Dáil debates

Tuesday, 25 February 2014

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • School Enrolments Data (9 speeches)
    99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools from the September 2013 returns on pupil numbers that fall into the following categories: schools with 85 pupils, 54...
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (9 speeches)
    100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the anomalies within the Student Universal Support Ireland grant application system that are causing extreme...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision (7 speeches)
    101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding providing resource hours for children with Down's syndrome in mainstream schools. [9352/14]
  • State Examinations Reviews (7 speeches)
    102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times and dates on which he has personally engaged in meetings with the teaching partners to discuss junior certificate reform...
  • Schools Amalgamation (11 speeches)
    103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are proposals by a number of patron bodies to amalgamate primary schools and the distress...
• Other Questions (1 speech)
  As Deputy O'Donovan is not present, we cannot take his question.
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio (10 speeches)
    105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department is preparing for the anticipated surge in pupil numbers at post-primary level; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • School Accommodation (5 speeches)
    106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate the options open to a primary school with prefabricated classroom accommodation owned by his Department which is in need of...
  • Schools Guidance Counsellors (19 speeches)
    107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the national audit of guidance and counselling practice in second level schools in Ireland 2011-2013; the implications of the...
  • School Transport Administration (8 speeches)
    108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the European Commission is likely to investigate his Department for breach of state aid rules; if he has taken any pre-emptive action by his...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision (5 speeches)
    109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has issued written policy documents or guidelines for schools regarding integrating children with special needs, in particular autism...
  • Third Level Qualifications Issues (5 speeches)
    110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department has studied the number of applicants for higher education courses who are refused funding or back to education...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision (8 speeches)
    111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that children with Down's syndrome due to start school in September will be given...
  • School Curriculum (11 speeches)
    112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in relation to the draft leaving certificate politics and society course; when he plans to roll it out to schools; the way it...
• Topical Issue Matters (1 speech)
  I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Peadar Tóibín...
• Leaders' Questions (31 speeches)
  Yesterday afternoon, members of the family of Sylvia Roche Kelly, her mother, sisters and brother, came to see me at their request. They told me that up to quite recently, they were never told...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • Ministerial Appointments (25 speeches)
    1. To ask the Taoiseach the board appointments he has made recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50123/13]
  • State Visits (18 speeches)
    3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Japan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52527/13]
  • Official Engagements (13 speeches)
    9. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed with the US Vice President Joe Biden, during their conversation in Japan, the absence of a US ambassador to Ireland; if the Vice President clarified the...
• Order of Business (67 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 13, Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad] - Second Stage (Resumed). Private Members' Business shall be No. 135, motion regarding Post Office Network. It is proposed,...
• An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceapacháin Bhreithiúnacha) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Judicial Appointments) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 speech)
  Rinneadh vótáil a lorg Dé hAoine seo caite, an 21 Feabhra 2014, ar an gceist go ndéanfaí an Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, for taking this debate. The issue of appropriate supports for children with disability in the preschool year appears to fall between the...
  • Cyber Bullying Issues (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this Topical Issue matter. It is only right and proper that we have an opportunity to discuss such an important issue. I raise it in the...
  • Wind Energy Generation (4 speeches)
    I have been sent a copy of a letter that the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, sent to Westmeath County Council on 15 February last. Basically, the letter informs the council that a...
  • Pension Provisions (8 speeches)
    I, together with my colleague, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, welcome the opportunity to speak on this matter and I acknowledge the presence of Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. My position...
• Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (28 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann: recognises:— that the post office network is a unique social, cultural and financial institution that is essential to our local communities and the...