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

Jonathan O'Brien: Yes. There is an aspiration to do it.

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

Jonathan O'Brien: Children of 16 or 17 years of age, whether or not they have a disability, have hopes and aspirations. The hopes and aspirations of some people are, because of policy decisions, being discriminated against, which is scandalous. That this is being done, despite the fact that money has been made available to fulfil those hopes and aspirations, is hard to stomach. This is a decision which all...

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 thank both groups for coming in and making their presentations and apologise for delaying them at the start of the meeting. WALK's written submission mentioned the youth guarantee, but that was not touched on. The youth guarantee is an area where we can address some of the issues raised in its submission because if one looks at the creation of it at a European level, it was designed to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on redeploying teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20479/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of special needs assistants employed for 2013-14; the ceiling number of SNAs that may be employed within schools; the way this number is calculated; and the persons who calculate it. [20480/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Legal Case Numbers (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal proceedings that have been issued against his Department during 2013 and 2014 for children receiving special needs assistant support and any other issues; the number of these cases that are still pending; the number of children who received SNA support after legal proceedings regarding their case were initiated. [20481/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students whose Student Universal Support Ireland grants have been awarded for 2013-14 but not yet received on 1 February 2014 and the number on 1 May 2014. [20482/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of resource teachers for Travellers employed during 2013-14; and the model under which they are allocated. [20483/14]

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

Jonathan O'Brien: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of publicly funded positions in the higher education sector during each of the years 2009 to 2013, inclusive. [20484/14]

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

Jonathan O'Brien: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage reduction in staff numbers in the higher education sector that has taken place since December 2008. [20499/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff Issues (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ceiling on staff numbers in the education sector under the ECF. [20485/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant middle-management posts in the secondary level school sector. [20486/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide on update on proposed changes to education degrees and postgraduate teaching courses. [20487/14]

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

Jonathan O'Brien: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools where project mathematics is available. [20488/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commit to ensuring that children of a different or no religion are not effectively barred from entry into faith-based schools. [20489/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools he expects to be divested of Catholic church patronage during the next three years; and his plans for those schools. [20490/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for new schools considered by the second level patronage advisory group since its establishment; the organisations who made the applications; and the areas in which they sought schools. [20491/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of community national schools established here; and the number that will open in the next two years. [20492/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students attending school in prefab buildings during each of the past three years. [20495/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary schools which have applied for new school buildings or extensions during each of the past three years; the number of these applications which have been granted; and the current status of granted applications. [20496/14]