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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 114. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the excessive waiting times for outpatient appointments across our hospital system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22555/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language Issues (14 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the office, and employees of the Council for Gaeltacht Education, and Irish Medium Education will not be located in the offices of the NCCA, but that the offices of COGG will be a satellite, located in a separate building, as it is internationally recognised that a dominant language, will impact upon minor languages, and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language Issues (14 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline, specifically, which administrative services will the NCCA be able to provide to COGG, in Irish, to a standard equal to that in English; if he had examined whether these services would be available in Irish prior to the decision being made to merge COGG with the NCCA; if he will reconsider this decision as to whether it...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (9 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the findings of the International Review Panel on Initial Education and the recommendations it makes for reform of the current system which if implemented should enhance teacher professionalism by increasing the research capacity of providers of initial teacher education. [21976/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (9 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to the criticism of the International Review Panel into Initial Teacher Education that there is an over-reliance on part-time ITE staff and that casualisation is not conducive to high-quality outcomes, particularly in the area of research and systematic quality improvement. [21977/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (9 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will be implementing a recommendation of the International Review Panel on initial teacher education that has called on the State to monitor the quality of entrants to all Initial Teacher Education providers, including private ones; the reason the number of entrants to publicly funded institutions remains capped while...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Managing Back to School Costs: Discussion (8 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will not repeat much of what Deputy McConalogue has said because while there is a common theme among those working with parents and those working in this area, such as Barnardos and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, there is also a common theme on this side in terms of recognising that there is a need to address it. On the one hand we have a Minister, Department and Government which are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Managing Back to School Costs: Discussion (8 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: Some schools are doing that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Managing Back to School Costs: Discussion (8 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: I wish to make one final point on school uniforms. When we discuss school uniforms, everyone presumes we are referring to a jumper and pants or a skirt and a top, but it goes beyond that. There are uniforms, school tracksuits and school jackets. It is no longer a geansaí and trousers or a pinafore. Students of 12 or 13 years of age who are growing continually do not even get the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (8 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms in place to ensure that children who have been adopted or fostered are not disadvantaged from enrolling in local schools where their is a high demand due to their inability to enrol at an early age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21613/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (7 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms that are in place to ensure that children who have been adopted or fostered are not disadvantaged from enrolling in local schools where there is a high demand due to their inability to enrol at an early age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21516/13]

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Amendments from the Seanad (2 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: I thank the Minister of State for this amendment. On Committee and Report Stages in the Dáil and in the Seanad a number of amendments were proposed by different Deputies to try to address this issue and it is good to see that Government has finally come up with an amendment with which it is satisfied and which we welcome.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (2 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he intends to bring forward legislation or amending legislation to facilitate separate family law courts. [20852/13]

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: The meeting to discuss the withdrawing of amendments will probably be twice as long as the meeting to discuss the Bill. Let us clear an afternoon.

Other Questions: Property Taxation Exemptions (1 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: 7. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason some unfinished estates were excluded from liability for the property tax and some in similar conditions were not. [20493/13]

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: I understand this may not be possible and that there are other legal issues with the amendment. That is why I am willing to withdraw it.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: May I make a point on the amendment?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is proposed that three members, as the Minister shall determine, shall hold office for the period of three years, another three for a period of four years and another three for a period of five years. What criteria will be used to decide who sits for three or five years? Is it solely down to the discretion of the Minister who remains and who does not remain on the board? On what basis...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: So from year three on, there will be three new members every year.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2013)

Jonathan O'Brien: He will determine which members will no longer sit on the board.