Appendix 3
Joint Committee on Education and Science
Extract from the Minutes of the Joint Committee
Wednesday 31 May 2006
1.The Joint Committee met at 11:40 a.m. in Committee Room 2 LH2000.
2.Attendance
The following members were present:-
Deputies: Michael Moynihan (in the Chair), Seán Crowe, Damien English, Olwyn Enright, Paul Gogarty, Thomas McEllistrim and Jan O’Sullivan
Senators: Ulick Burke and Liam Fitzgerald.
7Draft Report on Adult Literacy in Ireland
The Chairman brought forward the Draft Report.
Section 1: Introduction. |
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Paragraph 1.1 to 1.7 |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 1.7 |
renumber to 1.8 and re-number the following paragraphs accordingly agreed to |
Paragraph 1.8 |
agreed to |
Section 2: Adult Literacy in Ireland |
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Section 2.1 The Nature of the Problem |
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Paragraph 2.1.1 to 2.1.17 |
agreed to. |
Section 2.2 Early Issues and Policy Development |
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Paragraph 2.2.1 to 2.2.12 |
agreed to. |
Section 2.3 Expansion of the Adult Literacy Service and Current Position |
Paragraph 2.3.1 to 2.3.3 - |
agreed to. |
Section 3: Planning |
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Paragraph 3.1 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 1 |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 3.2 to 3.3 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 2 |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 3.4 to 3.10 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 3 |
agreed to. |
Paragraphs 3.11 to 3.12 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 4 |
agreed to. |
Paragraphs 3.13 to 3.15 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 5 |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 3.16 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 6 |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 3.17 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 7 |
agreed to. |
Section 4: Structures and Organisations |
Paragraph 4.1 to 4.7 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 8 |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 4.8 to 4.9 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 9 |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 4.10 |
agreed to. |
Section 4: Staffing |
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Paragraph 5.1 to 5.5 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 10 |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 5.6 to 5.7 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 11 |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 5.8 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 12 |
agreed to. |
Section 6: Literacy Initiatives |
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Paragraph 6.1 to 6.7 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 13 |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 6.8 to 6.10 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 14 |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 6.11 to 6.12 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 15 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 16 |
agreed to. |
Paragraphs Other Initiatives and Family Literacy amalgamate and rename |
paragraph 6.13 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 17 |
agreed to. |
New Paragraph 6.14 to read ‘Other important recommendations received by the Joint Committee are:’ |
agreed to. |
Paragraphs Travellers |
agreed to. |
New Paragraph 6.14 to read ‘Other important recommendations received by the Joint Committee are:’ |
agreed to. |
Paragraphs Travellers |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 18 |
agreed to. |
Paragraph People with Dyslexia or Other Specific Learning Difficulties |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 19 |
agreed to. |
Paragraph Teaching Methods |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 20 |
agreed to. |
Section 7: Supporting Access to the Adult Literacy and Numeracy Service |
Paragraph 7.1 to 7.4 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 21 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 22 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 23 |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 7.5 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 24 |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 7.6 to 7.7 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 25 |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 7.8 to 7.9 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 26 |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 7.10 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 27 |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 7.11 |
agreed to. |
Recommendation 28 |
agreed to. |
Annex I: Analysis of Submissions |
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Introduction |
agreed to. |
Part A: responses to the Joint Committee’s Six Issues Issue 1: Prioritisation |
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Paragraph 1 to 2 |
agreed to. |
Issue 2: Innovative Approaches |
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Paragraph 3 to 7 |
agreed to. |
Issue 3: Referral |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 8 to 13 |
agreed to. |
Issue 4: Target Groups |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 14 to 17 |
agreed to. |
Issue 5: Workplace Literacy |
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Paragraph 18 |
agreed to. |
Issue 6: Supports |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 19 to 24 |
agreed to. |
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PART B: Priorities Additional to Those Invited by the Joint Committee |
Paragraph 1 to 5 |
agreed to. |
Annex II International Adult Literacy Survey: Summary Results |
agreed to. |
Annex III(a) Organisations and Individuals who made Written Submissions to the Joint Committee |
agreed to. |
Annex III(b): Organisations and Individuals who made oral submissions to the Joint Committee. |
agreed to. |
References |
agreed to. |
Executive Summary |
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Paragraph 1 to 13 |
agreed to. |
New Paragraph 14 to read ‘ The Joint Committee also recommends emphasis and resources be given to a dedicated family literacy budget for the country’ and renumber following paragraphs accordingly. |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 14 Delete from ‘the Joint Committee … to ‘for the country’ and include ‘Resources are also needed for the’ |
agreed to. |
Paragraph 15 to 21 |
agreed to. |
Replacement of paragraph entitled Acknowledgements by the following paragraph entitled Foreword
‘In accordance with its Orders of Reference, the Joint Committee on Education and Science agreed to seek submissions regarding Adult Literacy with a view to the preparation of a Report. The Committee invited submissions from the public and also heard oral presentations on the matter. This report also builds on the report produced by the Joint Committee on Education and Science of the 28th Dáil. The Committee hopes that this report, which contains twenty-eight recommendations for the future development of this important sector of the Irish educational system, will contribute to the continuing debate on Adult Literacy in Ireland.
The Joint Committee would like to acknowledge the contribution to this report made by the many individuals and organisations who responded to the public advertisement placed by the Joint Committee. The contribution of those who subsequently made oral submissions is also acknowledged. In the course of their work, the consultants who assisted the Joint Committee in the preparation of the report, conducted several interviews and received information from a number of other sources. The Joint Committee would also like to thank those individuals and organisations.
The Committee is indebted to the two consultants on this project, Mr. Jim Dorgan, of Curtin Dorgan Associates and Ms Elizabeth McSkeane , who assisted the committee in the production of this report and would like to put on the record its appreciation of the professional and efficient work done by them on this report.
The Joint Committee requests that its recommendations in relation to this issue are taken on board and recommends that it would invite the Minister for Education and Science or the Secretary-General of the Department of Education and Science to attend a meeting of the committee, in six months time, to report to the Committee on the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the Committee in this report.’
agreed to.
The following appendices were agreed to :
•Membership of the Committee,
•Orders of Reference of the Committee
•Extract from the proceedings of the committee
Inclusion of four additional references to the references page and references included on relevant pages. agreed to.
Ordered : To report accordingly.
Ordered : That the report be printed and published.
9. Adjournment
There being no other business, the Joint Committee adjourned at 12:10p.m. until 28 June 2006 at 10:15 a.m.
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