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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2012
33. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to make any further changes to the top level appointments committee. [51551/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2012
143. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if any analysis or assessment has been carried out by his Department which projects the likely impact on access to higher education by persons in lower socio-economic groups as a result of recent cuts to maintenance grants and increases in registration fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51337/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2012
108. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in detail the process of outsourcing the scanning of grant application documents to a third party in County Cork; if a cost-benefit analysis was conducted prior to the awarding of the contract to the company; if the contract was put out to public tender; and the cost differential of outsourcing this element of the grant application process of Student Universal Support Ireland to delivering it in-house. [51342/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2012
105. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on claims by the National Adult Learning Organisation, AONTAS, that a lack of financial support and suitable course options are the biggest challenges for adults returning to education; and the efforts being made by him to integrate adult guidance with course provision, connect with employers, explore other funding models for part-time learners and establish better systems to gather evidence on the effectiveness of adult learning courses. [51524/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2012
34. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance if relevant contracts tax is to be made applicable to some minor school maintenance work and repairs; if consideration has been given to the likely heavy administrative workload to be incurred by boards of management and the possible difficulties that may arise with regards to ensuring tax liability and compliance; and if he will enter into negotiations with Revenue in order that some consideration is given to introducing a reasonable minimum threshold for RCT and distinguishing between normal maintenance or repairs and large-scale system upgrades, refurbishment or construction works. [43106/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2012
27. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details on the recent trade mission that he led to Brazil; and his expectations of future bilateral relations with Brazil following his visit. [50097/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 November 2012
146. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will direct that deciding officers that are considering turning down an application for social welfare should make a telephone call to the applicant before finalising their decision during which basic things such as the absence of documentation or misunderstandings would come to light and these could be rectified in advance of the decision with a view to reducing the number of cases that go forward to the costly and time consuming appeals process. [49853/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 November 2012
117. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the option of a review in advance of an appeal is given greater prominence and explanation in letters sent out turning down applications with a view to reducing the number of cases that go forward to the more costly and time consuming appeals process. [49852/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2012
64. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the annual outlay for personal assistants in each of the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 and the anticipated spend for same in 2012; if he will confirm that there will be no cuts to services for persons dependent on personal assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48961/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2012
63. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the extent of, and the actions he will take to reverse, the decision of Health Service Executive services to refuse to provide incontinence pads to persons in need, including in serious health circumstances in some cases forcing medical card holders to buy a full box at a cost of €44 and the refusal to provide appropriate gloves for the safe insertion of catheters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48960/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2012
102. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Social Protection the annual Departmental spend on the 2011/2012 school meals programme. [48885/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2012
101. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the schools that have successfully applied for inclusion under the school meals' programme; and the number of schools that were refused inclusion in the school meals' programme. [48884/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2012
100. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of children receiving their school meals through the school meals programme. [48883/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2012
99. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of schools accessing support through the school meals programme. [48882/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2012
82. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures the General Teachers’ Council of Ireland implement when checking a teaching applicant from the North of Ireland; if they communicate directly with their counterparts in the North to ascertain their qualifications, experience and references; the average turnaround for processing such applications and the efforts that are being made to ensure enhanced cooperation between the GTCI and the General Teachers Council of Northern Ireland. [48840/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2012
81. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the general Teachers’ Council of Ireland view qualifications obtained from St. Mary's Teaching College, Belfast of adequate standard to qualify for teaching in the 26 counties. [48839/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2012
80. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that the cost of assessment of qualifications with the General Teachers’ Council of Ireland for a teacher registering from the North is €290; his views on whether is this an excessive amount to be paid by Irish nationals who have attended an Irish University in the Six Counties. [48838/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2012
79. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the co operation that exists between the General Teachers’ Council of Ireland and the General Teachers’ Council, Northern Ireland and if there are set protocols in place to deal with applications for teachers attempting to register in either jurisdiction. [48837/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2012
78. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the paperwork the General Teachers’ Council of Ireland require when assessing degree holders who hold a B.Ed (Hons), from a teaching college in the North and who are applying to be registered teachers in the 26 Counties. [48836/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2012
77. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the General Teachers’ Council of Ireland does not automatically recognise universities in the Six Counties as offering approved teacher training courses including colleges such as St. Mary's University College, Belfast, which are globally recognised for their standards of excellence in teacher training. [48835/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2012
20. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Defence in the context of the reorganisation of the Defence Forces, the criteria for relocating a member of the Defence Forces from one post to another. [48460/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2012
14. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Defence the resources he has provided for the re-skilling of members of the Defence Forces and if he will demonstrate that they are adequate at this time. [48461/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2012
347. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he confirm that his officials received a submission from a person (details supplied) detailing a peer-reviewed academic study from Howard et al (2005) which demonstrated that for some children with autism, ABA has proven to be more effective than the implementation of an eclectic intervention. [48169/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2012
346. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons employed on the SESS Advisors Behaviour Team and the number of those advisors who hold a BCBA qualification. [48168/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2012
345. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of teachers working in the education system who hold a BCBA or BCaBA qualification. [48167/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2012
315. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list in tabular form, the numbers of newly qualified teachers who have secured a full-time appointment on or after the 1 January 2011 and who are in receipt of a reduced salary scale and allowances. [47747/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2012
282. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to require all schools in receipt of capitation funding to implement targeted energy efficiency programmes to cut wasteful usage of lighting, heating and electronic equipment in view of the fact that existing voluntary and piecemeal projects show the potential to save 15-40% of schools energy costs within two years at most, using models and guidance provided by Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland but unknown to most schools; his views on whether such energy efficiencies could save up to €15 million a year of the €200 million cost of capitation funding, thereby reducing cuts to vital educational services by the same sum and thus make cuts that do not hurt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47303/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2012
24. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding those children awaiting placement in high support or special care unit residential places; the steps she is taking to provide additional places so that waiting lists are a thing of the past or at least rare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46755/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2012
30. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality following the report by the Prisons Inspector, Judge Michael Reilly, on practices by some staff at St Patrick's Institution, Dublin, the interim measures he will put in place to protect their rights and enable appropriate rehabilitation. [46412/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2012
8. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made in achieving the goal, as set out in the Programme for Government, to overhaul the student visa system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43109/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
243. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether short courses in a specialised discipline such as behaviour analysis, that are provided for continuous professional development for teachers does not equate to an approved qualification in that specialised discipline, especially when international standards of training exist for that specialised discipline for example the Behaviour Analysis Certification Board: www.bacb.com. [46107/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
242. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of independent reviews of the effectiveness of courses in Middletown in terms of their delivery of training and value for money and to provide a breakdown of the amounts paid to fund individual courses. [46106/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
241. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that the most common duration of course delivery for the 3,000 persons trained at Middletown is two hours. [46105/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
240. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will define the term affected as used by Middletown in relation to its affect on over 400 children with Autism Spectrum Disorder; the way the affect on children attending Middletown is measured; and if he will provide a definition of the term trained as used in the Middletown Inspection Report. [46104/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
239. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder that have been directly treated by staff employed by Middletown; the numbers of hours per child treated at the centre and through outreach by staff employed at Middletown. [46103/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
238. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder who have attended Middletown and the length of time those children attended. [46102/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
237. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to training in Middletown centre for Autisum Spectrum Disorder, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of people participating in each of the training topics provided by Middletown; the number of classroom hours of training in each topic per person trained; the details of the correspondence with the professional bodies who approved the training in each topic to ensure that international standards of best practice in the respective topics are met. [46101/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
98. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the delegation of powers to local authorites in areas of environment, water, foreshore, local or community development, roads or traffic, housing and energy efficiency (details supplied) that will take place; the way this delegation will take place; and when it will take place. [46074/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
77. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current turnaround times for vacant local authority homes and the average number vacant at any given time over the past 12 months. [46196/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2012
50. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport having regard to the reduced detail and frequency with which tourism statistics are published by the Central Statistics Office, if his attention has been drawn to the importance of reliable and frequent data for policy purposes and also for the various agencies with regard to operational management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45123/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2012
39. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department have made any applications for Ten-T funding; and if so, for which projects. [45140/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2012
290. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of works paid for by the Health Service Executive on behalf of the Brothers of Charity Southern Services between 2009 and to date in 2012 [45153/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2012
202. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered reducing the cost of water charges to primary and post-primary schools. [44983/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2012
201. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered exempting primary and post primary schools from paying water charges. [44982/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2012
111. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the savings that would be accrued from ending State subsidies to Catholic fee paying schools. [44981/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2012
110. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider implementing a review of the type of research output by third level lecturers; if he will consider introducing changes to the existing legislation that would mean that university staff would teach a set number of hours, unless they have a full-time research schedule, which is signed off by a high level in-house committee. [44980/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2012
109. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to introducing a more robust and transparent system of performance evaluation for third level lecturers that focuses on evidence of changes made in teaching practice and the establishment of specific teaching standards to be reached. [44979/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2012
108. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the DEIS examined the benefits of introducing a third semester for third level institutions that would increase the teaching cycle from 24 weeks to 36 weeks a year and his further views that this would provide a much better training cycle for students and a possible 50% productivity increase with four-year degrees being completed in less than three years. [44978/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2012
107. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on implementing variable school capitation rates which reflect the annual maintenance and running costs of schools. [44977/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2012
106. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the total annual amount of VAT paid by primary and post primary schools in the 2011/2012 academic year. [44976/12]