Results 81-100 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Staff (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the failure of Dundalk Institute of Technology to appoint a financial controller and the fact that this position in which the occupant also performs the role of secretary of the governing body has remained unfilled for in excess of one year; his further views on the impact of same on good financial and corporate governance at the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an issue of access to a post-primary school (details supplied) will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47601/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Members (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Moorhead report will be published; when action will be taken to address issues of pay and conditions for local public representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47396/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the review requested by Louth County Council in relation to a funding application under the urban regeneration and development fund was unsuccessful; the details in relation to the assessment of the review under the criteria laid down by his Department under the scheme that is, the way in which the application and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Joint Committee (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Apologies have been received from the Chairman, Deputy O'Loughlin, and Deputy Catherine Martin. I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters before resuming in public session. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Limerick Institute of Technology: Chairperson Designate (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I remind members and witnesses to turn off mobile phones or to switch them to flight mode as they interfere with the sound system and make it difficult for the parliamentary reporters to report the meeting. Television coverage and web streaming will also be adversely affected. We now move to engagement with Mr. Tony Brazil, chairperson designate of the governing body of Limerick Institute of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Limerick Institute of Technology: Chairperson Designate (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I should explain that priority questions on education are coming up in the Dáil and that explains why there are very few committee members here today. They will probably be coming in and out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Limerick Institute of Technology: Chairperson Designate (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have an understandable interest in this topic, being a Limerick Deputy. Deputy McLoughlin asked about the issue of apprenticeships and I would also like to hear about any plans that are in place, particularly for the campus in Coonagh, which has potential in terms of apprenticeships and engineering in general. How is that progressing? I understand there are different stages in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Limerick Institute of Technology: Chairperson Designate (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Mr. Brazil. Some of the themes he mentioned, such as apprenticeship and access, are ones on which we in the committee have had much engagement. I should also have welcomed Dr. Vincent Cunnane to the meeting. The committee will notify the Minister that it has had an engagement with Mr. Brazil. On behalf of the committee, I thank him for his engagement on the matter and wish him...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Adult Literacy: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: The purpose of this part of the meeting is to have an engagement with stakeholders on adult literacy. I apologise that there will be a clash with priority questions to the Minister for Education and Skills. A number of committee members have questions to ask but we hope they will return to the meeting when they have finished. On behalf of the committee, I welcome Ms Cróna Gallagher,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Adult Literacy: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Ms Gallagher for her presentation. She has raised a point to which we will return. I call Ms Bailey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Adult Literacy: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Ms Bailey for her presentation. I call Mr. Phil O'Flaherty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Adult Literacy: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank all our guests for their presentations. It strikes me that one of the appendices supplied by the National Adult Literacy Agency lists the nine Departments involved with adult literacy. This committee deals with education and skills. It is a very important matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Adult Literacy: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is useful to have Senator Higgins here in light of her experience with the other committee. There is obviously an interrelation between different Departments and committees. I wish to add some questions. I have a question for Ms Gallagher on the issue of people who are hard to reach. How do we bring in people who clearly will have difficulty with or a fear of engaging with various...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Adult Literacy: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is that per annum?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Adult Literacy: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is a matter of having work-based literacy programmes as well. That is what we need.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Adult Literacy: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: We are interested in feedback on how that money is to be spent and what new work is going to be done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Adult Literacy: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Ms Gallagher. Her comments lead us into our next session, which is on digital literacy among adults. The witnesses have certainly given us food for thought and have raised proposals and issues that we may need to follow up on. It has been very interesting and may lead to us wanting to do some more work in this area. I thank all three witnesses for their presentations. I propose...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Digital Literacy in Adults: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: The purpose of this part of the meeting is to have an engagement with stakeholders on digital literacy in adults. On behalf of the committee, I welcome Ms Elizabeth Waters from An Cosán; Mr. George Ryan, chief operating officer, FIT Limited; Dr. Alice Mathers, head of research, the Good Things Foundation; Mr. James Bryant, academic and Trinity College Dublin graduate; Mr. Kevin...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Digital Literacy in Adults: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: If possible, please.