Results 16,041-16,060 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: That does not help English teachers.
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: The playground of a school I visited this week only has a space of 2 sq. ft. per child.
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: Is the Minister saying that it is okay for children to be unable to run around at break time?
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: It is a pity there is no one here from the media to report that Deputy O'Connor is not from Tallaght.
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: We can do that on this side of the House too.
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: We also support this necessary Bill. This week we read of a teacher whose nose and teeth were broken by a student. On the other side, from the children's point of view, a study by the anti-bullying unit in Trinity College suggested that 35% of boys and 19% of girls were physically attacked during a three-month period. There is no doubt that there are serious problems in our schools that...
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: They are co-ordinators andââ
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: Will the national co-ordinators be going into schools?
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: So the assistant national co-ordinators will be going into the schools?
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for that clarification because what schools say they really need is the hands-on approach. They do not need someone sitting in the Navan education centre; they need someone in their schools. I accept the clarification but there is still too much bureaucracy around it.
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: This may be an aside, but I met school secretaries yesterday who must be paid out of the capitation grant received by the schools. The actual support structures in the schools are inadequate. They do not have sufficient access to educational psychologists and do not have the reduced class sizes and all the other measures recommended by the task force. I urge the Minister to refrain from...
- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: This upsets the balance of these other schools because for them to be effective, they need a balance and mix. The Minister should consider making regulations under section 33, which she is empowered to do under the Act. Ultimately, we all want all young people, irrespective of their learning needs, to be able to get into schools that can cater for their needs and for all young people to...
- Written Answers — Mobile Telephony: Mobile Telephony (14 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is supporting the consumer protection tariff proposals announced on 25 January 2007 by the current holder of the EU Presidency, Germany, to tackle mobile roaming charges; if he has had contact with Commissioner Charlie McCreevy on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5257/07]
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (14 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide details on the Broadcasting Bill; the reason the provisions for digital terrestrial television were not incorporated into the first proposed major Broadcasting Bill; if he will be presenting further proposals on the proposed new broadcasting authority; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (14 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines his Department has given to local authorities on the way the payments to people on community employment schemes are to be considered in the calculation of local authority rents; if there are specific guidelines in relation to over 55s who have been allowed to stay on CE schemes for a fourth...
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Single Electricity Market) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: Amendments Nos. 14 and 15 are cognate and may be discussed together.
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: Is there a problem with the student support Bill? The normally top-of-the-class Minister said she would have it ready for implementation next September, but it has not yet been published.
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: Will it pass through the Houses before the election? Students entering the system next year expect it to be in place.
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (13 Feb 2007)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the mechanism whereby her Department is kept informed of population changes in each local authority area which will affect the demand for school places in that area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5066/07]