568. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the commitments under the programme for Government for which her Department is responsible; the progress made to date with regard to each commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48045/14]
564. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a SOLAS course; and if a company has been paid to provide a service it will not now have to provide. [47925/14]
559. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the funding available under the special education support service, SESS, is under way; the date on which this review will be finalised; the number of schools in receipt of SESS funding during each of the past three years; and the number of schools which have applied for but not received SESS funding during each of those years. [47828/14]
557. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the education and training boards currently in receipt of overdraft facilities and their value; the education and training boards which have notified her or her Department of their intention to apply for overdraft facilities; the stage at which these processes are currently; and her plans to address the deficits in funds of the education and training boards in question. [47818/14]
412. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding allocated to early intervention schemes for 2014; the amount allocated for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48044/14]
406. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way she has supported the teaching of Irish Sign Language within the education system to date; and her plans to improve upon this. [47171/14]
405. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has met with the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government concerning the matter of the number of homeless students who are now rough sleeping in the Phoenix Park because the task force on students affected by the closure of private colleges has not addressed their needs. [47167/14]
404. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has met with the Department of Justice and Equality on the matter of visa issues for students following the closure of language schools they were registered at. [47163/14]
403. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost of a fund to fully subsidise the cost of attending courses for students transferring into MEI facilitated courses following the closure of language schools they were registered at. [47162/14]
402. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the €60 per week charge to students transferring in to Marketing English in Ireland-facilitated courses following the closure of language schools they were registered at is unaffordable for many students. [47161/14]
392. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has met officials from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to discuss the school completion programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46967/14]
391. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to the school completion programme during each year while it was the responsibility of her Department. [46966/14]
389. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department recognises the need for a new primary school in Pelletstown, Finglas, Dublin 11, in view of the increases in population in that area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46953/14]
387. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to the Irish Second Level Students Union during each year since 2009. [46914/14]
386. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to the National Parents Council during each year since 2009. [46913/14]
273. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the facilities that will be put in place to assist students affected by the closure of private colleges who wish to return to their home States but cannot afford to do so. [47168/14]
272. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the options open to students to recover moneys which were wrongfully taken from them by providers of English language courses when their colleges closed. [47166/14]
271. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding parties who have absconded with international students' moneys following the closure of private English language schools. [47165/14]
174. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the summer works scheme and funding allocated for forthcoming applications. [46686/14]
117. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to her statements that during the survey of social contexts of schools the data required were not in relation to the circumstances of individual pupils, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some schools including a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim have collected individualised information which they have stipulated will be shared with other State bodies in their correspondence with parents; the number of schools who have breached data protection regulations. [46511/14]
102. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the data protection measures in place in schools when they are holding information that contains students' personal public service numbers. [46401/14]
101. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the moneys spent on junior certificate marking during each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46396/14]
100. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected savings from introducing school-based assessment for the junior cycle. [46395/14]
162. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address WIT's preference to become a university outside the terms of her proposed technological universities Bill and the breakdown in talks with IT Carlow. [45417/14]
23. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has reviewed the proposal put forward by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to have the Student Universal Support Ireland application process reconfigured alongside the Central Applications Office process so that students will know whether they have financial support before beginning third level courses. [45123/14]
19. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who apply for Student Universal Support Ireland grants on the basis of illness benefit, having lost their jobs as a result of being out sick, are not allocated higher rates of the grant; and if she will rectify this anomaly. [45120/14]
16. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a survey carried out by the Irish Primary Principals Network which found that most parents are worse off financially now compared with last year and that half of schools had requested voluntary contributions from parents of more than €100; and her plans to actively address the issue of both primary and secondary schools requesting excessive amounts from parents. [45121/14]
15. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding she has allocated to the reform of the apprenticeship system and for introducing new apprenticeship schemes and expanding current schemes. [45119/14]
2. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out her plans to resolve the dispute with the teacher trade unions regarding her proposed reforms of the junior cycle. [45416/14]
145. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the essential electrical upgrade in respect of a site (details supplied) in County Cork, prioritised on health and safety grounds, will be carried out. [45444/14]
124. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the international and national research supporting the collection of data to create a social profile of every school, including the names and authors of any reports consulted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45431/14]
123. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the data protection measures that are in place regarding information concerning the survey of schools conducted by the Educational Research Centre at the request of her Department in conjunction with the NSCE; the other Departments or statutory bodies which this information will be shared with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45430/14]
575. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding Dublin Airport Authority's management of Cork Airport; and his views on same. [45218/14]
574. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to maximise Cork Airport's potential as a hub for improving business and increasing tourism in the Cork region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45217/14]
445. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to fee paying and to non-fee paying schools to introduce measures to make their schools accessible for students with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45160/14]
444. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policies for students with allergies in schools and provisions of epipens in schools. [45158/14]
439. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 8 October 2014, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the patron has not made this information available to the parents' representatives; the manner in which she asked the patron to make the information available; if they refused the request; if she will intervene to ensure that this information is made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45151/14]
310. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health his Department's policy on defibrillators in schools; the number of schools with no defibrillator; the number of schools with a defibrillator and no one trained to use it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45159/14]
305. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to ensure funding is secured to enable Childline to continue providing a 24 hour service. [45081/14]
191. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of jobs that will be created through each of the Government's projects for the Ireland 2016 events including in expanded museums and new interpretative centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44484/14]
144. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the availability of records relating to maternity and obstetric services formerly provided at St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork; if these specifically include the birth registers and the theatre registers for each year from 1950 to 2007, inclusive; and the name and address of the off-site storage facility where these records are now stored. [44542/14]
553. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to privatise the Jack Lynch tunnel including his plans for tolls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43936/14]
487. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to more than 50 students in India, Nepal, Vietnam, Pakistan and the Philippines who are owed tens of thousands of euro in fee refunds by a college (details supplied) operating in Dublin; her plans to clamp down on private colleges exploiting international students. [44337/14]
480. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have been awarded Student Universal Support Ireland grants for the 2014-15 year; and the number of students awarded grants but who had not received payment by 7 November 2014. [44232/14]
479. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who applied for Student Universal Support Ireland grants but had not received notification of their entitlement from Student Universal Support Ireland by 7 November 2014. [44231/14]
466. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if normal rules for the post-primary school transport scheme apply where a child is attending a school further away than their nearest education centre, having been excluded from the closest one available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43046/14]
465. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the provision made for students who are too young for Youthreach, and whom no local schools in their area will accept as a pupil. [43045/14]
464. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy on allowing schools to refuse entry to students who have been previously excluded from other schools. [43044/14]
459. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 1 October 2014, her Department's estimate of cost of full implementation of the EPSEN Act 2004. [42966/14]