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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early Child Care Education (3 Mar 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that preschool educators, such as Montessori teachers, should have income support from the State during school holiday times, as is the case for primary and post-primary teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9152/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Preschool Services (3 Mar 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that Ireland's current investment in preschool education and care, at 0.2% of gross domestic product, is sufficient; the level it should be at; the steps that are being taken to achieve same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9153/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (12 Feb 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a self-employed person may obtain Garda vetting for the purposes of providing courses in a secondary level school; if not, her plans to extend Garda vetting to the self-employed and to sole traders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6381/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (10 Feb 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 488 of 27 January 2015, where she stated that the home tuition was operated in a consistent and equitable manner, the reason her Department agreed to pay 48 hours at the higher qualified rate to one company per letter dated 3 October 2013, and agreed to pay another company a lower amount of only 20 hours...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (5 Feb 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the annual budget for wheelchair provision in County Wicklow from 2011 to 2014; the number of wheelchairs supplied to County Wicklow in 2012 and 2014; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of new wheelchair models and re-used wheelchair models supplied; and the number of clients that were referred to Seattech or the Central Remedial Clinic for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (3 Feb 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way and the reason the decision to revive Irish Nonprofits Knowledge Exchange was made; if alternative approaches were considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4957/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (3 Feb 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the budget or funding that has been allocated for Irish Nonprofits Knowledge Exchange; if there was a tendering process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4958/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (3 Feb 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the objectives that have been set for Irish Nonprofits Knowledge Exchange; the timeframe; the way its performance will be measured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4959/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (3 Feb 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to defund the education of any children whose parents object to their information going on the primary online database, POD; if so, the statutory basis for that action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4471/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (3 Feb 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the primary online database and the Data Protection Commissioner, following her statement that the Data Protection Commissioner had approved retaining children's data until they were at least 30, and following the Data Protection Commissioner’s statement that it seems to be the case that there is an inadequate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (3 Feb 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the Data Protection Commissioner's statement on the primary online database that there is an inadequate explanation as to why they need it and why they need to hold it for as long as they are holding it, if she or her Department alerted schools that compliance with the POD database plan may be a breach of their duties as data...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (3 Feb 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been spent on the primary online database project since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4474/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (3 Feb 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department hired or engaged any external expertise to advise them on data protection or data governance in relation to the primary online database; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4475/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (3 Feb 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in her Department that have been designated with administrator rights in the primary online database; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4476/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (3 Feb 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the primary online database plan will allow for data to be automatically synchronised with commercial databases used by schools; the details or control that her Department holds relating to the encryption, storage and access rights over data in those commercial databases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4477/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Private Partnerships Data (3 Feb 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the role of elected officials in a public-private partnership project between a local authority and a private company, with particular reference to reporting requirements and the provision of information to, and at the request of, elected members by the private partner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4469/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Arts Funding (3 Feb 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 566. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the requirements for the provision of art work under the per cent art scheme whereby the public partner in the PPP is a local authority and has provided land for development as part of the partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4470/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (27 Jan 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on JobBridge; the average duration of a JobBridge placement; if participants in JobBridge are counted as employed or unemployed for the duration of the placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3513/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (27 Jan 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the new education and training board are selecting qualified trainer / trainer companies; the consideration that is being given to technical qualifications and experience, registration as approved national register of trainers; if there is a stipulation that all such qualifications be over five years; if it would be a disqualifying...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Staff (27 Jan 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that the supervising officers from the education and training board are versed and experienced in the discipline on the courses they are overseeing; if previous trainers that have more than satisfied requirement as suitable trainers be it based on pedagogical qualifications and/or technical experience are not being excluded...