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- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)
Jerry Buttimer: ...bliain. Will the Leader facilitate the Minister for Community, Gaeltacht and Rural Affairs to come to the House to discuss a report on the Irish language published last week? I join with Senator Fitzgerald in asking for the Minister for Education and Science to come to the House to debate the education system. As a school teacher I am acutely aware of the significant funding that has...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)
Donie Cassidy: Senators Fitzgerald, Alex White, Keaveney, Hannigan and Walsh commented on the issue of early school leavers. The Minister for Education and Science will attend the House next Thursday and, therefore, Senators can prepare contributions for that debate. Senators Coghlan and Fitzgerald inquired about the electoral register for the local government elections and the redrawing of boundaries....
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)
Frances Fitzgerald: He should stop going to international conferences if he feels so deprived.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)
Frances Fitzgerald: It is not the first time it has been sought.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)
Frances Fitzgerald: The year 1997 was ten years ago.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)
Frances Fitzgerald: I agree to the Order of Business. In the past few weeks, a number of Senators have asked the Minister for Education and Science to address the concerns they have expressed about education. The report published today by the ESRI on young people dropping out of school merits discussion in this House because it is extraordinary that so many young people, and young men in particular, are...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)
Alex White: Senator Fitzgerald made a very strong point about school drop-out rates. I support her call for a debate with the Minister for Education and Science or perhaps, more appropriately, with the Minister of State with responsibility for children who will be in the House later today on a separate matter. Allied to that, I refer to another startling report in today's newspapers from the...