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Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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School Patronage
Andrew Doyle
270. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the patronage applications received by his Department for the new post-primary school set to open in North Wicklow in 2016; the number of applications received; when he expects to be in a position to make an announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36919/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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European University Institute
Andrew Doyle
279. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the work Ireland has undertaken as the chair of the High Council of the European University Institute in Florence, Italy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37128/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Universities Global Rankings
Andrew Doyle
280. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question 223 on 18 July 2013 regarding U-Multirank, if he will confirm that all third level institutions here, universities and colleges, have registered their interest; if he will provide in tabular form which third level institutions have and have not registered to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37133/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
Andrew Doyle
287. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline all grants that are available to Irish students who have accepted postgraduate and masters level courses at universities in Northern Ireland for the 2013/2014 academic year; the criteria for availing of such a grant; if Student Universal Support Ireland are to cover such students for the 2013/2014 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37233/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Education and Training Boards Staff
Andrew Doyle
288. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form on the record of Dáil Éireann the new board members of each new of the 16 new Education and Training Boards that replaced the 33 Vocational Education Committees; to include the Cathaoirleach/Chairperson and Leas Cathaoirleach/Vice Chairperson of each new board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37234/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Third Level Course Accreditation
Andrew Doyle
291. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will take steps and measures to ensure that third level education institutions here are not allowed to commence courses until they receive full and proper accreditation from the relevant bodies, here or elsewhere within the EU; the measures that the Higher Education Authority are taking to ensure cases where programmes are cancelled in the middle of a degree are not cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37276/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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School Curriculum
Andrew Doyle
297. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider implementing a review of the leaving certificate agricultural science syllabus, in view of the fact that 7,414 students sat the exam based on the syllabus in 2013, of which many aspects are in need of an update; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that demand for third-level agri-food courses increased at the Central Applications Office by 10% in 2013, representing the steepest rise in demand for courses; if he will consider implementing teacher guidelines for the subject; if he will refer the matter to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment; when he expects to receive the review; when the new syllabus will be first examined by students in second level schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37360/13]
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University Rankings
Andrew Doyle
384. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that the majority of Ireland's seven universities dropped places in the QS world university rankings table; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38305/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Third Level Fees
Andrew Doyle
408. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given within his Department in the past two and a half years regarding a student loan system, as opposed to the college grant system; if such a student loan system would be State funded; if his attention has been drawn to the substantial number of families who are currently over the threshold of the current grant system and are struggling to pay college costs; if his attention has been drawn to the student loan system operating in the UK; if he will examine a sustainable loan repayment system for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38571/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Appointments to State Boards
Andrew Doyle
439. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he and his Department intend to take to ensure semi-State bodies and other organisations and bodies under various Government Departments advertise vacant positions through the Public Appointments Service and www.publicjobs.ie that is in a clear and transparent manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37032/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Office of the Ombudsman Staff
Andrew Doyle
442. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of expressions of interest he and his Department received from persons interested in being appointed to the Office of the Ombudsman following on from public advertisement for the position over the summer; if he is satisfied with the procedure undertaken to seek the suitable candidates for the position; if the Public Appointments Service was used for this purpose and if not, the reason for same; if interview took place; the number of persons interviewed and by whom; if he intends to bring forward candidates for the position to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions for scrutiny and questioning prior to the approval of a candidate by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37127/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Freedom of Information Legislation
Andrew Doyle
443. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider including Bus Átha Cliath - Dublin Bus-Bus Éireann, Coillte Teoranta, Commissioners for Irish Lights, amongst others that are currently exempted under section 1, Part 2 in the Freedom of Information Bill 2013 for the purpose of transparency of public funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37231/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Freedom of Information Legislation
Andrew Doyle
444. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason he has included only Iarnród Éireann in the Freedom of Information Bill 2013 and not other transportation agencies such as Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37232/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Andrew Doyle
477. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department is monitoring the current Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks currently under way in Washington DC; if his Department has examined the initial position papers that the EU has made public on various aspects of the negotiations regarding the specific agricultural, food, marine and other related matters contained with the talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36989/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Company Law
Andrew Doyle
478. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he or officials in his Department have discussed changing current legislation dealing with the disclosure of profits by supermarket chains and major supermarket groups, in view of the fact that they are not revealing profit figures and their financial data based on their operations here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that although some publish turnover data, the profits are not disclosed; if he believes profit margins should be disclosed on their Irish operations like other sectors in the economy; his views that the argument of competitive disadvantage will disappear if they are all legally obliged to disclose such information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37361/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Andrew Doyle
491. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department is monitoring the current Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks currently under way in Washington DC; if his Department has examined the initial position papers that the EU has made public on various aspects of the negotiations; if these positions are in the best interests of Ireland in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36988/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Industrial Development
Andrew Doyle
493. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits carried out by the Industrial Development Agency to County Wicklow to date in 2013; if they were accompanied by potential investors on each visit; the outcome of such visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37038/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Legislative Process
Andrew Doyle
494. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the parties, in addition to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel in the Office of the Attorney General, involved in the drafting of the Companies Bill 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37047/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Trade Missions
Andrew Doyle
495. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the outcomes of his five day trade and investment mission to China and Japan in July 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37055/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Trade Data
Andrew Doyle
497. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline Ireland's economic and trade co-operation with Morocco; if he will provide a breakdown in the annual trading figures for the past two years between the two countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37156/13]