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Question· oralPQ 31asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
93 Mr. Bradford asked the Minister for Education the reason the Murphy Committee on Primary Education, appointed by her, have only two parent representatives.
Question· oralPQ 30asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
77 Mr. Creed asked the Minister for Education the reason the Murphy Committee on Primary Education, appointed by her, has only two parent representatives.
Question· oralPQ 29asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
51 Mr. D'Arcy asked the Minister for Education the reason the Murphy Committee on Primary Education, appointed by her, has only two parent representatives.
Question· oralPQ 28asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
29 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education the reason the Murphy Committee on Primary Education, appointed by her, has only two parent representatives.
Question· oralPQ 27asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
15 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education the reason the Murphy Committee on Primary Education, appointed by her, has only two parent representatives.
Question· oralPQ 26asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
14 Mr. Jacob asked the Minister for Education if she will arrange for the provision of a lift in the Abbey Community College, Wicklow for the purpose of conveying to the upstairs classrooms, handicapped children who are confined to wheelchairs and who have to be carried bodily upstairs by teachers, having regard to the fact that this matter has been under consideration by her Department for the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Question· oralPQ 25asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
13 Mr. Kavanagh asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the growing practice of many schools of using money raised through fund raising activities to employ teaching staff; and if she approves of such a practice.
Question· oralPQ 24asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
94 Mrs. Fennell asked the Minister for Education if the assessment centre at Cuan Mhuire, Whitehall, Dublin 9, is closing; if so, the length of time it will be closed; reason for the closure; and the likely consequences of the closure.
Question· oralPQ 23asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
88 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Education if the assessment centre at Chan Mhuire, Whitehall, Dublin 9, is closing; if so, the length of time it will be closed; the reason for the closure; and the likely consequences of the closure.
Question· oralPQ 22asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
87 Dr. Lee asked the Minister for Education if the assessment centre at Cuan Mhuire, Whitehall, Dublin 9, is closing; if so, the length of time it will be closed; the reason for the closure; and the likely consequences of the closure.
Question· oralPQ 21asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
71 Mr. Flanagan asked the Minister for Education if the assessment centre at Cuan Mhuire, Whitehall, Dublin 9, is closing; if so, the length of time it will be closed; the reason for the closure; and the likely consequences of the closure.
Question· oralPQ 20asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
64 Mr. Crowley asked the Minister for Education if the assessment centre at Cuan Mhuire, Whitehall, Dublin 9, is closing; if so, the length of time it will be closed; the reason for the closure; and the likely consequences of the closure.
Question· oralPQ 19asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
57 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Education if the assessment centre at Cuan Mhuire, Whitehall, Dublin 9, is closing; if so the length of time it will be closed; the reason for the closure; and the likely consequences of the closure.
Question· oralPQ 18asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
55 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education if the assessment centre at Cuan Mhuire, Whitehall, Dublin 9, is closing; if so, the length of time it will be closed; the reason for the closure; and the likely consequences of the closure.
Question· oralPQ 17asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
35 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Education if the assessment centre at Cuan Mhuire, Whitehall, Dublin 9, is closing; if so, the length of time it will be closed; the reason for the closure; and the likely consequences of the closure.
Question· oralPQ 16asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
32 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education if the assessment centre at Cuan Mhuire, Whitehall, Dublin 9, is closing; if so, the length of time it will be closed; the reason for the closure; and the likely consequences of the closure.
Question· oralPQ 15asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
12 Miss Flaherty asked the Minister for Education if the assessment centre at Cuan Mhuire, Whitehall, Dublin 9, is closing; if so, the length of time it will be closed; the reason for the closure; and the likely consequences of the closure.
Question· oralPQ 14asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
151 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Education if the fee charged for repeat exmainations is based on the actual costs involved; and, if so, if she will outline the actual basis of calculation.
Question· oralPQ 13asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
11 Mr. G. O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she has any proposals to reduce the cost of repeating the Leaving Certificate examination this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Question· oralPQ 12asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
10 Mr. McEllistrim asked the Minister for Education if she will make a grant available for the extension of Kilmoyley National School, Ardfert, County Kerry.
Question· oralPQ 11asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
9 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Education when the contract was signed between her and the contractor for the construction of St. Paul's community college, Brown's Road, Waterford; when construction was completed; the amount of the retention money held by her following the completion of the college; the date on which she was first advised by the City of Waterford Vocational Education Committee that the roof was defective; the dates of all subsequent complaints and queries, including those recorded in committee minutes, from the City of Waterford Vocational Education Committee regarding the problems with the roof of the college; the date on which she received the IIRS report on the condition of the roof; the action which was taken by her regarding the roof of the college in response to the various representations from the City of Waterford Vocational Education Committee; the reason she instructed the City of Waterford Vocational Education Committee to make final payment to the contractor when her Department were aware of the many serious faults in the roof; the reason she agreed to a final account with the contractor in the knowledge that the roof was seriously defective; the immediate action she proposes to take to rectify the serious problems with the roof of the college; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Question· oralPQ 10asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
8 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will give an up-to-date report on the implementation and effectiveness of the new procedure for the selection of principals and teachers in national schools which were announced by the then Minister for Education in 1986 in order to eliminate discrimination against female teachers in promotion to principalships in national schools; and if she will give statistics for the number of women appointed to principalships since the introduction of these procedures, in comparison with an equivalent period before the implementation of these procedures.
Question· oralPQ 9asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
7 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Education if it is the case that fewer than 150 of the 2,000 teachers qualified to teach in primary and secondary schools last year have by now obtained permanent jobs in Irish schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Question· oralPQ 8asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
6 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she is satisfied that teachers and school management obtain sufficient legal and welfare service support from her Department in dealing with school discipline problems.
Question· oralPQ 7asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
153 Mr. Connor asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the increasing number of disciplinary incidents in primary and secondary schools directly related to overcrowding in classrooms and other difficulties arising from the cutbacks; and the action she proposes to take to remove the legal uncertainties in which teachers find themselves when they attempt to deal with disciplinary problems in their schools.
Question· oralPQ 6asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
104 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Education, in view of the indecision and lack of clarity concerning the disciplinary sanctions which are permissible at primary school level, if she has any plans to introduce a specific code of discipline in primary schools.
Question· oralPQ 5asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 1990
5 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Education the action she has taken on the recommendations of the report of the Committee on Discipline in Schools in respect of: (a) designating officials in her Department to develop links between primary and post-primary schools; (b) setting up local committees with the same objective; (c) including remedial education in all teacher training; (d) holding special in-service courses for teachers to help them in coping with discipline problems; (e) the formulation of a written and legally enforceable code of discipline in schools which would be available to parents and which would underpin decisions taken by school authorities; (f) allowing schools to make direct referrals to child guidance services and (g) providing a variety of improved facilities to schools with a high concentration of discipline problems.