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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (28 Jan 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: I actually do.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (28 Jan 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: Given that the Minister is willing to examine it again before Report Stage, I will withdraw it.

Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Jan 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: We also welcome the Bill and will facilitate its passage through the House today. We recognise that the Government has introduced the legislation in response to a request from the Chairman of the committee, and has done so pretty quickly. As the Minister of State outlined, it was debated in the Seanad last week and is in this Chamber today. I think all Stages are being taken today, which...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (3 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of all library and archiving related JobBridge positions in publicly funded bodies since the establishment of the scheme, including their duration and location. [4452/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (3 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 21 January 2015, the manner in which this issue is being examined; the persons responsible for examining it; and if she has set a date for receiving a report on the matter. [4719/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Gender Recognition (10 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, under the proposed Gender Recognition Bill 2014, a person can have his or her birth certificate amended to reflect his or her preferred gender identity. [5675/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (10 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 202. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 3 February 2015, if she will provide, in tabular form, the dates on which all library and archiving related JobBridge positions in publicly funded bodies were advertised and the date on which employment in each of these positions commenced since the establishment of the JobBridge scheme. [6055/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (10 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost of abolishing fees for part-time postgraduate courses. [5649/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (10 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the building in which a school (details supplied) in County Dublin is currently housed could be re-purposed as a special educational school when the school goes to its new premises at Castleland later this year, as requested by members of the local community. [5698/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Designation (10 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10 have been provided with pre-approval to change their status, so that they can accept boys for admission after first class; if she approved this change; if her further attention has been drawn to the fact that a survey carried out in all the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (10 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools operating with four teachers or less. [5978/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education Facilities (10 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that currently do not have a physical education hall. [5979/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (10 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications currently in the schools building programme; and the number of applications currently progressing through architectural planning,on a county-by-county basis. [5995/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (10 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics, STEM, subjects in schools; and her further plans to promote them specifically to girls of primary school age. [5996/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Policies for Smaller Schools (10 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the introduction of cluster policies for small schools as set out in the Irish Primary Principals' Network's report entitled New Horizons for Smaller Schools. [5997/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Review (10 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received the value for money review of small rural schools; the date on which it will be published; the reasons for the delay in this; the persons responsible for conducting the review and drafting the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6018/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (10 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department rural-proofs education policy. [6019/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (10 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined the possibility of introducing a grant scheme to purchase bicycles under the school transport scheme; and if further consideration to same will be given. [6020/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (10 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools and the number of secondary schools that are currently without access to broadband; the number of these schools that are in rural areas; and the percentage of total schools this equates to. [6157/15]

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: We welcome the opportunity to debate the Bill. We opposed the Bill in the Seanad. I am sure the Minister is aware of the reasons for that. If not, we will discuss them on Committee Stage. The Bill does three things, two of which we support. We fully support the initiatives being taken by the Government in terms of the Student Support Act and the provision for PLC courses. The latter...