Results 5,401-5,420 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Work Placement Programmes (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have participated in work placement programmes in schools; the positions they undertook in the WPPs; their pay and conditions; the number of schools that have availed of it; the number of WPP teaching staff allowed in an individual school at a time during each year since it was introduced. [20550/14]

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

Jonathan O'Brien: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of actions initiated by him under section 105 of the Vocational Education Act 1930 since he came to office. [20551/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children educated under the home tuition scheme during 2013-14; the number of these currently waiting for an education placement; the number of these who are receiving early education intervention for pre-school children with autism. [20552/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the qualification criteria required to be a tutor to a child under the home tuition scheme. [20553/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding given to the home tuition scheme during each of year since 2010. [20554/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sports Facilities Provision (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills of the schools that have sports complexes attached, which of the schools are fee-paying; the level of funding provided to each school each year since 2010 for maintenance of swimming pools and other facilities. [20555/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education Welfare Service Provision (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 176. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the model of integrated service being introduced by the National Educational Welfare Board. [20493/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Traveller Community (7 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 177. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the supports provided by the National Educational Welfare Board to Traveller students. [20494/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (6 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 137. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed in betting offices here during each of the past five years. [19631/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (6 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of allowing parents to claim back the value of VAT charged on school ebooks. [20033/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Bodies Expenditure (6 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Caranua has a contract with a company (details supplied); if he signed off on this; the value of this contract; if Caranua have ever procured services from this body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20084/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (6 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 394. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 26 February 2014, the persons who advised him on not considering ABA as a medical treatment for children with autism in Ireland; the criteria used to determine if ABA should or should not be considered as a medical treatment for children with autism in Ireland; if he will provide details of any research consulted...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (6 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 395. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that ABA is listed as a treatment for autism on the Health Service Executive website; the HSE policy documents, guidance and circulars governing ABA as a treatment for individuals with autism. [20129/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (6 May 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 396. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive recommended service providers relating to the provision of ABA services for persons with autism. [20130/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Betting Regulations (30 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of licenced betting offices here during each of the past five years. [19632/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (30 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances under which a teacher who has had dismissal proceedings brought against them may be redeployed using the panel system. [18533/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department made the decision to remove the obligation on teachers to receive training and or supervision from a professionally qualified behaviour analyst from its policy given that the SESS had advised that teachers should be provided with on and off-site supervision from a behaviour analyst when providing ABA to children with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (30 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he will receive the Higher Education Authority report on the practices currently operated by individual higher education institutions in charging different rates of fees. [19388/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Administration (30 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the five-year strategy for SOLAS will be published. [19521/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Inspections (30 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the cost of inspections of educational institutions during 2012 and 2013. [19598/14]