Parliamentary questions

Teachers' Remuneration

Jonathan O'Brien

67. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of paying teachers salaries in fee paying schools for each of the past five years. [50935/13]

Student Grant Scheme Delays

Jonathan O'Brien

68. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have not yet received Student Universal Support Ireland grants for this academic term despite having been awarded same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50936/13]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Jonathan O'Brien

69. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of his special advisers and their salaries. [50937/13]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Jonathan O'Brien

70. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in his Department earning between €80,000 and €90,000 per annum; between €90,000 and €100,000 per annum; between €100,000 and €110,000 per annum; more than €110,000; and the amount and the job title of each person. [50938/13]

School Enrolments

Jonathan O'Brien

71. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances and legislation under which a school may be compelled to admit a student. [50939/13]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Jonathan O'Brien

72. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding Student Universal Support Ireland grants in respect of persons (details supplied). [50953/13]

Equality Issues

Jonathan O'Brien

88. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the advertisement and recruitment procedures for a recent position filled in the professional development services for teachers run by the Dublin West Education Centre, which recently advertised for the position of deputy director organisational affairs (PDST), complied with equality legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51048/13]

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]

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]

Educational Disadvantage

Jonathan O'Brien

105. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a detailed report on the cross-Border co-operative activities planned for 2014 which will draw on emerging evidence on improvements in learning and the evaluations of DEIS, the action plan of the Department of Education and Skills to combat educational disadvantage, developments in inspection practice, North and South, and a date for possible joint participation in professional development for inspectors. [50109/13]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Jonathan O'Brien

115. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who have moved from a special needs unit to mainstream education and have sought a special needs assistant but have not been provided with one over the past year. [50105/13]

Schools Administration

Jonathan O'Brien

121. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will introduce legislation to ensure that schools provide to parents a breakdown of the way voluntary contributions are spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50106/13]

Teaching Qualifications

Jonathan O'Brien

126. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details on the collaborative agreement that has been reached by the Marino Institute of Education and the University of Ulster on the provision of assistance and support to students from the Six Counties and Border region wishing to undertake the Scurdú le hAghaidh Cáilíochta sa Ghaeilge and Oiriúnú le hAghaidh Cáilíochta sa Ghaeilge; and the efforts that are being made by his Department to facilitate the delivery of language qualification from TCI to St. Mary’s College, Belfast. [50108/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

220. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of production and distribution of the booklet sent to parents regarding school uniforms. [50315/13]

Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration

Jonathan O'Brien

223. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that while his Department recognises the working week for special needs assistants as comprising of 28 hours per week, the National Council for Special Education uses the 32-hour standard for a full-time SNA post; that many SNAs are expected to work for the normal school hours in the school that they are working in and be available for a period of time before and after school in order to help with reception and dispersal of children; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the time they are required in addition to be available is not included in their contract time and that many SNAs are working approximately four hours per week for free as a result; and his plans to rectify same. [50348/13]

Special Educational Needs Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

227. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of employing a special needs assistant. [50377/13]

Teaching Qualifications

Jonathan O'Brien

240. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a qualification criterion for teachers working with pupils with special educational needs. [50600/13]

Third Level Fees

Jonathan O'Brien

243. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the report currently being compiled on practices being operated by individual higher education institutions in charging different rates of fees. [50686/13]

Third Level Fees

Jonathan O'Brien

244. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the needs of children of non EU migrants who are forced to pay high tuition fees and the barriers to education this presents. [50687/13]

Third Level Fees

Jonathan O'Brien

245. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that children of non-EU migrants who have been resident here for a number of years and attending higher education can access financial assistance if necessary. [50688/13]