Results 5,061-5,080 of 5,311 for speaker:Tom Hayes

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (29 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has plans to cap the excessive fees being charged by third level institutions for postgraduate courses in view of her Departments policy of lifelong learning. [23068/05]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (29 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures being put in place to reduce class sizes in primary schools to the recommended INTO rate of no more than 20 pupils per classroom. [23069/05]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (29 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: Question 421: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the resources and supports being put in place to reduce the burden of over-work placed on teaching principals in primary schools. [23070/05]

Written Answers — School Completion Programme: School Completion Programme (29 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action being taken to extend the school completion programme to all schools. [23071/05]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: Question 424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the school building projects which will be undertaken in South Tipperary in 2005. [23073/05]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (29 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a board of management of a primary school can hire an additional teacher out of its own resources where her Department has refused the school an extra teacher. [23074/05]

Written Answers — Third Level Institutions: Third Level Institutions (29 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when students of the Tipperary rural and business development institute will be able to attend classes at the proposed new campus at the Ballingarrane site in Clonmel. [23075/05]

Written Answers — Third Level Institutions: Third Level Institutions (29 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the construction of a new Tipperary rural and business development institute campus at the Ballingarrane site in Clonmel will commence. [23078/05]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (29 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider paying parents to car-pool in heavily populated urban areas in which school buses are frequently overcrowded. [23076/05]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (29 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider paying parents to car-pool in sparsely populated rural areas in which school buses are operating with few students. [23077/05]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (29 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures being put in place to have appropriate supervision on school buses. [23079/05]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give an update in an application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for a special needs teacher on a shared basis with two other schools in the area. [23462/05]

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (29 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: Question 477: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to alert the public to the dangers of radon; and the measures which people can take to protect themselves. [22969/05]

Written Answers — Radon Gas Levels: Radon Gas Levels (29 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: Question 493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the assistance in place for householders who discover they live in an area with high levels of dangerous radon gas. [23352/05]

Written Answers — Radon Gas Levels: Radon Gas Levels (29 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: Question 494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the prevalence of radon gas here, he has plans to provide free radon detectors to householders in badly affected areas. [23354/05]

Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: I welcome the opportunity to say a few words on this very important Bill. Road safety is a key concern of everybody, as it should be. The carnage on our roads must be tackled urgently. Almost every year the number of road traffic fatalities increases. In 2004, 379 people were killed on our roads, an increase of 34 victims compared to the previous year. In the past decade, 5,000 people have...

Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: I also hope the Minister of State will and will enjoy his visit. If he does, he will readily understand what I am talking about. It presents a clear difficulty.

Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: They were better on the day. I ask the Minister of State to take into account what I have said, particularly in respect of transition year programmes and the training of drivers. My proposals should be implemented over a period. I welcome the legislation and was glad of the opportunity to say a few words on it.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (28 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: Question 40: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date in meeting obligations under the wild birds directive to protect the habitats of rare and endangered wild bird species; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22278/05]

Written Answers — Natural Heritage Areas: Natural Heritage Areas (28 Jun 2005)

Tom Hayes: Question 81: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date with regard to curbing recreational activities that may adversely affect sites protected under the habitats directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22279/05]