Dáil debates
Tuesday, 11 October 2005
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
- Business of Dáil. (1 speech)
I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the Dáil shall proceed directly to questions for answer by the Minister for Education and Science which shall conclude at 4.15 p.m. today.
- Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
- Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
Schools Evaluation.
- Schools Evaluation. (6 speeches)
Question 1: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals for the release of information regarding the way in which schools operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport. (12 speeches)
Question 2: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will establish a commission to review catchment boundaries for school transport in view of the huge demographic changes that have...
- Garda Vetting Procedures. (8 speeches)
Question 4: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a register of persons considered unsafe to work with children and vulnerable adults will be established; when all personnel with...
- School Transport. (4 speeches)
Question 5: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she has taken to prevent another child being left on the side of the road, as happened recently in New Ross and was reported...
- Other Questions. (0 speeches)
Third Level Fees.
- Third Level Fees. (4 speeches)
Question 6: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a new third level funding authority will be established with responsibility for institutes of technology as well as universities; and...
- School Attendance. (10 speeches)
Question 7: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children failing to make the transition from primary to secondary education for the most recent year for which statistics...
- Special Educational Needs. (8 speeches)
Question 8: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the types of assistance available to students with disabilities in completing the leaving certificate examinations; and if she will make...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio. (10 speeches)
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school children in classes of more than 30; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27564/05]
- Educational Disadvantage. (8 speeches)
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will publish her detailed proposals on addressing educational disadvantage; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport. (4 speeches)
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that all buses in the school transport system carry a list of the school children who have been issued with tickets...
- School Discipline. (7 speeches)
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to implement the recommendations of the interim report on student behaviour; the timescale for implementation; and if she will...
- Physical Education Facilities. (5 speeches)
Question 13: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an bhfuil aon airgead ina Roinn i mbliana le haghaidh hallaí spóirt agus an mbeidh deontas á cheadú do Halla Spóirt do an scoil...
- Special Educational Needs. (14 speeches)
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she will increase the numbers of resource, remedial, special needs teachers or special needs assistants in line with...
- Education Welfare Service. (5 speeches)
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average caseload per officer at the National Educational Welfare Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27566/05]
- School Curriculum. (6 speeches)
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her policy on the provision of physical education in the primary school system here in view of the alarming increase in obesity levels;...
- Adjournment Debate Matters. (1 speech)
I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Costello — the...
- Leaders' Questions. (94 speeches)
I remind the House once again of the strict time limits laid down in Standing Orders for Leaders' Questions. The times are: leader, two minutes; the member of the Government responding, three...
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (10 speeches)
Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31. I will call the Deputies in the order in which they submitted. Is Deputy Cuffe in the...
- Order of Business. (124 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 15, Railway Safety Bill 2001 — Report Stage (resumed) and Final Stage. Private Members' business shall be No. 42, motion re Irish Ferries.
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage (Resumed). (188 speeches)
Bill recommitted to Committee Stage.
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Order for Final Stage. (1 speech)
I move: "That Fifth Stage be taken now."
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Fifth Stage. (0 speeches)
Question, "That the Bill do now pass", put and declared carried.
- Private Members' Business. (0 speeches)
- Irish Ferries: Motion. (57 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann condemns: —the action of Irish Ferries in proposing to sack 543 workers who are on trade union rates of pay and established working conditions to be replaced by...
- Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
Consultancy Contracts.
- Consultancy Contracts. (11 speeches)
I thank the Chair for the opportunity to raise an important issue, namely the cost over-runs in the preparation and production of Irish passports and the payment of royalties to contractors for...
- Crime Prevention. (4 speeches)
I am attempting to find out the plans of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to tackle the annual epidemic of fireworks in the run-up to Hallowe'en. The Hallowe'en season is upon us...
- Adult Education. (3 speeches)
I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this important matter. The adult education services in Mayo do magnificent work in helping adults with learning disabilities to acquire new skills,...
