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Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: -----sadly, there are no plans to deal with this and nobody seems to be taking responsibility for it.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: It does relate to the programme for Government.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I have to step out of the meeting for a few minutes, but I will return. I apologise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I think we can take as read the points the five speakers have made and given in their submissions. We all know this. I am grateful to the bodies for the submissions. I used them in my party's Private Member's motion in the Dáil a number of weeks ago. It was extremely useful. All the answers are there. I would like the witnesses' response on this. Mr. Brian Mooney outlined the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I still have not got to the bottom of who is responsible for this. Will anybody enlighten me? I know when Brian Mooney wrote in The Irish Times, it prompted Mr. Tomás Ó Ruairc to respond. I do not know if that means that the Teaching Council is responsible for this. I am not sure that it is but it certainly has a role. It prompted Mr. Ó Ruairc to respond at the time to say...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Maybe they could have a specialty for all the teachers to go back and teach.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton, announced on 26 January that he intended to establish a teaching supply working group. Is Mr. Ó Ruairc saying it has not been established?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: The Teaching Council has not been informed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: This is another announcement by the Minister that has not been followed up by any action. I am making a list.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: To be fair, I think we-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I am not defending myself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Okay. We all accept that it is actually a worse problem in our schools.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: We all know that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I have more questions. Does the Chairman want me to comment now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: The witnesses can answer my questions when I am finished. Will Mr. Mulconry comment on how the alleged ban on career breaks has impacted on the school boards of management? I am concerned about the comment made by Mr. Ó Ruairc that the Teaching Council has not heard about the standing group or steering group for teaching supply. I want to put it on record that the establishment of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister mentioned that he would contact the Teaching Council when he spoke at the IPPN conference. Has he done so?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Did the Minister instigate proceedings or did he jump on something that the Teaching Council was already doing?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (20 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the requirements in place for children to have their lunch indoors in schools. [8081/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Advertising (20 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs incurred by his Department for the eight page feature on the action plan on education 2018 in a newspaper (details supplied). [8473/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Advertising (20 Feb 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs incurred by his Department for the eight-page feature on the action plan on education 2018 in a newspaper (details supplied) on 14 February 2018. [8679/18]