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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (8 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools receiving a grant under the school services support fund during each of the past five years. [20690/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (8 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the operation of the learner database and the information it holds; and the cost of running same. [20691/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Councils Issues (8 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that currently have student councils; the number of schools that do not have student councils; the cost of running the student council support service; and the funding and staff allocated to it during each of the past five years. [20692/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (8 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on any proposed merger between the four Dublin institutes of technology. [20750/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Postgraduate Education (8 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the strategic innovation fund's restructuring of delivery of fourth level education. [20751/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Access to Higher Education (8 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to widen participation and increase access to PhD programmes for under-represented groups including those from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds. [20752/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (8 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase funding for targeted access supports in higher education to improve equity of access. [20753/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (8 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of the student assistance fund for each of the past five years; and the number of students who benefited from same during each of those years. [20754/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fund for Students with Disabilities (8 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of the fund for students with disabilities for each of the past five years and the number of students who benefited from same during each of those years. [20755/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (8 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his efforts to increase links between post-primary DEIS schools and third level institutions since coming to office; the number of DEIS schools currently with no links. [20756/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scholarship Schemes (8 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places on Irish scholarship schemes awarded during each of the past eight years. [20757/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scholarship Schemes (8 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reviews that have taken place of scholarship schemes since he was in office. [20758/14]

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

Jonathan O'Brien: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commit to not changing the qualifying distance criterion for entitlement to the higher education non-adjacent rate of grant in the future. [20774/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Office for Equity of Access to Higher Education (8 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding allocated to the national office for equity of access to higher education during each of the past eight years. [20775/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Agencies Staff Data (8 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff allocated to the national office for equity of access to higher education during each of the past eight years and their rates of pay. [20776/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Support for Young People with Disabilities: WALK and Carers Association (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I have one final question. We focus on the area of social protection when it comes to carers but there is also an educational focus, particularly when one is transitioning out of the carer phase. For example, a carer who is caring for a person 24/7 for many years may find himself or herself at a loose end when the person passes away. Is there anything the Department can do to help those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Support for Young People with Disabilities: WALK and Carers Association (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: How would people with disabilities benefit if that decision had not been made?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Support for Young People with Disabilities: WALK and Carers Association (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: Would the result be increased progression rates?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Support for Young People with Disabilities: WALK and Carers Association (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: Perhaps Mr. Henry would elaborate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Support for Young People with Disabilities: WALK and Carers Association (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: The official position is that consideration is now to be given to how other groups can be included but no indication of how the decision will be made has been given.