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- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: I was not fully apprised of how the Chairman was handling this, but we will be-----
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: We will question the Minister on his opening remarks.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: This covers a huge range of areas and forms a huge bulk of the budget, so many issues come under it rather than simply the salary amounts of primary school teachers. I ask the Minister to comment on the issue of pay equality. Is he willing to advocate at the Cabinet table for pay equality for newly qualified primary school teachers? In fact, they are nearly newly qualified at this stage...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: I have other-----
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: I can talk about the junior cycle later. May I talk about the circular on school costs, which is an issue I would like to raise with the Minister, later? It does not really come under salaries.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: May I speak about salaries later?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: Miscellaneous grants, I suppose - subhead A14.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: May I raise it when we come to discuss that subhead? Is that how the Chairman wishes to work the meeting?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: May I clarify that? The Minister mentioned the PTR last September and the DEIS posts next September. What will come this September?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: Extra?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: Are those 440 part of the 680?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: That is the teachers.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: Are the 440 just mainstream classroom teachers?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: Will some of the special education provision be based on demographics as well?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: If there are more kids coming in, there will be a greater need demographically for special education teachers.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: There will be an increased number of children who have special needs within that increased number of pupils unless the percentages decrease.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: That is the analysis I am seeking.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: What percentage of that demographic has special educational needs?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: Is the Minister not able to tell me what proportion of that figure is based only on what is actually required by the number of kids?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017) Thomas Byrne: I understand that, but it looked like the Minister's officials thought it was a good question because they were discussing it. How much of that additional resource is just to cover the increasing number of children with special needs? It might be only a handful. The absolute numbers are increasing.