Results 5,001-5,020 of 14,388 for speaker:Clare Daly

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Reviews (9 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 990. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a concession made to teachers on having projects which are at a current level of 50% or over the final grade, retained within certification, but not so for all the other subjects, resulting in subjects such as art and woodwork having projects for certification, but others such as english and history will not have same; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Reviews (9 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 991. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why her Department is insisting on referring to the proposed school based components as 40% of the total student award at the end of third year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22145/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Reviews (9 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 992. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the English school-based assessment for second year, as the teachers have boycotted the training; her views that this planned oral communication presentation runs contrary to teachers' principles of fairness and dignity in the classroom; if she is concerned about such matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22146/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (9 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 999. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the discrepancy in the payments made to qualified teachers recognised by the Teaching Council, who are employed in post-leaving certificate colleges subject to the Haddington Road agreement, who are undertaking extra substitution and supervising hours without payment and who are required to sign up to the Teaching Council on a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (9 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 1000. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of qualified teachers, members of the Teaching Council, who operate in post-leaving certificate colleges, and the number of unqualified teaching staff, and the reason unqualified persons are allowed to work as teachers. [22281/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (9 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 1001. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff who had reached 65 years of age, had retired from an institute of further education (details supplied) in County Wicklow and who were requested to return to teach; if she is aware of the case of a person who is 80 years of age and who is employed in the sector. [22282/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 1006. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 810 of 26 May 2015, the reason her Department did not also facilitate the parents of the children who attended the two other service providers that existed at that time, in view of the fact that her Department was fully aware of their existence, as per departmental records dated 18 June 2007, but instead...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (9 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 1007. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 811 of 26 May 2015, if she will confirm that the millions of euro that were paid annually to the one private commercial company were made under the heading of the home tuition grant scheme, in view of the fact that the arrangement letter issued on 23 December 2008 by her Department in the title of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Courses Availability (9 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 1011. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason post graduate courses in social work are not available, given the age profile of many mature students, who would be excellent candidates for such courses, but whose commitments prevent them from taking up full-time courses. [22473/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (9 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 1023. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of a planning application by a United States of America company for a private for-profit gasification plant at Gortnadroma in County Limerick, in the context of outstanding health and safety concerns regarding such processes; if this should be permitted here; his plans regarding same; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (9 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 1051. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government based on his previous response, and in view of the last time the Irish Veterinary Association was consulted regarding the restricting of dog breeds (Control of Dogs Act 1998 Regulations) being 23 years ago, if he will consider seeking the association's advice to ensure current restrictions are effective, up-to-date and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Procurement Contracts (9 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 1061. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the contract for fuel cards of staff of a local authority was awarded to a company (details supplied); and the way that process took place. [21824/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aer Lingus Sale (9 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 1186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the Government's decision to dispose of the 25% share holding in Aer Lingus to the International Airlines Group, his views on a minimum of 25% of the proceeds from this sale being made available to the deferred and active pensioners of the Irish airlines (general employees) superannuation scheme. [22494/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Amnesty International Report on Ireland's Abortion Laws: Discussion (9 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: I thank the representatives for coming before the committee. We are not in a position to ask very developed questions on the report but it certainly appears to be a very important and considered body of work which we will find useful and we will analyse it over the next while. The witnesses mentioned it is part of Amnesty's global campaign, My Body My Rights. Is Ireland the only European...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: I strongly concur with Deputy Pringle's concluding remarks. While all Deputies will welcome the Bill up to a point, it is long overdue and pretty underwhelming in the context of the challenges that arise in this area. The Bill has been packaged as progress but it simply reinstates the position that obtained in 2007. That is not good enough on the part of the Labour Party, which claims the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (10 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will raise capitation at primary level schools to the same funding as at secondary level schools. [21862/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (10 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason she has not taken steps, as a key priority, to reduce class sizes in primary schools to the European Union average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21861/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (10 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason An Grianán was excluded from the Magdalene laundry redress scheme, in view of the fact that evidence had been uncovered in the course of the McAleese inquiry, which showed beyond any doubt that it served as a Magdalene laundry. [22545/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (10 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of allegations of misappropriation of funds of a support group (details supplied); the action she has taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22657/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (10 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 126. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive does not actively inform patients of their rights under the cross-border Directive 2011/24/EU, with particular campaigns targeted at patients on waiting lists. [22742/15]