Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

I wish to ask about three items of educational legislative business. The first is the Education (Amendment) Bill, which gives a legal statutory basis for the community VEC primary schools which have now been in operation for three years. Second Stage of the Bill has been postponed indefinitely, as far as I can see. Second, we will debate the amendments, three years later, of the Student Support Bill. Third, the Bill promising the abolition of NUI and the merging of FETAC, HTAC and the NQA has been promised. Perhaps the Tánaiste could indicate where are in terms of timetables on the Bills. Is it the intention to have them completed before the general election?

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