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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 160. 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. [10702/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 161. 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 proposes to remedy the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10703/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 162. 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 persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10704/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 163. 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. [10705/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has read the USI position paper on the funding of higher education regarding the effects a loan scheme would have on students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10706/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of substitute teachers for primary schools and the serious difficulties this is causing for school principals and managers throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10707/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received the tender documents and stage 2b documentation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10763/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to mitigate the impact of the proposed strike action by the ASTI on students sitting their leaving certificate and junior certificate examinations; the contingency plans and alternative arrangements he has in place for leaving certificate and junior certificate examination students; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has formally approved funding for the lower Morrell river flood relief scheme in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10631/17]

Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: Tá fadhb agam leis an moladh sin. In the context of all the discussion we have seen in the media and in homes throughout Ireland, the two hours devoted to the discussion of the finding of babies' bones in Tuam is completely inadequate. It is not going to give Deputies in this House either an opportunity or time to find out the stories of the different institutions in their own...

Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: The former Minister, Deputy Micheál Martin, is here today.

Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: He was a Minister in that Government.

Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: I am just saying the deal was not a good deal because-----

Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: -----the religious orders have not paid the money.

Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: That is what I am saying.

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Joan Burton: There should be time for a proper debate. People should think of both the birth mothers, many of whom are no longer alive-----

Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: -----and of their descendants. Many of them went on to marry. The children who died in the home also have siblings. We should have some regard to human feeling in the wider families. We should also remember the local community in Tuam, which looked after the graves over a long period in the limited way it could. I agree with many of Deputy Bríd Smith's points about the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (7 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the number of whole-time and part-time civil servants who were working in his Department on 22 February 2017. [10023/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (7 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: Along with many other Members, the Taoiseach and I have been involved with a number of EU Presidencies. The Taoiseach will recall that in the year and a half in the run-up to a Presidency, enormously detailed arrangements were made right across the Government and within the structures of government. A particular feature was the employment of special staff. Among the special staff who...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (7 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach did not mention a barrister, solicitor, a chartered accountant or a management accountant.