Results 14,841-14,860 of 17,012 for speaker:Paul Kehoe
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I thank Mr. Honer. I call Ms. Leydon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I thank Ms Leydon. The first questions will be from Deputy Ó Laoghaire followed by Deputy Ó Ríordáin if Senator O'Loughlin or Senator Joe O'Reilly are not here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I call Senator Pauline O'Reilly who will be followed by Senator Flynn.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Paul Kehoe: We might discuss that briefly because I am conscious that we have to suspend to bring in the next group and that we have to be out of here by 2 p.m.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I must cut the meeting short. I am genuinely time constrained. I thank the union officials for coming here today. The discussion was very beneficial for all of the committee members. Another group is due to come in, from the State Examinations Commission, to discuss the delay in the junior certificate results being published. Normally we would have had a three-hour meeting, but...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)
Paul Kehoe: We are back in public session. From the State Examinations Commission, I welcome Ms Andrea Feeney, CEO, Ms Elaine Sheridan, head of examinations and assessment and Mr. Richard Dolan, head of operations. The officials are here to brief the committee on issues relating to the 2022 junior cycle examinations results. I will invite Ms Feeney to make a brief opening statement, to be followed by...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I want to confirm that we did not receive the opening statement last night. It is unfortunate for members not be able to look at the opening statement in advance in order to prepare questions to the witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)
Paul Kehoe: It definitely was not received. I will defend the committee secretariat because this has not happened before. I just wanted to make the point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I will have to cut the Senator off there and call Deputy Conway-Walsh.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)
Paul Kehoe: Has the State Examinations Commission received many queries from junior certificate students, their families or their parents in the days since the new date was issued?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)
Paul Kehoe: A number of questions have been asked already. The student population at both leaving certificate and junior certificate level is going to increase. At the moment, there is an issue with the junior certificate. What is the commission putting in place to ensure the same issue does not arise with regard to the leaving certificate next year or the year after? If there is a shortage of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)
Paul Kehoe: Let me rephrase my question. I would love to be able to forget we had the Covid pandemic. However, going back to the original date, the leaving certificate results were always published in August.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)
Paul Kehoe: There is quite a number of retired teachers who do supervision in the exam halls. Can retired teachers correct examinations?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)
Paul Kehoe: Is there are a cut-off as to the number of years a teacher can be retired while still doing corrections in light of changes to the curriculum and what is happening in the classroom? People who have been retired for 20 years would not know the curriculum in the same way as people who retired five years ago.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)
Paul Kehoe: As Deputy O'Sullivan said, and from the experience of my own friends, both male and female, some of whom are single, the very minute they finish in the classroom they want to go travelling for the two or three months. When they get married and have a family, they want to spend time with their kids during the summer holidays. If the witnesses had the Minister for Education in front of them,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)
Paul Kehoe: Has more money been requested for them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)
Paul Kehoe: Is Ms Feeney saying money is not an issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)
Paul Kehoe: Should it be considered part of a teacher's contract that he or she would have to correct examinations? We must get serious about this. The situation must improve. Ms Feeney says she hopes that next year it will not be the case that a lot of people will be on holiday, which they were due to Covid. I throw that out as an idea.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Examination Results 2022: State Examinations Commission (25 Oct 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I have just one final question before I bring other committee members back in. The junior certificate is a very important examination because it prepares students for the career path they might want to take. I strongly believe that students should have their junior certificate results before they choose the subjects they want to take on in fifth and sixth years. Does Ms Feeney believe that...