BURTON WELCOMES NEWS OF NEW SCHOOL FOR LITTLEPACE/ONGAR
27 April 2006
Deputy Burton has welcomed Minister Hanafin’s announcement that a new primary school will be provided in the Littlepace Ongar area this year. “Finally, after years of campaigning, the Minister has opened her ears and taken a step towards addressing the schools places crisis in Dublin 15” said Deputy Burton. “Thousands of houses have been built … Continue reading Burton Welcomes News of New School for Littlepace/Ongar
WHAT THE PAPERS SAID – DUBLIN 15 SCHOOLS CRISIS
11 April 2006
The Irish Times devoted a full page to the Dublin 15 Schools Crisis today. The Editor Wrote: The lack of school places in Dublin 15, detailed on page 12 today, raises serious questions about education planning. Some 200 four and five year-olds have been left without a place in local schools because demand greatly exceeds … Continue reading What the Papers Said – Dublin 15 Schools Crisis
DAIL SPEECH – SCHOOLS PLACES – NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
7 April 2006
Speaking at an adjourment debate in the Dail on Wednesday 5th April, Joan Burton TD said: “Hundreds of children in Dublin 15 have no school place for this coming September. The reason is simple. Thousands of houses have been built in the Littlepace area and Castleknock area over the last five years but no provision … Continue reading Dail Speech – SCHOOLS PLACES – NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
“MINISTER REFUSES TO ACCEPT SCALE OF THE SCHOOLS PLACES CRISIS IN DUBLIN 15” SAYS DEPUTY BURTON
5 April 2006
In response to Deputy Burton’s questions about the lack of school places for hundreds of children in Dublin 15, Minister Hanifin confirmed that there is no new policy in place to deal with this crisis. Last years intensive lobbying resulted in a sticking plaster solution from the Minister of Education that squeezed children into classrooms … Continue reading “Minister Refuses to Accept Scale of the Schools Places Crisis in Dublin 15” says Deputy Burton
SCHOOL PLACES CRISIS – WHAT THE PAPERS SAID
4 April 2006
In the Irish Times today: Teacher’s Pet 04/04/2006 An insider’s guide to education • That excellent statement by Labour TD Joan Burton about the scandalous lack of school places in Dublin 15 has touched a very raw nerve in the Department of Education. Hundreds of kids cannot enrol in junior infants in local schools. Why? … Continue reading School Places Crisis – What the Papers Said
SCHOOLS PLACES – NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND SAYS BURTON
3 April 2006
In Dublin 15, staff and parents have just finished celebrating the opening of the new primary schools at Littlepace and Diswellstown. These are the first new permanent primary schools to be built in 9 years of Fianna Fail/PD Government. Already both schools are oversubscribed. We face another round of crisis meetings to secure places for … Continue reading SCHOOLS PLACES – NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND SAYS BURTON
SCHOOL PLACES CRISIS IN DUBLIN 15 – WHAT THE PAPERS SAID
31 March 2006
What The STAR said: No School Places for Kids Hundreds of parents of junior-infant kids are facing an uncertain summer – because the children have been refused a primary place for next September. About 200 kids – 100 who had applied to St. Patrick’s School in Diswellstown in Castleknock and a further 100 who had … Continue reading School Places Crisis in Dublin 15 – What the Papers Said
DUBLIN 15 CHILDREN TURNED AWAY FROM SCHOOLS AGAIN DESPITE YEARS OF LOBBYING
28 March 2006
There is raw anger and bafflement among the 200+ families in Dublin 15 whose junior infant children have just been refused a primary school place for next September. Approximately 200 children, 100 who had applied to St. Patrick’s School, Diswellstown, Castleknock and a further 100 who had applied to Mary Mother of Hope National School, … Continue reading DUBLIN 15 CHILDREN TURNED AWAY FROM SCHOOLS AGAIN DESPITE YEARS OF LOBBYING
DUBLIN 15 SCHOOLS DO WELL IN LEAGUE TABLES
22 November 2005
Second Level schools in Dublin 15 can be very pleased at the ratings they achieve in the Irish Times examination of third level entry rates published today Monday Nov 20th according to local Labour TD Joan Burton.Some of these schools emerge very high up on the lists of feeder schools for all the major universities … Continue reading Dublin 15 Schools do well in League tables
OECD REPORT SHOWS CHRONIC GOVERNMENT UNDER-SPENDING ON EDUCATION
15 September 2005
A report produced by the international Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) shows the extent of this government’s underfunding of our schools. Shockingly, spending on primary and second-level education in Ireland increased at only half the rate of economic growth in the Celtic Tiger era. Deputy Burton said of the report: “These figures prove … Continue reading OECD Report Shows Chronic Government Under-Spending on Education