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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: ...for transport to a special education school. A bus drove past that house with another child attending a special education school but this child was not entitled to that transport and had to pay the concessionary fee of €100. I still have not got an explanation of the logic behind the reason a bus could take one child and not the other. I understand the criteria, and I may be...

Seanad: Teaching Council of Ireland: Statements (19 Feb 2014)

Mary Moran: ...council being established in March 2006. For the past few years, teachers have been getting notifications - myself included - every year requesting them to register and to pay their registration fee. I am delighted that the registration fee has been reduced from €90 to €65. Along with my colleagues, I might have asked why we were paying this, but now I am delighted that...

Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)

Mary Moran: ...biggest criterion people look for in education, namely, the pupil-teacher ratio. That is being preserved. There will be no increase in the pupil-teacher ratio in either primary, post-primary or fee-paying schools.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: ...told me of people’s presumption that, since their children attend private schools, they are wealthy or that money is not an issue for them. The school that I have in mind is in Dundalk, is a fee paying boarding school with a Protestant ethos and has a wide catchment area spreading across the surrounding counties. Some of the parents have told me that they are scrimping and saving...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Student Access to Higher Education: Discussion (30 May 2013)

Mary Moran: Is the difference in the level of fees North and South a major problem?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)

Mary Moran: ...that, contrary to popular opinion, more girls leave school early than boys. More than 20% of girls leave school early, which I found quite surprising. A higher percentage of children who attend fee paying schools and Irish schools go on to third level education. I am concerned about people who attend DEIS schools and VEC schools where the numbers seem to be down. Sometimes we need to...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: I am only saying that those who have been caught up in the dreadful situation through no fault of their own are innocent persons and they are being caught for the additional fees

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Mary Moran: Not at all. I beg the Senator's pardon. The first time I read the Fianna Fáil motion I felt disconnected. I wish to address some of the education issues. In regard to the student registration fees at third level, it is worth noting that under the Fianna Fáil Administration the student registration fee increased by 950% between 1996 and 2011. The era of free fees ended under the last...

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Mary Moran: ...from DEIS schools. All DEIS second level schools will be given targeted support by a more favourable staffing ratio of 18.25:1. This is a 0.75% reduction compared to the 19:1 ratio in non-fee paying schools. I refer to small schools and the constant bombardment from the Opposition. When Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats were in government in 1992, Fianna Fáil published a Green...

Seanad: Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Mary Moran: ...more than 20 years in some cases. I paid an annual subscription of €90 to the Teaching Council until May 2011. At one point, when I telephoned the council and asked what I was getting for the fee I was told I had to pay it to get a job. I indicated that as I already had a job I wanted some value for the €90 subscription. I welcome the changes proposed in this regard because...