English, DamienTuesday, 26 April 2005 |
Dáil Eireann Debate
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Question put: “That the words proposed to be deleted stand.”
Voted No 
Amendment put.
Voted Yes
Private Members’ Business - Class Sizes: Motion.
I wish to share time with Deputies Deenihan, McGrath and Lynch. We in Fine Gael are delighted to support the Labour Party motion on this subject. I look forward to the day when a Government will final...
The GDP figure is well down on that of 1996, while the GNP is level with that of 1996 and 1997. Deputies should look at the figures. If Fianna Fáil wishes to quote figures, we will match them. I have ...
They have transformed very slowly and we are failing. The school mentioned does not have a new building, on the contrary, it is falling apart. I would like to make a few quick points before I deal wit...
The Minister more or less said it in her speech. She said that principals and teachers were distorting the figures by not having mixed classes.
Mixing classes is not the solution to large class sizes. I have been in multi-grade classes and they are not the answer. I was sufficiently lucky to survive a multi-grade class. Many of the other chil...
I am not suggesting that but we should not use them as a solution.
The Minister spoke about making arrangements in developing areas and that she could not predict the figures. For four and a half years, myself and colleagues from Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil campaigned ...
The Minister said the Department was taking additional measures to cope with developing areas. There are schools in developing areas that cannot be told now where they are going in September. Is this ...
Written Answers - Literacy Levels.
Asked the minister: the percentage of young persons leaving secondary school with literacy difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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