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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Delivering Third Level Education Online: Discussion with Hibernia College and Schoolbag (13 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome our guests. It is nice to meet Dr. Seán Rowland again. I know a little about what the college does as I did supervised teacher practice for a time for Hibernia College. Will the witnesses give a breakdown of the percentage of face-to-face encounters for students versus the percentage of the course that would be totally online? Face-to-face encounters would include weekend...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (7 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I have given the Minister of State the details of the case. This boy has not been in school since 18 January and it is now 7 March. If that was his child or my child, we would be very worried. I note there is recourse to the Office of the Ombudsman for Children, etc. Does the Minister of State think this is good enough, based on what he has read and heard?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (7 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Why was home tuition not provided in the meantime? This child has had no schooling since 18 January.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (7 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I presume it is possible to apply to the Department for that.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (7 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: This is a very disturbing case. I am asking the Minister for Education and Skills to investigate the serious case of an 11-year-old boy. I have given the boy's name and school to the Department. He has high-functioning autism and ADHD. His rights appear to be infringed in that he is not receiving an appropriate education for his needs. He has been locked in an isolation room from 15 to...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (7 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: This is so critical to put on record.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (7 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Will the Acting Chairman listen? I beg his indulgence.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (7 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: When Oisín's mother arrived, she found access to the corridor blocked. She was met by the deputy principal and brought into the secretary's office. She was told gardaí were on their way. When she saw her son, he had cuts to his forehead and blood coming from one nostril. Later that evening, a number of shards of glass were removed from his feet and hair. He had broken the window in the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (7 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: There is a meeting at five o'clock-----

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (7 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: If I can just finish with one sentence-----

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (7 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The principal is offering expulsion to the child but that gives rise to the question of where he would go.

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister. I concur with others that this is a big departure, devolving 33 VECs into 16. On being at this point and having reached such an amount of agreement, bar requests for a few amendments, I say, "Well done." I was formerly the chair of County Galway VEC and it was an eye-opener. The reason it was an eye-opener is that VECs aim to provide education for all. Having been...

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thought so. I thank the Minister for that. They felt that this was necessary from the point of view of democratic local representation. I would add that those members should have a competence in education. Those with an education background are not rare. Given that we are ten a penny, and by and large many go into local politics, we should maximise the expertise on the boards by, where...

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Let us face it. Not everybody who is elected speaks Irish. I myself was on these boards. I speak reasonable Irish but I would not call it brilliant by any means. I would have been quite challenged in the crossfire of the debate, in terms of comprehending and contributing. An excellent point was raised about SOLAS. Would the Minister clarify and specify the role of the ETB in SOLAS? This...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) with Twitter and Facebook (7 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: What about the gardaí?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) with Twitter and Facebook (7 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: What ID or proof does Twitter have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) with Twitter and Facebook (7 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: What about a public helpline?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) with Twitter and Facebook (7 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Who funds it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) with Twitter and Facebook (7 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Stay in touch with this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) with Twitter and Facebook (7 Mar 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I did not get an answer to one question. Does Twitter moderate content at all or is it relying on self-reporting? Has Twitter received many reports from the Garda regarding abusive content? That is the final question.