105. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the DEIS has considered increasing the minimum number of teaching hours for lecturers employed in third level institutions from 16 to 18 and the projected savings that could be made to the third level budget from this change. [44975/12]
86. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the cost to the Exchequer should DEIS band one and two schools be made exempt from value added tax when paying for service utility and service charges. [44973/12]
85. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance if there are EU regulations that prohibit the introduction of amendments to existing legislation that would exempt primary and secondary schools from paying VAT. [44972/12]
84. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the cost to the Exchequer should the 3,305 primary schools and 4,034 second level schools aided by the DEIS be made exempt from value added tax when paying for service utility and service charges. [44971/12]
83. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the cost to the Exchequer should primary and post primary schools be made exempt from value added tax when paying for school text books. [44970/12]
82. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the cost to the Exchequer should primary and post primary schools that implement the DEIS’s recognised curriculum be made exempt from value added tax when paying for service utility and service charges. [44969/12]
81. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the cost to the Exchequer should primary and post primary schools that qualify for the capitation grant be made exempt from value added tax when paying for service utility and service charges. [44968/12]
2. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the continued human rights violations in Bahrain, particularly against medics; and the formal steps that he has taken to inform the Bahraini Government of its views in relation to these human rights violations. [45096/12]
38. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way he intends to deal with the pay gap that has emerged between new entrant teachers and those appointed prior to his decision to withdraw all allowances. [43489/12]
35. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any currently serving secretaries general retain TLAC terms with regards to their pension provisions; if he will provide a list of those secretaries general; if he will provide the total expected cost to the Exchequer of the pension pots to be paid out to the former on their retirement broken down by annual pension payment for each, lump sum payment on retirement and the additional special severance payment of half a year’s salary. [43488/12]
545. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of education welfare officers recruited in each of the past five years. [43299/12]
544. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of education welfare officers who retired in each of the past five years. [43298/12]
462. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42923/12]
260. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of funding from the capital budget expended on the provision of emergency funding to primary schools in each of the past five years; and the number of schools that received this funding. [43315/12]
259. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of Section 29 Appeals undertaken in each of the past five years including the outcomes of those appeals. [43314/12]
258. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to examine the free books scheme for necessitous pupils in primary schools scheme in view of the fact that funding to schools did not increase this year. [43313/12]
257. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers who trained in another jurisdiction who passed the SCG/OCG during the last academic year. [43312/12]
256. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers who trained in another jurisdiction that undertook the SCG/OCG during the last academic year. [43311/12]
255. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who qualified as primary teachers in the Six Counties who were appointed to permanent positions in primary schools in each of the past ten years. [43310/12]
254. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who qualified as primary teachers in the Six Counties who were appointed to temporary positions in primary schools in each of the past ten years. [43309/12]
253. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has taken any decisions on project progression in the school building programme that did not accord with recommendations made to him by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43308/12]
252. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of any work being progressed by his Department to improve its systems in order to facilitate access to accurate and up-to-date information on individual schools, both to ensure more efficient use of official time and to reduce the administrative burden on schools. [43307/12]
251. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details on a county basis of rented school accommodation at post primary level including the date of installation and annual rent for each school in the country. [43306/12]
250. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details on a county basis of rented school accommodation at primary level including the date of installation and annual rent for each school in the country. [43305/12]
248. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers who have thus far applied to undertake the probationary process in this academic year. [43303/12]
247. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers who successfully completed the probationary process during the past academic year. [43302/12]
246. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers who began probation during the last academic year. [43301/12]
245. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education needs organisers recruited in each of the past five years. [43297/12]
244. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education needs organisers who retired in each of the past five years. [43296/12]
242. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools psychologists in the National Educational Psychological Service recruited in each of the past five years. [43294/12]
241. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools psychologists in the National Educational Psychological Service who retired in each of the past five years. [43293/12]
240. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current staffing details of the National Educational Psychological Service including the numbers of psychologists at each grade in each business area of the country. [43292/12]
239. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools inspectors recruited in each of the past five years. [43291/12]
238. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools inspectors who retired in each of the past five years. [43290/12]
237. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current staffing details of the Inspectorate including the numbers of inspectors at each grade in each business area. [43289/12]
194. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Teaching Council, a self-funded agency responsible for the professional development of teachers, is being prevented from hiring an additional 16 staff out of its own funds because it is subject to the public sector recruitment embargo; and his views on whether employing these additional staff would help reduce the backlog in Garda vetting procedures and assessing foreign qualifications. [43234/12]
138. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance if schools have experienced difficulties resulting from the directive of the Revenue Commissioners to regard school boards of management as principal contractors in respect of Relevant Contracts Tax and VAT, with effect from 1 January 2012; his views on the challenges that school boards are experiencing in complying with the very significant administrative burden arising from operating Relevant Contracts Tax. [43105/12]
104. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the impact of increases in the student contribution fee to be implemented from 2013-2015; and if they are sustainable for low income families who are marginally above the grant threshold. [43091/12]
74. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to address the continuing refusal of the religious congregations to meet their share of the costs of the compensation bill for victims of institutional residential abuse; and if he will provide an update on the establishment of the fund. [43090/12]
48. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement proposals to assess capital assets and income when means testing student grants in the 2013-2014 academic year; if he will confirm the publication date of the findings of the Higher Educational Authority National Strategy for Higher Education to 2030. [43233/12]
59. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to equality proof each of the various options being considered for Budget 2013; the plans the Government has to prepare and publish a distributional analysis of each of the various options being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42272/12]
26. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the recommendations contained in the Keane Report that have been implemented by his Department and the actions taken on each of these recommendations. [42271/12]
40. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Jonathan O'Brien den Aire Ealaíon; Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta na ciorruithe atá déanta ag a Roinn ó thús na bliana. [41979/12]
9. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to extend the school heritage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42024/12]
153. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of consultancy and technical services outsourced to universities here from Government Departments in 2011/12. [41362/12]
152. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of contractual teaching hours fulfilled in third level institutions in the academic year 2011/12. [41361/12]
151. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of foreign students that Educate Ireland has attracted to third level institutions here in the 2011/12 academic year. [41360/12]