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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (29 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve an application by a school (details supplied) to set up a new gaelcholáiste on the northside of Cork city to cater for the increase in children attending Irish-medium primary education and parents who want their children to be educated through Irish. [23279/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (29 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has had a manager in place managing the school, and not a board of management, for over a year; the reason the manager of the school has reversed the decision to take in three first year classes for September 2015 and is now only enrolling two first year classes; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (29 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the board of management of a school (details supplied), with the support of parents and staff, has decided to enrol a junior infants class for September 2014 in order to secure the long-term future of the school in a situation of falling numbers of pupils and the school being only allowed to take...

Guerin Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I agree with Deputy Buttimer's concluding remark, that is, that we should not be scoring political points. It is disappointing that the Deputy started his speech with political point-scoring. Nevertheless, I agree with much of what he said. He and I work in Cork city with some fine members of the Garda, including in the Gurranabraher district. I will not name the superintendent in that...

Guerin Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I do not. Perhaps Deputy Buttimer would name them.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (27 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of the strategy documents his Department is currently implementing. [22171/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (27 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that students at a school (details supplied) in County Galway have no access to on-site sports facilities and that their fundraising efforts have raised significant finance for building a sports hall; and if part funding will be provided in order that they may have a sports hall on site. [22594/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools with no on-site sports facilities. [22595/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (27 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be placed on the panel; the reasons they have received two different sets of advice from his Department regarding their ability to meet the earnings threshold; the appeals process open to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22596/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (27 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a child (details supplied) in Dublin 4 has been refused a place in their local school due to the fact that the school has changed their admissions procedure to prioritise access for daughters of past pupils and girls attending Belmont primary school meaning the child does not qualify for a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Administration (27 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will receive an appointment with a NEPS psychologist as a matter of urgency. [22808/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (27 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinstate the special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22825/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a permanent school building in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22829/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a reader for the leaving certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23005/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (27 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has offered professional development to teachers who want to improve their mathematical knowledge; and his plans to rectify same. [23009/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of junior certificate and leaving certificate pupils who applied during each of the past seven years for a reader, a waiver from the assessment of spelling, grammar and punctuation in the language subjects, use of a tape recorder or word processor, a scribe, reasonable accommodation on the grounds of visual impairment, reasonable...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the persons who sit on the group which decides on appeals where reasonable accommodations have been refused by the State Examinations Commission; and details of any remuneration they receive. [23013/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to the State Examinations Commission during each of the past seven years for providing for reasonable accommodations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23014/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (27 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a complete list of CTC’s in operation during 2012/2013; and his plans to integrate these into ETB’s. [23342/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (27 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that SIPTU has tried to engage with IACTO, SOLAS and his Department on the issue of CTCs; and that his Department have refused to meet on the issue; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that IACTO are not disseminating the information. [23343/14]