Results 2,421-2,440 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Recruitment (25 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the staffing shortage in the third level sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9164/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (25 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he will receive the Higher Education Authority report on funding third level education. [9215/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Stations Provision (25 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 467. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposed fire station in Kanturk, County Cork, which was announced in 2007; when work will commence on this fire station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9246/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (26 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department feels that primary school teachers are qualified to work with preschool age groups in preschools attached to primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9740/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (26 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Departmental circulars that govern the use of ABA-early intervention for education for children with ASD. [9741/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (26 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the use of ABA teaching methods for children with autism; his plans to expand same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9742/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (26 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 27 June 2013, the names of the international experts referred to in his reply and titles of their research papers and documents used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9745/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (26 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the training available to teachers through the Special Education Support Service in teaching children with autism including ABA, TEACCH, and PECS; the length of these courses; the number of teachers who have applied for and the number who have participated in them during each of the past three years; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (26 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of postgraduate programme places for teachers involved in learning support and special education; and the number of teachers who have availed of these places during each of the past three years. [9744/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (26 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 217. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that applied behavioural analysis for children with autism is viewed as a medical treatment in the US rather than an educational service; his views on same; his plans to ensure that ABA is considered a medical treatment in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9753/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role and Potential of Community and Vocational Education: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I also welcome today's guests. I have a small number of questions. In his conclusion of the City and Guilds presentation, Mr. Sheridan spoke of how the limited collaboration between stakeholders was impeding matters. Perhaps he could expand on that. The area that I wanted to touch on was SOLAS and its five-year strategy, which is being developed and will be published at the end of...

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: Since mid-December, this State has been battered by a series of very devastating storms. The hardship, destruction and devastation have been outlined in a series of debates we have had in the House. I know the Tánaiste and various Ministers have visited those communities that have been affected. Thanks to the work of local authorities and local communities with the assistance of...

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. I welcome the fact that within two months, we hope to conclude those discussions with the insurance industry. It will come as a relief if we can get a positive outcome for those businesses and home owners who, through no fault of their own, find themselves unable to get insurance. That would certainly be a very welcome development and I wish the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (27 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to appoint a sergeant to Coachford Garda station, County Cork; if he will restore a full-time Garda station to Coachford Garda station; if he will downgrade Coachford Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10096/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (4 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason 11 months after the establishment date of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012, he has not enabled sections 21 and 22 of this Act by bringing forward the requisite commencement order and regulations; his views on whether the right to appeal an adverse decision of the Caranua board is a right under section 22 of this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (4 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has exercised his powers under section 30(3) of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 to seek an advance from the investment account managed by the National Treasury Management Agency to enable him to make a payment for the operation of an appeals process; if he has given any consideration to the 2014 budgetary requirements...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (4 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the details of all contracts and consultancy arrangements entered in to by the Caranua board; the consultancy and contract arrangements that were approved by him under section 7(7) of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012, including the costs of each of these arrangements and names of consultancy firms and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Complaints Procedures (4 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms open to parents to make a complaint about a school principal or the board of management to his Department; the procedures involved; the details of the capacity of his Department to ensure that schools provide the standard of education to which children are entitled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10316/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views of the findings in the chief inspector's report that the depth of mathematical knowledge required to deliver the objectives of projects maths is challenging to some teachers; his plans to improve training for teachers in this subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10382/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve the teaching of maths in second level schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10383/14]