Conor Quinn

Intent: Measures to alleviate the issue

Details: Lack of Substitute Teachers

Intent: A foreward from Minister Bruton for Accenture's Girls in STEM Report 2017 and his attendance at the launch of the report.

Details: Request to Minister Richard Bruton TD to provide a foreward to Accenture's Girls in STEM Report 2017 and an invitation to attend at the launch of the report.

Intent: The implementation of reform of both Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate curriculums in order to move away from an undue emphasis on rote learning, towards a more holistic education experience::Ensure commitment to a sustainable funding model to underpin a world class further and higher education system, particularly through an effective student fees and income-contingent loan system::The improvement of employability skills in further and higher education through more state funding with demonstrable links to employment::The reform of the National Training Fund (NTF) through a detailed cost-benefit analysis of all programmes supported by the NTF::Ensure commitment to address the education policy implementation deficit through continued engaging in the Action Plan for Education (2016-2020) process::The use of administrative data to produce meaningful and timely information on education outcomes.

Details: Business priorities for Education and Skills portfolio, following Cabinet-reshuffle.

Intent: Ensure understanding of the priorities of business in its call for greater diversification of funding streams to fund infrastructure delivery::Ensure support for business call for the ringfencing of corporate tax revenues for investment in higher education::Ensure understanding of business concern that raising carbon tax or excise duty may choke-off economic activity rather than encourage fuel switching or modal shifts::Ensure agreement that Science Foundation Ireland’s investment in research centres is key to delivering in areas of strategic importance to Irish business::Ensure understanding of the benefits of ringfencing corporation tax gains for infrastructure investment projects::Ensure political support for North-South Interconnector.

Details: Business priorities for the economy, infrastructure delivery, investment in education, low-carbon pathways, science research centres, and the North-South Interconnector

Intent: To understand the Department's priorities ahead of the 2018 Action Plan for Education and share any relevant American Chamber perspectives.

Details: Education Priorities

Intent: Secure a fact based study of the issue to inform policy making and recognition that resources not religion is the real issue

Details: Role of Religion in Admissions

Intent: Oppose an increase in the National Training Fund employer levy over the next three years::Secure commitment to advancing the state, student and employer contributions to Higher Education and Further Education in tandem::Achieve reform of NTF to maximise impact and increase employer engagement

Details: National Training Fund employer levy

Intent: Parity of criteria for minority faith schools to apply to Catholic primary schools

Details: Admissions bill and proposed criteria for Catholic schools

Intent: Understand the process and explain the facts of school admissions to policy makers

Details: Consultation on the role of religion in Admissions

Intent: Inform Oireachtas members about our work as a children and family organisation which included a seminar on admissions, a submission along with other childrens rights groups to a public consultation process, a press release on newly release census figures, newly published research into what parents think of schools and equality.

Details: Seminar on education policy, a submission to the Department of Education and Skills public consultation, information on newly released census statistics, newly published EQUATE research