Results 561-580 of 5,732 for speaker:Fidelma Healy Eames
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Has he reintroduced the summer works scheme?
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: When?
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The schools expected the applications by 30 September and they have not received them. Equally, the minor works grant was a significant cutback. That covered painting, new fittings and furniture. The devolved scheme did incredible work. I will grant the Minister this. I am delighted to see the Minister's offer where a school can build a permanent classroom for â¬120,000 instead of using...
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: In the case of teaching principals it is reasonable to request that there would be a secretary to take calls and communicate with parents for at least three hours a day while the principal is teaching. Continuous interruption on the teaching principals' time is cutting down on pupil contact time and this is more chronic than we realise. It is unfair to pupils, as this is their learning...
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Third, invest in ICT. Fourth, introduce transparency into the school building programme, which, as I stated, is easy to do. Fifth, introduce smart ways in which administration can be cut down for all principals and, especially, provide a watchful eye for teaching principals. I thank the Minister for his time and look forward to hearing his responses.
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is the ICT.
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: And schools must stay standing.
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Government Senators may have got it.
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: We did not get it.
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: They are the facts.
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Eight years of government.
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: They are still in debt.
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: There was more investment in education.
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It makes no sense.
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is good.
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: We look forward to that.
- Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: They should be prioritised.