Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

I refer to three items of legislation. First, the student support Bill which passed on Second Stage this month last year. The reason for the delay in its re-introduction to the House is, we are told by the Minister for Education and Science, that there are certain amendments he wishes to be made. Have these amendments been passed by the Cabinet? I refer to third level fees which are on the boil, but we have yet to be told whether a memorandum has been brought to Government. Two primary schools in north Dublin, completing their first year at the end of this month, have no legal basis on which to function because the legislation to provide for the VECs to become a patron at primary school level has not been introduced.

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