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Seanad Reform: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will speak before Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin.

Seanad Reform: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: Yes. I wish to address certain points since the Minister of State responsible for Dáil reform is in the Chamber. He outlined some of the reforms introduced and while some of them are welcome, including publishing the heads of Bills and the pre-legislative phase, and certainly work well, others have been an abject failure. For example, when I first came into the Chamber, as an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Languages Programme (16 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies for language teachers throughout the State; the schools in which same are located; the language subject for the position advertised; her views on the shortage of language teachers; and her plans to rectify this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39515/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Attendance Data (4 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 555. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children under age 15 who have left the school system during each of the past five years who were not on the register of children receiving education in a recognised school. [41501/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Community (4 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 853. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams available to programmes providing Traveller education. [41066/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Community (4 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 854. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the European funding streams that are available to assist Traveller education; if her Department has accessed this funding; the amount received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41067/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 891. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that children who cannot attend a recognised school and are not receiving education at home and are too young for Youthreach; the methods used to cater to these students' education needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41502/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Statistics (4 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 892. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Deputies and Senators who currently have teaching positions held open for them in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41505/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (4 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 893. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a board of management is obliged to provide information to a parent in a case where a teacher is disciplined following a negative interaction with a student; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41506/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (4 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 904. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to an address to the Catholic Primary School Management Association in March 2014 by the Secretary General of her Department, in which it was stated that as a result of the discussions between the church and her Department, progress had been made on the divesting of a small number of schools which would begin in autumn 2014 and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 915. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to rectify the anomaly within procedures for assessing entitlement for the special rate of the Student Universal Support Ireland grant, particularly in circumstances where a parent is in receipt of illness benefit but has actually lost their job and cannot receive the special rate of grant. [41881/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 916. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who applied for the special rate of grant from the Student Universal Support Ireland since its establishment, but who were refused on the basis that one of their parents was in receipt of illness benefit. [41882/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 919. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; her further views that the current resource hour allocation is insufficient to meet their educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41895/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (4 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 920. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the purchase or development of new school buildings and site for a school (details supplied) in County Galway. [41911/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 923. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the difficulties presented for students applying for Student Universal Support Ireland assistance who cannot prove their address as they do not have a lease agreement or utility bill in their own name; and if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it would not be unusual for many persons to not have a lease agreement or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 924. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons refused Student Universal Support Ireland assistance since its establishment on the basis that they could not provide sufficient documentation to SUSI to verify their place of residence. [41952/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Data (4 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 925. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students from this jurisdiction who have attended third level education in the north of Ireland during each of the past five years; and the number of students from the north of Ireland who have attended third level education in this jurisdiction during those years. [41953/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Data (4 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 926. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to make it easier for persons in Border regions attending education in the other jurisdictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41954/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (5 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 18. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reducing VAT on school e-books in order to reduce back-to-school costs for parents. [37922/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (5 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 138. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [42403/14]