Results 101-120 of 935 for speaker:Mary Moran

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: The Department needs to look at it.I am calling for a system to be put in place whereby people know at the end of June, when they are going on holidays, exactly how their children are going to get to school in September.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Integrated Education in Northern Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I am only sorry I was unavoidably detained and did not hear all the presentations but I enjoyed listening to the members and Mr. Proctor, whom I believe gave a very powerful speech. He is a credit to integrated education and I wish him great success with his exam results and into the future. As a former teacher I find this subject...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Integrated Education in Northern Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: That is typical. I apologise.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment: Discussion. (8 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: I thank Ms McManus. As a person who has spent my working life until 2011 in the classroom, hers was a name I constantly saw on correspondence. Having often wondered what she looked like, I am delighted to meet her today. Her name was well-known throughout. I was in a second level school. It is good to put a face to the name. I congratulate her ahead of her second term. My subject was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment: Discussion. (8 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: With your own signature on them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment: Discussion. (8 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment: Discussion. (8 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: None.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment: Discussion. (8 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: When will they come in?

Seanad: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: I wish to elaborate on that. I agree wholeheartedly with the Teaching Council's view that teachers are fully qualified particularly in the area of special education. I have seen people come straight out of college and into a special education class, sometimes with no experience. This happens in mainstream as well. I have called for a long time for strict modules on working on special...

Seanad: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: Exactly. In my humble opinion, a person coming out of college with a BA should have that additional qualification and expertise in special needs education to teach people with special needs because that is a whole different ballgame.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: I add my voice to Senator Quinn's call for mandatory swimming lessons for young people. As somebody who worked in a swimming pool facility as a lifeguard and a swimming instructor for many years during my youth, I know the value and importance of people being in control in the water and knowing how to swim. I convey my sympathies to the families of the unfortunate people who lost their...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: I would like to put on the record my personal thanks to the gardaí who did an amazing job protecting us last night.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: I, too, welcome the Minister, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, to the Seanad this afternoon. I am proud to have seconded the Bill proposed by Senator Bacik, and I am delighted that it has reached Committee Stage. As someone who taught in a religious school for years and took part in conversations in the staff room, it is only right and proper that every member of staff in whatever job, be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: I will begin by thanking the committee for facilitating today's discussion, which will feed into the report on the role of the special needs assistant, which I have undertaken as rapporteur. I welcome the representatives of IMPACT, the National Parents Council Primary, the Department of Education and Skills and the NCSE. Since taking over as rapporteur for the committee report on the role...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: My first question, and this feeds into all the submissions made today, relates to training. I think there is a significant need, and this is something that is being reflected back to me at all time. Let us bring it back to the basic requirement to fulfil the role of a SNA, which is three grade Ds in the junior certificate examination. The role outlined in the circular from the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: Some of the points raised are things I would wholeheartedly concur with and will be included in my report. It has given me confidence that I am going in the right direction. The information I am getting is feeding into the process. I have no wish to stray off the point, but with regard to Ms Griffin's comments, when we are looking at getting the information out, it is not a question of one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: It depends.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: When does the Department expect to know the allocation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: Were they provided to parents-----