Results 5,081-5,100 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of people who made applications for funds from Caranua for educational courses and were refused on the basis the cost was over €5,000; the cost of the courses applied for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33891/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have received advocacy assistance from Caranua since it was established; and what that entailed for each of those persons. [33896/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have made applications to Caranua to date; the number of persons who have been refused payments; the number who have received payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33904/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the external agencies engaged by Caranua; the cost of these services; if the costs of these external services are covered by funds from the National Treasury Management Agency. [33892/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of expenditure of Caranua of office running costs, external contractors, ICT spend and staff salaries since its establishment. [33899/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if staff salaries in Caranua are funded from the €110m allocated to the body or from other Exchequer funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33898/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 13,000 plus potential applicants still eligible to apply for support or payments from Caranua have received sufficient information to ensure that people were not deterred from applying and were aware of how to apply as per the previous Minister's commitment to do so. [33907/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have vending machines in operation; the amount of revenue received by each of these schools for each vending machine; her plans to introduce legislation to ban unhealthy foods being stocked in vending machines in schools or ban the use of vending machines altogether. [33914/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement she has had with companies regarding the sale of fizzy drinks and use of vending machines in schools; the names of the companies she has met with; and the number of times she has met with them. [33940/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the work of her Department's representative to the subcommittee of the Interdepartmental Implementation Group on Children First; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33917/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of cases and litigation that comes within the parameters of the O'Keefe judgement; and the implications of this for the State. [33918/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early Years Strategy Implementation (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the persons she will appoint to the advisory group on early years education; the date on which the group will be established; and the date on which the group will report back to her. [34064/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Participation (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places in third level institutions; and the number of these places reserved for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. [34065/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Galway. [34066/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, information on the number of schools still holding classes in prefabricated buildings; and the dates on which this will no longer be practice for these schools. [34067/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Care Qualifications (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the percentage of graduates working in early years education from 12% to 60% in accordance with the European Commission study, Competence Requirements in Early Childhood Education and Care. [34068/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to information publicised by the Irish National Teachers Organisation stating that over 90% of pupils in County Westmeath are in classes greater than the EU average of 20 and that 21.2% are in classes of 30 or more; and her plans to address same. [34130/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received any correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding the closure or amalgamation of a school in Dublin 10; if she has received notification of their intentions for the school in June 2015; if her attention has been drawn to the projected increase in enrolment figures in that area; her plans to improve progression...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to include coding and software development in the ICT curriculum for schools. [34190/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Sep 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1522. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number and names of local authorities that have completed educational impact assessments on residential zoning to identify potential need for schools. [33686/14]