‘EVERY CHILD MATTERS’ TO BE CENTRAL THEME OF ALTERNATIVE GOVERNMENT
6 July 2006
Speaking to the Dail on a Private Members Motion calling for an early election last night, Deputy Burton said: “Only Connect” a famous phrase by EM. Forster in his novel Howard’s End. “Only Connect” – the challenge for the alternative government is to connect our booming economy with our social well being. The central challenge … Continue reading ‘EVERY CHILD MATTERS’ TO BE CENTRAL THEME OF ALTERNATIVE GOVERNMENT
TWO NEW PRIMARY SCHOOLS TO SHARE SMALL SITE IN ONGAR
23 June 2006
The announcement in April by the Minister for Education of an additional new primary school, St. Benedict’s, for the Ongar/Castaheany area this year was welcomed by all in the community. However, it has now been revealed in answer to a PQ by Deputy Joan Burton, that St. Benedict’s will share the site reserved for the … Continue reading TWO NEW PRIMARY SCHOOLS TO SHARE SMALL SITE IN ONGAR
DUBLIN WEST TOP THE LEAGUE OF LARGE CLASS SIZES
23 June 2006
The Minister for Education continues to fail primary school children in Dublin 15. The latest figures released by the Minister for Education to Labour Party TD for Dublin West, Deputy Joan Burton, show that children going to school in Dublin 15 can expect to spend their primary school years in classrooms of approximately 29 children. … Continue reading DUBLIN WEST TOP THE LEAGUE OF LARGE CLASS SIZES
FAILURE TO PROVIDE COST AND TIME ESTIMATE FOR CASTLEKNOCK COMMUNITY COLLEGE GYM DEEPLY WORRYING
12 June 2006
Deputy Burton has welcomed the news that after 8 years of promises, a gym for Castleknock Community College has been approved to proceed through the architectural planning process and on to tender and construction. However, the Minister for Education has refused to provide any information regarding the budget for the project, the estimated completion date … Continue reading FAILURE TO PROVIDE COST AND TIME ESTIMATE FOR CASTLEKNOCK COMMUNITY COLLEGE GYM DEEPLY WORRYING
CHILDREN STILL LEFT WITHOUT PLACE IN ST. CIARANS NS, HARTSTOWN
24 May 2006
Despite the welcome provision of an extra class by the Minister for Education following a public campaign by parents, Deputy Joan Burton and local newspapers, this class will now only provide places for children born before the 31st of March, 2002. This means that at present children born in April will not get a place … Continue reading Children still left without place in St. Ciarans NS, Hartstown
CONCERN FOR SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS IN DUBLIN 15 TRAVELLING TO SCHOOL BY TAXI
22 May 2006
Recent investigations by Deputy Burton have revealed that taxi drivers hired by Bus Eireann to bring special-needs children in Dublin 15 to school do not have their backgrounds checked. Bus Eireann transports 135,000 children across the country to school every day, and uses taxis for many of the 3,000 children who have special needs. However, … Continue reading Concern for Special Needs Kids in Dublin 15 Travelling to School by Taxi
FAMILIES IN HARTSTOWN FACE SCHOOL PLACE CRISIS
22 May 2006
More than 20 children have been turned away from St Ciaran’s National School in Hartstown, Dublin West, Local TD Joan Burton told the Dail last Thursday. Deputy Burton was speaking in the Dail on an adjournment debate on the overcrowding crisis in the school. Deputy Burton said: “The situation in St Ciaran’s National School in … Continue reading FAMILIES IN HARTSTOWN FACE SCHOOL PLACE CRISIS
PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE VICTIMS OF FF’S CRUDE VOTE-BUYING PROMISES
16 May 2006
Speech in the Dail by Joan Burton TD During Private Members Debate on Access to Primary Education The Minister for Education should take time out to meet parents in Hartstown, Ongar, Littlepace and Diswellstown in Dublin 15. Believe me she would learn more in one hour from the frustration of parents than from all the … Continue reading PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE VICTIMS OF FF’S CRUDE VOTE-BUYING PROMISES
PARENTS OUTRAGED AS MOST PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN DUBLIN 15, IN CLASSES OF MORE THAN 30 PUPILS
15 May 2006
Dublin West has some of the largest primary school class sizes in the country, according to Department of Education information released to Labour TD Joan Burton. “In the nine schools for which the Minister supplied figures, there are no less than 89 classes out of a total of 155, with more than 30 pupils. This … Continue reading PARENTS OUTRAGED AS MOST PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN DUBLIN 15, IN CLASSES OF MORE THAN 30 PUPILS
DUBLIN 15 SCHOOLS CRISIS – WHAT THE PAPERS SAID
28 April 2006
Sean Flynn in the Irish Times, 28/04/2006 Dublin 15 to get new school places this September New school places are being made available to cope with the crisis in the Dublin 15 area, where up to 200 children have been struggling to gain places next September……..Labour’s Joan Burton – who first highlighted the crisis in … Continue reading Dublin 15 Schools Crisis – What the papers said