Results 1,201-1,220 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Consultancy Contracts (2 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of consultancy and technical services outsourced to universities here from Government Departments in 2011/12. [41362/12]

Other Questions: Heritage Council Funding (3 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to extend the school heritage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42024/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Caiteachas Ranna (3 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht na ciorruithe atá déanta ag a Roinn ó thús na bliana. [41979/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2013 (4 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to equality proof each of the various options being considered for Budget 2013; the plans the Government has to prepare and publish a distributional analysis of each of the various options being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42272/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement proposals to assess capital assets and income when means testing student grants in the 2013-2014 academic year; if he will confirm the publication date of the findings of the Higher Educational Authority National Strategy for Higher Education to 2030. [43233/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: Can the Minister indicate when he received the draft report from the implementation group? When will his considerations be complete? When will the full report be published? This matter is causing a great deal of anxiety, particularly among the farming community. Many thousands of farmers are outside this building today. They have genuine worries about the threat to rural Ireland. It is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: Will the Minister confirm, in regard to the draft report he has received, that he is just looking at the value of the assets or is he also taking into account debts that may apply against those assets? Will it be the net or gross value of the assets that will be taken into account? Will the Minister give some indication of the draft report's focus in terms of how he is going to value...

Other Questions: Bullying in Schools (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: I agree with the Minister that it has become a considerable problem and this is something the working group will examine. Has the Minister looked at other countries where there is stand-alone bullying legislation with a view to policy development and legislation here? The issue of bullying is not confined to children or students. There is a growing number of teachers who suffer from...

Other Questions: Third Level Admissions Reform (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. He outlined the number as approximately 32,000, which is up some 6,000 on the 2010 figures I had. Even if one only considers the revenue created from that number of students in 2010 was €900 million, no doubt this is an important factor, not only for the universities but for the Irish economy. International students stay on average...

Other Questions: Teachers' Remuneration (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: I am concerned by the answer the Minister gave to Deputy Catherine Murphy when she asked if, in his opinion, the changes made to teachers' pay would impact on the quality of teachers entering the profession. His reply was not acceptable because he said his feeling was that it would not. I am wondering what analysis and assessments have been undertaken by the Department. The Minister has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to address the continuing refusal of the religious congregations to meet their share of the costs of the compensation bill for victims of institutional residential abuse; and if he will provide an update on the establishment of the fund. [43090/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the impact of increases in the student contribution fee to be implemented from 2013-2015; and if they are sustainable for low income families who are marginally above the grant threshold. [43091/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Finance if schools have experienced difficulties resulting from the directive of the Revenue Commissioners to regard school boards of management as principal contractors in respect of Relevant Contracts Tax and VAT, with effect from 1 January 2012; his views on the challenges that school boards are experiencing in complying with the very significant administrative...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Teaching Council, a self-funded agency responsible for the professional development of teachers, is being prevented from hiring an additional 16 staff out of its own funds because it is subject to the public sector recruitment embargo; and his views on whether employing these additional staff would help reduce the backlog in Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Numbers (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current staffing details of the Inspectorate including the numbers of inspectors at each grade in each business area. [43289/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Numbers (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools inspectors who retired in each of the past five years. [43290/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Numbers (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools inspectors recruited in each of the past five years. [43291/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Services (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current staffing details of the National Educational Psychological Service including the numbers of psychologists at each grade in each business area of the country. [43292/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Services (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools psychologists in the National Educational Psychological Service who retired in each of the past five years. [43293/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Services (9 Oct 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools psychologists in the National Educational Psychological Service recruited in each of the past five years. [43294/12]