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Topical Issues: English Language Training Organisations (12 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: That is one of the key problems in this area. Dr. Pádraig Walsh, the chief executive of Quality and Qualifications Ireland, has come out very strongly to say that many of these schools operating within the State are doing so without meeting the standards under the Accreditation and Co-ordination of English Language Services, the ACELS process. He has indicated that schools recruiting...

Topical Issues: English Language Training Organisations (12 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: That could be expanded.

Topical Issues: English Language Training Organisations (12 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: I am sure the Minister for Education and Skills is well aware of the position on English language schools which is an ongoing issue. In May last year I remember asking her predecessor, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, to appear before the Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection to discuss it. To date, 14 English language schools in Dublin alone have closed their doors, placing a huge...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Expenditure (12 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the acquisition by a college of Tipperary Education and Training Board of a web-based student enrolment system, which does not work correctly in all web browsers, and which cannot order learners' names alphabetically, necessitating the reordering of subsequent internal procedures; her further views if such an acquisition...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Expenditure (12 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the acquisition by a college of Tipperary Education and Training Board of a web-based student enrolment system, which does not work correctly in all web browsers, and which cannot order learners' names alphabetically, necessitating the reordering of subsequent internal procedures; her further views if such an acquisition...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (12 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy regarding schools sharing subjects in order to maximise the number of subject options available to students, particularly at leaving certificate level; the way in which schools can arrange this; the number of schools currently engaging in such arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18600/15]

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: Ask Deputy Eric Byrne about kangaroo courts. He would know all about them.

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: That is not what he said.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (7 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 24 June 2014, if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of derogations to the five-year secondment limit that have been decided by her Department; the post in question; the reason for the derogation; the date the decision to derogate was made; and the details of any input that she or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: ICT in Primary Schools: Discussion (6 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: Deputy McConalogue covered many of the issues I also wanted to raise. Providing technical support has been identified as a significant challenge because of the diverse nature of schools and some are more advanced than others. The Department stated in its presentation that “a centralised national technical support service is not a viable option” and it will examine several...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Professional Qualifications (6 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 342. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations and qualifications a person must hold in order to practice as a psychologist in private practice [17532/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Professional Qualifications (6 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 343. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of concerns held by parents regarding persons, who may not hold appropriate qualifications, providing diagnoses of autism and other disorders in children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17533/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 372. To ask the Minister for Health if a centre (details supplied) in County Cork is due for closure [17713/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (6 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total yearly cost of providing educational supports for children with additional needs, such as special needs assistants, language support teachers, resource teachers and the National Educational Psychological Service. [17520/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks Rental Scheme (6 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for easing the costs of school books on parents with secondary school pupils, by introducing a School Book Rental Scheme Fund for secondary schools, similar to the €15 million allocated for primary schools in Budget 2013. [17521/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Provision (6 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a circumstance of on-going tuition allocation of approximately 500 hours to further education learners in a publicly funded college, given that the tuition allocation reported to her Department, and funded by the State and by the European Union, is 800 hours; if such reduction in allocation is permitted by circular letters and-or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of applications for funding through public private partnerships in respect of schools (details supplied) in County Wicklow which are currently in a bundle of seven schools approved by her Department for funding through such partnerships; if she is aware that Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council refused planning permission for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of the new community school building in Clifden, County Galway; when it is envisaged that the re-tender process will be completed; the timeframe envisaged for completion of the project; and if the required funding is still in place to complete it by then. [17358/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (6 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total allocations to the education budget each year since 2009. [17433/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (6 May 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of savings in the education budget each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17435/15]