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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I understand what the Minister has said. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn would like to focus on the ten year rule. The Minister has said the amendment will create an unequal situation between prisoners, but is it also the case that by not excluding prisoners who are out on licence as a result of the Good Friday Agreement, he is saying it is likely most of these individuals will be covered...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister said the ten year rule applied from when somebody left prison. Is it ten years since somebody was released from prison or, as the Bill states, ten years since the sentence expired?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (13 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who currently have pending applications with his Department for residency based on the Zambrano judgment; the number of these persons waiting longer than six months; the number of these people waiting longer than 12 months; the number of persons waiting longer than 18 months to have a final decision made on their...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (13 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a driving licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [12528/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Test Regulations (13 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly in the rules regarding driving tests for persons who drive scooters which means that they are compelled to drive a motorbike rather than a scooter during their driving test to secure a full licence; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are major differences between...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (25 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that students attending third level institutions to complete fulltime level 6 access courses cannot receive funding from the student assistance fund as it is not a level 8 course, or other child care assistance funds; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that VTOS provides extra funding for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (25 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the level of funding allocated by his Department to each non-governmental organisation during each of the past four years, including the names of these organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12918/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (25 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Rehab has been provided with any funding during each of the past seven years; the level of funding provided during each of these years; the purposes for which the funding was allocated; if any audits of use of this money were carried out; the results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12919/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon was removed from the five year school building programme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is an increasing population in the area whose children will enrol in the school; the amount spent on prefabs for this school during...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grants Data (25 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No.124 of 11 March 2014, of the remaining 118 students refused the Student Universal Support Ireland grants during 2012-2013 the number of same who were Irish citizens. [13268/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (25 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of any schools where the property ceased to be used as a school; if he has received a request to release his interest under the charging lease in the building from the relevant school patron during the past five years including details of the school or property concerned as well as the patron; the number and details of the requests...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Staff (25 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the detail of changes to the positions and job titles of Youthreach co-ordinators; the reason for these changes; if he will provide the detail of any changes to the terms and conditions of their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13790/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland Administration (25 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding that would be required for his Department to subsidise the cost of Quality and Qualifications Ireland fees for community education providers. [13968/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (25 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 932. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the number of social work posts currently filled by persons on temporary contracts. [12870/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (25 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 933. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the number of social work posts below which the Health Service Executive risk analysis would deem the service to be unsafe. [12869/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (25 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 934. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the number of social worker positions that are vacant in the Child and Family Agency; and the date on which these will be filled. [12871/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (25 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 936. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the progress on a bilateral agreements with Russia and Ethiopia on inter-country adoption; her plans to speed this process up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12950/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (25 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 955. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the number of education welfare officers in Dublin on maternity leave or sick leave or any other form of leave; their locations; and if they have been replaced. [13483/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (25 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1133. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of patients had been taking a drug Fampyra for treatment of MS through Bon Secours, Tralee, as part of a trial; that this trial has ended and it will cost patients €250 to continue treatment on this; that the drug payment system or long-term illness scheme will not contribute anything to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (25 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 999. To ask the Minister for Health the number of midwives he believes should be employed in Cork University Maternity Hospital in order to comply with international best practice; if he will recruit extra midwives to this hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12990/14]