Results 33,681-33,700 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy is going well when he can bring William Martin Murphy and General O'Duffy into the dispute. Deputy Healy is a good student of history and must have done his homework well.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: He is wrong, however, when he says the Minister and the Department have locked students and teachers out of schools. Boards of management are responsible for the opening of schools and for seeing that there is proper supervision in hallways, schoolyards and classrooms.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: The Minister has not closed down schools. The issue of supervision and substitution has arisen because the ASTI unilaterally withdrew from the collective agreement to work one hour extra per week.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: That one hour was for parent-teacher meetings to be held during school hours to accommodate everybody. The pay of teachers in the INTO and the TUI includes a component of over €1,500 per year for supervision and substitution, as part of a negotiated deal through the system of collective agreements. That amount was and is available to the ASTI and would have been paid to its members...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: I trust that the bilateral discussions that are ongoing will bring about a speedy resolution of this dispute and that we can then move on to-----
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: Returning to the question the Deputy asked originally about the industrial dispute arising from the withdrawal from supervision and substitution duties, money is on the table to deal with the issue.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: In respect of the deal negotiated under previous pay agreements, there is a component of €1,500 per annum for teachers who involve themselves in supervision and substitution duties.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy knows that.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: If the Deputy expects a board of management-----
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: I will engage with you.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: If Deputy Seamus Healy expects a board of management to open a school without providing for adequate supervision of students or staff, it will not do so because of health and safety regulations.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: This is a matter that can be resolved. As I said, money is on the table to pay teachers now.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: The dispute resulted directly from the ASTI withdrawing from working an extra hour. Money for supervision and substitution payments is available.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: I trust that the bilateral discussions which are under way and about which Deputy Healy knows will bring about a speedy conclusion to this particular industrial dispute between the ASTI and the Department.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: Outstanding discussions need to take place between the relevant parties. This matter was referred to at Cabinet this morning and the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality made observations on it. The House is aware that the Government agreed to take in 4,000 migrants, or asylum seekers-refugees, and that work is under way. We...
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: Yes.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: We made it very clear that the Government stands by the Lansdowne Road agreement. Clearly, the decision of the Labour Court has to be considered by the GRA and the AGSI in respect of their members balloting on its recommendations. Obviously, the Minister, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, met the public service committee of the ICTU and today sees the first meeting of the Public Service Pay...
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: Yes. He met it yesterday.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: I will bring clarity to it.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2016)
Enda Kenny: The Government issued a statement-----