Joan Burton — Watch Them Work

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Dyslexia Awareness Month Presentation to Oireachtas Members for Dyslexia Awareness Month

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Dyslexia Association of Ireland Education and Training

Dyslexia Awareness Month Presentation for Oireachtas Members on The Need for Extra Time in State Exams

2019-10-17

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the acquisition by the Louth and Meath Education and Training Board of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the lack of further education facilities in the County Meath area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42581/19]

2019-07-23

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of talks between the City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Educate Together in relation to extending the co-educational and multi-denominational educational provision at a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34163/19]

2019-07-10

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of negotiations between City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Educate Together in respect of the delivery of a multidenominational co-educational second-level school for the Dublin 7 area to be based at a college (details supplied); if he has been approached in respect of the collaboration; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30211/19]

2019-06-13

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the negotiations between City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Educate Together in respect of the delivery of a multi-denominational co-educational second level school for the Dublin 7 area to be based at a school (details supplied); if the multi-denominational co-educational school will open ahead of the 2020-21 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24634/19]

2019-01-15

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of providers of education and training, including English language training, that have been awarded the QQI international education mark; the number of providers that have applied; and the number that were refused. [54439/18]

2018-09-25

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the recognised schools that will be exempted from paying into the proposed learner protection fund with regard to the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018; the criteria a school must reach to gain recognition (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38335/18]

2018-06-12

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the delivery of the required refurbishment and extension to a school (details supplied) has been devolved to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board; when a design team will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24831/18]

2018-05-22

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will agree to the reopening of further education and training being provided by second level schools (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22498/18]

2018-05-22

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 15 May 2018, and with regard to the February guidelines published by the Department of Justice and Equality for access to the labour market for international protection applicants, if his attention has been drawn to the confusion in the further education and training sector as to whether asylum seekers have unlimited access to programmes in the sector or specific programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22305/18]

2018-04-24

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the delivery of the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been devolved to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board; when a design team will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17480/18]

2018-01-16

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a proposal from Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board, KWETB, for hospitality training in County Kildare for chefs, waiters and so on; if he will approve the setting up of such a training centre in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1517/18]

2017-11-29

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board has concluded its examination of options for accommodation for a new school (details supplied) in Maynooth, County Kildare; if not, when the examination will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50837/17]

2017-11-14

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the difference in figures for the cost of restoring pay equality for post 2010 education and training sector employees as set out by him in the Dáil Éireann on 10 October 2017 as €130 million in a full year, compared with his response of 11 September 2017 in which the cost was €85 million for a full year; the factors on which the stated increase in cost of €45 million or 53% are based; and his plans to resolve pay inequality rather than to maintain differentials in which the cost of remediation must increase annually in the absence of resolving same. [47813/17]

2017-10-26

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board has concluded its examination of options for accommodation for a new school (details supplied) in Maynooth, County Kildare; if not, when it will conclude the examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45377/17]

2017-09-11

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the latest CSO statistics in respect of the need for an additional further education and training facilities in Dublin west and east Meath in addition to the new further education campus at Dunboyne to provide QQI courses at levels 1 to 7, for apprenticeships and a range of skills deficit areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38060/17]

2017-07-11

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop post-leaving certificate, PLC, courses on a regional basis across two or more education and training boards, ETBs; his views on the fact that the absence of PLC provision in Dublin 15 is a serious restriction on persons seeking second chance education or a return to college and further education in the Dublin 15 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32379/17]

2017-07-11

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress his Department has made in the development of a regional strategy on post-leaving certificate, PLC, courses with education and training boards, ETBs, offering PLC provision to a wide geographical area across two or more ETBs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32380/17]

2017-07-04

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board, KWETB, has concluded its examination of the options for the site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30949/17]

2017-05-30

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board, KWETB, has completed its review of the planning conditions to evaluate implications on design and cost for a school (details supplied); if a stage 2(b) cost check has been submitted to his Department for approval; if tender documents have been prepared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25528/17]

2017-05-24

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the implementation of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012 in particular his Department's engagement with Quality and Qualifications Ireland regarding the implementation schedule for the international education mark, IEM; the status of its recruitment of inspectors for the IEM; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24928/17]

2017-04-05

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012 in particular his Department's engagement with Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, regarding the implementation schedule for the International Education Mark, IEM, and their recruitment of inspectors for the IEM; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16840/17]

2017-03-30

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the successful contractor for the Maynooth education campus project, Maynooth, County Kildare, has responded to the letter of intent issued by Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board, KWETB; if the KWETB has issued a letter of acceptance to the contractor; when contracts will be signed; when work will commence on site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15805/17]

2017-03-01

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the Quality and Qualifications Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012, in particular his Department's engagement with Quality and Qualifications Ireland regarding the implementation schedule for the international education mark; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10118/17]

2017-03-01

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the updated cost-benefit analysis and financial robustness element of the tender process for the Maynooth Education Campus, Maynooth, County Kildare, has been completed; if approval of the issue of the letter of intent has issued to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board; the conditions required of the letter of intent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10628/17]

2017-01-24

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the international education mark will be introduced as per the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3020/17]

2016-10-25

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Asked Education

Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have been recruited in the Tipperary Education and Training Board since its establishment; the number assigned to the ETB head office in Nenagh; the number allocated to other locations in the county and their locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31774/16]