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Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (10 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 477. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available for community-based suicide awareness groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52570/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Department of Education and Skills may not be here next week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: We must reflect on the situation. I will not name schools but students in my constituency transfer from primary to post-primary on the basis of the sibling rule and from English-speaking speaking primary schools into a post primary school that uses the medium of Irish. Some 300 yards down the road, gaelscoil students have been taught through the medium of Irish in primary school but are not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: Yes, unfortunately.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: Deputy McConalogue asked what will happen if the matter is not resolved at a local level. Mr. Hanevy responded on two occasions that there are other remedies and I ask him to explain the other remedies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: That is done at the expense of a child's education. We should not lose sight of that fact.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: Is Mr. Loftus saying that the board of management will set out the policy, the principal will implement and if he or she fails to do so the matter will be appealed to the board of management which set out the policy initially?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: That does not make sense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: I shall outline what has just been said. The board of management will set out the policy, the principal will implement it on behalf of the board of management.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: If he or she does so in the eyes of a parent they will appeal it to the board of management who will adjudicate on its own formulated policy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Department needs to re-examine the matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: They were only updated this year, and that was the issue. We had a Gaelscoil which was a designated feeder school, but this year it is not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: Can I also get clarity on section 29? Mr. Hanevy said in his presentation that section 28 was about resolving the issues locally. However, if one looks at the figures for section 29 appeals, in 2012 there were 355 appeals. A total of 141 of these were resolved before a hearing, 66 were upheld and 147 were not upheld. In the previous year, 123 were not upheld, while in the year before...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: There is also the issue of a derogation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: Is the derogation given up-front as well? If a school must declare up-front that it is over-subscribed, does it apply for a derogation before the enrolment process begins, or how does it work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: Perhaps the witnesses from the Department could respond to my question in regard to Gaelscoileanna and designated feeder schools.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: Deputy McConalogue covered most points but I have one or two specific questions. One of the tables in the presentation document provided by the Department of Education and Skills states the oversubscription criteria to be permitted. One of these is priority on the basis of attendance in a feeder primary school for enrolment in a post-primary school. Post-primary schools teaching through...

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: As the Minister is aware, I took up this portfolio only some weeks ago. It was not the ideal time to take up a portfolio of this nature in that I was landed with Committee Stage of the Companies Bill 2012 legislation, which is probably the largest piece of legislation this House has ever considered. I spent a great deal of time trying to get my head around that legislation and, in fairness,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Nov 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to expand the back-to-education allowance for all postgraduate courses. [50107/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (28 Nov 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the date on which she will make the back-to-education allowance scheme available to all postgraduate courses. [51118/13]