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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grants Data (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in receipt of third level grants during each year since 2010; the total spend on third level student grants during each of these years; and the total number of students in third level education during each of these years. [20546/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Evaluations (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the work of the school improvement group; the number of schools with which it has engaged to date; the number of times it has met during each year since 2010; the membership of the group; and the level of funding allocated to it. [20547/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the review of the Deed of Trust for Community Schools. [20548/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which currently have a Droichead programme; and the number of students participating in same. [20549/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Work Placement Programmes (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have participated in work placement programmes in schools; the positions they undertook in the WPPs; their pay and conditions; the number of schools that have availed of it; the number of WPP teaching staff allowed in an individual school at a time during each year since it was introduced. [20550/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of actions initiated by him under section 105 of the Vocational Education Act 1930 since he came to office. [20551/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children educated under the home tuition scheme during 2013-14; the number of these currently waiting for an education placement; the number of these who are receiving early education intervention for pre-school children with autism. [20552/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the qualification criteria required to be a tutor to a child under the home tuition scheme. [20553/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding given to the home tuition scheme during each of year since 2010. [20554/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sports Facilities Provision (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills of the schools that have sports complexes attached, which of the schools are fee-paying; the level of funding provided to each school each year since 2010 for maintenance of swimming pools and other facilities. [20555/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education Welfare Service Provision (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 176. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the model of integrated service being introduced by the National Educational Welfare Board. [20493/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Traveller Community (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 177. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the supports provided by the National Educational Welfare Board to Traveller students. [20494/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Support for Young People with Disabilities: WALK and Carers Association (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I thank both groups for coming in and making their presentations and apologise for delaying them at the start of the meeting. WALK's written submission mentioned the youth guarantee, but that was not touched on. The youth guarantee is an area where we can address some of the issues raised in its submission because if one looks at the creation of it at a European level, it was designed to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Support for Young People with Disabilities: WALK and Carers Association (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: How would people with disabilities benefit if that decision had not been made?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Support for Young People with Disabilities: WALK and Carers Association (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: Would the result be increased progression rates?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Support for Young People with Disabilities: WALK and Carers Association (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: Perhaps Mr. Henry would elaborate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Support for Young People with Disabilities: WALK and Carers Association (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: The official position is that consideration is now to be given to how other groups can be included but no indication of how the decision will be made has been given.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Support for Young People with Disabilities: WALK and Carers Association (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: Yes. There is an aspiration to do it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Support for Young People with Disabilities: WALK and Carers Association (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: Children of 16 or 17 years of age, whether or not they have a disability, have hopes and aspirations. The hopes and aspirations of some people are, because of policy decisions, being discriminated against, which is scandalous. That this is being done, despite the fact that money has been made available to fulfil those hopes and aspirations, is hard to stomach. This is a decision which all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Support for Young People with Disabilities: WALK and Carers Association (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I have one final question. We focus on the area of social protection when it comes to carers but there is also an educational focus, particularly when one is transitioning out of the carer phase. For example, a carer who is caring for a person 24/7 for many years may find himself or herself at a loose end when the person passes away. Is there anything the Department can do to help those...