Parliamentary questions

Departmental Funding

Jonathan O'Brien

386. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to the National Parents Council during each year since 2009. [46913/14]

Departmental Funding

Jonathan O'Brien

387. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to the Irish Second Level Students Union during each year since 2009. [46914/14]

School Accommodation Provision

Jonathan O'Brien

389. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department recognises the need for a new primary school in Pelletstown, Finglas, Dublin 11, in view of the increases in population in that area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46953/14]

School Completion Programme

Jonathan O'Brien

391. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to the school completion programme during each year while it was the responsibility of her Department. [46966/14]

School Completion Programme

Jonathan O'Brien

392. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has met officials from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to discuss the school completion programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46967/14]

English Language Training Organisations

Jonathan O'Brien

402. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the €60 per week charge to students transferring in to Marketing English in Ireland-facilitated courses following the closure of language schools they were registered at is unaffordable for many students. [47161/14]

Language Schools Closures

Jonathan O'Brien

403. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost of a fund to fully subsidise the cost of attending courses for students transferring into MEI facilitated courses following the closure of language schools they were registered at. [47162/14]

Language Schools Closures

Jonathan O'Brien

404. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has met with the Department of Justice and Equality on the matter of visa issues for students following the closure of language schools they were registered at. [47163/14]

Language Schools Closures

Jonathan O'Brien

405. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has met with the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government concerning the matter of the number of homeless students who are now rough sleeping in the Phoenix Park because the task force on students affected by the closure of private colleges has not addressed their needs. [47167/14]

School Curriculum

Jonathan O'Brien

406. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way she has supported the teaching of Irish Sign Language within the education system to date; and her plans to improve upon this. [47171/14]

Summer Works Scheme Eligibility

Jonathan O'Brien

174. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the summer works scheme and funding allocated for forthcoming applications. [46686/14]

State Examinations

Jonathan O'Brien

100. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected savings from introducing school-based assessment for the junior cycle. [46395/14]

State Examinations

Jonathan O'Brien

101. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the moneys spent on junior certificate marking during each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46396/14]

Data Protection

Jonathan O'Brien

102. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the data protection measures in place in schools when they are holding information that contains students' personal public service numbers. [46401/14]

Data Protection

Jonathan O'Brien

117. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to her statements that during the survey of social contexts of schools the data required were not in relation to the circumstances of individual pupils, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some schools including a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim have collected individualised information which they have stipulated will be shared with other State bodies in their correspondence with parents; the number of schools who have breached data protection regulations. [46511/14]

State Examinations

Jonathan O'Brien

2. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out her plans to resolve the dispute with the teacher trade unions regarding her proposed reforms of the junior cycle. [45416/14]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Jonathan O'Brien

15. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding she has allocated to the reform of the apprenticeship system and for introducing new apprenticeship schemes and expanding current schemes. [45119/14]

School Costs

Jonathan O'Brien

16. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a survey carried out by the Irish Primary Principals Network which found that most parents are worse off financially now compared with last year and that half of schools had requested voluntary contributions from parents of more than €100; and her plans to actively address the issue of both primary and secondary schools requesting excessive amounts from parents. [45121/14]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Jonathan O'Brien

19. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who apply for Student Universal Support Ireland grants on the basis of illness benefit, having lost their jobs as a result of being out sick, are not allocated higher rates of the grant; and if she will rectify this anomaly. [45120/14]

Student Grant Scheme Administration

Jonathan O'Brien

23. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has reviewed the proposal put forward by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to have the Student Universal Support Ireland application process reconfigured alongside the Central Applications Office process so that students will know whether they have financial support before beginning third level courses. [45123/14]

Minor Works Scheme Restoration

Jonathan O'Brien

39. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reinstate the minor works grant. [45122/14]

University Status Applications

Jonathan O'Brien

162. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address WIT's preference to become a university outside the terms of her proposed technological universities Bill and the breakdown in talks with IT Carlow. [45417/14]

Jonathan O'Brien

123. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the data protection measures that are in place regarding information concerning the survey of schools conducted by the Educational Research Centre at the request of her Department in conjunction with the NSCE; the other Departments or statutory bodies which this information will be shared with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45430/14]

Jonathan O'Brien

124. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the international and national research supporting the collection of data to create a social profile of every school, including the names and authors of any reports consulted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45431/14]

Traveller Accommodation

Jonathan O'Brien

145. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the essential electrical upgrade in respect of a site (details supplied) in County Cork, prioritised on health and safety grounds, will be carried out. [45444/14]

Child and Family Agency Funding

Jonathan O'Brien

305. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to ensure funding is secured to enable Childline to continue providing a 24 hour service. [45081/14]

Defibrillators in Schools

Jonathan O'Brien

310. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health his Department's policy on defibrillators in schools; the number of schools with no defibrillator; the number of schools with a defibrillator and no one trained to use it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45159/14]

Site Acquisitions

Jonathan O'Brien

439. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 8 October 2014, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the patron has not made this information available to the parents' representatives; the manner in which she asked the patron to make the information available; if they refused the request; if she will intervene to ensure that this information is made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45151/14]

Schools Health and Safety

Jonathan O'Brien

444. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policies for students with allergies in schools and provisions of epipens in schools. [45158/14]

Emergency Works Scheme Funding

Jonathan O'Brien

445. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to fee paying and to non-fee paying schools to introduce measures to make their schools accessible for students with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45160/14]

State Airports

Jonathan O'Brien

574. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to maximise Cork Airport's potential as a hub for improving business and increasing tourism in the Cork region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45217/14]

State Airports

Jonathan O'Brien

575. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding Dublin Airport Authority's management of Cork Airport; and his views on same. [45218/14]

Medical Records

Jonathan O'Brien

144. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the availability of records relating to maternity and obstetric services formerly provided at ​St. Finbarr's ​Hospital, Cork; if these specifically include the birth registers and the theatre registers for each year from 1950 to 2007, inclusive; and the name and address of the off-site storage facility where these records are now stored. [44542/14]

Commemorative Events

Jonathan O'Brien

191. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of jobs that will be created through each of the Government's projects for the Ireland 2016 events including in expanded museums and new interpretative centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44484/14]

Student Universal Support Ireland Administration

Jonathan O'Brien

479. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who applied for Student Universal Support Ireland grants but had not received notification of their entitlement from Student Universal Support Ireland by 7 November 2014. [44231/14]

Student Universal Support Ireland Administration

Jonathan O'Brien

480. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have been awarded Student Universal Support Ireland grants for the 2014-15 year; and the number of students awarded grants but who had not received payment by 7 November 2014. [44232/14]

English Language Training Organisations

Jonathan O'Brien

487. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to more than 50 students in India, Nepal, Vietnam, Pakistan and the Philippines who are owed tens of thousands of euro in fee refunds by a college (details supplied) operating in Dublin; her plans to clamp down on private colleges exploiting international students. [44337/14]

Road Tolls

Jonathan O'Brien

553. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to privatise the Jack Lynch tunnel including his plans for tolls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43936/14]

Medical Records

Jonathan O'Brien

120. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the location of the medical records, including the birth registers and the theatre registers, for each year from 1950 to 2007, inclusive, relating to maternity and obstetric services formerly provided at ​St Finbarr's ​Hospital, Cork, under arrangements pursuant to maternity services legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42750/14]

Rights of the Child

Jonathan O'Brien

295. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in the implementation by her Department of Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. [42891/14]

Human Rights Issues

Jonathan O'Brien

302. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce a legislative provision equivalent to section 75 in the Northern Ireland Act 1998 that is in place in Northern Ireland. [42963/14]

School Placement

Jonathan O'Brien

321. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of students during each of the last five years for whom the National Education Welfare Board has failed to find school places and the way in which their education was catered for; the number of these students who were excluded from other schools; the number of students who missed eight weeks or more of school time as a result of the length of time taken to find them a place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43043/14]

Child Protection

Jonathan O'Brien

324. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce Garda vetting for child minders. [42885/14]

Child Protection

Jonathan O'Brien

325. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce a central statutory register of child minders. [42886/14]

Early Years Strategy Publication

Jonathan O'Brien

326. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which the early years strategy will be published. [42887/14]

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Jonathan O'Brien

327. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress in the implementation by his Department of Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. [42892/14]

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Jonathan O'Brien

453. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in the implementation by her Department of Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. [42890/14]

Special Educational Needs Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

454. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which her Department will publish a plan on the way aspects of the EPSEN Act may be implemented. [42897/14]

School Uniforms

Jonathan O'Brien

455. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that ask their students to wear generic school uniforms. [42940/14]

Departmental Strategies

Jonathan O'Brien

456. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the strategies currently being implemented by her Department. [42941/14]