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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-12-18/12/
18 Dec 2019 - Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-12-18/12/
18 Dec 2019 - This amendment relates to a new provision inserted in the Bill on Committee Stage....indicated to the House that I would examine it in more detail, and would, if necessary, bring forward an amendment...The provision is, therefore, unclear and is not consistent with the overall approach in the Bill, which...The inclusion in the Bill of another requirement outside of, and entirely separate from, the charter...I believe that the approach that I have taken in the Bill in this regard is clear, fair and balanced
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-11-06/9/
6 Nov 2019 - As the Senator said, this is about information for parents, whether it is €2 that has been collected...for a school bus to go to a swimming pool, or a golf classic that has been organised by the local parents...The difficulty I have with the amendment is an issue which was highlighted to me in my first week in...bit of fundraising, but where they are raising money, it is important that the school community and parents...Unfortunately, I am not in a position to accept this amendment but I appreciate that at the heart of
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-10-09/17/
9 Oct 2019 - and Benefit Bill 2019....in view of our commitment to introduce the leave and benefit with effect from 1 November 2019....or born on or after 1 November 2019....for unpaid parental leave....1998 to 2019 be paid.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-11-06/9/
6 Nov 2019 - Deputy Joe McHugh The Bill explicitly emphasises the need for early resolution....In that regard, a central aim of this Bill is to ensure concerns of students or their parents are resolved...Accordingly, the Bill broadly envisages a two-stage approach....The group of amendments proposed by the Senator would conflate these separate concepts and would not...work in the context of the various other provisions in the Bill.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-11-13/11/
13 Nov 2019 - For me, this amendment was to prevent such a thing....We also never had an Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill....I feel there is room to begin to have more equality of input between students, parents and boards....now and Report Stage, would the Minister consider thinking about how we could put measures into the Bill...Are there other less blunt ways of doing this than through my amendment?
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-12-18/12/
18 Dec 2019 - Deputy Joe McHugh I am trying to be consistent regarding the motivation behind the student and parent...There are guidelines within the Bill to ensure that schools are obliged to make information on the moneys...That would achieve the goals which the Senator claims are the motivation behind the amendment which was...There will be an obligation under the student and parent charter for schools to publish information on...done in a way that will allay the Senator's fears, I am open to continuing that conversation when the Bill
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-12-18/12/
18 Dec 2019 - The amendment stated: "......It is an opportunity to give parents transparency....The Minister would have said to me that he had concerns regarding the Bill and asked whether he could...That is what this amendment would do....I will oppose the amendment.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2019-05-14/31/
14 May 2019 - " 'specified Act’ means the Parental Leave (Amendment) Act 2019;
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-05-08/18/
8 May 2019 - “ ‘specified Act’ means the Parental Leave (Amendment) Act 2019;
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-11-13/11/
13 Nov 2019 - Bill reported with amendment.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-12-18/12/
18 Dec 2019 - The amendment now makes reference to schools and teachers on one hand and students and parents on the...What is the arbitrary distinction between schools and teachers and students and parents?...Could the Minister elaborate on the amendment?
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-10-09/16/
9 Oct 2019 - Bill entitled an Act to entitle certain employees who are relevant parents in relation to a child to...employment leave for the purposes of enabling them to provide, or assist in the provision of, care to...leave on the death of a relevant parent; to provide for the payment of parent’s benefit to certain persons...and, for that purpose, to amend the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; for those purposes to provide...for the consequential amendment of certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-11-06/9/
6 Nov 2019 - I note the amendment brought forward by my colleague with reference to the ombudsman and the response...The Bill seeks to establish a charter to improve and strengthen communication and co-operation between...I recognise the proposal made in the amendment on the involvement of the Ombudsman for Children....For that reason, I welcome the Bill and, in particular, the charter....It is critical that we have a charter outlining that parents and students have a right to know how a
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-12-18/12/
18 Dec 2019 - With regard to amendment No. 6, no ombudsman would intervene too early in a matter....I do not foresee a position where parents or children would be confused about the role of national and...A student or parent would only look outside the local procedures if they struggled to operate within...Possible confusion is not an adequate reason to not push this amendment....I am willing to withdraw amendment No. 4 but I will be pressing amendment No. 6.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-11-13/11/
13 Nov 2019 - I am confident the specific reference in the Bill to a "student council (where one has been established...prepare its student and parent charter....This is specifically reflected in the large number of provisions in the Bill....I am confident the provisions in the Bill will allow that student voice to be heard....That is why I will unfortunately not be accepting amendment No. 15.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2019-10-15/33/
15 Oct 2019 - in view of our commitment to introduce the leave and benefit with effect from 1 November 2019....on or after 1 November 2019....Section 16 provides for the entitlement of an employed surviving parent to the untaken leave if a parent...of the Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill by 1 November....A number of amendments were tabled on this matter and have been ruled out of order.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-12-18/12/
18 Dec 2019 - Deputy Joe McHugh Amendment No. 4 would require the grievance procedures under the charter guidelines...On Committee Stage I advised the House that while I did not think it was necessary for the Bill to provide...Having examined this proposal further, I am satisfied that including this in the Bill is not the appropriate...It is not appropriate, nor would it be possible, to summarise in this Bill or in school grievance procedures...Doing so in this Bill risks casting doubt on or limiting the statutory role of the Ombudsman for Children
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-11-13/11/
13 Nov 2019 - Amendment No. 5 was discussed during the debate on the Bill last week....Its content now forms part of the Bill, having been voted through last week....In particular, I need to reflect on the additional administrative burden the amendment places on schools...From a technical drafting point of view, I also need to consider whether the amendment is inserted in...the most appropriate section of the Bill and whether it may need to included in a separate section.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-11-06/9/
6 Nov 2019 - Before I say whether I will press these amendments, I would like to know more about the working group...The parents I have been supporting are concerned about the use of exclusion in some circumstances in...I wonder what kind of engagement is happening between parents and the working group....I wonder what kind of engagement is happening with parents who are in this position....I am happy to withdraw these amendments on the basis that there will be further engagement between now
