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Other Questions: Further Education and Training Programmes Applications (22 Jan 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: I agree with the Minister that SOLAS may have a role in generating these data. I am concerned about the proposed changes in the recent budget in regard to the pupil-teacher ratio, PTR, for further education colleges, which many people use as a stepping stone to higher education, in particular people who may not have received academic qualifications on completion of their post-primary...

Other Questions: Further Education and Training Programmes Applications (22 Jan 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: This would certainly be welcome. A concern about the proposed budget changes is that some courses may have to be discontinued. During the Private Members' debate last week it was stated that it is down to the CEOs and principals of further education colleges to prioritise the courses which need to be protected. In the absence of this data it will be difficult for them to do so, and this...

Other Questions: Education Funding (22 Jan 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: Always equalise upwards.

Other Questions: Higher Education Institutions (22 Jan 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister has covered the issue comprehensively and I know Deputy Wallace wishes to have his question addressed.

Education (Welfare) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Jan 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Bill before the House, which will be debated this evening and tomorrow, sets out to amend the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 to enshrine in legislation obligatory anti-bullying policies that must be implemented on a mandatory basis by school boards of management so there are enhanced procedures in place to deal with bullying whenever it...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (22 Jan 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have applied for emergency funding from the student assistance fund since September 2012; and the way this compares with previous academic year. [2670/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Agencies (22 Jan 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list the administrative services in Irish of equal standard to those provided in English; if the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment will be in position to provide to An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta; if he researched these Irish-language services prior to the decision to merge COGG with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Agencies (22 Jan 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he will ensure that An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta budget will remain ring-fenced in the future under the new arrangement based on the decision he made to merge COGG with the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment; if the COGG will be in a position to make its own decisions regarding its budget...

Education (Welfare) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: First, I thank all of the Deputies who contributed to the Second Stage debate on this Bill, both those who spoke for and those who spoke against it. I also thank Dr. Stephen Minton from Trinity College Dublin, who is one of Ireland's leading experts on bullying and who freely gave his expertise at both the research and drafting stages of the Bill, and Mr. Simon Gillespie and Mr. Gavin...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Websites (23 Jan 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update in the Governments new eTenders website; the cost involved in preparing and managing the new site; the level of consultation that took place with interested stakeholders in advance of the new site being rolled out; the level of briefing that the Government has carried out to inform interested parties on the way...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Remuneration (23 Jan 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he will take to ensure that the principle of equal pay for equal work in public sector pay is not undermined. [3080/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (23 Jan 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of the number of newly qualified teachers who are still awaiting payment of their increased level four payscale; the date when all outstanding payments will be made and if he will provide assurances that unpaid wages will be back paid in full from September 2012. [3352/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (29 Jan 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the discounts she has managed to agree with the utility companies who supply gas and electricity to those in receipt of the household benefits. [4066/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (29 Jan 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the statement by her appointee as chair of the steering group of the jobbridge programme (details supplied), when she will reconsider the decision not to provide a training budget for each participant on top of the basic allowance. [4067/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Jan 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm if a new site has been acquired for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when work on the new school building is due to commence; and the projected timeframe for when work on the new school building will be completed. [4010/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Payments (29 Jan 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the decision in Budget 2013 to cut the back to education allowance was equality proofed; his views on whether decreasing this allowance will prevent marginalised and disadvantaged learners from upskilling through their participation in further education courses. [2673/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (30 Jan 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has made a decision regarding a grant application to restore the former Richmond Barracks gymnasium as a local museum and centre for focus on commemorations in 1916; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4499/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Energy Schemes (31 Jan 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when money outlined in the budget for the retrofitting of houses will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4683/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Projects (5 Feb 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures taken by him to include the lesbian, gay and bisexual community within its community development programmes. [5915/13]

Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: The women do not agree with that.