Results 4,541-4,560 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the 18 religious congregations contributing towards the cost of the redress scheme for victims of abuse in residential institutions; and the amount of money awarded to date. [12938/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 776 of 24 March 2015, the form of consultation between her Department and the Department of Social Protection regarding the student grant scheme; and the date on which this consultation will conclude. [13130/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her Department's review of the student grant scheme for 2015-16; and if this includes a review of the criteria Student Universal Support Ireland requires students to fulfil in order to establish their status as estranged students. [13131/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the work of the transition reform steering group and the proposals it is developing on the transition of school leavers to higher education. [13133/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 756 of 24 March 2015, if a school is allowed to operate without a board of management under the legislation; the length of time this is allowed to occur for; the length of time a school (details supplied) in County Dublin has been operating without a board of management; the date on which patronage will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Expenditure (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 26 February 2015 to detail the amount of expenditure on rented accommodation in the further education and training sector by education and training board area during each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13347/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 602. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 10 February 2015 when a reply will be provided detailing the projected cost of abolishing fees for part-time postgraduate courses. [13348/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (31 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 17 February 2015 when the Teaching Council will provide an update on the operation of Regulation 5 of the Teaching Council (Registration) Regulations 2009; if a transition arrangement was introduced by the Teaching Council to provide teachers working before April 2013 time to acquire a recognised...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (25 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the remuneration package of the SouthDoc general manager (details supplied) [12299/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Springboard Programme (24 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if lone parents in receipt of the one-parent family payment, who are engaging in Springboard courses and who are in receipt of a Student Universal Support Ireland grant to cover fees will have to exit their studies once their youngest child reaches seven years of age. [11204/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (24 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 452. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of incidents of self-harm that required medical attention, in each direct provision accommodation centre during each year since 2009. [11345/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges (24 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 525. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of refuge places for persons escaping domestic violence per 10,000 of the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11390/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Absenteeism (24 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 536. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which Túsla engage with school attendance issues; the number of days a child has to miss before it will intervene; the number of interventions on this matter it has made each month since it was established, set out in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11760/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Educational Welfare Board Staff (24 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 537. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff members employed in the National Educational Welfare Board for each of the past five years; the number of staff on sick leave or maternity leave; and if those staff members have been replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11761/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (24 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 661. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that children who spend time on a waiting list for speech and language therapy in one area, can have that waiting time counted on a different waiting list when they move location, in order to ensure they are not placed at the bottom of the queue. [11759/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (24 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 756. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Dublin has been operating without a board of management; if this is permitted under legislation; and her plans to rectify this matter. [11159/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Modern Language Teaching (24 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 760. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the National University of Ireland's moves towards removing foreign languages as an entry requirement to courses; the options available to her to intervene if it continues with this policy change; and her plans to address this matter. [11205/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Expenditure (24 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 771. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 501 of 10 March 2015, if the changes to adjacent rules of the grant actually yielded a saving of €30 million; the exact saving that occurred; where moneys saved from this change were re-allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11343/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (24 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 776. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has consulted with the Department of Social Protection on the number of students who will no longer qualify for Student Universal Support Ireland payments, due to changes in the one-parent family payment; the number of persons that will be affected by same; and her plans to address this matter. [11391/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (24 Mar 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 787. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place has been found for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9; her plans to address this matter; the date on which she will bring forward the Education (Admissions) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11509/15]