Parliamentary questions

School Uniforms

Jonathan O'Brien

458. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any specific legislative or constitutional bar preventing her from introducing legislation requiring all schools to introduce generic school uniforms. [42964/14]

Special Educational Needs Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

459. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 1 October 2014, her Department's estimate of cost of full implementation of the EPSEN Act 2004. [42966/14]

School Enrolments

Jonathan O'Brien

464. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy on allowing schools to refuse entry to students who have been previously excluded from other schools. [43044/14]

School Enrolments

Jonathan O'Brien

465. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the provision made for students who are too young for Youthreach, and whom no local schools in their area will accept as a pupil. [43045/14]

School Transport Eligibility

Jonathan O'Brien

466. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if normal rules for the post-primary school transport scheme apply where a child is attending a school further away than their nearest education centre, having been excluded from the closest one available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43046/14]

National Lottery Funding Applications

Jonathan O'Brien

181. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the application for lottery funding by Mayfield CDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42599/14]

Home Tuition Scheme Provision

Jonathan O'Brien

200. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pregnant teenagers who availed of the home tuition scheme during each of the past five years; the number of these students who applied scheme having been asked to not attend their school by principals or teaching staff. [42484/14]

Home Tuition Scheme Provision

Jonathan O'Brien

201. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who availed of the home tuition scheme during each of the past five years. [42485/14]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Jonathan O'Brien

203. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of sites or properties acquired by her Department or with assistance from her Department from the National Asset Management Agency; their locations and cost to the Exchequer. [42490/14]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Jonathan O'Brien

204. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of sites that remain to be transferred to her Department under the 2002 indemnity agreement with the religious orders; the locations of these sites; the dates on which the transfers will take place. [42495/14]

Value for Money Reviews

Jonathan O'Brien

205. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the value for money report on small primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42499/14]

School Patronage

Jonathan O'Brien

206. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the school patron register. [42500/14]

Suicide Prevention

Jonathan O'Brien

209. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the training on suicide prevention available for teachers during training and as CPD; the number of teachers currently employed who have undergone suicide prevention training. [42540/14]

VAT Rate Reductions

Jonathan O'Brien

18. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance his views on reducing VAT on school e-books in order to reduce back-to-school costs for parents. [37922/14]

Hospital Appointments Status

Jonathan O'Brien

138. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [42403/14]

School Funding

Jonathan O'Brien

159. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to parents or patrons who wish to establish primary schools and secondary schools. [42290/14]

School Curriculum

Jonathan O'Brien

160. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy on children participating in religious ceremonies, such as confirmations, during school hours. [42296/14]

School Attendance Data

Jonathan O'Brien

555. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children under age 15 who have left the school system during each of the past five years who were not on the register of children receiving education in a recognised school. [41501/14]

Traveller Community

Jonathan O'Brien

853. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams available to programmes providing Traveller education. [41066/14]

Traveller Community

Jonathan O'Brien

854. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the European funding streams that are available to assist Traveller education; if her Department has accessed this funding; the amount received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41067/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Jonathan O'Brien

891. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that children who cannot attend a recognised school and are not receiving education at home and are too young for Youthreach; the methods used to cater to these students' education needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41502/14]

Teacher Data

Jonathan O'Brien

892. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the Deputies and Senators who currently have teaching positions held open for them in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41505/14]

School Discipline

Jonathan O'Brien

893. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a board of management is obliged to provide information to a parent in a case where a teacher is disciplined following a negative interaction with a student; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41506/14]

School Patronage

Jonathan O'Brien

904. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to an address to the Catholic Primary School Management Association in March 2014 by the Secretary General of her Department, in which it was stated that as a result of the discussions between the church and her Department, progress had been made on the divesting of a small number of schools which would begin in autumn 2014 and continue into 2015 and that she will provide details of these at a later stage in the year, if she will provide these details including the names of the schools concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41624/14]

Student Universal Support Ireland Administration

Jonathan O'Brien

915. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to rectify the anomaly within procedures for assessing entitlement for the special rate of the Student Universal Support Ireland grant, particularly in circumstances where a parent is in receipt of illness benefit but has actually lost their job and cannot receive the special rate of grant. [41881/14]

Student Universal Support Ireland Administration

Jonathan O'Brien

916. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who applied for the special rate of grant from the Student Universal Support Ireland since its establishment, but who were refused on the basis that one of their parents was in receipt of illness benefit. [41882/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Jonathan O'Brien

919. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; her further views that the current resource hour allocation is insufficient to meet their educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41895/14]

Schools Building Projects Status

Jonathan O'Brien

920. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the purchase or development of new school buildings and site for a school (details supplied) in County Galway. [41911/14]

Student Universal Support Ireland Administration

Jonathan O'Brien

923. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the difficulties presented for students applying for Student Universal Support Ireland assistance who cannot prove their address as they do not have a lease agreement or utility bill in their own name; and if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it would not be unusual for many persons to not have a lease agreement or utility bill in their own name. [41951/14]

Student Universal Support Ireland Administration

Jonathan O'Brien

924. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons refused Student Universal Support Ireland assistance since its establishment on the basis that they could not provide sufficient documentation to SUSI to verify their place of residence. [41952/14]

Third Level Data

Jonathan O'Brien

925. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students from this jurisdiction who have attended third level education in the north of Ireland during each of the past five years; and the number of students from the north of Ireland who have attended third level education in this jurisdiction during those years. [41953/14]

Third Level Data

Jonathan O'Brien

926. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to make it easier for persons in Border regions attending education in the other jurisdictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41954/14]

School Staffing

Jonathan O'Brien

188. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies for language teachers throughout the State; the schools in which same are located; the language subject for the position advertised; her views on the shortage of language teachers; and her plans to rectify this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39515/14]

School Enrolments Data

Jonathan O'Brien

128. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of 16 year olds and the number of 17 year olds currently not in full-time education. [39507/14]

Education and Training Boards Funding

Jonathan O'Brien

129. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the education and training boards who have notified her or her Department of their intention to apply for overdraft facilities; the stage at which these processes are currently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39508/14]

Work Placement Programmes

Jonathan O'Brien

239. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 7 May 2014, if this information was ever received by her Department from the Department of Social Protection; and if she will provide this information. [38926/14]

English Language Training Organisations

Jonathan O'Brien

274. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding applications within the Accreditation and Co-ordination of English Language Services, ACELS, Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, or Marketing English in Ireland, MEI, recognition system at the moment; the reason for excessive delays; when this will be resolved. [39265/14]

English Language Training Organisations

Jonathan O'Brien

275. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of English language schools which have closed and which were registered with ACELS or QQI at their time of closing. [39266/14]

English Language Training Organisations

Jonathan O'Brien

276. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding MEI being viewed as a quality assurance organisation for language providers; if she acknowledges MEI would have a vested interest in assuring the number of language providers in the State be reduced. [39267/14]

English Language Training Organisations

Jonathan O'Brien

277. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many English language schools and education providers have a number of concerns regarding the new regulations; and her views on same. [39268/14]

English Language Training Organisations

Jonathan O'Brien

278. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the role of ACELS in quality assurance for bodies outside of the State for the purposes of facilitating the recognition in the State of awards of those bodies. [39269/14]

English Language Training Organisations

Jonathan O'Brien

279. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason organisations outside of the State were not recognised as awarding bodies for the purposes of awarding English language qualifications within the State. [39270/14]

Education Policy

Jonathan O'Brien

280. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her Department's work on developing plans for a parents' and students' charter; the date on which they expect a consultation process to begin; the date on which the charter will be in force. [39271/14]

Planning Issues

Jonathan O'Brien

312. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the proposed changes designed to speed up the planning process and the way this will aid schools in the planning system. [38975/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Jonathan O'Brien

190. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views that applied behaviour analysis is a scientifically based system that has proven its worth and in the long term would save the State money; if she will change her Department to reflect these views; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38634/14]

Social Welfare Schemes

Jonathan O'Brien

2. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has met the Department of Social Protection on the issue of employing primary schoolteachers through the JobBridge scheme. [38014/14]

Capitation Grants

Jonathan O'Brien

5. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a commitment to secure the financial feasibility of schools by not proceeding with the proposed 1% cut in the capitation grant, as announced in budget 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38015/14]

Schools Building Projects Status

Jonathan O'Brien

6. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which will remain in prefabricated accommodation outside of her Department's five-year plan; if she will provide an update on her Department's site acquisition processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37921/14]

Third Level Charges

Jonathan O'Brien

20. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the high costs incurred by students undertaking Gaeltacht placements as part of third level degrees. [37918/14]

School Costs

Jonathan O'Brien

26. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure schools report to her Department the level of voluntary contributions they receive from parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37919/14]