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Teaching Qualifications (7 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: If the Deputy is aware of specific people who have identified a range of issues, the Department will have to engage with such people. It is vital.

Schools Building Projects (7 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: In 2005, my Department allocated funding of €300 million for a public private partnership programme comprising 23 new post-primary and four new primary schools. The provision of the proposed new secondary school in Skibbereen was included in that announcement. As a site for the school was secured in 2009, it had not been possible to include this project in any of the bundles already being...

Schools Building Projects (7 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: I take on board everything Deputy Harrington has said. It is vital to proceed with and expedite this project as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (7 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: I propose to take Questions Nos. 15 and 50 together. The Teaching Council is the body with statutory responsibility for the registration of teachers including the recognition of teaching qualifications. Neither I nor my Department have a role in this process. Currently, there is a large range of engineering courses which are recognised for the teaching of Mathematics and/or Applied...

Written Answers — Future Skills Needs: Future Skills Needs (7 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: I propose to take Questions Nos. 26 and 128 together. The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs plays a key role in advising on the future skills needs of enterprise. Its reports are disseminated directly to third level institutions and provide a valuable input to the development and amendment of course curricula. EGFSN research and engagement between higher education providers and industry...

Written Answers — Information and Communications Technology: Information and Communications Technology (7 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: My attention had not been drawn to the specific comments of the UK company MD to which the deputy refers. However, I am aware that the Irish equivalent company point out that cloud data is not in any different position than any other kind of data in terms of its exposure to government access, whether by the US or many other countries. A recent report by ENISA, the EU body responsible for...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (7 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Senator for his gracious and kind comments which are greatly appreciated. He might drop me a note on the issues he has raised because we should engage on what is a genuine undertaking on his part. I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills. I thank the Senator for raising the matter as it affords me the opportunity to outline to the...

Seanad: Job Creation (7 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Senator for raising this matter. As the Senator has raised the issue of the job losses at GlaxoSmithKline, it is important for us to join with him in acknowledging the addition to the numbers unemployed in Dungarvan. I acknowledge what the Senator is saying in that regard and I join with him, although I do not want to give just platitudes, in extending our sympathy to those...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (12 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: I wish to share time with Deputies Simon Harris, Eamonn Maloney and Patrick O'Donovan.

Special Educational Needs: Motion (12 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 2: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "— commends the Government for continuing to prioritise the allocation of resources to support the education of pupils with special educational needs; — notes that the Government is continuing to fill special needs assistant posts and resource and learning support teacher posts at a time when...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (12 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: Deputy Halligan should listen to what I said. With all due respect-----

Special Educational Needs: Motion (12 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: Okay. Deputy Healy. Members should bear with me. Through the Chair, I ask Deputy Halligan to forgive me. It is the Munster intonation. There are 10,575 SNA posts available nationally for the coming school year to support eligible children. Unlike other areas of the public sector, SNA vacancies are being filled up to this number. In 2001, a total of 2,988 SNAs were employed at a cost of...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (12 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: -----at a cost in excess of €340 million. As Deputy McGrath is interjecting, it should be noted for the record-----

Special Educational Needs: Motion (12 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: -----that he was a member of the Fianna Fáil Government that implemented a lot of the decisions-----

Special Educational Needs: Motion (12 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: -----that were made that gave rise to the detrimental situation in which this economy and society finds itself.

Special Educational Needs: Motion (12 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: He is the classic Tadhg an dá thaobh and ex-Fianna Fáil revisionist who jumped ship when it was politically expedient for him to do so.

Special Educational Needs: Motion (12 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: That should be put on the record of the House.

Special Educational Needs: Motion (12 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: In all, there are more than 20,000 adults, including SNAs and resource-learning support teachers in schools to support children with special educational needs. Each year my Department makes detailed plans, taking account of population growth, for future allocations of resources across all areas of education, including special education. In this context, Deputies may wish to know that the...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2001 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: Will the Deputy repeat that?

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2001 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2011)

Seán Sherlock: I am resisting the temptation to break into spontaneous applause.