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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the new allocation system for special educational needs resources will be in place in all schools. [7050/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the time frame provided to her Department officials to design a pilot of the new model allocation system for special educational needs resources in schools; and the number of schools she envisages participating in the pilot scheme. [7051/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (17 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the remit of the proposed inclusion support service within the National Council for Special Education; the way in which it will deliver improved services that would have been delivered by the special education support service, the national behaviour support service, and the visiting teacher service for children who are deaf or hard of hearing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Water Supply Contamination (17 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which have higher than acceptable levels of lead in their water supply; and the locations of same. [7053/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Water Supply Contamination (17 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the seven schools in County Kilkenny with higher than acceptable levels of lead in their water supply; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that they have been told by Irish Water to find a new supply; and the funding options open to them to replace the piping that is causing the excessive lead...

Topical Issue Debate: Technological Universities (11 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: So no process is being put in place.

Topical Issue Debate: Technological Universities (11 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: I am sure the Minister is very well aware of the media attention on the proposed Munster technological university in recent days. Today, the Teachers' Union of Ireland lodged a dispute with the Labour Relations Commission. I do not know whether that affects what can be said on the matter. The press releases from the TUI in recent days outline some of the concerns it has raised. It is fair...

Topical Issue Debate: Technological Universities (11 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: I thank the Minister for her reply. However, she failed to deal with the crux of the issue, namely, the fact that the TUI has now lodged a dispute with the LRC. She also failed to address any of the concerns the TUI has raised about the process, for example, the fact that it has no confidence in any aspect of it. We now face a situation where the very people who are being asked to deliver...

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: We welcome the opportunity to debate the Bill. We opposed the Bill in the Seanad. I am sure the Minister is aware of the reasons for that. If not, we will discuss them on Committee Stage. The Bill does three things, two of which we support. We fully support the initiatives being taken by the Government in terms of the Student Support Act and the provision for PLC courses. The latter...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (11 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 114. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of reversing the cuts to the school completion programme which were implemented under this Government. [6176/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (11 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or her Department have legal grounds to prevent a school closure or amalgamation; and the legal provision in which this is contained. [6169/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (11 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, details of the schools which have amalgamated or closed during each year since 2010, including names, locations, school patrons, the number of pupils in each school, and the schools which amalgamated together. [6170/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (11 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way her Department defines rural schools. [6171/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (11 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a definition for strategically important small schools; and if so, the number there are within the State. [6172/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (11 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details of in-service training for teachers on combatting bullying in schools. [6177/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (11 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the idea of developing an all-Ireland anti-bullying strategy for schools. [6178/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Gender Recognition (10 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, under the proposed Gender Recognition Bill 2014, a person can have his or her birth certificate amended to reflect his or her preferred gender identity. [5675/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (10 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 202. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 3 February 2015, if she will provide, in tabular form, the dates on which all library and archiving related JobBridge positions in publicly funded bodies were advertised and the date on which employment in each of these positions commenced since the establishment of the JobBridge scheme. [6055/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (10 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost of abolishing fees for part-time postgraduate courses. [5649/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (10 Feb 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the building in which a school (details supplied) in County Dublin is currently housed could be re-purposed as a special educational school when the school goes to its new premises at Castleland later this year, as requested by members of the local community. [5698/15]