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Written Answers — Workplace Accidents: Workplace Accidents (24 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace accidents and workplace fatalities recorded to date in 2008; the way this compares with the same period in each year from 2002; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30927/08]

Written Answers — Workplace Accidents: Workplace Accidents (24 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the significant increase in the number of deaths recorded in workplace accidents in the construction sector during 2007; the proposals she has to ensure a reduction in the number of construction accidents and deaths; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30926/08]

Written Answers — Census of Population: Census of Population (24 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 181: To ask the Taoiseach if he has been requested to introduce legislative changes in order to enable the 1926 Census returns to be made open to the public to facilitate historical and sociological research; if he will request the National Archives of Ireland to make the 1926 Census returns available on the internet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29269/08]

Written Answers — Census of Population: Census of Population (24 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 182: To ask the Taoiseach if he will reduce, from 100 years to 50 years, the period of time after which census returns can be made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29270/08]

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (24 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 701: To ask the Minister for Transport the finance allocated to the Rail Procurement Agency to carry out a feasibility study on the LUAS line E proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30232/08]

Written Answers — Third Level Funding: Third Level Funding (24 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1649: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the role of higher education in meeting economic and social challenges; his further views on whether the sector is resourced adequately to meet these challenges in view of the reported falls in the level of core grant per student; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29524/08]

Written Answers — Third Level Funding: Third Level Funding (24 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1835: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the financial stability of the university sector in view of reports of the emergence of substantial deficits in this sector; his further views on the sector's capacity to meet the challenges facing it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29523/08]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1696: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to fund the services needed to provide education to students with physical disabilities as outlined in the article (details supplied) in view of the commitments in section 7 of the Education Act 1998. [30098/08]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (24 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1698: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason foreign nationals have been excluded from the higher education grants system in spite of the fact that they are parents of Irish citizens (details supplied). [30100/08]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1762: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a primary school (details supplied) has been kept in a queue for nearly eleven years and has not been given an indication from his Department which would allow the board of management to proceed to the next stages of tender and construction in view of the serious condition of the existing building and the need to...

Written Answers — Bogus Universities: Bogus Universities (24 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1745: 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. [30512/08]

Written Answers — Educational Projects: Educational Projects (24 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1746: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has registered Educate Together as a patron of post-primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30514/08]

Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (24 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1766: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason his Department has failed to increase the grants provided to schools for information technology equipment since 2000, leaving them at €6,348.69; and his views on whether the grants should be raised to at least €8,200 to keep pace with inflation and that even this sum is insufficient to meet schools' IT needs. [30956/08]

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (24 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1782: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding a new school (details supplied) in County Meath; the situation regarding the availability to his Department of the zoned site on the Navan Road for development of this new school; the procedure taken by Kells Town Council to rezone the alternative Cavan Road site for the development of the new school, if his...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (24 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1784: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools whose buildings consist entirely of prefabricated buildings; the statistics on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31185/08]

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (24 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1834: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that he received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Kerry outlining their concerns for the future of the Irish language in Gaeltacht primary schools; if his attention has been drawn to the validity of the observations made for the necessity to reduce the pupil teacher ratios, particularly...

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (25 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Finance the schedule of discussions and negotiations between himself or his Department and the relevant EU authorities with respect to the Stability and Growth Pact and specifically to a possible excessive deficit procedure arising from either the 2009 or 2010 budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31333/08]

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (25 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the discussions which took place with other European Finance Ministers in Nice regarding the Stability and Growth Pact; if specific reference was made during these discussions to the prospect of Ireland breaching the 3% deficit limit; and the outcome of these decisions and the expected consequences of Ireland...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (25 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 297: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason he has ordered a moratorium on the establishment of new primary schools except in rapidly expanding areas, at a time when pupil numbers are growing and there is a need for 100,000 extra places within seven to ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31842/08]

Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (25 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 298: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he plans to increase the transition year capitation grant from its level of €100 per pupil; if he plans to increase or redistribute funding for transition year programmes in schools located in disadvantaged sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31843/08]