Results 3,461-3,480 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (24 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 799. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the age criteria for compulsory attendance at primary schools and the way in which this can impact on attendance levels. [11754/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 800. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on allowing principals or teachers to advocate for children to receive an assessment of needs, where appropriate, and with parental consent. [11755/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 801. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which play therapy for children is currently facilitated in schools; and the way in which schools can access this, where appropriate. [11756/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 802. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the role of the National Council for Special Education in providing advice to schools, principals and boards of management on how to manage children with behavioural needs. [11757/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Designation (24 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 814. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a change of status for three schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10 has been granted; if a change of status was granted, the criteria used to evaluate the schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11945/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (24 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 892. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the purchase scheme for local authority apartments. [11727/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (25 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the remuneration package of the SouthDoc general manager (details supplied) [12299/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 24 March 2015, if students in those situations will be facilitated in completing their courses with the current level of income support they receive. [13088/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 15 April 2014, if she will be reviewing policies regarding the domiciliary care allowance in view of the High Court judgment referred to in the previous parliamentary question; if her Department will be contacting persons who were unsuccessful in their application, and notifying them of the ability to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Child Abuse Reports (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has received a business case from the Child and Family Agency and from the Courts Service of Ireland to cost proposals for full implementation of the Ryan report; and the additional resources that have been requested. [12936/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Administration (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 380. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Courts Service of Ireland has conducted best practice research into the management of children and family services in the courts in other jurisdictions. [12926/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed Circuit Television Systems (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 414. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 9 April 2014, when the information requested will be supplied. [13350/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 425. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to establish a longitudinal study over ten years which would follow young persons who leave care in order to map their transition into adulthood. [12925/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse Prevention (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 426. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will report on the work of the Ryan report monitoring group since its establishment, to date; and the date on it will publish its fourth progress report. [12706/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Publication (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 428. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce a national early years strategy. [12842/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 429. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will conduct a quality audit across all early years services to provide baseline data for policy development and implementation. [12843/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Qualifications (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 430. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to expand the learner fund to support child care workers in progressing to levels 7 and 8 of the Further Education and Training Awards Council . [12844/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 431. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to ensure equal access to early years care and education, including access to the free pre-school year for children with special needs, and from minority groups. [12845/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Commissions of Inquiry (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 433. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of the resource constraints preventing full implementation of the Ryan report recommendations; and the estimated cost of implementing the recommendations. [12935/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the divestment process will be progressed in 2015 and beyond. [12678/15]