Results 5,021-5,040 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: The question was to ask the Minister of State about the nature of the audit findings. What were the findings of the FÃS audit in December?
- Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Did the audit not find that no proper paper trail existed? At a meeting in December 2009, was it not agreed that the omission of a proper paper trail following the first audit meant that it would be necessary to examine all funds going back to 2000? Is it not the case that there is no paper trail and that while estimates were given, the Department must now revert and get a paper trail that...
- Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Is FÃS not a festering sore and did the question that the Minister of State stated was raised by the European Union not relate to the tendering process for FÃS courses? Is it not a fact that a significant number of course providers in Ireland have corrupted examination results and that the Q-Mark they provide constitutes a question mark over the results they produce? While the vast...
- Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: The issues arise today.
- Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: It was.
- Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: It was fixing the results. It gave the result before the day. What the Minister of State is saying is rubbish.
- Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: With respect, that is not true.
- Higher Education Grants (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: In Irish.
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister of State's reply. While it is an awful thing to say to him, there are 219 graves of children in Bethany Home. They cannot speak because they died before their time, which clearly needs significant investigation and analysis. There is evidence that it was not as previous Ministers held that this was a home for mothers and babies. It was a place of detention and the...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Justice must be done even though the heavens fall, as they say. If the issue is money, let us remember we are spending â¬30 billion on the banks. The surviving people who lived in Bethany Home had their entire lives ruined by the experience. I have heard what the Minister of State said about the Department of Justice and Law Reform, but I do not hear him saying anything about the...
- Schools Patronage (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Yet it will make people do time.
- Teaching Qualifications (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Does the Minister of State agree that for proper induction of new teachers, much more in-class monitoring of teachers is needed? There should be someone in the classroom to advise and help new teachers. Many of the courses being provided take place outside of school hours instead of monitoring the teachers in school in real time. I have received a significant number of complaints about...
- Teaching Qualifications (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: I understood there was to be more invigilation in real time in the classroom. That was one of the points brought to my attention; a new teacher should have more supervision. Has there been a reduction in the hours that were originally proposed for supervision of a new teacher under this scheme?
- Written Answers — Public Service Agreement: Public Service Agreement (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made regarding the implementation of the commitment in the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 to ensure post primary teachers are available for three timetabled class periods per week under the supervision and substitution scheme with effect from the start of the 2010/2011 school year; and if...
- Written Answers — Public Service Agreement: Public Service Agreement (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made regarding the negotiation and implementation of the commitment in the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 to review and revise employment terms and conditions for those employed in the vocational education committee system in advance of the 2010/2011 school year; and if she will make a...
- Written Answers — Public Service Agreement: Public Service Agreement (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made regarding the negotiation and implementation of the commitment in the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 to restructure and rationalise the vocational education committee sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33670/10]
- Written Answers — Public Service Agreement: Public Service Agreement (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made regarding the negotiation and implementation of the commitment in the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 to implement redeployment schemes across the vocational education committee sector and the wider public service with effect from the start of the 2010/2011 school year; and if she will...
- Written Answers — Public Service Agreement: Public Service Agreement (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made regarding the negotiation and implementation of the commitment in the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 to review the academic employment contract for institutes of technology by 31 August 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33673/10]
- Written Answers — Public Service Agreement: Public Service Agreement (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made regarding the negotiation and implementation of the commitment in the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 to provide for an extra hour per week in institutes of technology with effect from the start of the 2010/2011 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33674/10]
- Written Answers — Public Service Agreement: Public Service Agreement (29 Sep 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made regarding the negotiation and implementation of the commitment in the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 to implement redeployment schemes for academic, administrative, technical and support staff across the institutes of technology with effect from the start of the 2010/2011 academic...