Results 2,021-2,040 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee Scheme Review (9 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the findings and recommendations of the external review of the partial loan guarantee scheme; and if he will make public the full review. [42622/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Applications (9 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the low levels of take up of the microenterprise loan scheme, if he will consider bringing forward the fundamental review of the programme. [42623/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Expenditure (9 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 114. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the set up costs and ongoing administrative costs per year associated with the microenterprise loan scheme. [42624/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (10 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact of the loss of graduates to emigration on the Action Plan For Jobs. [42578/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (10 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 44. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the lack of employment and career development is a key determinate of emigration; and the steps he will take to tackle the issues. [42579/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (10 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 125. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the discussions he has held regarding the ceasing of funding for Eagraíocht na Scoileanna Gaeltachta Teo from the end of December 2013 which provides support and advice to schools in Gaeltacht regions; and his plans to address the situation. [42189/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Unemployment Data (15 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of young persons who have been unemployed for over one year. [42599/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (15 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of full time to part time workers in employment; and the similar percentages for additional net jobs created since this Government came to office. [42581/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (15 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Residential Institutions Redress Board transfer of personal data to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board under section 24 of the 2012 Act strictly to determine whether a person is eligible to make an application to the Board and for no other purpose, is being disregarded by that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Freedom of Information Remit (15 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if minutes from meetings of the boards of managements of schools are subject to FOI requests; the legislative provision governing this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43529/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (15 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants working with pupils in mainstream primary schools, mainstream secondary schools, and schools for children with special needs; the number of students they worked with for each of the past five years. [43553/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Jobs Data (15 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 100. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of jobs promoted by the Industrial Development Agency relating to the field of customer support for each year since 2007. [43015/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Jobs Data (15 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the jobs promoted by the Industrial Development Agency relating to the field of customer support, as a percentage of total jobs promoted by the IDA for each year since 2007. [43016/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Employment Initiative (15 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she has taken to increase the number of young persons in employment since the Government came to office; and the impact these have had on the actual number of young persons employed. [42598/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (15 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information regarding the Leinster Private Nursing Home in Pembroke Street Dublin 2, a private nursing home which operated on Pembroke Street in the 1960s and 1970s; if the Easter Health Board took over the said private nursing home; the year in which it was taken over; and if he will provide details of its purchase by the health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Discussion (15 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: A point was made about a supervisory authority having the scope to entitle someone to describe himself or herself as an accountant. We have no figures on the number of people who would be affected in terms of how they described themselves. Some have been operating for many years and probably have the experience of working as accountants even if they cannot term themselves as such. Will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Discussion (15 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: I am a great advocate of the proposal. The League of Ireland found it advantageous when accessing finance. Even corporate sponsors were more willing to get involved because of the co-operative status, which differed from a sole owner of a football club who might come and go. As Senator Clune knows from Cork city, a co-operative is grounded in the community and is more likely to continue...

Cochlear Implants: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: I was asked to speak on this Private Members' motion and, to be honest, I did not know what to say because how does anyone explain to parents of profoundly deaf children that it is Government policy that, for the sake of €18,000, the provision of a second cochlear implant is not going to happen. I tried to imagine what it would be like to be plunged into a world of silence because I...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (17 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the formal training qualifications that participants on gateway will obtain during their participation. [43372/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Market Issues (17 Oct 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the role of the new Labour Market Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43373/13]