Results 6,021-6,040 of 11,861 for speaker:Brian Hayes

School Staffing. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: You said on one Monday. It was throughout 2008.

School Staffing. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: The Minister let his Department spin the issue subsequently.

School Staffing. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: Will the Minister apologise to teachers for the remarks he made?

School Staffing. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: I did not make these remarks. They were made by the Minister.

School Staffing. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: Will you withdraw it now?

School Staffing. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: I would stop digging if I were the Minister.

Higher Education Strategy. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the person who will chair the forthcoming national strategy on higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44582/08]

Higher Education Strategy. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: Is it not the case that the Minister's predecessor outlined her support for such a strategy when she was in office? It has taken us a very long time to get to the stage of announcing this strategy. Does the Minister agree that whoever chairs this strategic way forward for higher education in this country must be internationally and domestically eminent in industry and the connections...

Higher Education Strategy. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: He was somehow outside the core. Will the Minister give his views on this issue as it is important that the person chairing this body can hold his or her weight locally and nationally?

Higher Education Strategy. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: Will the Minister indicate when he is likely to propose to Government the strategic group and the chairperson of this important body? Will the Minister further outline his strategy in terms of the establishment of this higher level group? As I understand it, he has asked as one of the first functions to bring forward a report on the potential funding arrangement for third level and higher...

Obesity Levels. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: I hope that we will also welcome the answer to the next question.

School Staffing. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: I am extremely concerned by the blasé, hands-off attitude displayed by the Minister in respect of this serious incident, which was reported in The Sunday Times. Two journalists were able to use aliases in order to gain entry to a school and teach two separate classes. Neither their qualifications nor their standing as teachers was checked by the authorities at the school. The Minister has...

School Staffing. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: We heard about it.

School Staffing. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: Particularly when teachers are losing their jobs. Does the Minister believe it is good enough that an excellent organisation such as the IPPN must devise a website and system to ensure we have an adequate supply of qualified substitute teachers? Is it not the responsibility of the Department to do this and to do so in a co-ordinated manner so that the Minister can guarantee the...

School Staffing. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: In respect of substitute teachers.

Higher Education Grants. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: I thank the Minister of State for his reply.

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: The Minister has informed the House that there are 2,000 cases pending. This figure does not take into account the potential impact of the Supreme Court decision in respect of the O'Neill judgment in the High Court last month. If the High Court judgment stands — I do not wish to speculate on the outcome in this regard — the cost involved will be substantially higher because a cohort...

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: Has the Government decided to appeal it?

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: He is given an allocated answer.

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme. (4 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: Will the Minister agree that what is important is that this matter would be brought to a conclusion very quickly on the basis that the persons who were referred to in the High Court judgment last month by Mr. Justice O'Neill are well into their 70s? Is it not right that this issue should be quickly resolved? Will the Minister in discussions with the law officer in his Department and with...