Results 36,461-36,480 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Data (24 May 2017)
Joan Burton: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the reported failure rate at leaving certificate maths; his plans to remedy this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24955/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Retention Rates (24 May 2017)
Joan Burton: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the drop-out rate in third level institute of technology courses; his plans to remedy the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24956/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 May 2017)
Joan Burton: 148. 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 in order to upskill young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24957/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (24 May 2017)
Joan Burton: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has read a position paper (details supplied) 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. [24958/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (24 May 2017)
Joan Burton: 150. 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. [24959/17]
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)
Joan Burton: This is a low blow to citizens in the country, especially to people who lost their jobs, businesses or homes as a consequence of the goings on in Anglo Irish Bank. It is fair to say that white-collar crime is not taken seriously in this country. I believe the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has never really wanted the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. It has...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)
Joan Burton: Since the judge's findings and the acquittal of Mr. FitzPatrick, has the Minister met the senior staff, in particular the director, of the ODCE? She told the Dáil minutes ago that she has asked the director for a report for 23 June. However, has she or her senior officials, such as her Secretary General, met the director and, as necessary, senior staff in the ODCE? When I was...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)
Joan Burton: This is ridiculous.
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)
Joan Burton: Is the Minister going to set up, as she is entitled to do under company law, an inquiry by an independent person? The person who is the director of the ODCE is not independent in this. I know the questions are complex but I would like the Minister to answer them.
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)
Joan Burton: On a point of order-----
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)
Joan Burton: I asked the Minister a question entirely in accordance with the Act-----
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)
Joan Burton: ------which states that the Director of Corporate Enforcement-----
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)
Joan Burton: ------must provide the Minister with such information.
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)
Joan Burton: That is why I asked the Minister-----
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)
Joan Burton: I asked the Minister a specific question-----
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)
Joan Burton: -----directly from the Act.
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)
Joan Burton: She is entitled to ask the Director of Corporate Enforcement-----
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)
Joan Burton: ------for an account and a report.
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)
Joan Burton: I want an answer to that.
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)
Joan Burton: The Minister has not. I asked if she met the Director of Corporate Enforcement. Did she do so?