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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (22 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: 1363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students at leaving certificate level who have received exemptions from Irish; and the reason they received exemptions. [32328/15]

Public Transport Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for allowing me to speak at short notice. As a Dublin Deputy, the Minister knows the importance of improving our public transport system for the working of the city and surrounding towns, as well as for the general good of the country. Improving our public transport system does not solely involve making life easier for people in Dublin; it also involves...

Public Transport Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: I wonder does the Minister mean per hour rather than per day. He said it is per day.

Public Transport Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: Would the Minister like to speak about the route?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: The Comptroller and Auditor General referred to sanction. What type of sanction would be applied?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: Will the issues relating to the National College of Art and Design be included? There are quite a number of issues to be sorted out.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: On this issue, I do not want to speak for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform but from listening to him talk on many occasions about divvying up money between Departments, my impression is that the health sector is the one where it is most difficult to feel that extra money will go to some useful purpose. It is an area we should focus on. It may seem odd for a Labour Party Deputy...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: Which institution are we talking about?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: Is it the case that the third item will be dealt with at 2 p.m?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: I have other demands.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: The Chairman will excuse me if I leave and return.

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: Chairman, in the plagiarism case, did the individual concerned get a degree, be it a primary or post-primary degree?

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: Did it affect the standing of the degree after the inquiry?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2014 (24 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: I welcome everybody here. I am sorry that they are still here at 2.30 p.m. I will try to be as quick as I can. I would like to ask a general question about how the HSE-----

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2014 (24 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: Sorry, the HEA. My apologies. We were talking about the HSE earlier on. My question relates to how the HEA disburses funds to the traditional universities, the institutes of technology and other institutions.

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2014 (24 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: Do those funds go into a central pot in each university or institute of technology to be disbursed within the relevant institution?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2014 (24 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: Does that include staff wages as well?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2014 (24 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: Okay. Does it include funding for research as well, or does that come from other sources? Perhaps it is a mixture of the two.

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2014 (24 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: Would that relate to the point that non-State grant income increased by €3.8 million between 2013 and 2014? It increased from just over €19.5 million to almost €23.5 million. Does what Mr. Boland is talking about relate to that as well?

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2014 (24 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: So it could be European.