Results 4,361-4,380 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (26 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 859. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the draft framework for teachers' learning will be published. [20243/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (26 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 860. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to include Mandarin Chinese as a leaving certificate subject; the reason this has not already happened; if discussions within her Department to do so have taken place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20244/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Remuneration (26 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 861. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details of unsanctioned top-up payments to staff of University College Cork; the rate of unsanctioned payment per person during each of the past ten years, set out in tabular form; the date on which her Department became aware of this practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20245/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (26 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 862. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure that Gaeltacht island schools' specific needs are recognised by her Department’s policy, including with regard to teacher allocation; if she is aware of the negative impact that her Department's redeployment policy is having on island schools; and her plans to address this matter. [20246/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (26 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 863. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure that Student Universal Support Ireland applications can be made at the same time as Central Applications Office applications. [20247/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Victim Support Services (26 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 876. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of survivors of institutional abuse she has met with during the past three months; her plans to reply to the questions posed by these survivors; and the reason survivors are not permitted to write to the Board to query their applications. [20317/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Victim Support Services (26 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 877. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to Towards Healing for provision of counselling services for survivors of institutional abuse. [20319/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Facilities (26 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 892. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the insufficient library facilities in Mary Immaculate College in County Limerick, where there are currently over 3,400 students using a library built to cater for 750 students; that the student to seat ratio of 16:1 is the highest in the State; her views that a library is a critical resource for the college; and her plans...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (26 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 893. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of providing teaching principals' extra administration days and increasing the current allocation to one day per week. [20578/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (26 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 894. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing the threshold for administrative principals to 145 pupils. [20579/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (26 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 895. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined a step-down facility for persons who take on principal roles without a loss of seniority and pension; and if she will provide the details of these reviews. [20580/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (26 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 896. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reinstating the previous 15% cuts to resource hours in schools. [20581/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (26 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 899. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams available to primary and post-primary schools to support the teaching of music within schools, including the purchase of instruments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20602/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Funding (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding allocated to the school meals programme and the school books grant. [19277/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €50 for each recipient of the allowance. [19278/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 234. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of complaints regarding infestations of vermin in Garda stations in Glanmire and Macroom, County Cork; her views on the health and safety risks to the public, as a result; and her plans to renovate these stations. [19311/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 339. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the medical records, including the birth registers and the​ maternity​ theatre registers, for each year from 1950 to 2007, relating to maternity and obstetric services formerly provided at the Erinville Hospital, County Cork, under arrangements pursuant to maternity services legislation. [19495/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Equality Issues (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that SIPTU has advised its members on the National University of Ireland Galway campus not to co-operate with the university's gender task force, as it was not engaged in consultations regarding its establishment; that there are concerns that the taskforce lacks transparency, and was not independently constituted, and no...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Funding (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reinstating the Solas training allowance. [19270/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of employing an additional 1,000 resource teachers. [19271/15]