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

Jonathan O'Brien: 742. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at Cork University Hospital will open. [55230/13]

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

Jonathan O'Brien: 743. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on waiting lists for epilepsy monitoring. [55231/13]

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

Jonathan O'Brien: 744. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which nurses and EEG technicians will be recruited to staff the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at Cork University Hospital. [55232/13]

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

Jonathan O'Brien: 745. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at Beaumont Hospital will be reopened. [55233/13]

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

Jonathan O'Brien: 862. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the ring-fencing of isolated beds in Cork University Hospital for cystic fibrosis patients; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Build4Life raised money for cystic fibrosis beds and now management wish the charity to hand over the money with no guarantee of cystic fibrosis beds; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I thank our guests for appearing before the committee. As Deputy McConalogue has said, this is our third session of hearings on this Bill. Many of the issues addressed were raised in the previous two hearings but I believe this is the first time we have touched on the subject of children in care. As Deputy McConalogue said, there is some thinking for us to do on that. One of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will go back to section 29 appeals. I take on board Mr. Malone's analysis that these are cumbersome and nobody likes them. Parents do not like them. The Department does not even like them. However, the reality is they are useful as well. In 2012, there were 355 section 29 appeals. Some 141 of those were resolved, and I presume that was through the mediation process. Only 66 appeals...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: Is that down to the common application policy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: Could the communications centres act, in effect, as mediators before we get to a section 29 appeal?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (16 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding options available for community based migrant groups who wish to start language lessons for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1819/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Consultancy Contracts Data (16 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of consultants or consultancy firms employed by his Department during each of the past five years; the purpose and duration of each of these consultancies or consultancy contracts; the names of the consultants or firms; and if he will list architectural consultancies separately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1820/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Severe Weather Events Expenditure (16 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of any damage to schools or educational facilities during the recent severe weather spell that he has been notified of and the cost to repair any damage. [1821/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (16 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the qualifications needed to teach as a learning support teacher and the reasons for these particular qualifications. [1832/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (16 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and his plans to address this anomaly. [1833/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, capital, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 May 2011 and 31 December 2013. [1926/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will reverse the decision to charge fees of up to €1433 to low-earning apprentices for the college part of their courses; and if his attention has been drawn to the hardship this is causing. [2681/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: The question is straightforward and I await the Minister's reply.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister is trying to make a comparison between apprentices and students. There is a difference because apprentices must pay fees but they do not have access to the same services, such as the students' doctor and other facilities in institutes of technology, as students. This policy flies in the face of what the youth guarantee is trying to achieve. The youth guarantee is designed to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister of State may not agree with me but Ms Emer Costello, a party colleague of the Minister, Deputy Quinn, certainly agrees with me. She recently attended a launch of the TEEU union relating to a campaign to get this measure reversed. During the launch she described this as "ill-conceived" and a "retrograde step", and she questioned the timing of it, given that we are awaiting a...

Other Questions: Book Rental Scheme (21 Jan 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the issues raised in his proposed book rental scheme in view of the manner in which the information regarding existing schemes was collected by his Department. [2342/14]