1387. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the persons she will appoint to the advisory group on early years education; the date on which the group will be established; and the date on which the group will report back to her. [34064/14]
1377. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement she has had with companies regarding the sale of fizzy drinks and use of vending machines in schools; the names of the companies she has met with; and the number of times she has met with them. [33940/14]
1376. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the names of skills that are in the process of changing or plan to change patronage; their current patrons and prospective patrons. [33939/14]
1375. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of cases and litigation that comes within the parameters of the O'Keeffe judgment; and the implications of this for the State. [33918/14]
1374. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the work of her Department's representative to the subcommittee of the interdepartmental implementation group on Children First; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33917/14]
1371. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have vending machines in operation; the amount of revenue received by each of these schools for each vending machine; her plans to introduce legislation to ban unhealthy foods being stocked in vending machines in schools or ban the use of vending machines altogether. [33914/14]
1370. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the 13,000 plus potential applicants still eligible to apply for support or payments from Caranua have received sufficient information to ensure that people were not deterred from applying and were aware of how to apply as per the previous Minister's commitment to do so. [33907/14]
1369. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have made applications to Caranua to date; the number of persons who have been refused payments; the number who have received payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33904/14]
1368. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of expenditure of Caranua of office running costs, external contractors, ICT spend and staff salaries since its establishment. [33899/14]
1367. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if staff salaries in Caranua are funded from the €110 million allocated to the body or from other Exchequer funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33898/14]
1366. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have received advocacy assistance from Caranua since it was established; and what that entailed for each of those persons. [33896/14]
1364. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the external agencies engaged by Caranua; the cost of these services; if the costs of these external services are covered by funds from the National Treasury Management Agency. [33892/14]
1363. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of people who made applications for funds from Caranua for educational courses and were refused on the basis the cost was over €5,000; the cost of the courses applied for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33891/14]
1362. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a memorial for survivors of institutional abuse. [33890/14]
1361. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the groups which the CEO of Caranua has met with since its establishment; and the dates on which they have met them. [33889/14]
1360. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will bring forward her review of the eligibility criteria for applying to Caranua’s funds which is scheduled for 2015. [33888/14]
1359. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funds given to Caranua so far; the dates on which the moneys were transferred; the schedule for delivery of outstanding funds. [33887/14]
1357. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the premises of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick due to the rapid population growth in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33863/14]
1356. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school principals who retired in 2013 and 2014; the number of those who have been replaced; the number of those positions still vacant and advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33862/14]
1355. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers and principals expected to retire in 2014 and in 2015; and the plans to address this. [33861/14]
1354. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which she will introduce legislation to ensure that students in the asylum process are able to avail of higher education grants and are charged the same fees as Irish citizens. [33860/14]
1353. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the input that second level students have had into the development of the students' charter to date. [33859/14]
1352. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the dates on which she will publish the students' charter and the parents' charter. [33858/14]
1351. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to get second level students more involved in policy changes; and the ways in which this will differ from the current set up. [33857/14]
1350. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to improve early years education in order to improve the rates of disadvantaged students progressing to higher level education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33856/14]
1345. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of the digital schools strategy. [33785/14]
1344. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the circular used to provide guidance on teacher ratios for schools, small schools, Gaeltacht schools and minority religious ethos schools. [33771/14]
1343. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing the ratio for a fourth teacher in Gaeltacht schools from 86:4 to 76:4; the number of extra teachers that would need to be employed to do same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33770/14]
1342. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the schools that have fewer than 100 pupils throughout the State; their patrons; their locations; and if they are gaelscoileanna. [33769/14]
1334. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend the criteria for assessing liability for fees at third level in order that they are based on residency rather than citizenship of a potential/current student in order to bring the State in to line with its European counterparts. [33710/14]
1333. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an overview of any changes that have taken place to the PhD framework during this Government’s lifetime including any consolidation and collaboration among providers. [33708/14]
1330. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the exact title of the review of the DEIS scheme that is referred to in the Programme for Government. [33702/14]
1328. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the status of the Grangegorman DIT relocation project and the date on which this will be completed. [33699/14]
1327. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has commissioned a white paper on divestment of patronage in schools; the persons tasked to draft this paper; the date on which it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33698/14]
1325. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists in the National Educational Psychological Service and when this number will be increased. [33696/14]
1324. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which she will publish a plan for the implementation of the EPSEN Act 2004. [33695/14]
1323. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the negotiations for the transfer of school infrastructure currently owned by 18 religious orders cited in Ryan report. [33694/14]
1322. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the use of shared educational campuses. [33693/14]
1321. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been an overhaul of her Department's central database of school accommodation to ensure a complete inventory of school buildings and associated structures is maintained. [33692/14]
1320. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has a target date on which no school will be renting prefabs. [33691/14]
1319. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of dedicated literacy mentors working with teachers in disadvantaged primary schools. [33690/14]
1318. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the changes in pre-service and in-service training in teaching of literacy for all primary and secondary school teachers during the past three years. [33689/14]
1317. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which every school will be required to have a literacy action plan with demonstrable outcomes. [33688/14]
1316. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the national literacy strategy for children and young people with school level targets. [33687/14]
1312. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to change the system for evaluating schools; and the information she plans to make available to parents. [33641/14]
1311. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the changes in professional development for maths and science teachers that have taken place since 2012; and any future planned changes. [33640/14]
1310. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to require schools to draw five year development plans for their schools and individual teachers. [33639/14]
1309. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Programme for Government commitment to allow greater freedom and autonomy to school principals and boards to raise educational standards by devolving more responsibility locally, with greater freedom to allocate and manage staff with required flexibility and to delegate management responsibilities to teachers as school priorities require. [33638/14]
1308. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department has drawn on top performing education models, such as Finland, as set out in the programme for Government. [33637/14]