458. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any specific legislative or constitutional bar preventing her from introducing legislation requiring all schools to introduce generic school uniforms. [42964/14]
455. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that ask their students to wear generic school uniforms. [42940/14]
454. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which her Department will publish a plan on the way aspects of the EPSEN Act may be implemented. [42897/14]
453. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in the implementation by her Department of Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. [42890/14]
327. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress in the implementation by his Department of Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. [42892/14]
326. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which the early years strategy will be published. [42887/14]
325. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce a central statutory register of child minders. [42886/14]
321. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of students during each of the last five years for whom the National Education Welfare Board has failed to find school places and the way in which their education was catered for; the number of these students who were excluded from other schools; the number of students who missed eight weeks or more of school time as a result of the length of time taken to find them a place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43043/14]
302. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce a legislative provision equivalent to section 75 in the Northern Ireland Act 1998 that is in place in Northern Ireland. [42963/14]
295. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in the implementation by her Department of Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. [42891/14]
120. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the location of the medical records, including the birth registers and the theatre registers, for each year from 1950 to 2007, inclusive, relating to maternity and obstetric services formerly provided at St Finbarr's Hospital, Cork, under arrangements pursuant to maternity services legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42750/14]
209. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the training on suicide prevention available for teachers during training and as CPD; the number of teachers currently employed who have undergone suicide prevention training. [42540/14]
205. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the value for money report on small primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42499/14]
204. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of sites that remain to be transferred to her Department under the 2002 indemnity agreement with the religious orders; the locations of these sites; the dates on which the transfers will take place. [42495/14]
203. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of sites or properties acquired by her Department or with assistance from her Department from the National Asset Management Agency; their locations and cost to the Exchequer. [42490/14]
201. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who availed of the home tuition scheme during each of the past five years. [42485/14]
200. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pregnant teenagers who availed of the home tuition scheme during each of the past five years; the number of these students who applied scheme having been asked to not attend their school by principals or teaching staff. [42484/14]
181. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the application for lottery funding by Mayfield CDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42599/14]
160. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy on children participating in religious ceremonies, such as confirmations, during school hours. [42296/14]
159. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to parents or patrons who wish to establish primary schools and secondary schools. [42290/14]
138. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [42403/14]
18. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance his views on reducing VAT on school e-books in order to reduce back-to-school costs for parents. [37922/14]
926. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to make it easier for persons in Border regions attending education in the other jurisdictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41954/14]
925. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students from this jurisdiction who have attended third level education in the north of Ireland during each of the past five years; and the number of students from the north of Ireland who have attended third level education in this jurisdiction during those years. [41953/14]
924. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons refused Student Universal Support Ireland assistance since its establishment on the basis that they could not provide sufficient documentation to SUSI to verify their place of residence. [41952/14]
923. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the difficulties presented for students applying for Student Universal Support Ireland assistance who cannot prove their address as they do not have a lease agreement or utility bill in their own name; and if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it would not be unusual for many persons to not have a lease agreement or utility bill in their own name. [41951/14]
920. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the purchase or development of new school buildings and site for a school (details supplied) in County Galway. [41911/14]
919. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; her further views that the current resource hour allocation is insufficient to meet their educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41895/14]
916. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who applied for the special rate of grant from the Student Universal Support Ireland since its establishment, but who were refused on the basis that one of their parents was in receipt of illness benefit. [41882/14]
915. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to rectify the anomaly within procedures for assessing entitlement for the special rate of the Student Universal Support Ireland grant, particularly in circumstances where a parent is in receipt of illness benefit but has actually lost their job and cannot receive the special rate of grant. [41881/14]
904. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to an address to the Catholic Primary School Management Association in March 2014 by the Secretary General of her Department, in which it was stated that as a result of the discussions between the church and her Department, progress had been made on the divesting of a small number of schools which would begin in autumn 2014 and continue into 2015 and that she will provide details of these at a later stage in the year, if she will provide these details including the names of the schools concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41624/14]
893. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a board of management is obliged to provide information to a parent in a case where a teacher is disciplined following a negative interaction with a student; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41506/14]
892. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the Deputies and Senators who currently have teaching positions held open for them in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41505/14]
891. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that children who cannot attend a recognised school and are not receiving education at home and are too young for Youthreach; the methods used to cater to these students' education needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41502/14]
854. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the European funding streams that are available to assist Traveller education; if her Department has accessed this funding; the amount received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41067/14]
853. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams available to programmes providing Traveller education. [41066/14]
555. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children under age 15 who have left the school system during each of the past five years who were not on the register of children receiving education in a recognised school. [41501/14]
188. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies for language teachers throughout the State; the schools in which same are located; the language subject for the position advertised; her views on the shortage of language teachers; and her plans to rectify this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39515/14]
129. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the education and training boards who have notified her or her Department of their intention to apply for overdraft facilities; the stage at which these processes are currently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39508/14]
128. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of 16 year olds and the number of 17 year olds currently not in full-time education. [39507/14]
312. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the proposed changes designed to speed up the planning process and the way this will aid schools in the planning system. [38975/14]
280. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her Department's work on developing plans for a parents' and students' charter; the date on which they expect a consultation process to begin; the date on which the charter will be in force. [39271/14]
279. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason organisations outside of the State were not recognised as awarding bodies for the purposes of awarding English language qualifications within the State. [39270/14]
278. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the role of ACELS in quality assurance for bodies outside of the State for the purposes of facilitating the recognition in the State of awards of those bodies. [39269/14]
277. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many English language schools and education providers have a number of concerns regarding the new regulations; and her views on same. [39268/14]
276. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding MEI being viewed as a quality assurance organisation for language providers; if she acknowledges MEI would have a vested interest in assuring the number of language providers in the State be reduced. [39267/14]
275. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of English language schools which have closed and which were registered with ACELS or QQI at their time of closing. [39266/14]