Results 5,421-5,440 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (30 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact date in 2006 that Model A was no longer part of his Department policy on autism; the job title of the person whose position it was to make that decision; and the job title of the person whose responsibility it was to communicate this decision to relevant individuals. [19670/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (30 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis on which his Department made the decision to stop using Model A. [19671/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Legal Cases (30 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the change of policy regarding Model A was ever communicated to the State's legal team in a case (details supplied); and the date on which this occurred. [19673/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (30 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to promote shared reading programmes in primary schools; if grants have been put in place to support the development of these schemes; the schools that have benefitted from these grants; the criteria for this support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19678/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Gambling Legislation (30 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 276. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of hours a betting office is legally allowed to single-man a shop for. [19628/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Regulations (30 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 277. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if all betting offices licensed here have produced a written risk assessment on single-manning as they are obliged to under section 19 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 for 2013 and 2014. [19629/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (30 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 368. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the new professional masters in education is excluded from the back to education allowance scheme; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that excluding this new course from the BTEA will mean that low-income or working class students will be unable to access this course and in turn will be effectively barred from the teaching...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (30 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 627. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ban the practice of single-manning in betting offices in the forthcoming gambling control Bill; and the date on which this legislation will be introduced. [19630/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Reports (30 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 691. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 556 of 15 April, 2014, the date on which departmental officials will forward a copy of this report. [18872/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (17 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person who changes their name by deed poll must wait a particular period of time before changing their name on their passport; the length of time needed; the reason for same. [18289/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (17 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the procedures a person wishing to change their surname on their passport after getting married must go through if they present an Irish or UK marriage or civil partnership certificate; the procedure they must go through if they present a non-Irish or non-UK marriage or civil partnership certificate; the length of time...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Betting Licences (17 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of licensed betting offices in the State. [18296/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Regulations (17 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has any concerns regarding the practice of single-manning staff in betting offices and the implications for worker health and safety. [18276/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (17 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a student who is due to sit repeat final year exams in August can sign on from June when he or she finishes university, as he or she would be available for employment. [18277/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Change of Name Procedure (17 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure for customer verification in changing a name following marriage when a person has a non-Irish or non-UK marriage or civil partnership certificate. [18285/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (17 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of robberies of betting offices that occurred during each of the past four years. [18269/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (16 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the concerns regarding the day-to-day operational services of Caranua and ensure that the service will conduct its operations in writing as well as telephone and that application guidelines are sent out to survivors when they apply. [18176/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (16 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student who is awarded Irish citizenship mid-way through an academic year who previously was refused a Student Universal Support Ireland grant on the basis of nationality may be awarded partial grant assistance for the subsequent part of the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18234/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education Welfare Service Provision (16 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 149. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of individual children’s cases which have been brought to the Educational Welfare Service of the Child and Family Agency as they have not been able to secure a school placement in their area during each of the past four years; the number of children who had places secured for them during each of these years. [18095/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (15 Apr 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for curriculum reform. [17311/14]