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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: State Examinations Reviews (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: It is not necessarily about moving slowly, given we would like to see reform progress. It is about moving together. My key complaint and problem with the way the Minister has handled this is that the movement has not been together. Progress and reform is to be done in partnership, not by directive. On the two occasions when the timeframe was set for junior cycle reform to roll out, it...

Other Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department is preparing for the anticipated surge in pupil numbers at post-primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9140/14]

Other Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: What plans is the Department preparing for the anticipated surge in pupil numbers at post-primary level?

Other Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: The National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals, NAPD, has raised serious concerns about the shortage of qualified teachers to deal with the soaring number of pupils that is expected to enter the second level system. The association's director, Mr. Clive Byrne, has predicted - I am sure the Minister will concur - a 15% increase in new students in six years' time. They are...

Other Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: It is also clear that we have become a leader in the development of ICT services, and that is likely to continue. It is important we have teachers in the STEM subjects. It is important to identify the skills gap. If we are to attract new teachers to take up these types of positions, we must bear in mind that they will have many other opportunities available to them and will be subjected to...

Other Questions: Schools Guidance Counsellors (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a policy decision to utilise the facility database in his Department, which is the database used by schools for making their returns, to determine if all post-primary schools are complying with the requirements of section 9(c) of the Education Act; the schools which employ a guidance counsellor with a qualification recognised...

Other Questions: Schools Guidance Counsellors (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for his reply. Deputy O'Sullivan outlined the impact of the guidance counsellor cuts in terms of the promotion of mental health. Another key role of the guidance counsellor is career guidance. The survey carried out by the Institute of Guidance Counsellors indicates that one-to-one time has dropped to 41% of what it was prior to the cuts, which is having a real impact....

Other Questions: Schools Guidance Counsellors (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: My understanding is that schools currently make returns to the Department in respect of the teachers they have employed, their subject areas and on what they spend their hours. In replies to parliamentary questions I have put to the Department, I have been told that there is a facility database which holds the information but that the policy of the Department is not to extract that type of...

Other Questions: Schools Guidance Counsellors (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I will finish. The Minister outlined in his answer that he is leaving it to the schools. He suggested that it is their role to decide on the career guidance hours that each teacher should put in. However, I believe the Minister should also have a management role.

Other Questions: Schools Guidance Counsellors (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister has the ability to access the specific information. I am calling for a response in this regard.

Other Questions: Schools Guidance Counsellors (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I ask the Minister to get back to me with a clear answer. Does the Department currently gather the information? Is it, therefore, in the facility database? If that is the case, will the Minister make a policy decision to extract it in order that we can have that information?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify recent comments made by him at the Irish Primary Principals' Network conference suggesting that teachers could choose not to teach religion in primary schools; if he is therefore planning to make changes to time allocated to teaching religion in the curriculum in this regard; his plans to address teachers concerns regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Protection (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he will be taking following the judgment from the European Court of Human Rights in the case of a person (details supplied). [9146/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average salary paid to a female primary teacher in January 2014. [9028/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average salary paid to a male primary teacher in January 2014. [9029/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average salary paid to a female second level teacher in January 2014. [9030/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average salary paid to a male second level teacher in January 2014. [9031/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers in receipt of an assistant principal allowance at primary level in January 2014. [9032/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers in receipt of a special duties allowance at primary level in January 2014. [9033/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers in receipt of an assistant principal allowance at second level in January 2014. [9034/14]