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

Jonathan O'Brien: 412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected recruitment of additional teachers, additional resource teachers, and additional special needs assistants, over the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19272/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reversing cuts to the capitation grants for primary and post primary schools. [19273/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reversing cuts to the capitation grants for the vocation training opportunities scheme, the Youthreach scheme, the back to education initiative, post leaving certificate courses, and adult literacy centres. [19274/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Private Schools (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of the State subsidy to private schools. [19275/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the current difficulties being experienced by the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin in securing alternative accommodation for its school; that a representative from her Department told the school that it must submit a proposal in writing for an alternative site, despite the board of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a regulatory impact assessment for English language schools has been prepared for the new regulations due to be introduced in a few weeks; the role the accreditation and co-ordination of English Language Services and Quality and Qualifications Ireland had in preparing them. [19644/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if protections for teachers in English language schools have been included in the proposed Regulatory Impact Assessment, in order to address their worsening working conditions, including being forced to work as contractors, the issue of zero hour contracts, and the requirement for unsalaried teachers to work substantial extra hours unpaid....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if regulation for English language schools will now be subject to primary legislation and stated objective standards with required wind-down procedures for schools that do close. [19646/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a graduated system of removal of accreditation of English language schools will be introduced that may allow schools six weeks to get up to code and be subject to re-inspection before removal of accreditation. [19647/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if new regulations address the need for a form of learner protection or in any way assess the financial viability of a school receiving visas of one year's duration. [19648/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to bring the accreditation and co-ordination of English language services under the auspices of the Ombudsman. [19649/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will be required to approve any regulations prepared by the accreditation and co-ordination of English language services; and if the accreditation will be required to publish explanations for rules introduced, including evidence of assessment of the economic impact of such regulations on the sector. [19650/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (19 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assessment has been carried out as to whether the accreditation and co-ordination of English language services is fit for purpose, in view of the obvious regulatory failure that has resulted in the closure of 16 schools in the past 18 months, in many cases due to removal of accreditation. [19651/15]

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: The community welfare officers-----

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Education Review (14 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the systematic literature review on educating persons with autistic spectrum disorders has not been published, in spite of the fact that, according to the tender document, it was due to be submitted by January 2014, and the findings were presented at the National Council for Special Education research conference six months ago....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Education Review (14 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that most of the best evidenced studies reviewed in a study (details supplied) were based on behavioural principles, as stated by Doctor Bond at the National Council for Special Education research conference. [18914/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review her Department's approach to applied behaviour analysis schooling; her plans to remove the board certified behaviour analysts employed as directors of education from the former applied behaviour analysis pilot schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18915/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (13 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, on a per education and training board basis, the number of second level education and training board school principals who do not have either a higher diploma in education, a Master's degree or a Doctoral degree. [18740/15]

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (12 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is on the public record. Among the proposals was the waste incinerator at Poolbeg. Mr. Boland was also present when An Bord Pleanála approved contested projects such as a property development in south Dublin and wind farms which the company of which he had been a director, RPS, had been central to proposing. The former Minister, when questioned regarding his support for Mr. Boland,...

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (12 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: It may be argued, and is being argued through the Government amendment, that our proposal is unnecessary because the Government has set in train legislation to appoint a planning regulator. However, it is clear from the details it has published that this proposal will not be as recommended by the Mahon tribunal. In other words, the regulator will not be independent of the Minister, and the...