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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2013
337. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the amount paid in State subsidies to fee charging schools for the 2012/13 academic year. [24024/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2013
336. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of teachers who receive an annual gross pay that exceeded €100,000 annually in the 2011/12 academic year. [24023/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2013
335. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of third level lecturers who receive an annual take-home pay based on salary and allowances that exceeded €100,000 annually in the 2011-12 academic year. [24022/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2013
334. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of personnel working within his Department and FÁS who received an annual take-home pay based on salary and allowances that exceeded €100,000 annually in the 2012-13 academic year. [24021/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2013
333. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fully implement the national energy efficiency action plan; and the estimated savings should these measures be applied to all school buildings. [24020/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2013
332. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent by the State in subsidising third level fees for the 2012-13 academic year. [24019/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2013
331. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the savings that would be made if an annual salary cap of €100,000 were applied to the wages of all teaching staff, third level lecturers and all other personnel employed by his Department. [24018/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2013
330. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to increasing the academic year to a third semester; and the potential savings to be accrued from implementing such a measure. [24017/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2013
329. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's annual spend to maintain the school inspectorate system at primary and post primary level. [24016/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2013
328. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the annual budget spent on employing school inspectors at primary and post-primary level; if he will list in tabular form the number of inspectors employed by his Department on an annual basis; and if he will provide a breakdown of their salary scales. [24015/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2013
312. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to fears that highly successful specialised courses that have been developed and run by Ballyfermot College, Dublin, will be jeopardised as a result of the college losing 10-12% of its teaching staff because of the proposed increase to the pupil teacher ratio. [23649/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2013
311. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason higher education students are ineligible for receiving maintenance grants and not afforded the same rights and privileges as students taking higher education courses in other colleges in the 26 counties. [23648/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2013
310. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether Ballyfermot College, Dublin, which has a world renowned reputation for developing highly specialised and innovative courses at the right level and duration for specified industries, can survive if continually restrained from developing and delivering the types of courses that it has derived so much success from. [23647/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2013
309. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills what will happen to BTEC HND, higher level 6, NQF, courses and the two honours degree programmes, level 8 NQF, which account for over 60% of all programmes delivered in Ballyfermot College, Dublin, should specialised teaching staff be lost to the college as a result of the proposed change to the pupil teacher ratio. [23646/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2013
117. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the responses he has received from banks following the Mercer report; the proposals each bank has made to reduce its remuneration by 6-10% including a breakdown of their proposals regarding cuts to each of those earning less than €100,000, of those earning between €100,000 and €200,000, of those earning between €200,000 and €300,000 and of those earning more than €300,000. [23954/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2013
100. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance if, when banks increase the standard variable mortgage rate on a mortgage that is 90 days or more in arrears, they are automatically assessed to not have provided a sustainable solution to the distressed borrower in the context of the target for banks to have offered at least 20% of their distressed mortgage borrowers sustainable solutions by the end of June 2013. [23953/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2013
38. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment’s (CPT) report into prison conditions between 31 May to 13 June 2011 in Spain, which was released on 30 April 2013; which found that some Basque political prisoners were subject to mistreatment and torture in Spanish prisons; and if he will raise the issue with the Spanish Government. [23239/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2013
31. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent statements from the Russia and American Governments in which they agreed to work together to end the Syrian conflict and host an international conference on the issue in search of peace; and his views on whether this is a positive step. [23226/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2013
94. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand access to the rail network across the State; and his views on recent EU statements which indicate a move towards increased privatisation of rail networks which would only make the State's limited service worse. [22905/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2013
81. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide specific details of the total amount of money spent to date on development of the National Sports Campus; the way the funds were spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22852/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 May 2013
240. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline, specifically, which administrative services will the NCCA be able to provide to COGG, in Irish, to a standard equal to that in English; if he had examined whether these services would be available in Irish prior to the decision being made to merge COGG with the NCCA; if he will reconsider this decision as to whether it would be preferable to reverse the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22218/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 May 2013
239. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the office, and employees of the Council for Gaeltacht Education, and Irish Medium Education will not be located in the offices of the NCCA, but that the offices of COGG will be a satellite, located in a separate building, as it is internationally recognised that a dominant language, will impact upon minor languages, and because there will be far more people working for the NCCA which will mean that there be a threat to Irish as the working language of COGG; if he will reconsider this decision as to whether it would be preferable to reverse this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22217/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 May 2013
114. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the excessive waiting times for outpatient appointments across our hospital system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22555/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 May 2013
96. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the roll out of the promised 20 primary care centres at different locations across the State; the number and details of the additional primary care centres that are being provided by direct capital expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22557/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2013
90. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will be implementing a recommendation of the International Review Panel on initial teacher education that has called on the State to monitor the quality of entrants to all Initial Teacher Education providers, including private ones; the reason the number of entrants to publicly funded institutions remains capped while private-sector numbers remain uncapped at a time when many graduate teachers are unemployed. [21978/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2013
89. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to the criticism of the International Review Panel on Initial Teacher Education that there is an over-reliance on part-time ITE staff and that casualisation is not conducive to high-quality outcomes, particularly in the area of research and systematic quality improvement. [21977/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2013
88. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the findings of the International Review Panel on Initial Education and the recommendations it makes for reform of the current system which if implemented should enhance teacher professionalism by increasing the research capacity of providers of initial teacher education. [21976/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 May 2013
84. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms in place to ensure that children who have been adopted or fostered are not disadvantaged from enrolling in local schools where their is a high demand due to their inability to enrol at an early age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21613/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 May 2013
185. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms that are in place to ensure that children who have been adopted or fostered are not disadvantaged from enrolling in local schools where there is a high demand due to their inability to enrol at an early age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21516/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 May 2013
45. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he intends to bring forward legislation or amending legislation to facilitate separate family law courts. [20852/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 May 2013
193. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce an amendment to section 37 of the Employment Equality Act that is needed to enshrine in legislation the rights of lesbian, gay and bisexual teachers; and his plans to include provision that will also protect the rights of transgender teachers. [17568/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 May 2013
108. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of existing personnel who have gained experience administering third level grants under Student Universal Support Ireland during the past 12 months who are to be retained by SUSI for the 2013-14 academic year; and the total number of personnel to be employed by SUSI to process grants when the new cycle of grant applications commence. [20609/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 May 2013
51. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular form, the number of assistant fire chiefs who were employed in local authorities in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the cost per year. [20497/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 May 2013
7. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason some unfinished estates were excluded from liability for the property tax and some in similar conditions were not. [20493/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 2013
112. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the drilling rigs at Catherline bog, County Limerick; if his attention has been drawn to the purpose of these rigs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20189/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 April 2013
25. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will discuss the current functioning of the board of Údarás na Gaeltachta; if the board has met yet and in particular if he will make a statement to Dáil Éireann on the representation of Donegal County Council on the board of Údarás; and if he will provide a timescale as to when all places on the board of the Údarás are likely to be filled. [19291/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 April 2013
21. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the recent controversy surrounding the Cork Film Festival and the resignations that followed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19370/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 April 2013
103. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if persons who have worked in the education sector and have availed of retirement under the terms of the Croke Park 1 deal are barred from returning in any way to public service or receiving payments for constituency work, training teachers, principals, deputy principals or school/college management in-service training or delivery of continual personal development of any kind. [19469/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 April 2013
102. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if retired principals are being employed by his Department, the vocational education committees or directly by schools or colleges to provide continual personal development in-service training for teachers; and if he will provide in tabular form the money paid to retired teachers providing this service on an individual basis for the past two years. [19468/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 April 2013
38. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the implementation of the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2007-2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18847/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 April 2013
35. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Social Protection the number and locations through which her Department operates; the amount being paid in rent for each unit for each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18846/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 April 2013
115. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the jobs that have been secured for each county by each of the trade missions in the past 12 months. [18634/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 April 2013
109. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the stage at which the creation of the new local enterprise offices are at; and when will they be functioning. [18635/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 April 2013
43. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the TUI's rejection of the Croke Park II agreement; and if he will review the current proposals tabled by the Labour Relations Commission in the view of the anger expressed by teachers to cuts and changes to employment conditions imposed across the second level sector. [17561/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 April 2013
23. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures, if any, he intends to implement in response a report into the 55 private fee-charging schools in the State which have more than €81m in discretionary income to spend on extra teachers, ancillary staff, state-of-the-art facilities and extra-curricular activities; and his plans to reduce or end the paying of State subsidies to these schools. [17562/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 April 2013
2. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of students who in 2012-13 were refused a waiver by the State Examinations Commission for the assessment of spelling, grammar and punctuation in language subjects when sitting their leaving certificate examination; the number of these children who were granted a waiver to assist them when sitting their junior certificate examination; and if he has the authority to intervene directly and overrule a decision of the State Examinations Commission when disputed cases are appealed. [17828/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 April 2013
1294. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of people currently waiting for hip-replacement operations in the public health system; and the percentage that have been waiting for this operation for more than six months and for more than 12 months. [17191/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 April 2013
1094. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will respond to the findings of an evaluation of an early years service that is coordinated by Childhood Development Initiative which showed that in countries such as Finland, well-funded pre-school supports can help children overcome many of the barriers that otherwise prevent them from achieving their potential at school; and if she has plans to implement some of the findings contained in the report. [11747/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 April 2013
141. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the cross-departmental consultations on the proposed new children and young people's policy framework have concluded as anticipated by end of March, 2013; if the analysis of the public consultation is nearing completion; her now anticipated time-frame for the publication of the new policy framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17275/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 March 2013
103. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he accepts the advice of the special education support service, as presented in its document, Special Education Support Service Information on Autism, which outlines the way his Department should provide ongoing supervised training from professionally qualified behaviour analysts to teachers working with children; and if his Department does not provide this type of supervision, the reason guidelines issued by the SESS are being ignored. [15793/13]