Results 4,121-4,140 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage the review of the school support programme through the DEIS initiative is at; when this review will be completed and published; if he envisages changes to the funding or delivery model of the DEIS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24944/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide new courses in the leaving certificate such as coding, physical education and politics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24945/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the moratorium on filling certain promoted posts in schools will be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24946/17]

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

Joan Burton: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department supports teacher continuous professional development at primary and post-primary levels; the investment involved and this figure as a percentage of education spending overall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24947/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated timeframe for and cost of the Government's programme commitment to reducing the pupil-teacher ratio in junior and senior infants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24949/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of all schools under religious patronage which he expects to be divested in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24950/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Postgraduate Enrolments (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the restoration of postgraduate grants and their necessity to open up access to postgraduate studies and to ensure that a steady stream of persons achieve a postgraduate qualification for societal good and to ensure attractiveness to foreign investors. [24951/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to special educational supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24953/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by his Department for deciding on applications for capital funding junior, senior and post-primary schools. [24954/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Data (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the reported failure rate at leaving certificate maths; his plans to remedy this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24955/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Retention Rates (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the drop-out rate in third level institute of technology courses; his plans to remedy the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24956/17]

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

Joan Burton: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the lack of apprenticeships suitable for a number of employment vacancies such as chefs and in the hospitality sector generally in order to upskill young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24957/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has read a position paper (details supplied) on the funding of higher education regarding the effects a loan scheme would have on students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24958/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of substitute teachers for primary schools and the serious difficulties this is causing for school principals and managers throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24959/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (23 May 2017)

Joan Burton: Now that the members of the new council have finally been appointed, has it been given instructions on what the priorities are for examinations and studies? The council might be an appropriate body to do some work on Brexit, particularly on the political, social and economic sensitivities arising from the prospect of parallel or shadow customs and border facilities and the race by the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (23 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the National Economic and Social Council and the work programme under way. [24016/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (23 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet committee on Brexit has met since June 2016. [23018/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (23 May 2017)

Joan Burton: I first acknowledge that the Taoiseach deserves to be congratulated for actually getting the EU - in its various position papers and outlines - to acknowledge the critical issue of Ireland. When will the Taoiseach publish the Brexit paper on economics and trade? In this Chamber we have talked a lot about Northern Ireland in the context of Brexit, and for very understandable reasons. An...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)

Joan Burton: Is that the capital review plan?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Cabinet committee on infrastructure, environment and climate action will take place. [23019/17]