Results 5,001-5,020 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

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

Joan Burton: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his view on whether there is a clear pay disparity between teachers recruited before 1 January 2011 and those recruited thereafter with regard to pay equality for teachers; 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (24 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has reviewed the recently published Labour Party Equal Status (Admission to School) Bill; his views on the aims and objectives of the bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2993/17]

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

Joan Burton: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to issue a directive on implementing pay deductions for members of teachers' unions that rejected working additional hours under the Croke Park agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2994/17]

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

Joan Burton: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the roll-out of the junior cycle reform process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2995/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (24 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the areas that have been highlighted as having skills shortages by the skills and labour market research unit, such as business administration and management, the green economy, financial services, information technology, manufacturing, engineering, sales, marketing and transport; his plans to tackle these skills shortages; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Review (24 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the suggestions by the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation that related capital investment will be necessary if the programme for Government commitment on having schools available for child care services can be successfully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2997/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (24 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage at which the review of the school support programme through the DEIS initiative is at; when this review will be completed and published; if he envisages any changes to the funding or delivery model of the DEIS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2999/17]

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

Joan Burton: 196. 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. [3000/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the moratorium on filling certain promoted posts in schools will be lifted, in view of the fact it was introduced as an emergency measure in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3001/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to end the current ban on promotions at the primary school level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3012/17]

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

Joan Burton: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which, including the total investment involved, his Department supports teacher continuous professional development at primary and post-primary levels; the figure of the total investment as a percentage of education spending overall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3002/17]

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

Joan Burton: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated timeframe for and cost of the Government programme commitment to reducing the pupil-teacher ratio in junior and senior infants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3004/17]

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

Joan Burton: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of all schools under religious patronage which he expects to be divested in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3005/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (24 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 203. 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. [3007/17]

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

Joan Burton: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for equating newly qualified teachers since 2011 and those that entered the workforce prior to this date; if he will report on the discussions with the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3008/17]

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

Joan Burton: 205. 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. [3009/17]

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

Joan Burton: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to Irish sign language courses for students with hearing disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3010/17]

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

Joan Burton: 207. 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. [3011/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (24 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Technological Universities Bill; when it is to return to Dáil Éireann; the necessary changes he proposes to make to the draft legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3013/17]

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

Joan Burton: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the reported failure rate at leaving certificate maths; the measures his Department proposes to remedy this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3014/17]