Results 11,501-11,520 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (13 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 410: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 609 of 26 June 2007, the status of a submission by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28755/07]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (13 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 408: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she has put in place specific provisions to meet the requirements of educational needs in the N4-M4 corridor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28753/07]
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (13 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 411: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects adequate child psychological services to become readily available at all schools throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28756/07]
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 412: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of extra teachers that have been appointed in the 2007-08 school year; the degree to which this has positively impacted on pupil-teacher ratios in the classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28759/07]
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 413: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if pupil-teacher ratios in the classroom have actually worsened since the beginning of the 2007-08 school year when compared with the year previous; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28760/07]
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 415: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools throughout the country which currently have pupil-teacher ratios in the classroom in excess of the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28762/07]
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 414: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of submissions she has received from various schools throughout the country seeking the provision of extra teaching staff in order to reduce class sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28761/07]
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (13 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 416: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the mechanisms that exist in her Department to alert her to upcoming school accommodation requirements arising from population trends before such requirements become a necessity and with a view to engaging in adequate forward planning to ensure a streamlined provision of accommodation as required, as opposed to the present system;...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Nothing has been done.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: That is even worse.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: The overcrowded trains with no extra carriages.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: It will be like Disneyland.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: The Taoiseach is great fun, he is great gas.
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Sometime before the last election, the postal services miscellaneous provisions Bill was promised in this House. The European courts made a decision in the last few days which now affects positively the future of An Post and the postal services. Is it the Taoiseach's intention to restore that Bill to the Order Paper? The way has now been cleared for it. We need to ensure that the...
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Has he anything more to add?
- Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Only a couple of years have elapsed since the then Minister, who is now the Minister for Transport, introduced a Bill before this House to abolish the dual mandate. He almost cried in the House, such was his dedication to the task before him and his sincerity regarding how in future, all matters that had been under the Minister's control previously and for which the Minister was accountable...
- Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: The Acting Chairman will find this to be a graphic example and if he allows me to finish he will be pleased with the manner in which I intend to put it. The Minister correctly made the decision as to how the system would operate in future. The Acting Chairman knows I am correct in this regard. Having so done, Members are entitled to consider him to have correctly exercised his powers....
- Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: However, this scenario is similar to the amendment in that it constitutes a transfer of powers to another body. Members rightly query the meaning of this development. Does it entail a diminution of the entitlement of Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to raise questions on any or all of these issues?
- Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I heard them.
- Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Nov 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Oblivion.