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- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Richard Bruton: We have made provision to take that approach.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Richard Bruton: Each year, we examine our budget and what is available to invest. This is providing an incentive which immediately offers parents access to lower costs where these can be delivered, while also recognising schools that are making an effort by allowing an additional support to those schools in future.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Richard Bruton: We have to negotiate each year in the budgetary context. I cannot make a commitment at this stage but it is part of the five-year programme of Government to increase capitation.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Richard Bruton: There was no suggestion that this approach was in place. It was always made clear that what we are trying to do is establish principles of keen cost provision. We want to provide for consultation with parents and this will be done over time through a parent and student charter. We are providing that where exclusive agreements are in place, they should be open to tender. We are also...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Richard Bruton: We have made provision in this area. If the school has an agreement with a supplier, the agreement can continue but it would have to be tendered again within a period.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Richard Bruton: On the roll-out of high-speed broadband, all post-primary schools have access to high-speed broadband and the number of primary schools with access to high-speed broadband has increased from 200 to 1,100 since 2015. Clearly, much remains to be done in rolling out broadband. According to the statistical report, 3,262 or 33% of primary schools were supported by the Department.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Richard Bruton: Nothing has been decided for this year's budget. Consultation will take place across all Departments. The Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform will invite all partners to make contributions, as they did last year, and everyone will have an opportunity to contribute to the budgetary process. We have just been through a series of meetings with teachers' unions, management...
- Leaders' Questions (3 May 2017)
Richard Bruton: I thank the leader of Fianna Fáil for raising this issue. I am very aware of the case and one can have nothing but sympathy for the family of the late Shane O'Farrell for the appalling experience they have gone through and the loss of a very young life in such a tragic way. The Deputy correctly raises questions about the failures that occurred in many parts of our justice system in...
- Leaders' Questions (3 May 2017)
Richard Bruton: I cannot draw a conclusion on that. Clearly, if we establish an independent Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission under law, give it the authority to interview the gardaí concerned in the type of instances the Deputy describes and give it, under a strong judge, the power to pursue such cases, I expect the Minister would wish to see the conclusion of that work before any decisions...
- Leaders' Questions (3 May 2017)
Richard Bruton: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. It gives us an opportunity to acknowledge the tremendous work done by the Taoiseach and many others across the Government, including the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and other Ministers, and by many throughout the public service. A fair and balanced judgment of the negotiating mandate would recognise that we could not be in a stronger...
- Leaders' Questions (3 May 2017)
Richard Bruton: If the Deputy reads what has been agreed to in the negotiating mandate, he will see that the special position of Ireland is being recognised in every dimension the Government sought. He has complained that the Government did not start out with a strategy. We had a very clear strategy. We set that out at the time to protect the peace process and the common travel area and to ensure we did...
- Leaders' Questions (3 May 2017)
Richard Bruton: I assure the Deputy that there is no delay being put in the way of the establishment of the commission. It is a high priority for the Tánaiste. It is worth recalling that it was only on 11 April that it was agreed in principal by Government that such a commission would be established. We had a wide ranging debate in the Dáil and a lot of the issues raised were reflected in the...
- Leaders' Questions (3 May 2017)
Richard Bruton: There is progress in the way the Garda is deploying and impacting on serious crimes affecting people. It is important to recognise the strengths and weaknesses that have been exposed. I am convinced of the approach of establishing a commission and making sure it has the right make up, in other words that its membership is drawn from those areas which will maximise its impact on the future...
- Leaders' Questions (3 May 2017)
Richard Bruton: Sorry, listenings let me say.
- Leaders' Questions (3 May 2017)
Richard Bruton: Those issues will be informed to the Dáil as soon as the proper care has been taken to ensure the commission we establish-----
- Leaders' Questions (3 May 2017)
Richard Bruton: -----has the ability to do its job to the maximum impact, and that is a priority for the Tánaiste and the Government. The Tánaiste has indicated she will return to the Government as soon as possible with the details. If we came forward with membership that was not adequate the Deputy would be the first to ask why X was not considered, why we do not have an international expert-----
- Leaders' Questions (3 May 2017)
Richard Bruton: ----or why we do not have various dimensions. It is important the Tánaiste takes the time to ensure this is right.
- Leaders' Questions (3 May 2017)
Richard Bruton: We are creating a commission that will design the future of the Garda, for the next century we may say. It will shape the future of this very important force that is integral to our community. It is right that we take the time to get it right. Of course I can understand the urgency, but we also have to take the time to get it right. The time that has passed since we debated this and set...
- Leaders' Questions (3 May 2017)
Richard Bruton: First of all, I will pass on the Deputy's disappointment that the Taoiseach was not here to answer her question. I am sure the feeling is mutual.
- Leaders' Questions (3 May 2017)
Richard Bruton: He has other business today. This has been a very difficult and divisive issue throughout the history of this country. I have been around for long enough to recognise how difficult it has been for many people. The motivation of the Taoiseach in establishing the Citizens' Assembly mirrors what he did in the case of the X case. As the Deputy knows, the X case lay around for 20 years, and...