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Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Joan Burton: This is a low blow to citizens in the country, especially to people who lost their jobs, businesses or homes as a consequence of the goings on in Anglo Irish Bank. It is fair to say that white-collar crime is not taken seriously in this country. I believe the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has never really wanted the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. It has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (25 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he received the Teaching Council report on teacher supply; the reason he has not published the report to date; when he will do so; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many primary schools are reporting great difficulties in filling vacancies when teachers are absent due to illness and other reasons; and the way in which his...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Data (25 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants for school improvements which are made available to school boards on an annual basis; the reason in some cases schools are uncertain with regard to the continuation of a scheme until late in the school year; if he will inform schools at the start of a school year regarding such grants and when they will be paid; the cost of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Inspections (25 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary schools in which departmental inspectors carry out inspections on a yearly basis; the nature of such inspections; his views on the concerns expressed by teachers regarding excessive paper checking associated with his Department's supervision of schools; and the number of schools at each level which are in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (25 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to end pay inequality between teachers appointed after 2010 and those appointed earlier specifically by reversing the decision of 2010 to impose pay cuts on new entrants in the same way as the withdrawal of the universal qualification allowance from entrants after February 2012 is being reversed. [25184/17]

Priority Questions: Third Level Institutions Governance (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 37. 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. [24658/17]

Priority Questions: Third Level Institutions Governance (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: Several universities and institutes of higher education have tens of millions of euro in private trusts and foundations and alumni funds. These institutions are resisting declaring these moneys in their accounts despite pressure from regulators and from the Government. This is a scandal that is besetting the Department of Education and Skills, damaging third level education in Ireland. We...

Priority Questions: Third Level Institutions Governance (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: Is the Minister saying that he is washing his hands of this problem and that because many of the third level institutions and universities are established under particular statutes, he as Minister is powerless to do much about it? The public are going to be genuinely scandalised when they find out the extent of what has been happening in terms of the money in these accounts, which are...

Priority Questions: School Accommodation Provision (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: Incredible confusion and stress arises when a school goes from, say, stage 2b and is waiting on the final go-ahead for the commencement of work on a project. It is very difficult for traditional parish schools because the budget for new school buildings for large primary schools with 1,000 pupils, or secondary schools with even more pupils, is between €5 million and €10...

Priority Questions: School Accommodation Provision (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: Traditional parish schools are getting a raw deal.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Seanad Reform (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 11. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the group being formed to reform Seanad Éireann. [24017/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Michel Barnier on 11 May 2017. [24018/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legislative proposals his Department has to establish a learner protection fund for students of English language schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24660/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the low uptake of apprenticeships by females; his plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24662/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Proposed Legislation (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legislative proposals his Department is working on to make it an offence to advertise and provide academic cheating services for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24659/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Process (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Equal Status (Admissions to School) Bill 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24661/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Summits (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on attendance at and participation in the OECD's annual international summit on the teaching profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24921/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 114. 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: Teachers' Remuneration (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is a 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: Legislative Process (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Technological Universities Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24923/17]