Results 6,301-6,320 of 11,861 for speaker:Brian Hayes
- Special Educational Needs. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: Perhaps the Minister will respond to the following question from a mother, Cathy Shevlin, from Castleblaney, County Monaghan, whose son is ten years old and has the reading ability of a five year old.
- Special Educational Needs. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: That child is a pupil of one of these classes. This woman has asked me to ask the Minister what advice he would give to her and her son when next September he is put into a class with a greater number of children? What advice would the Minister offer this woman? The Minister announced 32 cutbacks last October-November and a few more since January. Will he state categorically on the floor...
- Special Educational Needs. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: That is not the issue.
- Special Educational Needs. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: I do, but there are some children for whom that will not work.
- Special Educational Needs. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: It will damage children.
- Special Educational Needs. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: It is saving money.
- Schools Building Projects. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in respect of his most recent announcement on 12 February 2009, for major school buildings, additional schools were added to the final list which had been agreed on 11 February 2009 within his Department; the schools in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8198/09]
- Schools Building Projects. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: I know exactly what the Minister said on 12 February. That is not the issue. The issue is that a document was posted on the Department's website some days in advance of that date, announcing that 41 major school building projects would proceed to tender and construction. Underneath that was the sentence "Insert link here once list is cleared!!!" Two schools were added to the list. What...
- Schools Building Projects. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: I have a print-out.
- Schools Building Projects. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: It was taken off the website within three minutes.
- Schools Building Projects. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: Does the Minister understand people's cynicism about this decision-making process when they hear that in November 2006 his predecessor, Deputy Hanafin, gave the green light to six of the 43 schools to which he gave the green light on 12 February? The Minister is worse than Paul Daniels, saying "now you see it, now you do not". This is an extraordinary situation, six of the 43 projects were...
- Adult Education. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: Absolutely.
- Disadvantaged Status. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: He will learn pretty quickly.
- Schools Building Projects. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: With Deputy McGinley I had the opportunity to visit the school recently on my travels to County Donegal. Would the Minister consider visiting the school? I attest to the quality of the education there in a very peripheral part of the country. Would he at least meet a delegation from the school over the coming months to see what progress can be made over the next while? It is a very worthy...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: Just after the budget the Minister told the House the net effect would be the loss of 200 teachers. He is now telling the House that the net effect on mainstream teachers will be 254. Is that not a fact? Is that only a minimal figure because it does not consider the reduction in English language support, special needs and home-school community liaison teachers? There will be 1,000...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: Only in the mainstream.
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: That is only in the mainstream.
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: This is interesting. Has the Minister included in that figure, for example, English language support teachers, the loss of home-school-community liaison teachers and his decision on the suppression of the 128 classes on special needs? On the other question I asked, could he bring some finality to this? Can he give the House a categorical reassurance that there will be no further cutbacks...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: Could the Minister inform the House of comments he made about the English language support teachers? I understand he will issue a circular to schools setting out a process through which they will know exactly how many will be lost. He stated at budget time that he would consider on a case-by-case basis the number of English language support teachers. This is an issue of considerable...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio. (26 Feb 2009)
Brian Hayes: Redeploy.