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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of days worked by substitute teachers in primary schools in the school year 2016-2017; the number of days of absence by primary teachers for which substitute teachers could have been employed in the same period; the number of substitute days worked in primary schools in 2016-2017 by retired teachers and unqualified persons acting in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the difference in figures for the cost of restoring pay equality for post 2010 education and training sector employees as set out by him in the Dáil Éireann on 10 October 2017 as €130 million in a full year, compared with his response of 11 September 2017 in which the cost was €85 million for a full year;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Complaints Procedures (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to issue guidelines for a procedure under the Education Act 1998 whereby parents' complaints regarding teaching or other school matters may be dealt with at local level. [47814/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Staff (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Last week, the Taoiseach was very confident in his statement that sufficient progress had possibly already been made or could be made by the end of December that would allow us, in the appropriate circumstances, move forward to the next round. I am not saying he made a definitive statement. He indicated a degree of positivity or optimism about the possibility. I am concerned because we are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Staff (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: I did not say I was afraid of them. I have no fear of them.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: 138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps her Department is taking to support orchestras; if her attention has been drawn to the publicity regarding the shortages in the RTÉ concert orchestra and the review RTÉ is carrying out into the provision of orchestra services; if her Department will be making a submission or has an input into this review; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Research Board (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: 149. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding Ireland's future membership of the European Research Infrastructure Project on Biobanking (BBMRI-ERIC); if it is planned that Ireland will join BBRMI-ERIC in the future; and if so, when the agreement will be signed. [48321/17]

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Select Committee (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: I wish to comment.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Select Committee (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: It is all right. Like others, I welcome the Minister of State here today. This is an enormously important Bill for the institutes of technology around the country, for the Dublin Institute of Technology and the Cork Institute of Technology which are two of the larger institutes of technology and where mergers with other institutes of technology have also been part of the proposals. As...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Select Committee (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: I merely want to mention one issue to the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Select Committee (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Yes.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Select Committee (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Can I just finish my sentence? I want to raise the poor terms and conditions under which staff, such as assistant lecturers, are recruited. As these are the principal prized postgraduate qualified staff in Ireland, the way they are being treated makes no sense from the State's point of view. As things stand many of them will get up and leave. They are not being treated in a fair and equal way.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Have a number of the institutes of technology specifically requested that? There were a series of mergers mentioned previously as a possibility. At this stage, is the Minister of State aware of which institutions continue to seek collective status and which want go-alone status?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Clarifying this is very important for every institute of technology. Is the Minister of State suggesting there is a timeline over which she wishes to see this completed? Is there a transition period and how long is it likely to be? Is there a numbers threshold? That might be what affects Athlone. Does it mean, in effect, that unless an institute is in a consortium or group, it will not...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Two or more than two?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Sorry, yes.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: I want to ask the Minister of State a similar question. In this legislation, is there not an implication that the existing institutions within the institutes of technology travel with the institute to the new technological university? If a student union already exists, as it does in all the institutes of technology, would it not carry over to the technological university?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: What the student union would seek is, to some degree, consequent on the fact that it may be nervous that in a new constitution its autonomous power could be diminished. For example, it might have to have constant reference to whoever is head of the institution. Some of the institutions have a history of being patriarchal. We need clarity on the Minister of State's approach because,...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Going back to the earlier discussion, I would be grateful if the Minister of State clarified the following. If, for instance, an institution in some part of the country is on its own and does not have an obvious partner, or has a partner indicated by the Department but does not want to join with that particular partner, will the Minister of State confirm that the institution is free to put...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: This is very important. Deputy Byrne asked the Minister of State earlier - and I would like it confirmed - whether the Government is actually committing to the retention of all the institutes of technology and the campuses in the diverse locations in which they exist around the country. For instance, in Blanchardstown, and similarly in Tallaght, the student population is relatively small...