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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (10 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 30: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the annual cost to the State of running the Irish embassies in Iran and the Vatican; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33706/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (10 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 31: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown of the cost per annum of running the Irish embassies in Iran and the Vatican; if he is contemplating closing other overseas missions aside from the three announced last week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33707/11]

Written Answers — Fiscal Advisory Council: Fiscal Advisory Council (15 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the significant error on page 34 of the original version of the Fiscal Assessment Report published by the Fiscal Advisory Council on 12 October 2011; the initial lack of transparency the council displayed in correcting this error; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33036/11]

Written Answers — Fiscal Advisory Council: Fiscal Advisory Council (15 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the contention by the Fiscal Advisory Council in the most recent version of its Fiscal Assessment Report that a 1.8% deficit reduction following €20 billion worth of austerity measures illustrates that austerity measures are working to reduce the deficit; if he will acknowledge that the report in fact illustrates that austerity is...

Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle - is that what you are called?

Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I hope there are more people in the Hungarian Parliament than there are here. Does the Minister not think the metro north would have been a major positive investment for the State? It would have been a great move on the part of the Government for a number of reasons. The Minister said that €1.6 million would be spent on water between now and 2016.

Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Sorry, €1.6 billion. I hope the money will first be spent on fixing the pipes, given that 45% of treated water in Dublin city is lost through leakage. To fix those pipes would be labour-intensive and create a lot of employment. It would also be a good investment for the State. I hope the Government does not spend too much money on putting in water meters just to make the water saleable....

Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his view that any increase in the pupil teacher ratio at second level will seriously impact on the career and study options of our young persons and could mean that thousands of students will miss out on science education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34847/11]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I am sure the Minister is aware that if there are cuts to teacher numbers and the pupil-teacher ratio goes up, this means more kids in classrooms in primary schools, but at secondary level it sometimes means that schools need to cut subjects. One school in Dublin has had to drop its honours maths teacher and its art teacher. Whatever way one looks at it, it seems a retrograde step to make...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: The Minister skipped the question on history, which is of interest.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Can I ask the Minister how interested he is in the subject of history? History has been an undervalued subject in Ireland, and given that history is the story of men and women and teaches us where we came from, who we are and where we are supposed to be going-----

Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I am pleased to hear that. It is very good and I am impressed.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: There is a perception that history does not make money so there is less interest in investing in it. If the likes of George Bush and Tony Blair knew a little more about history, they might not have wasted ten years in Iraq and as many years in Afghanistan.

Mental Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: There seems to be a broad consensus that mental health provision deserves special attention and should not be neglected. The Minister's speech and that of the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, set out the Government's position quite clearly. The Minister of State observed: The State has an obligation to its citizens to mind them and ensure, in as far as it is possible, they are...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (16 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that a decrease in teacher numbers at second level would result in a reduction in the number of subjects available to students, prevent many students form reaching their full potential, and is particularly unfeasible in the current climate in view of the anticipated 10% increase in the student population; and if...

Order of Business (17 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I congratulate the Irish soccer team and management on qualifying for the European championships. I am sure it will be-----

Order of Business (17 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: It will be a great break for the people who are suffering from the austerity measures. Given that there will probably be a six week recess at some stage next summer, would the Tánaiste consider arranging two weeks of it to coincide with the first two weeks of the soccer?

Order of Business (17 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: Not extend it; reorganise it.

Order of Business (17 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I asked for the time to be reorganised.

Payments to Bondholders (17 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: I commend Deputy McCarthy for raising the previous matter. I wish I was at the mercy of NAMA rather than the ACC.