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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 FÁS, the Institutes of Technology and other interested parties in order to ensure that national training needs are met....

Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 May 2006)

Finian McGrath: ...and the institutes of technology are vital in achieving this. We must also listen to the concerns of those who work in the institutes of technology. I pay particular tribute to the members of the TUI. This Bill facilitates the designation of the institutes of technology under the Higher Education Authority, providing an improved strategic framework for higher education. It substantially...

Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 May 2006)

Catherine Murphy: ...the difference in job security between future employees of institutes of technology and employees in the university sector for whom the concept of tenure is enshrined in legislation. The TUI describes the statutory right to tenure as an essential bulwark for academic freedom. Such a right could be enshrined in the legislation by way of amendment, but this hinges on whether the Government...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (25 Apr 2006)

Síle de Valera: ...Adult Education Officers Association 21,000 Irish Primary Principals' Network 317,212 INTO Programmes 264,000 National Parents Council (Primary) 200,000 ASTI 90,000 TUI 60,000 National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals 62,460 National Centre for Guidance 130,000 Integrate Ireland Language and Training Ltd. 44,000

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (21 Mar 2006)

Síle de Valera: A meeting on the McIver report, involving officials from the Department of Education and Science and representatives of the management — IVEA — and staff sides — TUI — was held at 10 p.m. on 11 October 2005. A further meeting was held on 24 November 2005 with representatives of the TUI and departmental officials. No future dates for meetings have been agreed between the sides. The...

School Discipline: Motion (Resumed). (1 Mar 2006) See 2 other results from this debate

Barry Andrews: ...to avoid disruptive behaviour within the classroom. The continuous professional development of teachers has attracted an increase in funding of 15%, to €27 million. I was surprised to see the TUI so critical of the funding that has been secured for this area, when the task force finally reported. There are so many other investments in this area, for example, the money being spent under...

Further and Higher Education: Statements. (1 Mar 2006) See 1 other result from this debate

Simon Coveney: ...report was completed in April 2003, as has been highlighted by speaker after speaker, but its recommendations on supports and structures for the PLC sector have still not been implemented. The TUI met senior officials from the Department on several occasions between the holding of its congress last Easter and September 2005. The Minister of State will know that her Department agreed in...

School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006) See 1 other result from this debate

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...

Seanad: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second and Subsequent Stages. (23 Feb 2006)

Joe O'Toole: ...of mine, and the director, Áine Lawlor, are people of quality. I do not know all the members on the council but know many of them, some of whom are past presidents of the INTO, the ASTI and the TUI. The members are all committed to getting the arrangement right and know that when they are negotiating teachers' salaries, they will be able to say teachers deserve more money, better rewards...

Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second and Subsequent Stages. (16 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: ...to speak on the Bill. Before addressing the details of the legislation, it is important to thank and commend the dedicated and magnificent work done by teachers. I praise the vast majority of INTO, TUI and ASTI members who provide a great service every day in our schools. It is also important to support and value our teachers. It is time to challenge the cynics and teacher-bashers both in...

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...

EU Directives. (15 Feb 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...to the proposal that all educational services should be excluded, which is what teachers seek because of the grey areas. I am aware of the decision to which the Minister referred. For example, the TUI is concerned that schools built under public private partnerships could be brought into the scope of the directive because of the private element. There are a number of other concerns about...

Adult Education. (15 Dec 2005)

Síle de Valera: ...cost of these recommendations would amount to €48 million. That is not a figure I have picked from my head, but was agreed not only by the Department of Education and Science but the IVEA and the TUI. This figure excludes any capital costs. When we seek that amount of money, we must consider what are the priorities in the recommendations. We have been in extensive consultation with the...

Adult Education. (15 Dec 2005) See 4 other results from this debate

Joan Burton: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will respond to the sense of betrayal felt by the TUI and its members who work in the further education sector at the failure to allocate funding in the Estimates and budget 2006 to implement the McIver report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39651/05]

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Olwyn Enright: ...I hope the proposal will allow us to better compete. I was extremely disappointed that the further education sector was completely ignored in the Estimates and the budget. As a man who was on the TUI protest outside the House yesterday wondered, what is it about the sector that the Government will not invest in it? It is the most responsive sector, given its ability to react to changes...

Written Answers — Third Level Funding: Third Level Funding (6 Dec 2005)

Finian McGrath: Question 423: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will support the funding of the McIver report and the TUI in its request for the necessary funding of this report's recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37645/05]

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 €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 €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...

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (14 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the call from the TUI for the extension of the leaving certificate timetable beyond the current 13 days and the better distribution of core subjects throughout the exam period; her views on the call made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19662/05]

Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (11 May 2005)

Brendan Ryan: ...the use of any money used to fund pensions in the future. I share with Senator Ross the view that the Pensions Board is not qualified, competent or able to win confidence to do that. My union, the TUI, has a long-standing dispute involving retired members about the advice they got on pensions from allegedly competent and qualified fund managers. Much of this kind of thing goes on and there...