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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-06-27/10/
27 Jun 2018 - Educational (Digital Devices in Schools) Bill 2018: Second Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-06-27/10/
27 Jun 2018 - Education (Digital Devices in Schools) Bill 2018: Second Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-06-27/9/
27 Jun 2018 - Education (Digital Devices in Schools) Bill 2018: Order for Second Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-06-27/9/
27 Jun 2018 - Bill entitled an Act to regulate the use of digital devices in primary and secondary schools subject...to the discretionary educational uses provided for in the Act and to put in place a code of behaviour...on digital device usage implemented by the board of management and teachers by which student possession...of digital devices will be prohibited during school hours for the purposes of reducing the harmful impact
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-06-27/10/
27 Jun 2018 - While the Bill has been many months in the making, the issue of digital device usage in schools has been...Under it the use of smart phones and digital devices by sixth class students was banned outside the school...Currently, the regulation of the usage of digital devices in both primary and post-primary schools is...Subsections (3) and (4) also require the school to outline the policy on the use of digital devices in...The code will endeavour to keep pupils and parents educated on the risks associated with digital devices
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Debate: Joint Committee On Education And Skills
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_education_and_skills/2019-09-12/4/
12 Sep 2019 - On technology for educational purposes, our survey found that the use of digital devices is more prevalent...The remaining quarter stated that they provided the digital device....Overall, parents of primary school pupils required to have a digital device spent an average of €80 on...Similarly, those requiring digital devices in secondary school spent €170 on books, compared to a spend...had to buy a digital device.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-12-06/8/
6 Dec 2018 - Children's Digital Protection Bill 2018: First Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-12-06/8/
6 Dec 2018 - Children's Digital Protection Bill 2018: First Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-12-12/13/
12 Dec 2018 - Children's Digital Protection Bill 2018: Second Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2019-06-25/16/
25 Jun 2019 - Deputy Joe McHugh Circular 38/2018, which issued to schools last year, requires all schools to consult...I will publish this Bill in the autumn....Decisions on the use of smartphones and other such devices in schools are taken at local level by the...of the Education Act 1998....devices.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2019-10-16/15/
16 Oct 2019 - Children's Digital Protection Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-06-27/10/
27 Jun 2018 - and students on the use of smartphones and tablet devices in schools, which is important....The primary aim of the Education (Digital Devices in Schools) Bill is safety, well-being, mental health...However, we must educate people about digital technology and how to use it responsibly....digital devices, phones and netbooks....and the negative effects of unsupervised use of devices within schools.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-06-27/8/
27 Jun 2018 - Senator Jerry Buttimer The Order of Business is No. 1, Education (Digital Devices in Schools) Bill...2018 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage, to be taken at 12.45 p.m., with the time allocated not...adjourn at 5.40 p.m. if not previously concluded; No. 4, statements on the summer economic statement 2018...to facilitate the Minister, who will be at a meeting that will not end until 5.30 p.m.; and No. 5, Education...(Admission to Schools) Bill 2016 - Committee Stage (resumed), to be taken at 7.10 p.m.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-06-27/10/
27 Jun 2018 - Senator Gallagher has alluded to the size of mobile devices....devices in schools, which is what the Bill before the House seeks to achieve....We often talk about delivering education on technology....Such education needs to be included in the school curriculum. It needs to be taught in school....If students and parents were educated to use such devices smartly, it would make life easier for everyone
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-06-27/10/
27 Jun 2018 - having a conversation in this country about digital devices and the harmful effects of the overuse of...I acknowledge everyone who started this conversation about the overuse of digital devices in schools...They have taken a sensible approach to the use of digital devices and they have been flexible in that...devices, school bullying and other issues....Senator Boyhan mentioned educating, not only children, but us adults as well, about the potential harmful
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Debate: Select Committee On Business, Enterprise And Innovation
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_business_enterprise_and_innovation/2018-05-09/2/
9 May 2018 - Chairman The Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2018 was referred to the select committee by Order...of the Dáil on 28 March 2018....off their mobile phones or switch their phones to airplane, safe or flight mode, depending on their device...It is intended that we will consider this Bill until we conclude Committee Stage. Is that agreed?
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-03-29/22/
29 Mar 2018 - Provision of Objective Sex Education Bill 2018: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-09-07/300/
7 Sep 2018 - of schools through capitation and ancillary funding....The Deputy will be aware that Budget 2018 marked the second year of major reinvestment in the education...In 2018, the budget for the Department of Education increased by €554 million to over €10 billion....Through budget 2017 and Budget 2018, we are now investing €1 billion more in education....The parent and charter bill will provide for parents to be provided better information including in relation
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-02-27/10/
27 Feb 2018 - We must strike a balance which provides adequate protection for our children, who are defined in the Bill...18 years of age, albeit we are speaking in this particular instance of the age of consent, which the Bill...device can access information from any corner of the world....That information can be good, as we all know, and educational, but it can also be devastating....I agree with some speakers that the Bill is about data protection, but it is also the case that we very
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-06-26/186/
26 Jun 2018 - Minister for Education and Skills A new specification for Leaving Certificate Politics and Society...The first examination in Leaving Certificate Politics and Society took place on 20 June, 2018....The introduction of the specification was part of the Department of Education and Skills commemoration...of 1916 and its commitment to education for sustainable development....express their interest in providing Politics and Society as an option for their students from September 2018
