Results 201-220 of 743 for speaker:Jim D'Arcy
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Oct 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh Uachtarán na hOstaire, Aire Oideachais, Ealaíon agus Cultúir na tíre sin agus na daoine eile atá anseo ón tír stairiúil sin. We have a lot in common with Austria and agriculture is one of those areas. Last night, I attended a meeting in Dundalk organised by Louth Macra na Feirme in connection with farm safety....
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: It is a big one.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Scoileanna Gaeltachta (24 Sep 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: Guím comhghairdeas ó chroí ar an dul chun cinn iontach mhór atá á dhéanamh ag an Aire ar a chuid Gaeilge. Togha an fhir.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Scoileanna Gaeltachta (24 Sep 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach agus gabhaim comhghairdeas leis as ucht a oifig nua a bhaint amach. Tá súil agam agus táim cinnte go n-éireoidh go maith leis. An cheist atá agam don Aire Stáit ná: An bhfuil aon phlean aige le liúntas a thabhairt do na mná nó fir tí maidir sna coláistí samhraidh...
- Seanad: Access to Educational and Other Opportunities for People with Disabilities: Motion (24 Sep 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: Is rún tábhachtach é seo. According to the report entitled A Social Portrait of People with Disabilities in Ireland, there is a relationship between educational disadvantage and educational disability. There is also a strong reciprocal association between disability and educational achievement for young adults. Among people with a disability aged 18 to 34, well over half were...
- Seanad: Access to Educational and Other Opportunities for People with Disabilities: Motion (24 Sep 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: No. He is sound as a pound.
- Seanad: Access to Educational and Other Opportunities for People with Disabilities: Motion (24 Sep 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: In the context of career guidance, I should mention that Senator Moran's brother, Mr. Gerry Malone, is one of the foremost and best career guidance teachers in Dundalk, if not in the country. He has successfully dealt with many such issues while keeping students up to their work. I am sure that other guidance counsellors do likewise. I am therefore calling for restoration of the previous...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: I understand. I support the concept of an accelerated building programme, which the Minister would like if she got the money.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: Is the list of schools on the five-year programme updated and revised on annual basis?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: Is it added to?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: I suggest that they are added and subtracted if schools have missed out on being in the programme. The list should not be set in stone but reviewed annually and, if necessary, schools not on the list could be added.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: I know but I am talking about new schools.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: I made the proposal at the time, not to the Minister but to the Minister's advisers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: That is a big question and I agree with the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: It is the Minister's job to make decisions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: I come from a local authority background and the roads programme is looked at each year. There is a five-year roads programme but year 1 is not the same as year 2, year 3, etc. Substantial revisions take place and that is the point I am making.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: I am not talking about adjusting the programme and the Minister will know what is meant by the word "adjusting".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: There have.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: That is something that needs to change.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Jim D'Arcy: I would like more information on that issue.