Vol 28 No.6 - May 2006 - TUI

Referred Motions16 Dun LaoghaireCongress directs TUI to negotiate a PTRof not more than 10:1 where there are morethan 50% of the class non nationals andwhere English is not the spoken languagein their homes.Result Referred120 Dublin CollegesCongress directs the Executive thatapprenticeships be placed at level 7 in theNational Qualifications Framework.Result Referred80 Sligo CollegesCongress requests the Executive to negotiatean increase in the number of Senior Lecturer(SL1) Teaching Posts to a ratio of 1:5(1 SL1 for every 5 Whole time EquivalentTeaching Post).Result Referred63 Galway-Mayo ITCongress instructs the Executive to negotiatea weighting factor for timetabled hourstaught on Degree programmes and TaughtMaster’s programmes.Result Referred113 Tipperary NRDespite the introduction of the NationalEducation Welfare Board, absenteeismamong students has become a growingproblem in schools.Congress calls on the DES (ExaminationCommission) to investigate the possibilityof crediting attendance for examinationpurposes at both Junior and LeavingCertificate, which would determine the datewhen a student could sit an examination.if he/she has not attended school for arequired minimum period.In future a student would be required to havestudied each subject for a minimum requiredlength of time.This Congress instructs the ExecutiveCommittee to follow up on this motionwithout delay.Result Referred166 Co. WicklowThat Congress demands the Executivenegotiate with the DES to provide thenecessary resources to comply with thequality assurance provisions recently devisedby FETAC.Result Referred284 Co MayoCongress instructs the executive Committeeto seek to establish that all service at PostPrimary level counts for seniority purposes,in the calculation of seniority for promotionalpurposes across the entire Post primarysector.Result Referred296 Dun Laoghaire/Dublin City PP/Co. LouthCongress directs TUI to issue directives toteachers working in technical areas (suchas ICT, Science Related subjects etc) not tocarry out the duties of a technician and toseek to have such technicians appointed bythe DES to all schools immediately.Result ReferredGoldsmith InternationalLiterary FestivalThis year’s Goldsmith International LiteraryFestival takes place as usual over the Junebank holiday weekend from June 1st - June4th. This years theme is “where wealthaccumulates and men decay”, an assessmentof the 21st century tiger economy.The Goldsmith festival has long been notedas a unique social, cultural and literary eventand this year features an outstanding arrayof informed, sometimes provocative andalways entertaining contributors. On FridayJune 2nd, under the chairmanship of PaulMcGrath TD, the official opening will beperformed by Fr. Peter McVerry, one ofIreland’s foremost champions of those onthe margins of Irish society.Then the Minister for Finance, Brian CowenTD, and Labour party Spokesperson onSocial and Family Affairs will debate thisyears theme. This will be followed by a paneldiscussion and finally musical entertainment.Saturdays events commence in the BogLane Theatre in Ballymahon, Co. Longfordwhere Kieran Allen of UCD and ConstantinGurdgiev of TCD will continue the debatefolowed by a lecture entitled, “Goldsmiththe Radical” by Athlone HistorianDr. Paddy Murray. A literary tour ofGoldsmith Country commencing at 2.30is followed by an evening of musicalentertainment in the famous “Three JollyPigeons” pub in Tang, near Athlone.The Festival ends on Sunday with poetryreadings from competitors in the GoldsmithInternational Poetry Competition, which thisyear attracted a huge entry. Renowned PoetsNoel Monahan and John F. Deane will alsoread from their works.Further information on this unique event,held in Goldsmith Country in the heart ofIreland, can be had from:Ann Tully, secretary Tel: 043 71448or fromArthur Conlon, PRO Tel: 086 8716763or goldsmithfestival@eircom.net