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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (6 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her consultation with the publishing industry to develop more online learning resources and new mediums for their learning materials as set out in the programme for Government. [17481/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the phasing out the inefficient renting of prefabricated units for schools; if the negotiation of rental contracts will be part of a reformed public procurement policy to encourage greater value for money; the number of prefabricated units that were rented in each year since 2009; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (6 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on primary teachers being restricted from gaining their professional probation in special schools, where the full curriculum is taught; if she is aware that at present teachers in special schools or classes may only receive probation on a restricted basis, and if they transfer to a mainstream school they must undergo the whole...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (6 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that the Irish Federation of University Teachers calls for the implementation of the European Commission recommendation on improving pay transparency, which would help close the gender pay gap. [17615/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (6 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the issue of gender inequality in the National University of Ireland Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17616/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: ICT in Primary Schools: Discussion (6 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: Deputy McConalogue covered many of the issues I also wanted to raise. Providing technical support has been identified as a significant challenge because of the diverse nature of schools and some are more advanced than others. The Department stated in its presentation that “a centralised national technical support service is not a viable option” and it will examine several...

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: That is not what he said.

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: Ask Deputy Eric Byrne about kangaroo courts. He would know all about them.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (7 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 24 June 2014, if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of derogations to the five-year secondment limit that have been decided by her Department; the post in question; the reason for the derogation; the date the decision to derogate was made; and the details of any input that she or...

Topical Issues: English Language Training Organisations (12 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: I am sure the Minister for Education and Skills is well aware of the position on English language schools which is an ongoing issue. In May last year I remember asking her predecessor, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, to appear before the Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection to discuss it. To date, 14 English language schools in Dublin alone have closed their doors, placing a huge...

Topical Issues: English Language Training Organisations (12 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: That is one of the key problems in this area. Dr. Pádraig Walsh, the chief executive of Quality and Qualifications Ireland, has come out very strongly to say that many of these schools operating within the State are doing so without meeting the standards under the Accreditation and Co-ordination of English Language Services, the ACELS process. He has indicated that schools recruiting...

Topical Issues: English Language Training Organisations (12 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: That could be expanded.

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (12 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: It may be argued, and is being argued through the Government amendment, that our proposal is unnecessary because the Government has set in train legislation to appoint a planning regulator. However, it is clear from the details it has published that this proposal will not be as recommended by the Mahon tribunal. In other words, the regulator will not be independent of the Minister, and the...

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (12 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is on the public record. Among the proposals was the waste incinerator at Poolbeg. Mr. Boland was also present when An Bord Pleanála approved contested projects such as a property development in south Dublin and wind farms which the company of which he had been a director, RPS, had been central to proposing. The former Minister, when questioned regarding his support for Mr. Boland,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Expenditure (12 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the acquisition by a college of Tipperary Education and Training Board of a web-based student enrolment system, which does not work correctly in all web browsers, and which cannot order learners' names alphabetically, necessitating the reordering of subsequent internal procedures; her further views if such an acquisition...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Expenditure (12 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the acquisition by a college of Tipperary Education and Training Board of a web-based student enrolment system, which does not work correctly in all web browsers, and which cannot order learners' names alphabetically, necessitating the reordering of subsequent internal procedures; her further views if such an acquisition...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (12 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy regarding schools sharing subjects in order to maximise the number of subject options available to students, particularly at leaving certificate level; the way in which schools can arrange this; the number of schools currently engaging in such arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18600/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (13 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, on a per education and training board basis, the number of second level education and training board school principals who do not have either a higher diploma in education, a Master's degree or a Doctoral degree. [18740/15]

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: The community welfare officers-----

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Education Review (14 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the systematic literature review on educating persons with autistic spectrum disorders has not been published, in spite of the fact that, according to the tender document, it was due to be submitted by January 2014, and the findings were presented at the National Council for Special Education research conference six months ago....