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Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: That can be lost but, equally, I would like to probe their role and to ensure it is fit for purpose.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Therefore, well over half have an honours degree.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Do the younger graduates in the main hold honours degrees?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is that a prerequisite?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: For primary and secondary school?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome that.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is down to individual teachers.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: It should be the Department's business to ensure there is a structured approach to PE and sport in the context of the advance of obesity and the rapid increase in childhood diabetes. I want a school system that is fit for purpose. Children are going into a world in which ICT is very important. Sport is also very important for a range of reasons, including individual social skills and...

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Some of the allocation to schools should be put aside to bring in a qualified PE teacher to deal with children. I refer to transparency regarding substitution teachers and the monitoring process the Department has in place at the end of a month. There may be genuine cases where it is not possible or feasible to bring in an unemployed, newly-qualified teacher, which should be the priority....

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Part of the problem with allowances and so on is communication, which is diabolical and poor. The substitute teacher issue would be rectified by putting a process in place whereby at the end of every month, the principals give a reason they employed a specific teacher. The Department sees the payments going through. That would be transparent and it would give comfort to the principals. I...

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is something I ask the officials to take on board. I thank them very much.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the delegations. In the Department of Defence the interaction between unions and management worked well and it provided an interesting partnership dynamic. That is what the committee is doing in examining these allowances. Up to 90% of teachers, 58,000, in primary, secondary and the vocational education committee schools, are claiming two allowances. It strikes me that the bulk...

Other Questions: State Airports (18 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Decentralisation mark 2.

Other Questions: State Airports (18 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Limerick and the mid-west.

Other Questions: State Airports (18 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Many Limerick people have worked in the airport over many years. It has been a very positive reciprocal arrangement. I welcome the comments made by the Minister, Deputy Varadkar. I compliment the work of the aviation business development task force led by Rose Hynes and the change management task force led by John Fitzgerald. With regard to separation, from a regional perspective it is...

Other Questions: State Airports (18 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: When does the Minister expect it will be made known in the public domain that the formal corporate governance structures have been put in place? When will the final Cabinet proposal for the future structure of Shannon Airport in its separated form be known?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: How long will the process take?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: So the initial areas are a short-term process. The broader review is a medium-term process.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: If they are vouched, it is a reimbursement. It should be classed as an expense rather than an allowance.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: A few of us.