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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: I thank the Minister for his appreciation of the staff and communities in the school; however, I notice that he did not give a date for when the schools would return to full operation.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: It will be some time this year. St. Luke's national school has 650 pupils and about 50 staff. It is a very big school, as is Tyrrelstown Educate Together. The school is forced to take three small breaks and three large breaks for the entire school population because it no longer has a school yard. The Minister has visited the school and knows that everything remains closed off. There was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister tell us what is happening to facilitate the school?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: No; I just said the Taoiseach did tell the Minister to do it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: All of that is excellent and that community spirit has always been a feature of life in Tyrrelstown. I am glad the Minister has had an opportunity to experience it. Does the Minister understand, however, what it means for a school with 650 children to have to organise six breaks a day? That has to be done because the Department of Education and Skills and the local county council have not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister be taking submissions about that?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Multidenominational Schools (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: At Pelletstown and Ashtown, 3,000 units of housing have been built in the past ten to 15 years, most of them apartments. There is one primary school on the site and there are other adjacent schools so at the moment they can cope but there is no secondary school for the families who make up a large proportion of the 3,000 households to which I referred. There is a massive need for an...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Teacher Training Provision (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: This is the fourth or fifth time I have raised issues related to the incidence autism with various Ministers in the Chamber. I do not know whether the incidence of autism in Ireland is increasing or simply if there is a better, more detailed diagnosis. This is a significant issue for parents throughout the country. At its heart is how the education of children with autism spectrum...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Teacher Training Provision (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: I thank the Minister of State for his reply but it encapsulates the difficulties that happen for many parents and children in the current system. I appreciate that people within the Department of Education and Skills and the Ministers are trying to improve the situation but it falls down in all sorts of ways throughout the country. For instance, every year in recent years, as the Minister...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Teacher Training Provision (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: I appreciate-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Teacher Training Provision (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: -----the Minister of State's offer and I accept it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Teacher Training Provision (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: Can I just say-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Teacher Training Provision (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: No one would ask a teacher to teach a maths class at primary or secondary level unless he or she had some qualification. This is a specialist field where we need as a country to organise proper education so that we have qualified people teaching who are also dedicated to the children.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Abbey Theatre (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: 16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a recent report from the OECD with respect to literacy standards amongst third level students; if his Department has carried out research on literacy among students attending third-level courses; if so, the findings of such studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10876/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: 27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the junior certificate curriculum is appropriate and is not overloaded with topics, but rather concentrates on core topics essential to numeracy, literacy and general social development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10875/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: 46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a new secondary school in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15; the location his Department plans to locate the school; the catchment area to be covered by the new school; his views on whether the new school addresses the needs for school places in areas in which a significant amount of new housing is being developed; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to adjust the status for the junior certificate curriculum for geography or history; his views on the importance of these subjects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10874/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (7 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: 17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of state aid that will be made available in the event of a no-deal hard Brexit; the provision that is provided for same in the Revised Estimates; if she has sought permission from the European Commission for aid to specific sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9964/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (7 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: 41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of state aid that will be made available in the event of a no-deal hard Brexit; the provision provided for same in the Revised Estimates; if she has sought permission from the European Commission for aid to specific sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10636/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (7 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: 84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of state aid that will be made available in the event of a no-deal hard Brexit; the provision provided for same in the Revised Estimates; if he has sought permission from the European Commission for aid to specific sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11295/19]