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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility (18 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there have been any cases where the rule regarding the collective pooling of home tuition for children from the same family has been disregarded due to the differing nature of children's conditions or any other reason; the number of occasions this has occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54675/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (18 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 117. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits promoted by the Industrial Development Agency of potential investors to Mullingar, County Westmeath for each of the past three years . [54704/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (18 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 156. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the concerns of those who purchased affordable homes through local authorities in the boom years who cannot resell their properties. [54591/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (18 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 157. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of affordable housing units purchased through Cork County Council; the number of these loans in arrears for three months or more; the number of these loans in arrears for six months or more. [54592/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (19 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of subscriptions paid by schools to the National Association for Principals and Deputy Principals; if schools pay their annual subscription from State funds; and the detail of this funding stream or if it is paid from voluntary contributions made by parents. [54804/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (19 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 265. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person born outside of Ireland whose grandfather was born in Ireland and parent was born outside of Ireland but received Irish citizenship after this person was born would be entitled to Irish citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55020/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (15 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total allocation of funding to the State Examinations Commission during each of the past six years. [55196/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (15 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of staff employed by the State Examinations Commission. [55197/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (15 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers employed by the State Examinations Commission. [55198/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (15 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the top ten rates of pay of staff in the State Examinations Commission and their job titles. [55199/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (15 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rates of pay that will be allocated to the ten staff of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55201/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (15 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will personally intervene in the case of a student (details supplied) in Dublin 7 and ensure that she is assessed for a SUSI grant in her own right as an estranged young person under 23; if he is aware that she has been told by SUSI that she will not be assessed as estranged unless she can produce a letter from a Health Service Executive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (15 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate the circular which states that fees for school transport may be paid in two instalments. [1136/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (15 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department have examined the costs involved in amending the payments system for school transport fees to allow a monthly payment system for parents. [1137/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (15 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of parents in Greystones, County Wicklow, regarding the enrolment policy of the new school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the proposed enrolment policy for the school when the patron sought patronage; the current enrolment policy being used; and his views on the changes and plans to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility (15 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 18 December 2013, if he will ensure that persons (details supplied) in County Cork both have separate home tutors on the basis that their needs, behavioural profiles and attention spans are very different and a single pooled home tutor will be unable to meet either of their needs adequately; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (15 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide any changes made to any accommodations scheme administered by the State Examinations Commission for students with dyslexia that may result in them being deducted marks for spelling mistakes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1303/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (15 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 739. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the epilepsy monitoring unit at Cork University Hospital was refurbished in Autumn 2012 but still has not opened, despite it being pledged for quarter 3 of 2013; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the hospital have diverted funding received for the unit to other services/ projects within...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (15 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 741. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding that was set aside for the epilepsy monitoring unit at Cork University Hospital; and where this funding was redirected [55229/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 740. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons sent abroad for epilepsy related treatments during each of the past 48 months and the cost per individual treatment [55228/13]