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- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: It does come as a surprise. The Deputy could have fooled me.
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: There would have been no stopping Deputy O'Connor.
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: I would say that the Deputy was always a very clever student.
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: The Deputy would like to return here all the same.
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: Good man, Charlie.
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: Get out the guitar.
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: I am delighted to contribute to the debate on the Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. I welcome the Bill. Like Deputy O'Connor, I do not have an educational background although a few members of my family are teachers. Something had to be done about disruptive students. I hope this legislation will address the problem but as the Minister is aware there is "many a slip 'tween cup and...
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: Whatever link there is between the school and the home, it must include the parents and guardians of the children concerned. I admire youth work and extra-curricular activities. Even in the best communities, there are always three or four parents who must do the work of 30 or 40. Whatever activity, be it youth work, football or hurling, it will always come down to three or four good...
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: From a reply to a parliamentary question, I understand that the scheme in Athenry Vocational School will, as of 1 September 2007, be withdrawn.
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: I accept the service will be spread around a wider catchment area.
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: The Minister should listen because I know exactly what I am talking about. The staff members who have responsibility for Athenry Vocational School and Loughrea Vocational School will not have the same remit next September. They will have to cover a larger catchment area with more students. Under the Bill's provisions, disruptive students will be removed from school. I could not imagine a...
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: If one decides that something should be done, a way will be found to do it.
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: According to the Minister, she is doing things in education that were never done before.
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: We have put forward a policy.
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (14 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when it is expected to have the outcome of his consideration regarding the case for converting the GSI from a division of his Department into a stand alone agency on foot of his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 21 November 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5424/07]
- Written Answers — Digital Hub: Digital Hub (14 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will quantify the full extent of the expected return on investment in the digital hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5423/07]
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (14 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been deemed unsuccessful; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the applicant only left the jurisdiction for two weeks in 2001, a similar length of time in 2002 and 2003, three weeks in 2004, two weeks...
- Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: I beg the Minister of State to back away from one of the most draconian measures since I was elected to this Houses, which is not today or yesterday. Whatever the reasons behind it, this legislation will split families. Heretofore house ownership had been sacrosanct. Many people aspire to owning a house. When people spend a lifetime working to own a house and arrive at the most vulnerable...
- Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: The Minister of State is trying to take the roof from over elderly people. In the Chamber there is a roof for us all, as long as it lasts. This is a serious matter and it surprises me that the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party has allowed it to reach this stage.
- Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (13 Feb 2007)
Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support the introduction of information and communications technology as a subject for the junior certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5012/07]