Results 181-200 of 490 for long speaker:Joe McHugh

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Staff (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...than later. I am also conscious of the fact that there have been so many anomalies in the schemes during years, including the 1978 and 1979 schemes. The scheme was not supposed to continue for as long as it did. When retirements occurred or people left their jobs, they were replaced for a period, but that stopped in 2008. We have had different provisions for school secretaries and...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Staff (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...educational needs area will be approximately €1.75 billion, which is a 44% increase since 2011. Special classes numbers have gone from just under 500 to approximately 1,500 and we still have a long way to go. I know from parliamentary questions and letters that there is a massive pressure for additional ASD units, and I am very conscious of the fact we need to do more. I am also...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...on bringing certainty to these matters. We are already in the first fortnight in January and students in Northern Ireland do not have certainty. It is not good enough if we are going to look at long-term planning or long-term commitments to North-South co-operation as well as the movement of people. Statistics show that the number of students from the South going North has gone down...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy is aware a major capital project for the provision of permanent accommodation for the school referred to by the Deputy to cater for a long term projected enrolment of 1,000 pupils is being addressed through my Department's Capital Programme. With regard with the school’s interim accommodation, as the Deputy is aware the lease on the school's temporary accommodation is due...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Places (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...meet existing and future skills demands in the workplace and equip young people with the skills to meet these demands, to enhance the level of human capital in Ireland and provide a solid basis for long-term economic sustainability and rising living standards. These strategies include, in particular, the National Skills Strategy 2025 and the Action Plan for Education 2016-2019, . ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Literacy Programmes (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: Adult education and training is a crucial component of the European Commission's long term strategy The EU Skills Agenda. Ireland is participating in this agenda through a range of measures including developing initiatives to support 'Upskilling Pathways' designed to improve workplace literacy, numeracy and digital skills and one of the main legislative proposals of the " New Skills...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...with me by Fórsa representatives on Saturday when they indicated that they would be launching their campaign this week. The matter has been raised by a number of Members across this House over a long number of years. Different schemes have been introduced, including that brought forward in 1978-79, and school secretaries and caretakers are also part of the public service stability...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (16 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 and 123 together. My Department currently has 1499 employees (1414 Full Time Equivalent) . This number includes all temporary staff, secondees and those on long term leave, career break etc. In relation to the organisations named by the Deputy, the Department has corporate IPA membership, one corporate member of Chartered Accountants Ireland and two...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...my Department approved the provision of temporary accommodation. Once the approved project is delivered, and should a deficit in permanent accommodation pertain to meet the schools long term needs, it will be open to the school to contact my Department further in that regard.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Retirements (19 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: ...s Spending Review process, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform published an actuarial review (Public Service Occupational Pensions in Ireland - Cash Flow Analysis) setting out the medium and long term expenditure implications of occupational pensions in the public sector, including the education sector. This is available at: . The additional allocation of €147 million...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Private Partnerships (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: ...The NDFA also carries out quality audits as part of its ongoing performance review and monitoring of PPP Schools. The Department is also tracking the actual enrolments in PPP schools against the long-term projected enrolments. Enrolment data is provided on the Department’s website. This is important in assessing, as per the Public Spending Code, that the basis on which a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: ...income, after income disregards and Child Dependant Increase(s) are excluded, must not exceed €23,500; 3. As at 31st of December 2017, the reckonable income must include one of the eligible long-term social welfare payments prescribed in the Student Grant Scheme. Additional funding was secured in Budget 2017 to facilitate the reinstatement of full maintenance grants from September...

Death of former Members: Expressions of Sympathy (12 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: ...and displayed an immense generosity of spirit. As Deputy Mitchell O'Connor said earlier, her passion for social change was unwavering and it was great for her, in her later years, to see the social change for which she fought for so long come to pass. Ba mhaith liom arís mo bhuíochas agus m'aitheantas a chur chuig an dá theaghlach fá choinne an tiomantas agus an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (12 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: ...parent as prime educator. The role of the HSCL Coordinator is to work primarily with the salient adults in the child’s life, in order to empower them, so that they can better support their children to attend school, participate in education and develop positive attitudes to life-long learning. Central to the HSCL initiative, is the identification of educational needs and the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Language Schools (5 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: ...who have come here today and not just out of courtesy. I am here as a representative of the Government to see how we can organise a pathway to deal with this problem. If it is a case of looking at long-term progression such as extra training or employment prospects in the sector, let us look at all of the options. I am happy to do so, but I would like to have the right people in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Remuneration (4 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: The Public Service Stability Agreement precludes cost increasing claims. A long-standing Industrial Relations Forum exists in respect of academic staff in Institutes of Technology. The Department, staff representatives and management representatives are members of this Forum, which facilitates dealing with industrial relations disputes without recourse to industrial action. The Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (29 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: The school to which the Deputy refers operates under the patronage of the local Education and Training Board (ETB). The ETB recently informed my Department that the long term accommodation needs of the school were being reviewed and that it would revert to my Department when this process had been completed. My Department understands that the review has now been concluded and that the ETB...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: The school to which the Deputy refers operates under the patronage of the local Education and Training Board (ETB). The ETB recently informed my Department that the long term accommodation needs of the school were being reviewed and that it would revert to my Department when this process had been completed. My Department understands that the review has now been concluded and that the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (28 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: ...event at the Aviva Stadium. I thank them for their correspondence. A major capital project for the provision of permanent accommodation for the school referred to by the Deputy to cater for a long-term projected enrolment of 1,000 pupils is being addressed through my Department's capital programme. My Department has been liaising with Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (28 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: ...her leaving certificate examinations will be left out. Alternative temporary solutions are being worked on, and we have been focusing on this issue. The significant question is how to address the long-term issue here. The meeting tomorrow is a follow-up to consider the decision made by the ETB. There must be a meeting of minds, and there must be focus on the long term. The short-term...