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Sexual Discrimination. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: As the Minister rightly said, this issue was raised at the recent teacher conferences. It is disquieting that a group of teachers feel their work is threatened by their sexual orientation. I would like a reaction to the comments made, particularly at the INTO conference, by a couple of brave teachers who feel their future employment prospects are affected by their sexual orientation or that...

Sexual Discrimination. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: Is it not the issue that teachers in permanent teaching positions within our schools would have considerable fear about taking a case such as the Minister has described because of their positions and their leadership roles within their communities? There is an unwritten cultural acceptance of such discrimination within our school framework. My question, which I repeat, is whether the...

Sexual Discrimination. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: I would have thought it was at least 10%. The Minister has an obligation to the House and particularly to the teaching profession to stand up in support of those teachers and to ensure their rights are vindicated and that there is no discrimination against them and their future prospects in our school system.

School Enrolments. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: The Minister has been going over this for the last two years and the audit has been getting headlines for the last two years at the TUI conference. We have asked the Minister to publish it. If she chooses not to do so, will she at the very least publish the details of the geographic pockets, as she called them, in which this form of selection is taking place? She said nearly 2,000 schools...

School Enrolments. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: South Dublin, for instance.

School Enrolments. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: If they had a selective enrolment policy, would the Minister stand over it?

School Enrolments. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: So what was the whole objective of doing it?

School Enrolments. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: What was the breakdown?

School Enrolments. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: I agree with the Minister that post-primary is the issue here, not primary.

School Enrolments. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: Yet only a quarter of the examples were post-primary in the Minister's audit.

School Enrolments. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: The vast majority were primary schools.

School Enrolments. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: Why did the Minister not audit them?

School Enrolments. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: The vast majority of the audit related to primary schools.

School Enrolments. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: The number of post-primary audits was very small.

Schools Building Projects. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: It is a bungle all right.

Third Level Funding. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: When times are hard, third level is seen as an easy target when it comes to reducing core funding in education. Does the Minister accept that the introduction of top-up fees in Northern Ireland has seen universities there gain a considerable competitive advantage over universities in the Republic? They have additional revenue that is not available to colleges here and this view was...

Schools Building Projects. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: How many applications are with the Department in respect of upgrading science laboratories in the post-primary school sector?

Schools Building Projects. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: Following the previous question from Deputy Quinn about an inventory of prefabs, an issue on which he has campaigned over the past few months, can the Minister provide an inventory of applications received on this issue? It is astonishing that, while the Minister comes into this House knowing that she will be asked about this and knowing that the first supplementary question from Opposition...

Schools Building Projects. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: There will be two years of applications back to back.

Schools Building Projects. (9 Apr 2008)

Brian Hayes: There are existing applications and next year's applications.