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Special Educational Needs. (5 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will meet the Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists to establish a national working group to address issues regarding speech and language impairment; the co-operation and interaction between her Department and the Department of Education and Science; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19707/08]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (5 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Bacon Report on physiotherapy will be fully implemented that is the filling of vacant posts in the health services as the recommendation in relation to training of physiotherapists has been implemented but graduates are now having great difficulty in getting jobs here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22165/08]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (5 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of plans to decentralise his Department's headquarters to Mullingar in 2010; the staff numbers presently employed in the section of his Department to be decentralised; the staff numbers who have confirmed they will move; the staff numbers who have sought transfers to units within his Department; the staff numbers who have...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (5 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of newcomer children registered in primary schools and secondary schools for 2007/2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22320/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (5 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money budgeted for and spent for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007 on legal fees and related costs arising out of civil actions brought by individuals against his Department; the amount of expected invoices due; the amount budgeted for in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22321/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (5 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will establish an Office of an Ombudsman for third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22322/08]

Written Answers — Foreign Students: Foreign Students (5 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of meetings that have taken place between the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the Department of Foreign Affairs and his Department on student immigration since the publication of the report of the Interdepartmental Working Group on the Internationalisation of Irish Education Services in November 2004 and...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (5 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide a progress report on the compilation of a database on the number of primary schools that have prefab classrooms; the names, roll numbers and locations of the approximately 900 schools that received approval to rent temporary accommodation, including but not limited to prefabs; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — University Status: University Status (5 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in pursuing companies registered here purporting to be Irish universities which are not recognised in law as legitimate universities and which are in conflict with Section 52 of the Universities Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22325/08]

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (5 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if negotiations have commenced with the Department of Social and Family Affairs and the Department of Finance in order to improve the operation and administration including a revision in the terms of eligibility and eliminate the poverty traps described in the report Allow the Special Rate of Maintenance Grant to all Independent...

Written Answers — Inquiry into Child Abuse: Inquiry into Child Abuse (5 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will request the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse to publish the negotiated settled costs of approximately €13 million in 2008; the average amount per individual case; the amounts paid collectively to solicitors and barristers; the names of those legal practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (5 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students in the primary school system for 2007/2008; the projected increases for the ten years from 2008/2009 to 2018/2019 on a yearly basis in view of the recent Central Statistics Office census reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22328/08]

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (5 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps taken to advise the boards of management and principals of primary schools on the procedures that they must undertake to ensure the schools' full compliance with the statutory health and safety requirements in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22329/08]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (5 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary school principal teacher posts that are vacant; his views on whether there is a reluctance among deputy principals to apply for the principal post because of the increase in the level of responsibilities and duties with the poor compensatory allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22330/08]

Written Answers — Water Charges: Water Charges (5 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools that have informed his Department of their inability to pay the local authority water charges; the number who have requested funding to cover these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22331/08]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (5 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the growing feminisation of the primary school profession; if he has a view on this issue; his views on whether female and male teachers in the classroom provide balanced role models for children, particularly those from single parent families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22332/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (5 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will, in respect of all bodies, agencies, commissions or quangos reporting to his Department give the name, the purpose, the annual budget, the name of the chief executive, the number of full-time staff employed and the date of its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22333/08]

Order of Business (17 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: This afternoon, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government published the report of the re-ordering of the electoral division boundaries for the city of Dublin. Is there any intention to provide time for a debate on this report? What is the next step concerning it? I do not think primary legislation is needed to enact it.

Order of Business (17 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: It is being done.

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (17 Jun 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on EU efforts to include the aviation industry in the EU emissions trading scheme by 2011; his further views on whether this inclusion will lead to further green surcharges on airline passengers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23321/08]