Results 1,021-1,040 of 4,571 for speaker:Trevor Sargent
- Social Partnership. (13 Feb 2007)
Trevor Sargent: Question 15: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2351/07]
- Social Partnership. (13 Feb 2007)
Trevor Sargent: Question 16: To ask the Taoiseach if there are plans to amend the terms of Towards 2016 if price inflation breaches certain thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2357/07]
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)
Trevor Sargent: Currently many primary school teachers are clearing up after a hectic day trying to teach in overcrowded classrooms. The Taoiseach may have heard the appalling reports from INTO teachers involved in the large meetings about the number of children in primary school classrooms around the country. In Wicklow for example, 29% of children in primary schools are in classes of over 30, in Meath...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)
Trevor Sargent: I am waiting for an answer.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)
Trevor Sargent: Is the answer to my question yes or no?
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)
Trevor Sargent: That is not a reduction in class size.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)
Trevor Sargent: There is a surplus of â¬2 billion.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)
Trevor Sargent: I still do not have an answer.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)
Trevor Sargent: This is a priority for the Green Party but is clearly not one for the Government. The Government wrote in the programme for Government that it would ensure average class sizes for children under nine would be below 20:1 by the time it left office. It will not do that. I suppose that is the best we can hope for in the way of a straight answer. Disadvantaged children also suffer. The...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)
Trevor Sargent: The Minister for Education and Science can nod and tut-tut all she likes but Ireland is the only country in Europe where teachers must cope with more than 30 pupils in a classroom. That is a disgrace when compared with Greece which has an average of 18; Portugal, 16; Latvia, 17; Lithuania, 15, and in impoverished Sri Lanka, where our charities send money, there are only 20 pupils to a class...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)
Trevor Sargent: It is a big sum for the Minister for Transport who knows all about small bits of money. He spent â¬60 million on electronic voting, only small change. Here is small change, 20 cent per pupil per day for the basic right of a classroom of 20 pupils.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)
Trevor Sargent: That is what we are seeking. Is the Taoiseach going to deny children that basic right? How does he excuse such behaviour?
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)
Trevor Sargent: The childrenââ
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)
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- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)
Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach is changing the subject.
- Active Citizenship. (13 Feb 2007)
Trevor Sargent: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if the task force on active citizenship is examining the effect of commuting times on active citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2349/07]
- Active Citizenship. (13 Feb 2007)
Trevor Sargent: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach when the task force on active citizenship last met; when the next meeting will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2350/07]
- Active Citizenship. (13 Feb 2007)
Trevor Sargent: When we discussed this matter previously I did not get a clear reply from the Taoiseach to a question on the White Paper on supporting voluntary activity from 2000 and the Tipping the Balance report from 2002. I accept a great deal of work went into those documents. On foot of their publication, has the Taoiseach produced a written report on which recommendations represent Government policy...
- Active Citizenship. (13 Feb 2007)
Trevor Sargent: Has the Taoiseach taken this point on board and how will he respond to it? For every extra 10% in commuting distance, Mr. Putnam posits a 10% reduction in community involvement. I appreciate the Taoiseach may not have first-hand experience of this issue given the â¬100,000 plus bill for flying from Baldonnel Airport to Dublin Airportââ
- Active Citizenship. (13 Feb 2007)
Trevor Sargent: ââbut can he relate to it from the interest he previously expressed in this topic? Is he in a position to state whether commuting distances will reduce with proper planning and thereby result in an improvement in community involvement?