Results 161-180 of 1,013 for speaker:Colette Kelleher
- Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: We would like to know how it was done. That is the question.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: Before I call Deputy Brendan Ryan, I have a question on the numbers. How many young people sat the junior cycle English paper this year?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: It is a big statement to make to say that there was no difficulties experienced given that 55,000 people sat it. I understand that the Department went to the bodies, but 55,000 people sat it. Mr. Farrell spoke about unions, teachers and others but I would also be interested in, as in the case of this petition, the people who actually sat it themselves. I call Deputy Brendan Ryan.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: There were some questions about mocks and their value, the Department's position on them, their regulation at the end and time. How is time decided and is time that important?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: Is there any commentary on the time question from Deputy Ryan?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: There are questions around the 12,000 people, which we need to note, the cost and whether the State Examinations Commission could do the work itself instead of commercial operators and, lastly, what plans it has in light of the petition to get feedback from students as well as all the other bodies which were mentioned.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: Deputy Mitchell asked if there were any specific complaints about the paper this year.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: That is good. Does Deputy Murphy wish to ask a question?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: I am sure the Deputy is glad he is not to be doing the junior certificate.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: It was the intermediate certificate in those dark days.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: I know that some aspects of Deputy Mitchell's question were not answered.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: It is very encouraging to have the voice of the student. We also have the voice of the student in this petition and we will get back to that. Would the State Examinations Commission, SEC, be prepared to consider its feedback processes in light of this petition? I am concerned because 55,000 people sat the junior cycle examination. There were no complaints, the line was not hopping but...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: I thank Mr. Farrell for being willing to consider having the student voice as part of that process.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: Thank you. Democracy will have been well served if Tara O’Sullivan's petition leads to new guidelines and perhaps a wider feedback process from the student voice.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: I thank Deputy Murphy. I will not try to improve on that.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: We will compare our results later. I thank all the officials for coming in and presenting to the committee today. I thank them for being open to our suggestions. We may well see them again to ask if they have acted upon those suggestions on behalf of the 12,000 people. Perhaps they will encounter some of the younger people directly themselves. I propose that we suspend for a moment to...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: It is very generous of the witnesses to bare their souls to us this morning. It cannot have been easy. We hope that we will be able to act on what they have told us. They are all mothers. They do not seem to have been listened to a great deal by those in the system when they got into it. What helped or would have helped so that we can put that in the report and hear what they have to...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: The witnesses have been very clear. Parent support and education are critical, but so also are coffee and chats. I notice Julie Helen is here . Her mum was involved in writing Informing Families. It is so important that the work that is done is made available. The support groups and the informal sharing of information is critical because if the parents cannot be supported, the child...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: In order that we do not get to the crisis.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 Jun 2017)
Colette Kelleher: It is very important to highlight family therapy and a move away from medication.