Results 4,521-4,540 of 11,861 for speaker:Brian Hayes

School Management. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school days lost due to the recent bad weather; if schools must make up those days between now and the end of the 2009/2010 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4312/10]

School Management. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: Would the Minister accept that this, again, highlights the complete shambles of his Department, that he cannot inform Dáil Éireann as to the number of schools that were closed and the requisite number of days that were lost? There is not a centralised database within the system from which information can be given about that. I ask the Minister to be clear about this. Is he saying to...

School Management. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: When parents sought information from the Department as to the number of schools that were closed, the only information they were given was that contained on an RTE website. Would the Minister accept that his Department in the recent inclement weather did not give specific information to parents in schools all over this country, and would he ensure that were such an event to occur again, at...

School Management. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: Good.

School Management. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: Can I ask-----

Inquiry into Child Abuse. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: Not yet.

National University of Ireland. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will bring forward legislation to abolish the National University of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4313/10]

National University of Ireland. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: This has all the hallmarks of a decision the Minister was bounced into taking. Since he made it, he has been back-tracking all the time. The Minister carried out no consultation whatsoever with the constituent colleges of the NUI before the decision was taken. He freely admits this decision will not save money. The McCarthy report outlined a saving of €3 million but the Minister has put...

National University of Ireland. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: I remember it well.

National University of Ireland. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: Perhaps that is so but we have not seen it.

National University of Ireland. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: It is the people's decision.

National University of Ireland. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: One of the reasons the Minister is all over the place on this issue is that he has been caught. He does not understand the nature or detail of the decision he has taken. Quite frankly, hundreds of thousands of graduates of the NUI are laughing at him and at his complete failure to justify the decision. What will happen to the €12 million investment fund which is still within the National...

National University of Ireland. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: Try it.

National University of Ireland. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: A brand name without the NUI. Brilliant.

National University of Ireland. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: It is waffle.

National University of Ireland. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: It is not looking for the abolition of the NUI.

Schools Patronage. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will respond to a request from Educate Together for recognition as a patron for post-primary education provision here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4315/10]

Schools Patronage. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: I am absolutely dumbstruck by that. This is great stuff. One of the Minister's senior officials told the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Science before Christmas that the matter would be sorted out within weeks given that this application is now more than two years old. In reply to Deputy Quinn on 22 April last year, the Minister stated that the examination of the recognition...

Schools Patronage. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: It is my understanding that this is the first time this legal issue has been raised. Up to this point, the Minister has never raised the question of the legal status of Educate Together as a patron in post-primary education. When the Minister refers to the Education Act 1998, is he referring to section 10?

Schools Patronage. (28 Jan 2010)

Brian Hayes: I think the Minister is. Section 10 gives the Minister the right to recognise patrons which in this case is an existing patron. There is considerable legal opinion to the effect that it does not have to go through all the hoops again to be recognised given that it is already recognised in the primary school sector. This is a very important intervention by the Minister because the legal...