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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: State Examinations (15 Feb 2021)

Thomas Byrne: ...it and the ASTI has returned now to confidential discussions with everybody else regarding the 2021 exams. We note its willingness to engage on the agenda that has already been set out on this process. The Minister has also thanked the Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI, parent bodies, the student body represented by the ISSU, as I have said already, and the managerial bodies that help run...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: My and the TUI's understanding is that there is a guarantee.

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: ...what the Minister says on section 50 before committing because a spanner has been thrown into the works. We want to support this and get the legislation through. We want to support staff and the TUI, as well as the agreement it reached with the Department. We want to get these universities started and to ensure section 50 is properly explained on the floor of this Dáil by the...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Thomas Byrne: ...lost. It is outrageous and it is typical of the way the far left operates in Ireland. I would not support the Bill if I thought there were job losses involved. The Teachers' Union of Ireland, TUI, would not support the Bill or have balloted their members if that was the case. I do not know if Deputy Barry is aware that the union put a ballot out with an information sheet on this...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Select Committee (15 Nov 2017)

Thomas Byrne: ...is very welcome. I acknowledge that much work has gone on in recent years to get this right. I acknowledge the work of the various institutions, the officials, Ministers and trade unions. The TUI has been key. It is very important that as politicians we do not interfere in any of the industrial relations matters that pertain to the Bill. I look forward to going through the Bill in...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Thomas Byrne: ...concern the halfway house that was originally proposed. It was very unfortunate. I do recognise the work that has been done to allay our concerns and the concerns of many within the sector, the TUI and the institutions themselves that institutions could merge, apply for technological university status and then find they did not get it. There would have been huge uncertainties there...

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: ...scale issues for new entrants to the public sector will take place within one year of the adoption of the agreement. As the House knows, the agreement has been roundly rejected by the INTO and the TUI and will be the subject of a ballot by members of the ASTI in the coming weeks. The context here is a massive flight of young teachers to Dubai and other countries that are also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 636. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Government approved the recent agreement with the TUI in respect of the Technological Universities Bill. [28907/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: ...it be published by the end of 2016 but it would begin to be implemented in early 2017. The Minister for Education and Skills announced the foreign languages strategy on 19 April in advance of the TUI conference, where it was the centrepiece of his speech. Then, on 28 April, the Minister quietly acknowledged in his Action Plan for Education report that the modern languages strategy has...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: ...in it. How many hours are being paid for ASTI teachers who are not attending the courses? Is that a factor in how the Minister adds up his figures or does the Department only pay to cover the TUI members who are attending these particular courses?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: ...an ASTI member leaves, and I am not encouraging anyone to do so, and stays outside the union, does he or she get the benefits of the Lansdowne Road agreement? Does such a person have to join the TUI to get the benefits of the agreement? Is that happening on any scale? Guidance was mentioned, and of course second level is the right place to bring it up. Again the Minister in his...

Other Questions: Teachers' Remuneration (5 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: ...their conferences, young teachers got together and demanded progress and the political system reacted. Fianna Fáil certainly used its position to make this progress happen with the INTO and the TUI and I congratulate their negotiators for the work they have done and which they continue to do in terms of putting pressure on the political system and forcing us to make sure their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: ...áilte a chur roimh gach duine de na finnéithe atá ag an gcruinniú inniu. The Irish National Teachers Organisation, INTO, is represented by Mr. John Boyle and Ms Anne McElduff. The Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI, is represented by its president, Ms Joanne Irwin, and by Mr. David Duffy and Mr. John MacGabhann. The Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland, ASTI, is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: Go raibh maith agat. The TUI's views were very clearly expressed. As we have a busy meeting, I ask all speakers to keep to the allotted time as far as possible. I call Ms Jane Hayes-Nally of the Irish Second-Level Students Union.

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (3 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: ...make a difference. No one is expecting the pay rates will change tomorrow. What they know is that members of the Irish National Teachers Organisation, INTO, and the Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI, will get increased pay rates from January. I would like the ASTI to be part of that. If that signal could be sent on equal pay, it would make a significant difference. I urge the Minister to...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (3 Nov 2016)

Thomas Byrne: ...agreement and try to persuade them of its merits? There is considerable merit in the Lansdowne Road agreement and the Irish National Teachers Organisation, INTO, and the Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI, see that as well. It is unfortunate that ASTI members are getting left behind with regard to some of the improvements, particularly the improvement negotiated during the summer relating to...

Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: ...seasamh anseo agus labhairt ar son na scoileanna, na hollscoileanna agus córas oideachais na tíre seo. Níl aon dabht ach go bhfuil ganntanais móra sa chóras sin. Tá a lán ag teastáil ó dhaoine. Tá tuilleadh múinteoirí, áiseanna agus scoileanna ag teastáil. Níl aon dabht ach go bhfuil tuilleadh pá ag...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: State Examinations: Motions (13 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: ...punishment of students by the deduction of 10% from their English exams. Over the past two weeks, since I tabled the motion, I have continued my engagement on behalf of my party with the ASTI, the TUI and the Department of Education and Skills. As the motion acknowledges, talks are taking place between the Department and the ASTI on the issue of junior certificate reform. I understand...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: State Examinations: Motions (13 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: ...invite in officials from the Department of Education and Skills and the State Examinations Commission to get their views on the matter and to encourage them to engage with the unions, including the TUI. This matter must be resolved. I hope and pray that the talks next week will be successful. I believe with a bit of give and take, and putting the interests of the students at the centre,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (19 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: ...issued instructions to schools informing them of the arrangements for dealing with the data protection issues that may arise if FEMPI is applied to ASTI members in second level schools but not to TUI members; to describe what these arrangements will be. [22798/16]