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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (4 Mar 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 393. To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply details of the remuneration package received by a person (details supplied), including salary, pension packages, and any other forms of remuneration [10215/14]

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: Since mid-December, this State has been battered by a series of very devastating storms. The hardship, destruction and devastation have been outlined in a series of debates we have had in the House. I know the Tánaiste and various Ministers have visited those communities that have been affected. Thanks to the work of local authorities and local communities with the assistance of...

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. I welcome the fact that within two months, we hope to conclude those discussions with the insurance industry. It will come as a relief if we can get a positive outcome for those businesses and home owners who, through no fault of their own, find themselves unable to get insurance. That would certainly be a very welcome development and I wish the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (27 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to appoint a sergeant to Coachford Garda station, County Cork; if he will restore a full-time Garda station to Coachford Garda station; if he will downgrade Coachford Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10096/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role and Potential of Community and Vocational Education: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I also welcome today's guests. I have a small number of questions. In his conclusion of the City and Guilds presentation, Mr. Sheridan spoke of how the limited collaboration between stakeholders was impeding matters. Perhaps he could expand on that. The area that I wanted to touch on was SOLAS and its five-year strategy, which is being developed and will be published at the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (26 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department feels that primary school teachers are qualified to work with preschool age groups in preschools attached to primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9740/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (26 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Departmental circulars that govern the use of ABA-early intervention for education for children with ASD. [9741/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (26 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the use of ABA teaching methods for children with autism; his plans to expand same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9742/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (26 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 27 June 2013, the names of the international experts referred to in his reply and titles of their research papers and documents used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9745/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (26 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the training available to teachers through the Special Education Support Service in teaching children with autism including ABA, TEACCH, and PECS; the length of these courses; the number of teachers who have applied for and the number who have participated in them during each of the past three years; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (26 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of postgraduate programme places for teachers involved in learning support and special education; and the number of teachers who have availed of these places during each of the past three years. [9744/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (26 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 217. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that applied behavioural analysis for children with autism is viewed as a medical treatment in the US rather than an educational service; his views on same; his plans to ensure that ABA is considered a medical treatment in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9753/14]

Other Questions: School Curriculum (25 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific qualifications required to teach the new politics course at leaving certificate level. [9229/14]

Other Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (25 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: Deputy McConalogue has pointed out some of the issues we are facing in the post-primary sector. It is very hard to estimate how many teachers will retire out of the system and what their specialist subjects are. That will obviously have a knock-on effect. By 2020, we are looking at a 15% increase in the number of students at post-primary level, to a figure of more than 71,000 students who...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Amalgamation (25 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I thank the Minister. He is aware of both cases. The Edmund Rice Schools Trust, ERST, called in the staff and patrons of the four schools, including the bishop, and told them that the proposal was to close the North Monastery primary school and amalgamate it with St. Vincent's Convent national school, which is a fine school in its own right. The ERST then stated that it would hold a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Amalgamation (25 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: The only reasons being given for this are financial.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Amalgamation (25 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I trust that, when this matter lands on the Minister's desk, he will examine it properly.

Other Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (25 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to accommodate the 15% increase in the numbers beginning second level education over the next five years; his plans to address teaching shortages in some subjects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9163/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Amalgamation (25 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are proposals by a number of patron bodies to amalgamate primary schools and the distress that this is causing to parents and pupils as a result; and his plans to address this situation. [9432/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Amalgamation (25 Feb 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: I am happy to wait for the Minister's response.