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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: The briefing note states that the establishment order also makes it clear that the ERC will have a role in developing and providing materials and assistance to schools to enable them to monitor and report to parents and others on the progress of students. Obviously, some of that will tie into junior cycle reform as well. Could the Minister expand on exactly what role the ERC will have in...

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 have a final question. Obviously, other Departments have to contribute to the education system, for example, child care. The Department of Children and Youth Affairs is responsible for the school completion programme. There is a cross-departmental plan that must feed into the overall education system; it is not just down to the Minister. When the ERC is doing its research does it take...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment: Discussion. (8 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: I apologise that I had to step out and missed Ms McManus's verbal presentation, although I have read it. I will have to step out again in a minute as I am due in the Chamber for a Topical Issues matter. On the all-Ireland basis of the curriculum, Ms McManus will be aware that under the Good Friday Agreement, both Governments are committed to harmonising policies on an all-island basis....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (8 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 171. To ask the Minister for Health ​the current location of the ​obstetric ​records, including the birth registers and annual returns, made under the 1934 Registration of Maternity Homes Act; ​and details of the type of records held for​ each year from 19​50 onwards relating to maternity services formerly provided at ​​a private...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (7 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost of changing the measurement of geographical distance to a measurement of travel distance in respect of qualifying for grant assistance under the Student Universal Support Ireland scheme. [26892/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (7 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reinstating the old adjacent rate of the grant under the Student Universal Support Ireland scheme at 24 km. [26893/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (7 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine introducing a special supplementary means tested payment under the Student Universal Support Ireland scheme for those living on islands who incur extra travel costs or living costs because they cannot commute. [26894/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (7 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the payment rates under the Student Universal Support Ireland Scheme, given the poor standard of transport links in many rural areas. [26895/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (7 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has conducted any review of the rules of assessing estrangement used by Student Universal Support Ireland; if she is aware of any review conducted by Student Universal Support Ireland on the matter; and the outcome of any of these reviews. [26896/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (7 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clear guidelines to grant authorities that will compel them to recognise genuine evidence from students that demonstrates estrangement from their families. [26897/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (7 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that students over 23 years of age who are classed as mature students are assessed on their personal income, and not that of their parents; and if she will introduce formal guidelines on same for Student Universal Support Ireland. [26898/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Expenditure (7 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of fully reinstating the postgraduate maintenance grant. [26899/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Expenditure (7 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that postgraduate fee contributions match undergraduate fee contributions. [26900/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (7 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the rules around transitional courses at third level for the purposes of supports under the Student Universal Support Ireland scheme, given the lack of recognition that add-on courses with high progression rates currently have. [26901/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grants Data (7 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who received a grant in a repeat year of studies during the years 2013-14 and 2014-15; and the guidelines used to decide on their qualifications. [26902/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (7 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be considered for inclusion under the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools scheme, as part of the upcoming review of the scheme for disadvantaged schools, given that all other schools in the area have been included under the scheme. [27222/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (7 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra funds have been available for her Department to comply with planning conditions set down by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and upheld by An Bord Pleanála regarding the planning application for the building of a new school for a co-educational day school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [27223/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (7 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a change to the school transport scheme (details supplied); and that this change means many large lower-income areas in Galway city are now excluded from the grant. [27255/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (2 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 181. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the new cystic fibrosis ward will open in Cork University Hospital; and his views on the delay in opening the ward. [26817/15]

One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jul 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: I am sorry, Deputy Joan Burton is the Minister.