Results 36,441-36,460 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Garda Vetting Applications Data (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed prior to 2007 who have registered for retrospective Garda vetting under the terms of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 and the Teaching Council Act 2001; the number of applications to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24933/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the model of leadership in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24934/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide primary and post-primary average class size figures for Ireland and other EU member states; his plans to tackle large class size concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24935/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Commencement of Legislation (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are remaining sections of the Teaching Council Act 2001 to be commenced; the timeframe for commencing such sections; and the number of fitness to teach complaints received and processed to date in 2017 since he commenced these provisions in July 2016. [24936/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with concerns regarding third level student support and funding challenges for third level institutions. [24937/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to issue a directive on implementing pay deductions for members of teacher unions that rejected working additional hours under the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24939/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for equating newly qualified teachers since 2011 and those who entered the workforce before; if he will report on discussions with a group (details supplied) on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24952/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the roll-out of the junior cycle reform process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24940/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the areas (details supplied) that have been highlighted as having skills shortages by the skills and labour market research unit; the way in which he plans to tackle these skills shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24941/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Care Services Provision (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the suggestions by an organisation (details supplied) that related capital investment will be necessary if the programme for Government commitment on having schools available for child care services can be successfully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24942/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to progress the three areas in the education sector that he has identified as his core priority areas of focus, including helping children with special needs, supporting schools and building a stronger bridge between education and the workplace; the reason he has prioritised these three areas; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage the review of the school support programme through the DEIS initiative is at; when this review will be completed and published; if he envisages changes to the funding or delivery model of the DEIS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24944/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 137. 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. [24945/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the moratorium on filling certain promoted posts in schools will be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24946/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Professional Development (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department supports teacher continuous professional development at primary and post-primary levels; the investment involved and this figure as a percentage of education spending overall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24947/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated timeframe 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. [24949/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 141. 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. [24950/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Postgraduate Enrolments (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 142. 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 and to ensure that a steady stream of persons achieve a postgraduate qualification for societal good and to ensure attractiveness to foreign investors. [24951/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 144. 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. [24953/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by his Department for deciding on applications for capital funding junior, senior and post-primary schools. [24954/17]