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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Ms Eileen O'Rourke: I agree with several of the points made so far concerning equality of access and opportunity. We feel that must be a central tenet of all aspects of what we do in schools. I echo a point made earlier about the length of the enrolment process for students with additional and special needs. Currently, the cut-off date has been moved forward for the application for extra...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: ...projects. The scheme is not intended to leave schools with significant fundraising needs but for the school to tailor the scope of capital works commissioned to the available funding. A central tenet of the scheme is that the schools, granted discretion and funding, must equally accept responsibility for prioritisation, adherence to statutory regulations, control of costs and ensuring...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (18 May 2022)

Norma Foley: ...the Deputy is aware, on 29 March I announced an ambitious programme of work for a reimagined Senior Cycle of education where the student is at the centre of their Senior Cycle experience. The three tenets of Senior Cycle reform are to: - Empower students to meet the challenges of the 21st century - Enrich the student experience and build on what’s strong in our current system -...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 May 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the basic tenets of management is to measure what is happening. If we cannot measure what is happening, we cannot manage the situation. If I were to open a sweet shop on Main Street in Bray, I would need to know what is happening within that sweet shop or it would go bust. Despite myself and others trying to get the Minister to focus on measuring what is happening, there was a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Landscape: Minister of State (4 Feb 2014)

Seán Sherlock: ...We have laid down very clear expectations in regard to the investments the taxpayer is making. If industry makes investments, it must ensure there is a return on its investment. I agree with the tenet of the point but we are taking very concrete steps to engage.

Written Answers — Consumer Protection: Consumer Protection (14 Oct 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: ...domain names is maintained by a non -profit, non governmental organization and I have no function in the matter. The Deputy will be aware that the free movement of goods and services is a basic tenet of the European Treaties. There is no general obligation, however, requiring a trader whether offering goods for sale as a traditional bricks and mortar retailer or via the internet as an...

Further and Higher Education: Statements. (1 Mar 2006)

Jimmy Devins: Education was, is and will remain the single most important factor in ensuring that we, as a country, develop to our full potential. It has always been a core tenet of the party to which I belong that a high quality education system should be available to all our citizens regardless of age, sex or ability to pay. I am delighted that in the Minister for Education and Science we have a person...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jun 2011)

Kathryn Reilly: I want to express my opposition to section 4, the central tenet of which is the imposition of a 0.6% pension levy. I will address the amendment shortly. The pension levy is not about burden sharing on an equitable basis. It is deeply inequitable and, because it excludes approved retirement funds used by higher earners to invest in their pensions, we are opposed to it. It makes no...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (13 May 2020)

Jim Daly: ...’s needs are complex. However, the care model for the older population requires further progress towards supporting older people to remain living independently at home for longer. This is a key tenet of Sláintecare and the Sláintecare Implementation Strategy. In this regard the Department is advancing work in relation to improved community supports, particularly in the...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceapacháin Bhreithiúnacha) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Judicial Appointments) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: ...under the current constitutional arrangements. He makes these proposals without regard to the academic discourse on the question of judicial selection and, indeed, without regard to the basic tenets of representative democracy and constitutional governance. This is a unique proposal - it is a model of judicial selection rejected by everyone in the common law world who has considered...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (26 Feb 2008)

Lisa McDonald: ...not even read them. Most people know where to go to purchase sexual services. If we are genuine about stopping the trafficking of persons, including women and children, we must take on board the tenet of what Senator Mullen suggested and include it in legislation. I do not understand why that cannot be done. Earlier I heard the Minister of State refer to a law dating back to 1885. I am...

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)

Billy Kelleher: The programme for Government guarantees access to medical care based on need and not on income. That is a central tenet of Government policy in regard to health delivery. Fairness should be at the heart of any policy. The Irish people are very fair when it comes to deciding whether free GP care for all those under six should be funded by taking discretionary medical cards from the oldest...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (26 Jun 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: ...her call for all States to observe the principle of non-refoulment. All States should refrain from the expulsion of refugees to countries where they may face persecution. This principle is a core tenet of international humanitarian law. The international community is extremely concerned about the dire human rights situation in North Korea. Ireland, together with the members of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Palestine: Discussion (9 Dec 2015)

Brendan Smith: ...picture of Palestine. He depicted the significant loss of life in recent times, the injuring of so many people and the poor and desperate conditions in which people are living. One of the central tenets of the presentation related to the additional problems arising from the expansion of Israeli settlements and construction. As Dr. Sabella is aware, the Dáil and Seanad passed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (26 Apr 2022)

Norma Foley: ...deputy is aware, on 29 March I announced an ambitious programme of work for a reimagined Senior Cycle of education where the student is at the centre of their Senior Cycle experience. The three tenets of Senior Cycle reform are to: - Empower students to meet the challenges of the 21st century - Enrich the student experience and build on what’s strong in our current system -...

Other Questions: Research and Development Supports (3 Nov 2016)

James Lawless: ...-annual commitment. They need to know if they are to move their research hubs or bases to Ireland that they will be supported with funding on a multi-annual basis. These are fundamental, basic tenets which do not appear to be contemplated in the strategy.

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...lawyers, a litigant will say various things in regard to those instructions. They are within the privilege of that relationship and that discussion. That is clearly understood. It is a basic tenet of justice. I stated also that it is imprudent and a dangerous precedent for such discussions to be thrown into the public domain as it will affect the reputations of persons - I already...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2021)

Lynn Ruane: ...of precision ultimately leads to vulnerable people falling between gaps in the legislation. There is no definition provided for the smuggling of people, despite the fact that this is the central tenet of the Bill. The definition provided is transposed from the EU protocol against the smuggling of migrants by land, sea and air, which the legislation is seeking to implement. One of the key...