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- Written Answers — College Appointments: College Appointments (3 Oct 2007)
Mary Hanafin: .... Six institutes were selected for study on the basis of geographical spread and size etc and, at no stage, were the institutes considered to have perceived irregularities. I am aware that the TUI and the Institutes of Technology have responded to a newspaper article on this issue and that the responses have been published.
- Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Hanafin: ...out the timetable and actions required for implementation of the modernisation agenda and was agreed by all unions in the Institute of Technology sector other than the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) in early December 2006. As the TUI failed to agree the action plan until 8th March 2007 they did not satisfy the terms of the agreement until that date. In addition this failure prevented...
- Written Answers — Apprenticeship Places: Apprenticeship Places (24 Oct 2006)
Mary Hanafin: ...represent an efficient use of resources by maximising the use of existing facilities. While funding was again available this year for summer courses, it was not possible to reach agreement with the TUI on the provision of these courses. My Department is currently engaged in consultations with the TUI with a view to providing further summer courses in 2007 in order to help alleviate...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (31 May 2006)
Mary Hanafin: ...courses during the summer months across a number of trades, including plumbing. While funding was again available this year for summer courses, it was not possible to reach agreement with the TUI on the provision of these courses. My Department continues to liaise with FÃS, the Institutes of Technology and other interested parties in order to ensure that national training needs are met....
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: The reason that I set up the task force in the first instance was that I recognised that this had the potential to become a very serious problem. Having been asked by the ASTI and the TUI to do so, I was very swift in obliging and asking the commission to report speedily. Regarding the effectiveness of strategies currently employed to address disruption, the report documents a range of...
- School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: I look forward to such a debate. I wish to thank the task force. I established it having been asked by teachers, and particularly by the ASTI and the TUI, to tackle this issue. The group of people who were assembled to so do came from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences which they brought to bear during their consideration of the issue. All Members want to ensure that there are proper...
- School Discipline. (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Hanafin: ...on initial years when schools did not have proper procedures in place. I will be happy to facilitate any changes recommended by the report. One of the first matters raised with me by the ASTI and TUI after my appointment was that they wanted an immediate answer to the question of whether to publish. The speed in which the task force produced its report reveals a commitment in this area. I...
- Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (17 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: I can confirm to the Deputy that, in its pre-budget submission dated 3 November 2005, the TUI recommended that no less than â¬50 million be provided in 2006 to commence the implementation of the recommendations contained in the McIver report on the PLC sector. The McIver report on the PLC sector contains 21 over-arching recommendations, incorporating over 90 sub-recommendations. The...
- Written Answers — PLC Sector: PLC Sector (15 Nov 2005)
Mary Hanafin: In its pre-budget submission dated 3 November 2005, the TUI recommends that no less than â¬50 million be provided in 2006 in order to commence the implementation of the recommendations contained in the McIver report on the PLC sector. This report contains 21 over-arching recommendations, incorporating more than 90 sub-recommendations. The principal recommendations are: a reduction in the...
- School Discipline. (9 Mar 2005)
Mary Hanafin: ...of education. They represent parents, teachers, principals and people outside the mainstream education sector and people identified as top class practitioners in their own right. The ASTI and the TUI both asked for this task force to be set up and have expressed their willingness to work very closely with it. I am quite satisfied that anything that would refer to student behaviour can and...