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Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding she has allocated to the reform of the apprenticeship system and for introducing new apprenticeship schemes and expanding current schemes. [45119/14]

Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I thank the Minister of State for his answer. The review of the apprenticeship system provides us with huge opportunities. When we discussed this matter at joint committee level, we received very positive feedback from all quarters about the expansion beyond the traditional apprenticeship schemes and targeting of more women, which is also important. I suggest that the focus on secondary...

Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I concur with what the Minister of State has said. The engagement of enterprise when people are being trained is a critical cog in the success, or potential success, of this scheme. If enterprise comes on board, it will facilitate long-term planning and vision in terms of the courses we are designing. That is critical. We cannot have the system that existed in the past, when people were...

Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: We are seeing an over-abundance of people who are qualified in a particular trade but do not have the necessary secondary skills to transfer to another trade and continue on a progression path in that trade. The engagement of enterprise is critical.

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: This is ridiculous, disgraceful.

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: And she made an accusation which should be withdrawn from the record.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (27 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a survey carried out by the Irish Primary Principals Network which found that most parents are worse off financially now compared with last year and that half of schools had requested voluntary contributions from parents of more than €100; and her plans to actively address the issue of both primary and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (27 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who apply for Student Universal Support Ireland grants on the basis of illness benefit, having lost their jobs as a result of being out sick, are not allocated higher rates of the grant; and if she will rectify this anomaly. [45120/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (27 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has reviewed the proposal put forward by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to have the Student Universal Support Ireland application process reconfigured alongside the Central Applications Office process so that students will know whether they have financial support before beginning third level courses. [45123/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Restoration (27 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reinstate the minor works grant. [45122/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: University Status Applications (27 Nov 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address WIT's preference to become a university outside the terms of her proposed technological universities Bill and the breakdown in talks with IT Carlow. [45417/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected savings from introducing school-based assessment for the junior cycle. [46395/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the moneys spent on junior certificate marking during each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46396/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (3 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the data protection measures in place in schools when they are holding information that contains students' personal public service numbers. [46401/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (3 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to her statements that during the survey of social contexts of schools the data required were not in relation to the circumstances of individual pupils, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some schools including a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim have collected individualised information which they have...

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: On Wednesday, 19 November, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Kelly, came here with his much anticipated motion on Irish Water. We were told the motion was going to clear up all the public's confusion, 12 months of poor decision making, inaction and misinformation that was being seeped out to the public by various sources. In his opening paragraph, he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Eligibility (4 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the summer works scheme and funding allocated for forthcoming applications. [46686/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (9 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: That money has not even been spent yet.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (9 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I do not know whether the Taoiseach's concluding remark to the effect that the EMC is not a replacement for the Cabinet in terms of its collective responsibility is true. Personally, I do not believe it to be true. When the Government first entered office, it was obliged to deal with the economic crisis and the troika and the Taoiseach obviously felt that the best, most cohesive and most...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will be brief. Statements on domestic violence were due to take place this week but have been knocked off the schedule by the motion of confidence and the Water Services Bill. Could I get an assurance that the statements will be taken next week if possible? That would be important given the time of year. I also wish to inquire about the Constitutional Convention. The Taoiseach gave a...