77 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the investigation being carried out into an allegation that a member of the Naval Service was supplying information on patrol vessel movements to drug smugglers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Defence the number of patrolling days undertaken by Naval Service vessels in each year from 2005 to 2009 and the planned number for 2010; if he has had discussions with the fishing industry or the customs authority regarding the implications for fishery protection and drug smuggling preventative measures for the planned reduction in patrolling days; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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961 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will allow students who have spent the current academic year participating in an access course at a higher education institution to be viewed as continuing students and not as new applicants for the back to education allowance to ensure that they can remain eligible for the higher education maintenance grant in addition to the back to education allowance payment in autumn 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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940 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 666 of 9 February 2010 and the correspondence sent to her office (details supplied), if she will provide the information requested; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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924 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Confucius Institute in UCD has co-operated with a number of secondary schools in making provision for the teaching of Mandarin to Irish students who wish to learn it outside of school hours; if her further attention has been drawn to the growing demand for Mandarin courses to be taught in the secondary school system and if, in the context of improving our relations with the People’s Republic of China, she will provide for the introduction of Mandarin as a leaving certificate subject; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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923 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science her views on the establishment of a national forum on patronage in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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922 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science further to her recent speech at the Irish National Teachers Organisation Conference in Ennis, County Clare, on 7 April 2010, if she will outline the measures she will take to alleviate the shortage of middle management positions in schools; when these measures will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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921 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number of advisers appointed to her Department since her recent appointment; their names; the job title and job descriptions of all her advisers; the salary of each of her advisers; the number of these advisers employed during her previous appointment as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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920 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if the drafting of amendments to the Student Support Bill, which has completed Second Stage, have been completed; when the amendments will be published to enable the taking of the Committee Stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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919 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science her plans to bring forward legislation to put the pilot vocational educational committee community national school model on a statutory basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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918 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number of schools that have two teachers and the number of schools that have three teachers in respect of the 3,300 primary schools, including specialist primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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916 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number, condition and size of the stock of post-primary school buildings here; if an assessment of the utilisation of all those post-primary schools with a view to ensuring the maximisation of all resources has been undertaken; if she has a conditions and needs requirement in terms of maintenance of those schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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915 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number, condition and size of all primary school buildings here; if an assessment has been carried out of the utilisation of all those primary schools with a view to ensuring the maximisation of all resources; if she has a conditions and needs requirement in terms of maintenance of those schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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903 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will publish a copy of the review conducted by the National Council for Special Education into the allocation of special needs assistants in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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917 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science further to the announcement made at the Irish National Teachers Organisation conference in Ennis, County Clare, on Wednesday 7 April 2010, her plans to arrange for the granting of bonus points in the leaving certificate examinations for students who take honours mathematics; the year the change will come into operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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890 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 14 of 4 March 2010 if her officials will forward the list of 790 schools that have annual rental costs for temporary prefabricated accommodation; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it is more than four weeks since the information was first promised; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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880 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 25 March 2010, the reason there are an additional five marks awarded for correctly answering a question under the new project maths sample paper compared to the same question asked in the 2005 ordinary level leaving certificate maths exam (details supplied); her views on whether that this is a case of grade inflation in the new syllabus; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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879 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 25 March 2010, if her attention has been drawn to concerns from an organisation (details supplied) about the proposed introduction of the project maths syllabus into the senior cycle in secondary schools from September 2010; if she has considered that it may be premature to make senior cycle students study a new syllabus when they lack the required skills in view of the fact that they will have studied the old maths syllabus at junior cycle; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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878 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will instruct the National Council for Special Education to cease the cost cutting review of special needs assistants; her views on the harmful impacts that these cutbacks will have on children with special educational needs; if she will examine the case of a school (details suppled) in Dublin 4 that is at risk of losing three teachers and five special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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571 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the disruption at the Garda National Immigration Bureau; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that a green card holder who was due to have their permit renewed has had to have a stamp 1 issued instead due to industrial action, that this person will have to renew their visa in four months time as a result, pay a further €150 in fees and miss a second day of paid employment as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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257 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on altering the cut off age for children who wish to avail of the early childhood care and education scheme from 30 June to 31 August in order that the minimum age requirement is three years and two months; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the current requirement prevents children who are born in the months of July and August from availing of the ECCE scheme and then proceeding to immediately enter primary school thereafter; if her further attention has been drawn to the fact that the cost of this change would effectively be cost neutral; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science her views on reversing the cutbacks to traveller education centres around the country; if she will examine the work done at one of these centres (details supplied) run by the County of Dublin Vocational Education Committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the means by which literacy rates among second level pupils are measured by her Department; the supports that exist for students at second level experiencing literacy difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the amount allocated by her Department for literacy initiatives and teaching at primary level; the amount allocated for literacy in DEIS schools at second level; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the cost of enabling all schools to offer transition year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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206 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will instruct third level institutions to permit students to pay the registration fee of €1,500 in two tranches, instead of in full at the beginning of the academic year in view of the economic hardship being experienced by many families; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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193 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the cost of reducing the staffing schedule for all primary pupils from junior infants to first class inclusive to 20:1; the number of extra teachers that will need to be employed to meet this schedule; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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443 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the list of all proposals in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure relating to her Department or to bodies or agencies under her remit which have been implemented to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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442 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if the Secretary General of her Department will become the Accountancy Officer for FÁS and become accountable to the Committee of Public Accounts and the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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441 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the steps which will be taken to transfer the funding for the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation; the amount of funding provided for the PRLTI in this year’s Book of Estimates; the number of staff, that will be transferred with the allocation of responsibility for this programme from her Department to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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422 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the reason there is only a two week period when secondary school teachers can apply to her Department for the cycle to work tax relief scheme; if she will instruct her officials to extend the period for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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411 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if there are any scholarships or funds available which would help a person (details supplied) to pursue a university education in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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408 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if there are scholarships or funds available which would help a person (details supplied) to pursue a university education in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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399 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the list of all proposals in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure relating to his Department or to bodies or agencies under his remit which have been implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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374 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the list of all proposals in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure relating to his Department or to bodies or agencies under his remit which have been implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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371 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the list of all proposals in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure relating to his Department or to bodies or agencies under his remit which have been implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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357 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Defence the list of all proposals in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure relating to his Department or to bodies or agencies under his remit which have been implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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354 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the list of all proposals in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure relating to his Department or to bodies or agencies under its remit which have been implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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353 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of civil servants and the number of public servants currently responsible for the community services programme of FÁS who will now be transferred to his Department; if he will state the office in which they will be located and the size of the budget as set out in the Estimates for 2010 for which they will have responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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311 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the list of all proposals in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure relating to his Department or to bodies or agencies under his remit which have been implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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304 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the list of all proposals in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure relating to her Department or to bodies or agencies under her remit which have been implemented to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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302 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the list of all proposals in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure relating to his Department or to bodies or agencies under his remit which have been implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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281 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the list of all proposals in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure relating to his Department or to bodies or agencies under his remit which have been implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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265 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Transport the list of all proposals in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure relating to his Department or to bodies or agencies under his remit which have been implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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241 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Health and Children the list of all proposals in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure relating to her Department or to bodies or agencies under her remit which have been implemented to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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240 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost of training one general practitioner, broken down according to cost of undergraduate medical training, and post-graduate GP training; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost of training one general practitioner, broken down according to cost of undergraduate medical training, and postgraduate GP training; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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178 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Finance the list of all proposals in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure relating to his Department or to bodies or agencies under his remit which have been implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the list of all proposals in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure relating to his Department or to bodies or agencies under his remit which have been implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Secretary General of his Department will be the Accounting Officer for purposes of reporting to the Committee of Public Accounts and the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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