Results 3,621-3,640 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien

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

Jonathan O'Brien: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that most of the best evidenced studies reviewed in a study (details supplied) were based on behavioural principles, as stated by Doctor Bond at the National Council for Special Education research conference. [18914/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review her Department's approach to applied behaviour analysis schooling; her plans to remove the board certified behaviour analysts employed as directors of education from the former applied behaviour analysis pilot schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18915/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Funding (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding allocated to the school meals programme and the school books grant. [19277/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €50 for each recipient of the allowance. [19278/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 234. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of complaints regarding infestations of vermin in Garda stations in Glanmire and Macroom, County Cork; her views on the health and safety risks to the public, as a result; and her plans to renovate these stations. [19311/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 339. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the medical records, including the birth registers and the​ maternity​ theatre registers, for each year from 1950 to 2007, relating to maternity and obstetric services formerly provided at the Erinville Hospital, County Cork, under arrangements pursuant to maternity services legislation. [19495/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Equality Issues (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that SIPTU has advised its members on the National University of Ireland Galway campus not to co-operate with the university's gender task force, as it was not engaged in consultations regarding its establishment; that there are concerns that the taskforce lacks transparency, and was not independently constituted, and no...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Funding (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reinstating the Solas training allowance. [19270/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of employing an additional 1,000 resource teachers. [19271/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected recruitment of additional teachers, additional resource teachers, and additional special needs assistants, over the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19272/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reversing cuts to the capitation grants for primary and post primary schools. [19273/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reversing cuts to the capitation grants for the vocation training opportunities scheme, the Youthreach scheme, the back to education initiative, post leaving certificate courses, and adult literacy centres. [19274/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Private Schools (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of the State subsidy to private schools. [19275/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the current difficulties being experienced by the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin in securing alternative accommodation for its school; that a representative from her Department told the school that it must submit a proposal in writing for an alternative site, despite the board of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a regulatory impact assessment for English language schools has been prepared for the new regulations due to be introduced in a few weeks; the role the accreditation and co-ordination of English Language Services and Quality and Qualifications Ireland had in preparing them. [19644/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if protections for teachers in English language schools have been included in the proposed Regulatory Impact Assessment, in order to address their worsening working conditions, including being forced to work as contractors, the issue of zero hour contracts, and the requirement for unsalaried teachers to work substantial extra hours unpaid....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if regulation for English language schools will now be subject to primary legislation and stated objective standards with required wind-down procedures for schools that do close. [19646/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a graduated system of removal of accreditation of English language schools will be introduced that may allow schools six weeks to get up to code and be subject to re-inspection before removal of accreditation. [19647/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if new regulations address the need for a form of learner protection or in any way assess the financial viability of a school receiving visas of one year's duration. [19648/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to bring the accreditation and co-ordination of English language services under the auspices of the Ombudsman. [19649/15]