Results 6,121-6,140 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (3 Jul 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of release days from full-time teaching duties afforded by his Department to teaching principals; his plans to increase these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32393/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (3 Jul 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list in tabular form the number of release days from full-time teaching duties afforded by his Department to teaching principals; his plans to increase these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32404/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (3 Jul 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training that was provided for members of boards of management at primary and post-primary level; the funding his Department provided for this training; the evaluation of this training that has been undertaken by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32394/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (3 Jul 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the average class size in primary schools in Ireland, which according to OECD Education at a Glance 2013 is the second highest of EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32395/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (3 Jul 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list in tabular form the number of assistant principal posts and special duties posts in primary schools in March 2009; the number of assistant principal posts and special duties posts in primary schools in September 2009; the number of assistant principal posts and special duties posts in primary schools in September 2010; the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (3 Jul 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list in tabular form the number of assistant principal posts and special duties posts in post-primary schools; the number of assistant principal posts and special duties posts in post-primary schools in September 2011; the number of assistant principal posts and special duties posts in post-primary schools in September 2012. [32397/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (3 Jul 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list in tabular form the number of Assistant Principal posts returned to primary schools and post primary schools each year as a result of the limited alleviation introduced for schools acutely affected by the impact of the moratorium. [32398/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (3 Jul 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct his Department to carry out a review of the workload of principal teachers with particular emphasis on the role of teaching principals in view of reports that increasing workload pressure, responsibility and accountability is leading to a general negativity about the role of school leadership. [32399/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (3 Jul 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary principals between the age of 21 and 30; the number of primary principals between the age of 31 and 40; the number of primary principals between the age of 41 and 50; the number of primary principals between the age of 51 and 60; and the number of primary principals older than 60. [32400/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (3 Jul 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Section 29 appeals against suspension in post primary schools that were taken by parents of children with special needs; the number of Section 29 appeals against expulsion in post primary schools that were taken by parents of children with special needs; the number of Section 29 appeals against suspension in primary schools that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (3 Jul 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial support being provided to each of the managerial bodies at primary and post primary level in each of the past five years. [32402/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (3 Jul 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial support being provided to the National Parents Council Primary and the National Parents Council Post Primary in each of the past five years. [32403/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Charges (2 Jul 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent increase in bank charges by AIB; and if he has had any contact with the bank regarding this increase. [31884/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (2 Jul 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to sell his shares in AIB and Bank of Ireland in the next 12 months; if he will outline his strategy in disposing of his shares in the pillar banks. [31870/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme (2 Jul 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 461. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of families and children who will receive the back to school clothing and footwear allowance automatically in 2013; the amount of money her Department has allocated for this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31999/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (27 Jun 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to work with LUAS to allow for passengers to bring their bikes on board at off-peak times and to generally encourage accommodation of cyclists on public transport. [31038/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (27 Jun 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the way the €43.798 million allocated to the Irish Sports Council in 2013 is to be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30948/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (27 Jun 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools have the discretion to allocate resource hours to teachers who have no specialised training for teaching children with special educational needs; and if he will clarify the regulations that relate to the supports provided to children with special needs in a mainstream school setting. [31359/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (27 Jun 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in a case where a school is over quota if the principal and board of management of that school have the discretion to decide the way resource hours are allocated; is it is view that teachers who have not received specialised training can provide the type of tuition and duty of care that is necessary for children with special needs in a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (27 Jun 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason schools are expected to go through the process of applying for an allocation of resource hours which can then be allocated to non-qualified resource teaching staff. [31361/13]