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Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: He is like one of the Norwegian people.

Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: The planning (No. 1) Bill is being drafted. I cannot confirm if it will make it onto the Order Paper before Christmas. I will have to come back to the Deputy regarding the publication of the guidelines on wind energy. I know that this is a matter of concern to the Deputy as it is to many other people around the country.

Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: The matter raised by the Deputy is a serious one. The criminal justice (offences relating to information systems) Bill is listed for publication by the middle of next year. It might be appropriate to have a short discussion in respect of the Internet governance content issue. This is affecting a great number of young people at the moment.

Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: Yes. The second Bill is listed for publication before the end of this session, as is the first Bill in respect of the sale of loan books to unregulated third entities. That is currently being drafted and is due for publication before the end of the year.

Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: That is listed for the middle of next year.

Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: That Bill is on Report Stage (resumed), as the Deputy will be aware. It was listed to be taken before Christmas. I cannot confirm it will be concluded by then but it is listed. Hopefully, it can be completed but if not, it will be completed very early in the next session.

Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: That is due next year.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (25 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 25th September, 2014, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence:Minister for Finance...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Alcohol Advertising (25 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Interdepartmental Working Group on Regulating Sponsorship by Alcohol Companies of Major Sporting Events met on 10 December 2013, 28 February, 3 September, and 2 October 2014. The Group has been asked to consider the value, evidence, feasibility and implications (including the public health consequences for children and young people) of regulating sponsorship by alcohol companies of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (25 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: My Department does not have a specific office for data protection but has a nominated official who deals with the application of the Data Protection Acts within the Department.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (25 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: The total expenditure on Ministerial transport by my Department for the period March 2011 to end December 2013 was €42,633. This relates to Government Chief Whip and Minister of State Paul Kehoe. Prior to March 2011, the Government Chief Whip was supplied with a State car and two Garda drivers. This facility was removed in 2011.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (25 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: No contract has been awarded to Northgate Public Services by my Department, or any agency of my Department, since 9th March 2011.

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: I regret that the teachers intend to hold a strike. The only ones who suffer from a strike in circumstances like this are the pupils and this is about them. As Deputy Martin will be well aware, this involves provision of the most comprehensive and best-rounded education that young people can have before they enter a competitive and evolving work environment in a few short years and that is...

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: They will be able to develop their own short courses. Priority junior certificate changes in areas such as creativity, teamwork and problem solving cannot be assessed by written examination. The plan is for a reduction, from 100% to 40%, in the marks to be awarded for portfolio work, oral skills, project work and ways of assessing that are much broader than written examinations. Deputy...

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: That work will be marked by the class teacher, who is in a much better position to provide detailed feedback to a student as he or she does in woodwork or metalwork in schools all over the country today-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----to help them learn from the assessment of work. The NCCA will set out the task that should be completed and give guidance to teachers on marking of that. This is feasible to achieve. From visiting schools all over the country, I am aware that teachers work closely on project work and assessment of that with students every day. There is nothing different here, with 60% marked by the...

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin is wrong to say preconditions were set down. On her appointment as Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, said she was willing to listen, engage and become involved with all concerned. She appointed Dr. Travers, the former president of St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, as chairman of the talks process, but the terms of reference were all proposed by the...

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: The terms of reference were proposed by the unions, and they were accepted by the Minister. She appointed Dr. Travers to oversee the process. The previous proposal was that teachers would be responsible for marking 100% of a student's work throughout the junior certificate. That has now changed and 60% will be marked by the State Examinations Board. Deputy Martin is aware that teachers...

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin should allow me to finish. The NCCA will set out in detail the work that should be completed by each student and guidance will be provided to teachers on the marking. If the Deputy were to visit a school at the moment-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----where students are doing project work, for example, making a coffee table, press or table-----