Results 1,281-1,300 of 5,311 for speaker:Tom Hayes
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)
Tom Hayes: The Green Party ignored the promise. That is the point of the entire debate.
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)
Tom Hayes: Where?
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)
Tom Hayes: Where?
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)
Tom Hayes: She will vote against it.
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)
Tom Hayes: It is earth-shattering news.
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)
Tom Hayes: The Government is doing that and there is no doubt about it.
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)
Tom Hayes: All the new schools are in Dublin.
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)
Tom Hayes: That is why the Government cannot pay our teachers in Tipperary.
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)
Tom Hayes: I thank the Chair for the opportunity to speak on the crucial issues of class size and the funding of primary schools. This has been a terrible year for teachers, parents and students alike with regard to all types of school funding. We are discussing tonight a broken promise on school numbers, whereby the 40 schools discussed in this debate stand to lose a teacher due to a broken promise.
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)
Tom Hayes: The Government has failed time and again to look after young people by failing to put adequate funding in place for their education. We have witnessed the cancellation of the summer works scheme and have seen the Government take parents to court in order to deny them education for children with special needs. We have witnessed parents and students subsidising schools in order to pay water,...
- Written Answers — Customs and Excise: Customs and Excise (28 May 2008)
Tom Hayes: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to work with the Department of Finance to ensure that the customs service is adequately resourced to stem the flow of narcotics into the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21128/08]
- Written Answers — Firearms Licences: Firearms Licences (28 May 2008)
Tom Hayes: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether it is satisfactory that Garda superintendents can not refuse firearm licenses on grounds of risks to public safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21129/08]
- Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (28 May 2008)
Tom Hayes: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a transfer of land (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [21221/08]
- Decentralisation Programme. (4 Jun 2008)
Tom Hayes: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to alter the decentralisation programme in any respect. [21904/08]
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (4 Jun 2008)
Tom Hayes: Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a review will be complete on policy regarding the continuation of participants on community employment schemes aged 55 years or over; when the review will be published; and what her recommendations will be. [21700/08]
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Jun 2008)
Tom Hayes: Question 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Environmental Protection Agency draft guidelines in relation to site suitability will be adopted by his Department and issued to local authorities. [21722/08]
- Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (4 Jun 2008)
Tom Hayes: Question 411: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding allocated to South Tipperary County Council to operate the housing aid for the elderly grant and the housing adaption grant for people with disabilities; the number of articles facilitated under the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22014/08]
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (5 Jun 2008)
Tom Hayes: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive allocation of funding for people with disabilities has been released for 2008; if services have been planned and approved for funding for people with autistic spectrum disorder who are leaving schooling; if ASD placements for people with ASD who are exiting rehabilitative training have been organised and...
- Written Answers — State Property: State Property (5 Jun 2008)
Tom Hayes: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when written approval will be issued by the Health Service Executive to show that it is willing to sell a site in Clonmel to either South Tipperary County Council or to the Office of Public Works for the purposes of a site for a school (details supplied); if the HSE will confirm that the sale has been approved at a board meeting; and...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (5 Jun 2008)
Tom Hayes: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people on the waiting list for child psychology services in south Tipperary; the length of time the longest person on that list has been waiting; the average wait on the waiting list; the number of staff posts that were unfilled leading to the closure of the waiting list; the length of time these posts had been unfilled;...