Results 6,701-6,720 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: Tell them to shut up.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: What about them?
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: That is disgraceful.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (7 Nov 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (7 Nov 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (7 Nov 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (7 Nov 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (7 Nov 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (7 Nov 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (7 Nov 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (7 Nov 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (7 Nov 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (7 Nov 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual Departmental spend on the 2011/2012 school meals programme. [48885/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Conservation (6 Nov 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (6 Nov 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (6 Nov 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (6 Nov 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Nov 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]
- Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: It does not matter because they do not answer questions anyway.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: What about the Minister and NAMA?