Results 17,041-17,060 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 766: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of second level teachers appointed to permanent whole time positions during 2004 or for the latest year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19788/05]

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 767: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if teacher representatives are paid for their membership of the Teaching Council; if simply expenses are paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19789/05]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 788: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers with restricted recognition currently working in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19975/05]

School Transport. (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the review of safety standards on school buses which has been undertaken since the recent County Meath crash in which five persons died; if a decision has been made on the fitting of seat belts in school buses; if the Government will consider the provision of funds to allow for the replacement of old buses with custom built school...

School Transport. (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: What we need the Minister of State to say and what the public and parents of children travelling on school buses would like to hear is that there is an urgency, plan and timescale for implementation. I did not detect in her reply evidence that anything has changed in the Department since the school bus crash in Meath. Is there a plan and a timescale for its implementation? Has the Minister of...

Multi-Denominational Schools. (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the concluding observations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in its judgment of 10 March 2005 on the obligation of the Irish State to promote the establishment of multi-denominational schools; if she will provide adequate funding, estimated at €500,000 per annum, to Educate Together to...

Multi-Denominational Schools. (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister and welcome the fact that she is engaged in talks with Educate Together. The organisation is genuinely in crisis in terms of its being able to run the service it offers to multi-denominational schools. It receives only €39,800 per annum. It is estimated it will spend €500,000 alone this year. The point the Minister makes that many of the new schools are Educate...

Multi-Denominational Schools. (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is guaranteed under the Education Act as well.

Multi-Denominational Schools. (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Gaelscoileanna get funding from a different source.

Multi-Denominational Schools. (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: As regards religious and ethical education etc., they have devised their own programme whereas in the training colleges for the denominational schools, that is State funded. I would like to highlight this area of inequality for the Minister.

Higher Education Grants. (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the fact that there is a Bill on the proposed legislative programme and that the Minister hopes to have some proposals in place by the autumn. I say this in the context of a press statement, dated 10 September 1997, when the then Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Martin, said he hoped to have a system in place from late 1998 to early 1999. This has obviously been going on...

Higher Education Grants. (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have been told of students queuing in colleges to collect grants for long periods only to find their grant is not available. Will the Minister consider the possibility of providing for money to be transferred directly from local authorities or vocational education committees into students' bank accounts?

Third Level Funding. (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the main points of third level funding proposals announced on 25 April 2005 under which third level colleges will be required to compete for additional funding; the persons who will decide the way in which the money is to be allocated; the measures which will be put in place to protect independent thought and research; the assurances...

Third Level Funding. (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for her answer. While I do not doubt her dedication to equality of access or her concern with regard to the inclusion of the many different disciplines, many in the third level sector fear certain disciplines, namely, those more attuned to the economy than society, could benefit more from the fund. Who will make funding decisions? What type of background will they have?...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (2 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the logic behind, and reasons for the production of a White Paper on Development Aid, in view of the fact that a major review took place in the recent past which led to the establishment of an advisory committee; the new target date for the achievement of the 0.7% target for overseas development aid; if the proposed White Paper will...

Overseas Development Aid. (2 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will set a new, short, achievable timetable for the target of 0.7% of gross national product for overseas development aid in time for the UN General Assembly in New York in September 2005 when the UN millennium development goals will be re-examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18496/05]

Written Answers — Ministerial Meetings: Ministerial Meetings (1 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of his meeting on 12 May 2005 with the EU Commissioner for Agriculture Ms Mariann Fischer Boel to discuss the issue of the tax exemption for stallion fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18282/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (1 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has now concluded its consideration of the letter from the Commission directorate general for agriculture and rural development advising that it had come to a preliminary opinion that the stallion tax exemption scheme would seem to constitute an aid that was not compatible with the Common Market; the contents of the reply sent to...

Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am pressing amendmentNo. 55. Amendment put.

Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 63: In page 15, line 23, to delete "appears" and substitute "can be demonstrated". This and the related amendments deal with the removal of a person from the agency, the committees of the agency and the consultative group. My amendments are designed to make the procedure for removal fairer. It should not simply be based on the opinion of the Minister or because their...