Results 35,181-35,200 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage the review of the school support programme through the DEIS, Delivering Equality of Opportunities in Schools initiative is at; when this review will be completed and published; if he envisages any changes to the funding or delivery model of the DEIS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34776/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide new courses in the leaving certificate, such as coding, physical education and politics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34777/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new national action plan for educational inclusion will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34778/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Professional Development (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ways and total investment involved in which his Department supports teacher continuous professional development at primary and post-primary levels; if he will provide this figure as a percentage of education spending overall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34780/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated timescale for and cost of the Government's programme commitment to reducing the pupil-teacher ratio in junior and senior infants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34782/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of all schools under religious patronage which he expects to be divested in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34783/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Postgraduate Enrolments (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the restoration of postgraduate grants and their necessity to open up access to postgraduate studies, ensure that a steady stream of persons achieve a postgraduate qualification for societal good and to ensure attractiveness to foreign investors. [34785/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for equating newly qualified teachers since 2011 and those that entered the workforce before; if he will report on discussions with the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34786/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to special educational supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34787/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to Irish Sign Language courses for students with hearing disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34788/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by his Department for deciding on applications for capital funding of junior, senior and post-primary schools. [34789/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to end the current ban on promotions at the primary school level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34790/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Process (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Technological Universities Bill; when it is to return to Dáil Éireann; the necessary changes he proposes to make to the draft legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34791/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Data (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the reported failure rate at leaving certificate maths; the measures his Department proposes to remedy this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34792/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the drop-out rate in third level institute of technology courses; the measures his Department propose to remedy the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34793/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the lack of apprenticeships suitable for a number of employment vacancies, such as chefs and in the hospitality sector generally, to upskill young unemployed workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34794/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the uptake in the number of apprenticeships by females; if his Department has proposals to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34795/16]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: Did the Department, Minister or the Revenue Commissioners take specific advice from the OECD, given that the previous Government worked quite closely with the OECD on these particular changes? Did the OECD have any opinion, or not, as to how effective the changes might be? If it did give an opinion, will the Minister of State make it available? I know this may have been at official rather...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: Yes, in respect of which the Minister of State read out a fairly lengthy technical note.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: Yes. The Minister of State made specific reference to rental income. Perhaps he would make a copy of that note available.