Results 2,941-2,960 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland Expenditure (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 24 June 2014, if she will provide a breakdown of how the €18,250 was spent by Quality and Qualifications Ireland on branding and design services; the names of consultants contracted and what was provided in exchange for this payment. [33602/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland Expenditure (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 24 June 2014 if she will provide a breakdown of how the €385,532 was spent by Quality and Qualifications Ireland on ICT services; the names of consultants contracted and what was provided in exchange for this payment. [33603/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland Expenditure (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 24 June 2014 if she will provide a breakdown of the €9,328 spent by Quality and Qualifications Ireland on hotels; the names of hotels and what training events they were used for. [33604/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland Expenditure (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 24 June 2014 if she will provide a breakdown of the €16,017 spent on educational assistance for staff in Quality and Qualifications Ireland; and what courses were funded or partially funded for these staff. [33605/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland Expenditure (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of any professional speakers who addressed Quality and Qualifications Ireland staff events. [33606/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland Expenditure (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost to Quality and Qualifications Ireland for commissioning professional speakers to address staff, including the speaker’s fee and cost of travel and accommodation.. [33607/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Literacy Levels (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to improve literacy rates in the adult population; the funds allocated to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33621/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Literacy Levels (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has set a target date for Ireland to reach 100% literacy for persons aged 15 and over; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33627/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Literacy Levels (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct her Department to establish and chair an adult literacy implementation group involving key stakeholders, to ensure national adult literacy policy priorities are implemented and targets monitored and achieved; and the timeframe in which she will do same. [33622/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Literacy Levels (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has conducted any research on the costs involved to address the literacy problems held by one in four adults here. [33623/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocated to the intensive tuition for adult basic education during each of the past five years; the number of participants during each of those years; the number of persons who were refused places on ITABE during each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33624/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Back to Education Allowance Applications (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants on level 3 and level 4 courses through BTEI during each of the past five years. [33625/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants who availed of tuition through the workplace basic education fund during each of the past five years; the funding allocated to the WBEF during each of these years. [33626/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to family literacy programmes; and the number of participants in them during each of the past five years. [33628/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Participation (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of access programmes to assist disadvantaged students enter third level during each of the past five years; the number of students who have entered third level using these programmes during each of these years; the funding allocated to the programmes during each of these years. [33629/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to assist schools with divestment of patronage from religious orders. [33636/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the names of skills that are in the process of changing or plan to change patronage; their current patrons and prospective patrons. [33939/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department has drawn on top performing education models, such as Finland, as set out in the programme for Government. [33637/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Programme for Government commitment to allow greater freedom and autonomy to school principals and boards to raise educational standards by devolving more responsibility locally, with greater freedom to allocate and manage staff with required flexibility and to delegate management responsibilities to teachers as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Evaluations (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to require schools to draw five year development plans for their schools and individual teachers. [33639/14]