Dáil debates

Thursday, 23 February 2012

  • Disadvantaged Status (23 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he refused to release information under a recent freedom of information request relating to advice received by him on his...
  • School Curriculum (12 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he based his decision to abolish the modern languages in primary schools initiative on one line in a 2008 NCCA report called...
  • Legislative Programme (8 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he proposes to publish the legislation in respect of the establishment of the Statutory Trust Fund; the proposed...
  • Higher Education Funding (8 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the recent publication by the Higher Education Authority of details around a new national strategy for higher education, if...
  • Teaching Council (8 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has recovered the funding, some €5 to €6 million, given by the last Government to set up the Teaching Council; if his...
  • Departmental Reports (4 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on his review of the way fee paying schools are spending moneys received from fees; when he expects this...
  • Schools Amalgamation (9 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way changes to staffing schedules announced in Budget 2012 will affect a school (details supplied), a two teacher Church of...
  • School Accommodation (2 speeches)
    Question 11: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is his policy to concentrate second-level funding in vocational education committee schools rather than voluntary schools; and...
  • School Curriculum (12 speeches)
    Question 12: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is reviewing the establishment of computer science as full syllabus subject at primary level and at secondary junior and senior...
  • Further Education and Training Sector (6 speeches)
    Question 13: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the 800 FÁS staff who are transferring to the vocational educational committee sector; the composition of the board...