Results 1,001-1,020 of 4,782 for speaker:Olwyn Enright
- Adult Education. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, during 2006, any of the recommendations of the McIver report will be progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5874/06]
- Adult Education. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: The Minister of State may have been getting to the portion of her reply which dealt with the question relating to the McIver report when her time ran out. With regard to the key recommendations of the report, although the Minister of State mentioned figures for 1998, the McIver report was published in 2003. Will she support and give timetables for the following recommendations: new...
- Adult Education. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: I am aware of that.
- Adult Education. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: Will the Minister answer the questions asked? That information has been given and is on record.
- Adult Education. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: The question concerned the implementation of the McIver report. I asked about a timescale.
- Adult Education. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: The question concerns the McIver report.
- Adult Education. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: Youthreach is still on a pilot footing. What kind of prioritisation is that, 19 years later?
- Adult Education. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: It still does not have a proper structure 19 years later.
- Adult Education. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: It is still on a pilot footing.
- Adult Education. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: The funding for the McIver report is nil.
- Adult Education. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: The Department is not giving the resources.
- School Discipline. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals, legislative or otherwise, that she will bring forward to tackle the problem of discipline in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5875/06]
- School Discipline. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: Given that the Minister had the report since last month, what is the reason for the delay in publication? Debate on the report by all the education partners should now be ongoing but that is not yet possible. We have forgiven the Minister in the past for not being in a position to provide much information because the report was not available but I want to ask some specific questions now that...
- School Discipline. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: Is the Minister in negotiations with the education partners at present on the implementation of the report's recommendations? Does she envisage changing the guidelines issued by the Department to schools, in light of the report? In terms of teacher training, is the Minister satisfied that the training within the education colleges, which would be the most up-to-date, and the training for...
- School Discipline. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: I asked whether the Minister intends to change the departmental guidelines for schools.
- School Staffing. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: I welcome the fact that the Minister is working on proposals on this. My colleague, Senator Hayes, has numerous times raised the example of a school in Tallaght which has 200 students from an international background. Because the number of such students has increased dramatically in recent years we are on a learning curve in terms of dealing with issue. Although that school has two teachers...
- School Staffing. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: I accept that point and from the point of view of the international students that is important, but when a number of different languages are spoken in the classroom the teacher's response and the time he or she can spend with all the students is diminished because of concentrating on teaching English. Will the Minister commit to examining the numbers in terms of the ratio of 14 and 28 that...
- EU Directives. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: Would private colleges awarding degrees from other institutions, such as the ones in the UK, be included? Would private third level colleges operating outside the free education system be in the scope of the directive?
- School Inspections. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: Does the inspection process concentrate on particular subject areas at particular times? How does the Department decide which subjects to choose to inspect at a particular time? What subjects will be selected this year? How many subject inspectors are available to inspect the teaching of Irish?
- School Inspections. (15 Feb 2006)
Olwyn Enright: Does the participation of students in terms of a subject rather than a whole school evaluation happen within the classroom? Are students brought to one side or does the inspector meet the students without the teacher present in the classroom? Does it happen as part of the overall class environment?