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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister be taking submissions about that?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: All of that is excellent and that community spirit has always been a feature of life in Tyrrelstown. I am glad the Minister has had an opportunity to experience it. Does the Minister understand, however, what it means for a school with 650 children to have to organise six breaks a day? That has to be done because the Department of Education and Skills and the local county council have not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: 7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take in relation to schools (details supplied); when work on the schools will be completed; when the schools will have full possession of all their facilities and school buildings again; the negotiations between the builders responsible and his Department; if there have been developments such as legal action in terms of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: What is the proposed timeline for completion of the works at the Tyrrelstown schools affected by the discovery of defects? The schools are surrounded by building works and remain wrapped in scaffolding which makes it really difficult for the teachers, pupils and parents. Notwithstanding the welcome visit of the Taoiseach and the Minister for Education and Skills which was filmed and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: I thank the Minister for his appreciation of the staff and communities in the school; however, I notice that he did not give a date for when the schools would return to full operation.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: It will be some time this year. St. Luke's national school has 650 pupils and about 50 staff. It is a very big school, as is Tyrrelstown Educate Together. The school is forced to take three small breaks and three large breaks for the entire school population because it no longer has a school yard. The Minister has visited the school and knows that everything remains closed off. There was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister tell us what is happening to facilitate the school?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: No; I just said the Taoiseach did tell the Minister to do it.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Abbey Theatre (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: 16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a recent report from the OECD with respect to literacy standards amongst third level students; if his Department has carried out research on literacy among students attending third-level courses; if so, the findings of such studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10876/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: 27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the junior certificate curriculum is appropriate and is not overloaded with topics, but rather concentrates on core topics essential to numeracy, literacy and general social development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10875/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: 46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a new secondary school in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15; the location his Department plans to locate the school; the catchment area to be covered by the new school; his views on whether the new school addresses the needs for school places in areas in which a significant amount of new housing is being developed; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (6 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to adjust the status for the junior certificate curriculum for geography or history; his views on the importance of these subjects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10874/19]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: Nobody is suggesting that the Minister or the civil servants in his Department should micromanage every element of a project in another Department because that is what the other Department is for. Given that a world-level overrun is happening in the case of the national children's hospital in Ireland, when does common sense click in? I would have expected that a senior civil servant would...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Lottery Regulator (5 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: 44. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received an opinion from the regulator of the national lottery regarding the threat to the national lottery and the good cause fund posed by online, offshore bet-on-lottery operators; if he will publish this opinion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10639/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Lottery Regulator (5 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: It appears that the national lottery, which contributes over €220 million to good causes each year, is now subject to a very serious threat from the operation of unregulated offshore betting-on-lottery operators. Has the Minister received the report that was previously indicated? If so, will he make it available?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Lottery Regulator (5 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: Does the Minister expect to receive an opinion from the regulator of the national lottery regarding the threat posed by online offshore operators that allow people to bet on the outcome of lottery draws? I think he has conceded that it is a threat. It would have a negative impact on the good causes fund. As he indicated in his answer, the Minister appreciates the €225 million that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Lottery Regulator (5 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: Unregulated offshore gambling in this area is developing with speed. I appreciate that it is also developing quickly in many other areas. 5 o’clock We have heard about the gambling regulator and gambling regulation legislation over a very long time. Despite all the talk, nothing has happened. The Minister may wish to see it introduced. However, the threat to the national...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: 43. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review and revise guidelines on the accountability of public servants on State boards, in particular civil servants from his Department who are members of State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10675/19]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: Does the Minister have plans to review and revise the guidelines on the accountability of public servants who serve on State boards, in particular civil servants from his Department who are members of State boards? Will he explain the governance arrangements for reporting to us?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Mar 2019)

Joan Burton: I think everybody in the country is completely shocked at what has happened with the cost profile for the national children’s hospital project. There has to be something deeply wrong with the arrangements the Minister has outlined if the cost overruns that have been experienced happened and nobody from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform which is charged with overseeing...