which assists patients with lymphoedema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32110/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if €18 million in funding will be allocated to a society (details supplied) in budget 2020 towards supports and community care for patients with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32147/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take with the HSE and if he will request it to suspend its plans to abolish the rehabilitative training allowance for disabled school leavers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33125/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if home help hours and home care packages will be increased in counties Laois and Offaly for the elderly and persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33126/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if speech and language services and occupational therapy services will be increased for children with disabilities who are waiting long periods of time to access the services in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33127/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the health (transport support) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33165/19]
• Employment 2 questions

  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the back to education allowance will be increased by 5%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32160/19]
  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review regarding community employment schemes and eligibility of participants to continue on the schemes until they reach State pension age has been carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33124/19]
• Finance 1 question

  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if the increased industry funding levy on credit unions will be opposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33132/19]
• Communications 1 question

  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of obtaining funding from the EU coal regions in transition platform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33121/19]
• Rural 1 question

  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to allocate extra funding to local improvement schemes; and if so, when funding will be allocated. [33131/19]
• Housing 1 question

  • 2019-07-23 Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if Edenderry and Tullamore, County Offaly, will be designated as rent pressure zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33130/19]