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Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: Fianna Fáil set up the legislation.

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: Two peas in a pod.

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: They are only subject to bankers and developers.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fire Safety Regulations (20 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have been built since 2005 that have been found to be in breach fire safety regulations; and the name of the company that constructed each school. [36152/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fire Safety Regulations (20 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update concerning the schools that were built by a building company from County Tyrone that have been found to be in breach of fire safety regulations; the total number of schools constructed by this company, by name and location; if funding has been made available to bring these schools up to standard; and if action is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Places (20 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the difficulties teaching graduates are currently having in securing the full 100 hours to complete their higher diploma in arts in primary education; and her plans to address this problem. [36154/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (20 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out her plans for a new school for 2016 in the Stillorgan and Goatstown areas in County Dublin; when the patronage will be awarded; and if any potential sites have been identified. [36227/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (20 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the legislative provisions necessary to ensure that schools are no longer allowed to discriminate in admissions criteria on the basis of religion. [36242/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (20 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in a pupil (details supplied) in County Kilkenny receiving an assessment from the special educational needs officer regarding the allocation of a special needs assistant; and the steps that are being taken to ensure that the pupil is receiving assistance with education in the meantime. [36388/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (20 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria attached to the announcement earlier in 2015 that 600 new special needs assistants are to be put in place; if these will be full-time and permanent posts, for primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36389/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (20 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills due to the socio-economic make-up of the catchment area in question, if she will extend Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools status to Merlin College Secondary School and to Merlin Woods Primary School in County Galway. [36455/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 607. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a new primary school for the Doughiska and Roscam area of Galway, which has seen unprecedented population growth in recent years. [36485/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (20 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the community national schools' government by Education and Training Boards Ireland, out of the pilot phase; and the number of these which will be Gaelscoileanna. [36492/15]

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: I wish to be associated with the expressions of sympathy to members of An Garda Síochána and the Traveller community. In my brief contribution I wish to focus on education. Fine Gael and the Labour Party came to office in 2011 and between then and yesterday's budget announcement some €500 million had been taken out of the education budget. We saw capitation grants...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Submissions on Drugs Review: Discussion (14 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will only ask one because most of them have been asked. The biggest issue here is that the legislators are far behind society. We must face up to this issue. The legislators need to get up to speed. I firmly believe decriminalisation is the right way to go, but it is not the solution in itself. If there is a focused policy shift towards decriminalisation, it then forces legislators and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Submissions on Drugs Review: Discussion (14 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: On that point, it cannot all be just about money either. Let us not get caught up in figures. If we can keep people out of the criminal justice system and divert that money into rehabilitation and treatment services, that is all well and good. However, we must also realise that at the centre of all of this is an individual who may have a chronic addiction and that addiction could actually...

Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Taoiseach knows why - the Government did nothing for five years.

Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is not happening.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: I just saw the Minister for Finance. He is outside getting photographs taken.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (13 Oct 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 307. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to re-open the former health care unit building on the grounds of the Community Hospital in Macroom in County Cork, as promised by the Health Service Executive. [35602/15]