141. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she or her Department have legal grounds to prevent a school closure or amalgamation; and the legal provision in which this is contained. [6169/15]
114. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of reversing the cuts to the school completion programme which were implemented under this Government. [6176/15]
560. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools and the number of secondary schools that are currently without access to broadband; the number of these schools that are in rural areas; and the percentage of total schools this equates to. [6157/15]
549. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined the possibility of introducing a grant scheme to purchase bicycles under the school transport scheme; and if further consideration to same will be given. [6020/15]
547. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received the value for money review of small rural schools; the date on which it will be published; the reasons for the delay in this; the persons responsible for conducting the review and drafting the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6018/15]
545. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the introduction of cluster policies for small schools as set out in the Irish Primary Principals' Network's report entitled New Horizons for Smaller Schools. [5997/15]
544. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics, STEM, subjects in schools; and her further plans to promote them specifically to girls of primary school age. [5996/15]
543. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications currently in the schools building programme; and the number of applications currently progressing through architectural planning,on a county-by-county basis. [5995/15]
539. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that currently do not have a physical education hall. [5979/15]
532. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10 have been provided with pre-approval to change their status, so that they can accept boys for admission after first class; if she approved this change; if her further attention has been drawn to the fact that a survey carried out in all the schools returned findings of 74% of parents who were against the introduction of co-education; if her attention was drawn to this when she approved this change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5928/15]
509. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the building in which a school (details supplied) in County Dublin is currently housed could be re-purposed as a special educational school when the school goes to its new premises at Castleland later this year, as requested by members of the local community. [5698/15]
505. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost of abolishing fees for part-time postgraduate courses. [5649/15]
202. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 3 February 2015, if she will provide, in tabular form, the dates on which all library and archiving related JobBridge positions in publicly funded bodies were advertised and the date on which employment in each of these positions commenced since the establishment of the JobBridge scheme. [6055/15]
179. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if, under the proposed Gender Recognition Bill 2014, a person can have his or her birth certificate amended to reflect his or her preferred gender identity. [5675/15]
527. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 21 January 2015, the manner in which this issue is being examined; the persons responsible for examining it; and if she has set a date for receiving a report on the matter. [4719/15]
184. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of all library and archiving related JobBridge positions in publicly funded bodies since the establishment of the scheme, including their duration and location. [4452/15]
114. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who availed of the voluntary redundancy scheme in 2013 and 2014; and if these teachers were primary, secondary, or third level, in tabular form. [4017/15]
470. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on discussions with teachers since the strike action on 22 January 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3703/15]
434. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the annual budget the Student Universal Support Ireland has for advertising and for communications each year since its establishment. [3408/15]
339. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent Health Information and Quality Authority reports into centres run by an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork; if a timeframe for rectifying issues that HIQA identified has been provided; the number of persons who may have been subject to assault in these centres; if there are plans to address staffing issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3309/15]
324. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of introducing a universal pre-school session of 3.5 hours per day, five days a week for all children aged between three and five years. [3328/15]
143. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has spoken to the Teaching Council regarding the potential for introducing a streamlined approach for teacher training colleges to find places for their students' teaching practice placements in view of the projected increase in numbers and the current lack of a standardised approach. [3349/15]
142. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties in getting teachers to agree to facilitate a student for a ten-week teaching placement in view of the fact that they believe the length is overly disruptive on the yearly plans of work; and if she has spoken to the Teaching Council regarding this matter. [3350/15]
140. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views regarding Kildare Wicklow Education Training Board's failure to meet parents of pupils in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare, and its general lack of communication; if she will meet with parents of pupils in the school; and if she will ensure primary and post-primary students will not have to share a building. [3353/15]
127. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has had discussions with the Department of Justice and Equality on the matter of the recent High Court ruling on English language schools; and if she will provide an update on this matter. [3351/15]
118. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received the report from a person (details supplied) following the consultation process with stakeholders in Waterford IT and Carlow IT; and if she will provide an update on her plans to establish a technological university in the south east. [3352/15]
202. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to rectify the anomaly concerning dates of employment for students who find themselves in a situation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2978/15]
196. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the reduction in junior infant intake in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2920/15]
195. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the survey conducted by the Educational Research Centre at the request of her Department that required the collection of PPS numbers could have been done without collecting PPS numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2915/15]
190. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost of reinstating teaching qualification allowances for new beneficiaries in the public sector which were removed in January 2011. [2883/15]
547. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if Student Universal Support Ireland disregards exceptional needs payments when assessing entitlement to grants. [2789/15]
546. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if Student Universal Support Ireland disregards mortgage interest supplement when assessing entitlement to grants. [2788/15]
541. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's official position on multigrade classrooms in schools and the research and evidence it uses to inform this position. [2698/15]
538. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has reviewed the statistics concerning numbers of students who were awarded Student Universal Support Ireland grants for 2014/2015 who had not received payments by December 2014 and January 2015; her plans to address procedures where SUSI did not allocate payment due to errors on its part. [2693/15]
537. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who were awarded Student Universal Support Ireland grants for 2014/2015 who had not yet received payments on 14 January 2015. [2692/15]
506. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a situation that arose in the passport office where a person attended to get an Irish passport for their child, who is entitled to it by virtue of section 6A(1) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, as their father was resident here under stamp 4 conditions for at least three out of the four years prior to their birth, and the staff in the passport office refused to accept the application and stated they would have to consult with GNIB as they were unfamiliar with this provision and believed only a child of an Irish citizen was entitled to an Irish passport; his views that staff in the passport office are not aware of these rules; and the steps he will take to ensure that this will not arise again. [2849/15]
213. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progression rate to third level from post-primary for students from Clondalkin. [2011/15]
992. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a progress report on the development of the boxing centre of excellence on Knocknaheeny Avenue, Knocknaheeny, County Cork. [49668/14]
843. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which teachers will receive the increments they are entitled to under Haddington Road agreement. [1551/15]
803. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any penalty for parents who do not supply PPS numbers of their children to schools as part of the school surveys of pupils on behalf of her Department. [1417/15]
799. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the legal threshold for excluding students from primary and post-primary schools on a temporary and permanent basis. [1367/15]
796. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the purchase of a site for the new community college in Carrigtwohill, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1349/15]
795. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a permanent building will be found for a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [1348/15]
791. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures in place to monitor use of public moneys provided to the Union of Students of Ireland. [1268/15]
784. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the starting salary grade for a newly employed teacher at both primary and post primary level for each year from 2005 to 2014; the available allowances to a newly employed teacher; if she has had discussions with Department officials or the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding reviewing this system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1084/15]
764. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the capital funding applications open to Salerno secondary school to fund the building of a multi-purpose sports and general activities hall at its site on Taylor's Hill in County Galway; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that planning permission has been granted and approved, a significant portion of funding has been raised locally and at present it has to ferry pupils to other such facilities at a great cost to the school and the Department; if there may be a possibility of joint funding a project with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport; and if that option has been investigated by her Department. [49562/14]
663. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the number of persons for whom the Health Service Executive has refused to fund Soliris during 2012, 2013 and 2014. [1345/15]
424. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 9 April 2014 when a reply will be provided. [1082/15]