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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: I thank Mr. King for all his work.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: Is Mr. Russell saying the insurance method is superior to this proposal?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: I just wanted to clarify what Mr. Russell was saying.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: I remain to be convinced about the way the learner protection fund has been proceeded with. I will certainly be discussing it with my party colleagues, although I cannot speak for them. If one were to table an amendment to this legislation necessitating that a private insurance policy be obtained by students on accredited courses, with the insurable risks being those outlined in the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: The risk is closure. Whichever way we do it, each individual should be insured. The difference is whether it is done through a private insurer or the State-backed arrangement provided for in the legislation. What would the difference be from the point of view of QQI?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: Has the Department engaged with the Department of Finance in this regard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: I am referring to the insurance section of the Department of Finance.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: We have serious concerns about this.
- Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: We agreed that this morning.
- Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: The committee just decided that today.
- Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: He did not call a vote, actually. He just said "not agreed".
- Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: He did not call a vote.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (13 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to deny SNA provision for a student (details supplied) will be reviewed. [24797/19]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Use of Reduced Timetables: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: I spoke on this issue at the last meeting and I get angrier every time I hear the issue played out. Nobody has mentioned the Constitution, in which it states that every child is entitled to a free primary education. We do not need guidelines from anywhere as the Constitution is the guideline and it is the law of the country. I have huge respect for the three witnesses from the voluntary...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Use of Reduced Timetables: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: In effect, reduced timetables amount to a suspension and the section 29 procedures presumably apply. Can the officials address that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Use of Reduced Timetables: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: I agree with Deputy Catherine Martin. This committee has uncovered an illegality that is ongoing. We need to hold further public hearings. I will be suggesting that Mr. Hislop, the chief inspector, comes in. We need to bring back Ms Mary Byrne and her colleagues as well because not only has the Department been deaf to this but it has been warned. It was specifically stated by Ms Byrne...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Use of Reduced Timetables: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: What process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Use of Reduced Timetables: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: I am conscious that there are only about five minutes before a vote. We do not want to keep people from that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Use of Reduced Timetables: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: I do not need an answer because I think we need to follow this up ourselves. I challenge Ms Cregg on her statement that there is process. There is no process. The Minister has been very clear that reduced timetabling is not acceptable bar exceptional circumstances where medical reasons have been given. That was the example cited. It has been clarified that the only process is the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Use of Reduced Timetables: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2019)
Thomas Byrne: Can they submit parts of it?