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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Numbers (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Numbers (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools inspectors who retired in each of the past five years. [43290/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Numbers (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools inspectors recruited in each of the past five years. [43291/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Services (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Services (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Services (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the numbers of special education needs organisers in each county. [43295/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education needs organisers who retired in each of the past five years. [43296/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education needs organisers recruited in each of the past five years. [43297/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Statistics (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers who began probation during the last academic year. [43301/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Statistics (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers who successfully completed the probationary process during the past academic year. [43302/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Statistics (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil Data Collection (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a database of primary school pupils. [43304/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask 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]