Results 3,861-3,880 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the stage 2(b) cost check for a school (details supplied) has been submitted to his Department for approval; if tender documents have been submitted for approval; when sanction to seek tenders will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30952/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a design team will be appointed for the required extension to a school (details supplied) further to the site visit undertaken by his Department to the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30953/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Services (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a NEPS psychologist has been assigned to school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31036/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions Governance (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to reports in the media of audits into third level institutions that have revealed a range of governance issues, including additional payments to staff and non-compliance with procurement rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31109/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the delays experienced in commencing the construction of the permanent buildings of a school (details supplied) and the fact that the 2018 first class needs to be accommodated off campus at a site in Broombridge; if his attention has been further drawn to the concerns parents have regarding the part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that his Department has made in securing funding and resources for introduction of coding to all primary schools by 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31111/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Administration (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies on the Higher Education Authority board; the duration of these vacancies; the process by which these vacancies will be filled; the timeframe for this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31112/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers on his Department's payroll who are paid a qualification allowance at the pass degree rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31113/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of substitute teachers employed per school day, on average, in primary schools; if these positions are taken account of in planning for the supply of teachers; if his attention has been drawn to the acute shortage of teachers to fill substitute teacher positions; his plans to address this serious issue for schools; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all the recommendations of the Cush report in respect of fixed-term workers in third level colleges have been accepted and implemented by him; if not, the specific recommendations which remain outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31115/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Commencement of Legislation (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are remaining sections of the Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015 to be commenced; the timeframe for commencing such sections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31116/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he will address concerns that the Teaching Council, in the absence of a statutory complaints procedure for use at school level, will be expected to address complaints that are better resolved at local level, and thus have less resources to deal with very serious complaints which may arise; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary and post-primary average class size figures for the State and for other EU member states; his plans to tackle large class size concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31118/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to deal with concerns regarding third level student support and the funding challenges for third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31119/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on junior certificate syllabus, subject and assessment reforms and his key priorities in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31120/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the roll-out of junior cycle reform process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31124/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Croke Park Agreement (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will extend the work recognised for Croke Park hours to teachers' voluntary extra curricular activities which benefit students, in view of teacher concerns regarding Croke Park hours and in recognition of teacher commitment to working beyond school hours to support students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31121/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is a clear pay disparity between teachers recruited before 1 January 2011 and those recruited thereafter; his further views on whether it is unacceptable to maintain such pay disparities; his plans to address pay equality issues beyond the steps already agreed in relation to restoration of a qualification allowance...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of all schools under religious patronage that he expects to be divested in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31123/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the suggestions by a union (details supplied) that related capital investment will be necessary if the programme for Government commitment on having schools available for childcare services can be successfully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31125/17]