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Other Questions: Teachers' Professional Development (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: Continuing professional development is critical to developing leadership.

Other Questions: Teachers' Professional Development (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: What I am saying is that every teacher is a leader in their own classroom.

Other Questions: Teachers' Professional Development (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: The Minister misunderstands me somewhat. I said two things, first that the Minister has referred to leadership in schools in the sense of people in posts of responsibility and principalships. In my view of education, every teacher is a leader in his or her own classroom because when the door to the classroom shuts, what happens in that classroom is influenced enormously by the interaction...

Other Questions: Teachers' Professional Development (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: What is the Minister doing about it?

Other Questions: Third Level Funding (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: The Minister of State indicated she watched a programme on Sky last night. A report was published in the UK yesterday and it serves as a very clear warning about the proposed system. I disagree with the people who have proposed it but they have done much interesting work. Yesterday's report makes for devastating reading for working class children if the system is introduced here. In...

Other Questions: Third Level Funding (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: What is the figure?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to research by Trinity College on religious education which found young students do not want to be separated from each other according to faith; his views on the effects of this practice; the policy initiatives his Department has to deal with this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31564/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of his Department’s inspection and supervision of the primary online database system, its function in respect of assessing school needs, appropriate funding and allocations of the capitation grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31561/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of his Department’s work in seeking to increase the capitation grant per pupil in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31562/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: State Visits (11 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 73. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr Justin Trudeau. [32099/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (11 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 89. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has examined the decision by the European Parliament to vote in favour of a directive to require companies to require big multinationals to report tax and financial data separately in all countries in which they operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32375/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (11 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department has taken with the Revenue Commissioners to investigate the use of section 110 tax relief by firms since the introduction of the Finance Bill 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32371/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance the preparations his Department made in advance of the national economic dialogue regarding the fiscal space for USC and income tax reductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32372/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance if his officials have examined the European Commission decision in respect of tax breaks for employees in Sweden when they exercise their share options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32374/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions his Department has taken to identify the hidden fiscal space to source savings across Departments; the targeted savings each Department is expected to identify, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32373/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (11 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consultations his Department has carried out with stakeholders regarding the updating of the reconfiguration plan to transfer patronage of schools from the Catholic Church to other school bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32376/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (11 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the 16 areas still waiting for the implementation of the 2012 reconfiguration plan in respect of school patronage; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of parents in the areas affected regarding implementation of the remainder of the 2012 reconfiguration plan; the changes to this which are planned; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Meetings (11 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement his Department has had with the Unite trade union regarding the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Amendment) Bill and the regulation of the ELS profession in the context of the forthcoming legislation; if he will meet representatives of the union to discuss it having an input into the forthcoming legislation; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Remit (11 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop post-leaving certificate, PLC, courses on a regional basis across two or more education and training boards, ETBs; his views on the fact that the absence of PLC provision in Dublin 15 is a serious restriction on persons seeking second chance education or a return to college and further education in the Dublin 15 area; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Remit (11 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress his Department has made in the development of a regional strategy on post-leaving certificate, PLC, courses with education and training boards, ETBs, offering PLC provision to a wide geographical area across two or more ETBs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32380/17]