Results 14,861-14,880 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I am, at present, giving active consideration to the appointment of the chairman and membership of the Grangegorman Development Agency and expect to be in a position to make an announcement shortly. As the Deputy will be aware, a sum of â¬1 million is included in my Department's 2006 Estimates to facilitate the establishment and operation of the agency.
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: My Department, in the first instance, is most anxious that all children, including children with autistic spectrum disorders, receive an education appropriate to their needs. In this regard, the preferred approach to the provision of appropriate education for all children, including children with autism, is through the primary and post-primary school network, whether through placement in...
- School Discipline: Motion (Resumed). (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: That is why I set up the task force.
- School Discipline: Motion (Resumed). (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The Opposition picked up on a minority of comments.
- School Discipline: Motion (Resumed). (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: It was clear it was not the majority opinion.
- School Discipline: Motion (Resumed). (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: We both spent years in schools.
- School Discipline: Motion (Resumed). (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I did not say that.
- School Discipline: Motion (Resumed). (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: It is Deputy Enright who is using those terms.
- School Discipline: Motion (Resumed). (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: She spoke of the child who does not fit.
- School Discipline: Motion (Resumed). (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I am sorry, a Cheann Comhairle.
- School Discipline: Motion (Resumed). (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: That was her language.
- School Discipline: Motion (Resumed). (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: They should be called if there has been criminal activity.
- School Discipline: Motion (Resumed). (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Deputy Enright's party wanted us to publish results but I rejected that approach.
- School Discipline: Motion (Resumed). (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: Every school is required to have a policy on bullying.
- School Discipline: Motion (Resumed). (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The schools are required to follow guidelines.
- School Discipline: Motion (Resumed). (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: They are as relevant today as they were when they were introduced.
- Further and Higher Education: Statements. (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I am delighted to have this opportunity to address the House on recent developments and current issues in higher and further education. It is important at the outset to put the issues in these sectors in context. We live in a fast-changing world. Ireland has been transformed over the past decade from an underperforming economy at the periphery of Europe to a wealthy, prosperous...
- Further and Higher Education: Statements. (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: It is competitive.
- Further and Higher Education: Statements. (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Hanafin: We cannot afford it and I did not accept all the recommendations.
- Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations, including organising the holding of examinations, ensuring the preparation of examination papers and other examination materials, determining procedures in places where examinations are conducted, including the supervision of examinations, and making arrangements...