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Order of Business (15 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: I do not care.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (15 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing the student contribution fee by €250; and by €500. [29347/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (15 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of amending the criteria for the Student Universal Support Ireland grant scheme to ensure students living further than 30 km from their college qualify for the non-adjacent rate of grant payment. [29348/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (15 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications under the Student Universal Support Ireland grant scheme that have been awarded but not paid for in this and in previous academic years; and the number of outstanding applications to be decided on during those years. [29349/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Reviews (15 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the individuals who participate in reviews of the Student Universal Support Ireland grant scheme guidelines each year; the organisations, statutory bodies or Departments they represent; the number of meetings they had for the review of the scheme that was used for the 2014-15 academic year; the dates on which those meetings were held; the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Expenditure (15 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing the parental contribution to the school transport scheme to €75 and to €50 for primary schoolchildren; and to €300 and to €175 for secondary schoolchildren. [29351/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (15 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the NCSE policy on the provision of special needs assistants at preschool level; the number of assistants provided to children at this level funded by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29462/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (15 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy on the provision of special needs assistants for children in early-years education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29463/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Staff (15 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average salary of a National Educational Psychological Service psychologist; the number of such psychologists currently employed; their rates of pay; and the salary scales applicable to their positions. [29563/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Staff (15 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of National Educational Psychological Service psychologists currently employed, by county; the number of these currently on maternity leave or sick leave and who have not been replaced. [29564/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (14 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 545. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the records, including the birth registers and the​ maternity​ theatre registers, for each year from 1958 to 2007, relating to maternity and obstetric services formerly provided at the Bon Secours Hospital in County Cork, under arrangements pursuant to maternity services legislation. [28456/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (14 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 765. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board is operating with staff levels under 10% of that set out by the 2009 moratorium; her views regarding the inability to hire a Human Resources executive, and the risks this may pose to the organisation; the number of times her Department has been contacted on this by the Training...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Facilities (14 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 767. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding her Department has allocated to student counselling services at third level, for each of the past five years; and her Department's policy on supporting the provision of such services. [28462/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (14 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 804. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the revenue received by the State Examinations Commission from leaving certificate and junior certificate fees during each of the past five years. [28915/15]

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: When I was listening to the Minister of State's reply to the initial comments on these amendments, it seemed to me that there was a major contradiction in what he was saying. He said that Part V is an integral part of the provision of social housing, even though he is legislating for a reduction in the limit from 20% to 10% and providing for a leasing option, thereby removing the need to...

Topical Issues: Back to School Costs (8 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: The issue is workbooks.

Topical Issues: Back to School Costs (8 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister can certainly order schools to introduce a generic uniform.

Topical Issues: Back to School Costs (8 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: The code of practice regarding books is voluntary. There is no evidence to suggest it is reducing costs. One of the matters I have raised personally with the Minister and in the education committee is the need to look at the effectiveness of that voluntary code of practice. If it is not working, it should be put on a statutory basis. It must be made an enforceable code of practice. ...

Topical Issues: Back to School Costs (8 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: We raise this issue at this time every year. Students are no sooner out of school on their summer holidays than parents start to worry and fret about the cost of sending them back to school at the end of August and the start of September. The Minister, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, may be aware of the recent publication of a survey by the Irish League of Credit Unions. It indicates the financial...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Draft Educational Research Centre (Establishment) Order 2015: Discussion with the Minister for Education and Skills (8 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: I thank the Minister. I welcome the proposal to make the ERC a body under section 54 of the Education Act 1998. The Minister examined a number of options, including whether to bring the centre under the aegis of the Department, but the route she is going down is the most prudent. The centre will maintain its independence and will have a governance structure, which is important. The...