Committee Reports::Annual Report of the Joint Committee on Education and Science, 2005::28 June, 2006::Appendix

APPENDIX 3

MEETINGS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE

Meeting Number


Date


Topic


60

13/01/2005

Meeting with representatives of the Union of Secondary School Students to discuss the work of the Union of Secondary School Students and related issues


61

27/01/2005

Meeting with representatives of AONTAS - the National Association of Adult Education - and the Department of Education and Science to discuss developments in the area of adult education and related issues

62

10/02/2005

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals.


Meeting with representatives of Léargas, the Department of Education and Science and the Higher Education Authority to discuss


COM (2004) 471 - Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council creating the “YOUTH IN ACTION” programme for the period 2007-2013


COM (2004)474 - Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an integrated action programme in the field of lifelong learning


63

24/02/2005

Meeting with representatives of the National Children’s Office and the Department of Education and Science to discuss the issue of play in schools


64


10/03/2005


Meeting with representatives of the Parents Council Primary and Parents Council Post Primary to discuss aid for schoolbooks grant and other student support schemes


65


24/03/2005


Meeting with representatives of the TUI, ASTI and INTO to discuss the promotion of excellence and the measurement of achievement in education and how the agencies of the State can intervene to assist teachers


66


07/04/2005


Private Meeting


67


21/04/2005


Meeting with representatives of the Education Special Interest Group of the Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapists to discuss the arts therapies in education


68


05/05/2005


Meeting with representatives of the Transferable Skills Project Office to discuss the report entitled The hidden value of higher education learning: transferable skills and their importance for graduates of modern language programmes.


69


12/05/2005


Discussion with Mr. Timothy O’Rourke Re: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005


70


17/05/2005


Consideration of the Draft Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000 (Section 5) (Specified Period) Order as referred by Dáil Eireann and Seanad Eireann


71


19/05/2005


Private Meeting


72


31/05/2005


Meeting with representatives of the Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt


73


15/06/2005


Private Meeting


74


30/06/2005


Meeting with representatives of the Church of Ireland Board of Education, Educate Together, Gaelscoileanna, National Association of Boards of Management In Special Education Schools, National Parents Council (Primary) and Irish National Teachers Organisation to discuss current and future developments with regard to boards of management of primary schools


75


07/07/2005


Meeting with representatives of the Department of Education and Science to discuss Com (2004) 317 Recognition of Professional Qualificataions


76


07/09/2005


Meeting with representatives of the Dublin Adult Learning Centre, National Adult Literacy Agency,ADM (Area Development Management Ltd),County Dublin Vocational Education Committee,City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee,County Clare VEC and Clare Youth Service,County Donegal VEC,Department of Psychiatry of Old Age - Northern Area Health Board, HSE,Co Galway VEC - West Galway Adult Literacy Service,Breacadh,Adult Literacy Organisers Association (ALOA),Adult Education Officers Association,Irish Vocational Education Association, Co Louth VEC,Co Wicklow VEC to discuss Adult Literacy


77


08/09/2005


Meeting with representatives of Local Authority National Partnership Advisory Group (LANPAG),Return to Learning — Dublin City Council,Church of Scientology Mission of Dublin, Neuron Learning Ltd, Exchange House Travellers Service, Dyslexia Association of Ireland, The Career Path for Dyslexia, WITH/Cúram, The Bray Adult Education Network, Soilse, Health Promotion Service of the HSE -Northern Area, Dublin Community Television (DCTV) - Adult Education Thematic Content Group, City of Limerick VEC Adult Literacy Service to discuss Adult Literacy


78


22/09/2005


Meeting with representatives of the Catholic Primary School Managers’Association(CPSMA), the Irish Primary Principals’ Network and an Foras Pátrúnachta na Scoileanna LánGhaeilge Teo to discuss current and future developments with regard to boards of management of primary schools


79


29/09/2005


Meeting with Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science, Deputy Síle de Valera, to discuss school transport


80


06/10/2005


Private Meeting


81


20/10/2005


Meeting with officials from the Department of Education and Science to discuss:


(a) current and future developments with regard to boards of management of primary schools.


(b) career opportunities at second level for recent graduates, including over and under supply of graduates in particular subject areas and recruitment processes and procedures


82


03/11/2005


Meeting with officials from the Department of Education and Science to discuss the classification of schools as disadvantaged and additional funding schemes available to schools


83


17/11/2005


Discussion with British Irish Interparliamentary Body on their report entitled ‘Enquiry into special needs educational provision in Britain and Ireland, with special reference to autism’


84


01/12/2005


Meeting with representatives of the National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) to discuss the Rollout of the NEWB National Service


85


15/12/2005


Discussion on the rollout of Broadband Technologies in schools with representatives from the National Centre for Technology in Education and the Department of Education and Science