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Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (8 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I have not seen that.

Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (8 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: In her response, the Minister might touch on the possibility of extending the five-year plans and looking at even longer-term planning for school capital projects. I cannot let this issue go without touching on the whole area of the workers involved in building schools. The Minister is well aware, as I am sure every Deputy is, of the ongoing issue in regard to the dispute at Kishoge...

Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (8 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: Yes, and I am going to ask the question. It is unacceptable it would wash its hands of this issue by stating that the contract which the Department takes out is with the main contractors and it has no responsibility over the subcontractors which are employed by that main contractor. The Department should have a responsibility to ensure every worker working on a school building project is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capitation Grants (8 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 5. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a commitment to secure the financial feasibility of schools by not proceeding with the proposed 1% cut in the capitation grant, as announced in budget 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38015/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capitation Grants (8 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: This question relates to capitation grants, which, as the Minister is aware, are the main source of funding for schools. The effect of the year-on-year reduction in the capitation grant on schools has been significant. Will the Minister give a commitment that the planned reduction due to take place next year will not now go ahead?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capitation Grants (8 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I am a little confused by the Minister's answer. Last week during Question Time we raised with the Minister for Finance the issue of a neutral budget. We were trying to get some clarity on previously announced cuts, such as the capitation grant cut, which was announced in 2012. Given that we are looking at a neutral budget, will those cuts take place next year? 10 o’clock The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Teacher Recruitment (8 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: Does the Minister agree that using JobBridge to advertise teaching positions is a form of exploitation by schools? Positions for SNAs and teachers have been advertised on JobBridge, but the purpose of that scheme when first announced was as a pathway to work. People were to have a realistic opportunity of gaining employment after participation in a JobBridge scheme. Can the Minister...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Teacher Recruitment (8 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I am interested in seeing those figures, because the last time we asked about the number of teachers and SNAs engaged in JobBridge schemes who went on to full-time employment, the figure was zero. I am interested in seeing whether there has been any progress on that. I believe filling positions in schools through JobBridge is a form of exploitation. The reason schools are being forced...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Teacher Recruitment (8 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has met the Department of Social Protection on the issue of employing primary schoolteachers through the JobBridge scheme. [38014/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Teacher Recruitment (8 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I congratulate the Minister on her promotion and look forward to working with her constructively over the remainder of this Government's term. I seek clarification on what discussions the Minister has had with the Minister for Social Protection on the use of the JobBridge scheme in the education sector.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Charges (8 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the high costs incurred by students undertaking gaeltacht placements as part of third level degrees. [37918/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (8 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure schools report to her Department the level of voluntary contributions they receive from parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37919/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (8 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to anomalies within the Student Universal Support Ireland procedures for assessing independent students; her plans to reform this. [37920/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (8 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site survey was carried out by an architect or other person contracted by or employed by or connected to her Department, on the Dominican site where a school (details supplied) is located; if a report based on this survey was produced; if she will make the report available to parents of students attending this school. [38376/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (7 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many students with disabilities access university and third level colleges via FETAC courses; if her further attention has been drawn to the fact that they must achieve a high standard in their FETAC course in order to do this; if her further attention has been drawn to the fact that they may...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (7 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to have farm safety issues incorporated into appropriate parts of the primary school curriculum. [38068/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (7 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of consultants contracted to undertake work for Caranua; the names and details of these consultants; if she appointed any consultants to Caranua and their details; the value of their contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38105/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (7 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the advocacy or representative groups of survivors of residential institutional abuse that have requested to meet her since she took office; the groups she has met to date; if she will meet any others; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38106/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (1 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of not reducing the capitation grant to primary and post-primary schools by a further 1% as proposed in budget 2012, to be implemented this year. [37316/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (1 Oct 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of not reducing the capitation rates for VTOS, YouthReach, BTEI, PLC and adult literacy by a further 1% as proposed in budget 2012, to be implemented this year. [37317/14]