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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 246. 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. [34783/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Postgraduate Enrolments (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 248. 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, ensure that a steady stream of persons achieve a postgraduate qualification for societal good and to ensure attractiveness to foreign investors. [34785/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for equating newly qualified teachers since 2011 and those that entered the workforce before; if he will report on discussions with the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34786/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 250. 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. [34787/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 251. 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. [34788/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by his Department for deciding on applications for capital funding of junior, senior and post-primary schools. [34789/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 253. 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. [34790/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Process (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 254. 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. [34791/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Data (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 255. 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. [34792/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the drop-out rate in third level institute of technology courses; the measures his Department propose to remedy the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34793/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 257. 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, to upskill young unemployed workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34794/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the uptake in the number of apprenticeships by females; if his Department has proposals to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34795/16]

Other Questions: Banking Sector (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: I have pretty much the exact same question - Question No. 14 - which is why I wanted to take the opportunity to comment. I do not really understand why the Department of Finance is dragging its feet so much. I know that under the programme for Government, it has been transferred from the Department of Finance to the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. The...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: I raised this issue at a meeting of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight and I am grateful to the Revenue Commissioners for the figures they supplied on it. The Minister is correct that every country in the world has a regime in place for dealing with business losses. The issue is that institutions that return to strong profitability are being allowed, as a consequence of built-up losses in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: Deputy Doherty spoke about the consultation I initiated with the Minister. There is a great deal of bogus self-employment in Ireland and it is not helpful to the long-term sustainable growth of the Irish economy not to review our systems with a view to limiting this. It is pervasive in other areas, too. Has the Minister received any report on the outcome of Revenue's examination? Many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Report of the Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education: Discussion (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: The group is very welcome here. I wish to raise a couple of issues. Yesterday a report was released on teacher participation rates by people from various social groups and nationalities. The issue is fundamental, particularly for students who come from a disadvantaged background because many of the students desire to become teachers. I have a general question on the support available...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Report of the Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education: Discussion (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: Join the club.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Report of the Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education: Discussion (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: The witnesses are all very welcome. The Technological Universities Bill has unfortunately not made any progress in the current Dáil. Do the witnesses regard it as very important for the future of the sector? Could they update us? A great deal of work has gone into addressing various concerns that people have raised. I favour it because it would be a strong way to help the sector to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 15. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions his Department has had with the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs regarding the investigation of the establishment of a local public bank network here as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33939/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance the implications for the credit union movement here of the decision by the Central Bank to seek the appointment of provisional liquidators to a credit union (details supplied); the discussions his Department has had with the Irish League of Credit Unions and Credit Union Development Association regarding this development; and if he will make a statement on...