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Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 1283: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the facilities on Dublin's northside which can provide second-level education opportunities for children in the autistic spectrum; if there are discussions ongoing to develop additional services on the campus of ordinary schools in order that the education provision will be more integrated into the mainstream; and the progress...

Written Answers — Education Schemes: Education Schemes (27 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 1304: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if approval for home tuition will be issued for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [29017/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (27 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 1339: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on correspondence she received (details supplied) regarding the intended use for a site at Rathcoole, County Dublin; if, in her response, she will deal with the queries that have been made from landowners in the adjacent property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29340/06]

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (27 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 1400: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for the development of the further education sector; the recommendations in the McIver Report which have been implemented and those which remain to be implemented; and if she has decided on an implementation strategy for the remaining recommendations. [29770/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Records: Departmental Records (27 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 1459: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which a discrepancy arose in the figures which he published for housing completions in 2005; the length of time this source of inaccuracy has been present; and the changes he is making for future methods of calculation. [28326/06]

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: On a point of order, surely the leaders of the Opposition parties deserve proper answers to questions they have put, rather than the smug, self-serving answers we have heard.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: We were lectured on the importance of the Houses of the Oireachtas being the place where accountability should occur. The Tánaiste then comes to the House and fails to answer any of the questions that were put to him. The Progressive Democrats has abandoned all semblance of responsibility.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: A debate was promised on radio this morning by the deputy leader of the Progressive Democrats but the leader of the party comes into the House and denies it.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: It was a pleasure to be in the Tánaiste's company.

Business of Dáil: Motion (28 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: The point of the discussion this morning was that an opportunity should be provided to ensure accountability, which would involve questions and answers. There are issues that must be answered directly by way of responses to supplementary questions. Therefore, a motion that did not make provision for Members of the House to ask the Taoiseach direct questions and get a reply to them is not...

Dublin Transport Authority. (28 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Transport when a Dublin transport authority will be established. [29711/06]

Written Answers — Rail Safety: Rail Safety (28 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he intends to take following the publication of the report on the collapse of the Cahir viaduct. [29710/06]

Allocation of Time: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Richard Bruton: On a point of order, there has been some confusion in the House as to whether the Taoiseach will provide a script. It would be useful for Deputies to have a clear understanding of what is being said rather than a misunderstanding or misinterpretation.

Allocation of Time: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Richard Bruton: It would be helpful.

Allocation of Time: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Richard Bruton: It is important that the questions people want to put be put accurately and succinctly.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)

Richard Bruton: The Taoiseach said, when his friends approached him about having a private function for him, that it would be wrong. He also said, when they suggested they would give him a gift, that it would be wrong. Why then, when it came to Manchester and this private function, was it a gift and apparently right? How did this change come about? A matter on which the Taoiseach had been very firm with...

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)

Richard Bruton: That is what it did.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)

Richard Bruton: In 1996, the Taoiseach, speaking after the McCracken tribunal report, said that the public is entitled to have absolute guarantee of the financial probity and integrity of their elected representatives, their officials, and above all their Ministers. They need to know that they are under financial obligations to nobody other than public lending institutions, except to the extent that they...

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)

Richard Bruton: There is no way in which these words could be interpreted in the manner in which the Taoiseach is now interpreting them.