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Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 383: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the current curriculum in schools at primary level and schools at secondary level for the teaching of computer technology and information technology; when this curriculum was drawn up; when it was last revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19095/12]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 384: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of time in a school week that students in primary schools should be taught how to use computers and broader issues regarding information technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19096/12]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 385: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the findings of a recent EuroStat study which shows that Irish persons between the ages of 16-24 years are less likely than the average European person of that age to have the skills to carry out basic computer functions such as calculating information on spreadsheets; his views on whether this highlights a need to...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 386: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding he provides for the provision of computers in both primary and secondary schools here; the amount provided for same in 2012 and in each of the years from 2002 to 2011; if he will provide a breakdown of this funding for primary schools and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19098/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 387: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the data available to him regarding the number of Irish primary schools and Irish secondary schools that have received funding for computers from his Department; the number of schools here that currently do not have access to computers for their students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19099/12]

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 388: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give consideration to having computer technology as a subject for State examinations here; his plans to bring this about; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19100/12]

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 390: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had any discussions with technology, computer or internet companies regarding the teaching of computer science and information technology here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19102/12]

Written Answers — Computer Science: Computer Science (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 389: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has any discussions at a European level and at the European Council of Education Ministers on the issue of the teaching of computer science and information technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19101/12]

Written Answers — Computer Science: Computer Science (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 391: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of study of computer science and information technology Irish primary school teachers in Irish teacher training colleges receive; and if his Department has a requirement in relation to this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19103/12]

Written Answers — Museum Exhibits: Museum Exhibits (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 716: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will detail the current location of the bell and the wheel of the Asgard II which were recovered from the sunken ship and which are now in the possession of the State; if he will examine the feasibility of locating these objects in Arklow, County Wicklow where they originated; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 724: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a voluntary organisation (details supplied) is eligible for any funding or financial grant from his Department or from any funding organisation supported by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19533/12]

Written Answers — Local Government Charges: Local Government Charges (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 786: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will examine the possibility of re-opening the option for persons to pay the household charge in instalments in view of the fact that some households did not receive any information regarding the charge of the payment options before 1 March deadline had passed; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 824: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to reform the current retention planning legislation which frequently allows dwellings to be constructed and activities carried out which negatively impact adjoining landowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18132/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 846: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria applied in assessing whether an estate qualifies as an unfinished housing estate for the purposes of the household charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18423/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 845: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the basis of the decision to exclude persons in local authority housing from the liability for the household charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18421/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 868: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason only one PPS number is required to register a property with multiple owners for the household charge; the safeguards in place to ensure that the rights of the other owners of the property to pay the charge in coming years will also be recognised; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 917: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has been empowered to access the bank accounts of those households who have registered their households with direct debit details for the payment of the household charge for any additional payments which may be required in future years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19234/12]

Written Answers — Prison Service: Prison Service (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 942: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a practice (details supplied) taking place at Wheatfield Prison, Dublin; if this policy is replicated in any other Irish prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17702/12]

Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 1095: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 1,500 acre Millennium Forest will be exempt from any potential sale of Coillite to private investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18308/12]

Written Answers — Poultry Industry: Poultry Industry (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 1108: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant aid available to farmers involved in poultry egg production here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18412/12]