Parliamentary questions

Discussions with European Leaders

Gerry Adams

1. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the contact he had with other EU leaders over the summer recess. [39079/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Micheál Martin

2. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has had discussions with Chancellor Angela Merkel recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39086/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Joe Higgins

3. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the meetings he had with other Heads of State since the adjournment of Dáil Éireann in July. [39139/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Joe Higgins

4. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on meetings he had with other European leaders since the adjournment of Dáil Éireann in July. [39140/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Micheál Martin

5. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has written to Chancellor Angela Merkel since her re-election; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40517/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Gerry Adams

6. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he has been in contact with Chancellor Angela Merkel since her re-election as German Chancellor. [40733/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Gerry Adams

7. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he has any plans to meet with the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel. [40734/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent discussion with Chancellor Angela Merkel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40916/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on meetings he has had with European counterparts since the summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40918/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of Ireland's unemployment rate at the October meeting of the European Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40922/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Micheál Martin

11. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister Samaras recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41823/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Micheál Martin

12. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister Rajoy recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41824/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Micheál Martin

13. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to President Hollande recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41825/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Micheál Martin

14. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the issues he will place on the agenda at the next EU leaders' meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44409/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Micheál Martin

15. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Chancellor Angela Merkel since the general election in Germany; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44411/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Thomas P. Broughan

16. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Taoiseach the engagements he has had with Chancellor Merkel since the recent general election in Germany. [45728/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Micheál Martin

17. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he had any bilaterals at the EU Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46203/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Richard Boyd Barrett

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the issues he raised with our European partners at the European Council meeting on 24-25 October; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47668/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Richard Boyd Barrett

19. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he had discussions regarding Ireland's exit from the troika programme at the European Council meeting on 24-25 October; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47669/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Richard Boyd Barrett

20. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he had discussions regarding Ireland's debt situation at the European Council meeting on 24-25 October; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47670/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Gerry Adams

21. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he spoke with British Prime Minister David Cameron at the recent European Council meeting in Brussels. [47674/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Gerry Adams

22. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the meetings he held with other European leaders on the margins of the recent European Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47680/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Gerry Adams

23. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he spoke to Chancellor Angela Merkel at the recent European Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47681/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Gerry Adams

24. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the discussions he had at the recent European Council meeting on the issue of alleged bugging by the United States’ National Security Agency of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s telephone and of other surveillance carried out in France and Italy. [47682/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Gerry Adams

25. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of youth unemployment at the recent European Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47687/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Gerry Adams

26. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the discussions he had at the recent European Council meeting on Ireland’s exit from the EU-IMF bailout programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47691/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Gerry Adams

27. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the proposals he will seek to place on the agenda for December’s European Council summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47692/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Gerry Adams

28. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the proposals in respect of the banking union he will raise at December’s European Council summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47693/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Thomas P. Broughan

29. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his engagements with other members of the European Council on the issue of the reported monitoring of telephone and electronic communications of citizens and political leaders across a number of countries by intelligence services from other countries. [47729/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Micheál Martin

30. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the topics discussed at his meeting with the Italian Minister Enrico Letta; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48812/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Micheál Martin

31. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he had any bilateral meetings while attending the Youth Unemployment Conference in Paris; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50118/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Micheál Martin

32. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will detail his contribution at the Youth Conference in Paris; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50120/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Micheál Martin

33. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he discussed the option of a safety net post the exit from the EU-IMF programme with Chancellor Merkel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50148/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Micheál Martin

34. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he discussed the option of a safety net post the exit from the EU-IMF bailout with Prime Minister Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50149/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Micheál Martin

35. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he discussed the option of a safety net post the exit form the EU-IMF programme with President Hollande when he was in Paris recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50150/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Gerry Adams

36. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he spoke to Chancellor Angela Merkel at the recent EU meeting in Paris regarding the decision not to seek a post bailout line of credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50214/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Gerry Adams

37. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his telephone conversations with Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta and Finland's Jyrki Katainen on the decision not to seek a post bailout line of credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50218/13]

Discussions with European Leaders

Micheál Martin

38. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if the EU growth figures were discussed at the recent EU leaders' meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50292/13]

Schools Review

Charlie McConalogue

91. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the value for money review of small primary schools will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50478/13]

Special Education Review

Jonathan O'Brien

92. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the working group established by the National Council for Special Education on its proposal to develop a new model for the allocation of teaching supports for children with special educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50480/13]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Finian McGrath

93. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that all pupils with Down's syndrome in mainstream schools receive adequate resource hours. [50605/13]

State Examinations Reviews

Charlie McConalogue

94. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills his response to continuing concerns among teachers and parents regarding junior certificate reforms and the need for independent assessment of examination papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50479/13]

Industrial Disputes

Jonathan O'Brien

95. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the efforts that are being made to resolve the ongoing industrial relations dispute with the ASTI; if he will provide assurances that his Department’s focus will be on reaching a fair settlement with the ASTI and to resolve the outstanding issues that have arisen from the Haddington Road agreement; and if he will acknowledge that teachers are being increasingly overwhelmed by new initiatives that are being implemented at a time when schools are enduring unsustainable cutbacks in resources and services. [50548/13]

Early Child Care Education

Charlie McConalogue

96. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the resources he is providing for the implementation of the Aistear framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50228/13]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Charlie McConalogue

97. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if plans to include the family farm in means test assessments for third level support have now been discontinued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50225/13]

State Examinations

Patrick O'Donovan

98. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the increased numbers taking up higher level maths for examination at leaving certificate as a result of the reintroduction of bonus points, if he will consider a similar initiative for those students taking up applied math, physics and chemistry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50117/13]

Summer Works Scheme Expenditure

Thomas P. Broughan

99. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the works that will be completed to schools in Dublin 5, 13 and 17 under the school works scheme, the funding for which was recently announced for 2014. [50101/13]

School Patronage

Catherine Murphy

100. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to change the status of a school (details supplied) from that of a multidenominational school to that of a Catholic ethos; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the school is not regarded as a denominational school; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the school is seen an inclusive school that welcomes all needs, all creeds and none; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no church representatives on the board of management; the role the board of management and the VEC play in changing the ethos of an existing school; in the event that the school is now designated a Catholic school, the knock-on effect this will have on enrolment policy in terms of priority given to children of a particular faith; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50300/13]

School Enrolments

Clare Daly

101. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is appropriate for schools to request payment of a registration fee every year; and the measures he proposes to deal with this situation. [50116/13]

Student Grant Scheme Administration

Bernard Durkan

102. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which Student Universal Support Ireland has managed to deal with the total number of applications for higher education grants received in respect of the current academic year; the number of cases approved, refused or as yet undetermined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50293/13]