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Banking Sector Regulation (1 Dec 2010)

Tom McEllistrim: With thousands of citizens currently in arrears on their mortgages and thousands more on reduced payments, is it not time to investigate better mortgage systems and devise a system for this country that will ensure a more stable and secure long-term financial environment for our citizens? We all know the difficulties in the banks and the great lengths to which the Government is going to fix...

Sports Funding (16 Nov 2010)

Tom McEllistrim: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important issue. The International Children's Games and Cultural Festival, ICG, is an annual sports event that has evolved since its inception in 1968 in Celje, Slovenia into the largest multi-sport youth event in the world. More than 30,000 children have taken part in the games since 1968 with, on average, between 1,500 and 2,000...

School Curriculum (2 Nov 2010)

Tom McEllistrim: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important issue. As business is the engine that keeps the country running and drives the local and national economy, perhaps it is time that we considered the enhanced fostering of entrepreneurship in schools and its gradual development as a formal subject. I recently received correspondence from a young and enthusiastic secondary...

Teaching Qualifications (20 Oct 2010)

Tom McEllistrim: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise this important issue. I recently met a very frustrated recently qualified primary school teacher who, after applying for more than 200 teaching jobs had received just eight letters in reply telling her that she would not even be called for interview. Her dream has always been to be a teacher and she is determined to get a job as soon as...

Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Tom McEllistrim: I understand the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, has promised to produce legislation to reform the Seanad before the end of the year. Will that happen? When will that happen?

ICT in Schools. (5 Nov 2009)

Tom McEllistrim: A recent evaluation report prepared by the Department's inspectorate based on case studies in more than 50 schools, inspections in more than 180 schools and survey evidence from almost 1,400 teachers, 900 principals and 900 students, studied the impact of ICT on teaching and learning in Irish primary and post-primary schools. The report noted the significant improvements in reducing the...

Service User Involvement in the Health Service. (8 Jul 2009)

Tom McEllistrim: Last year a public consultation exercise was put in place for the proposed health information Bill which will deal with the collection, use, sharing, storage, disclosure and transfer of personal health information as well as the rights of individuals to control and access their health information. The views expressed in the consultation process are rightly being taken on board in preparing...

Company Closures. (29 Apr 2009)

Tom McEllistrim: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this very important issue for my constituency. I call on the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Mary Coughlan, to move quickly to ensure that jobs lost due to the closure of the Amann plant are replaced quickly and every opportunity for retraining and up-skilling is afforded to those affected so...

School Services Staff. (29 Jan 2009)

Tom McEllistrim: I wish to raise the issue of the need for laboratory technicians in our secondary schools. The Irish Science Teachers' Association has overwhelmingly endorsed the proposal that all second level schools be provided with laboratory technicians in an effort to gain greater efficiencies within school science departments and to maximise the use of existing resources. It has also published a...

Adult Education. (26 Nov 2008)

Tom McEllistrim: Many businesses throughout the country have been affected by the major downturn which is gripping the world's economy. The increasing number of people who have become unemployed represents a major challenge that we must address. Certain sectors of the economy, in particular the construction and manufacturing sectors, have seen a downturn in activity with subsequent corresponding significant...

Adult Education. (26 Nov 2008)

Tom McEllistrim: A lifelong learning framework aimed at enabling experienced professionals to further their education in a flexible manner is developing. The development of flexible learning at all levels should be supported and encouraged.

Statements on Climate Change (3 Jul 2008)

Tom McEllistrim: Climate change is among the greatest challenges of our time. The debate is no longer about whether climate change is happening; we all know for sure that it is. It is obvious from increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising mean sea levels. It is accepted that most of the warming that has occurred over the past 50 years is very...

Crime Prevention. (2 Jul 2008)

Tom McEllistrim: As this is my first opportunity to do so, I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy John Moloney, on his appointment. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important issue and call on the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to establish a special squad in the Garda to deal with anti-social behaviour and public disorder. I urge the Minister to introduce this...

Lisbon Treaty: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Tom McEllistrim: If our experience of canvassing for the Lisbon treaty referendum teaches us anything, it should be that the people have relatively little understanding of the structures and procedures of the European Union. Many people I met while canvassing were not familiar with the three pillars of the Union — the Parliament, the Commission and the Council of Ministers. When I tried to explain that...

Leaving Certificate Curriculum. (17 Jun 2008)

Tom McEllistrim: I call on the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, to introduce European studies along with civic, social and political education, CSPE, as a subject at second level for the leaving certificate curriculum. Irish membership of the European Union has had profound economic, social, political and cultural consequences. In 1973, Ireland was among the poorest, least developed...

University Status. (22 Apr 2008)

Tom McEllistrim: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important issue. I call on the Minister for Education and Science to grant university status to the Institute of Technology, Tralee. The past 40 years have seen a massive expansion in the growth and range of higher education institutions worldwide. In Ireland, as in many other countries, the response to demand for third level...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Apr 2008)

Tom McEllistrim: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will allocate funding for a dedicated, modern maternity unit at Kerry General Hospital. [11324/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Apr 2008)

Tom McEllistrim: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive will provide the funding in order that proper aftercare can be given to new mothers and their babies when they are discharged into the community. [11329/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Feb 2008)

Tom McEllistrim: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will provide the necessary funding to Kerry General Hospital in order that it can provide a proper orthopaedic service, that is, there must be immediate separation of the trauma and elective orthopaedic services both in terms of ward accommodation and theatre lists into defined trauma and elective services; and if she will...

Services for People with Disabilities. (14 Nov 2007)

Tom McEllistrim: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important issue in my constituency. I call on the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to provide the necessary funding for the Kerry Network of People with Disabilities in order that it can employ a project co-ordinator. At present, the network operates without a project co-ordinator, which is completely...

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