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Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (30 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the supports his Department has in place for agroforestry initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37463/08]

Written Answers — Beef Imports: Beef Imports (30 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the report by the Food and Veterinary Office recording ongoing failures by Brazil to meet EU standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37462/08]

Constitutional Amendments. (4 Nov 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Sinn Féin never had trouble accepting funds.

School Staffing. (4 Nov 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: It is up for the Man Booker Prize.

Capitation Grants. (4 Nov 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the discrepancies between the ability of primary school communities in middle income areas and disadvantaged areas to raise funds voluntarily in order to ensure that the basic running costs of schools are met; his views on whether regardless of the socio-economic profiles of primary schools,...

Capitation Grants. (4 Nov 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Minister for his reply. Unfortunately, he did not get to the nub of the issue. Were the Minister to run a course in his Department for curt replies or to provide Deputies with a code for the various paragraphs regurgitated at every Question Time, a rain forest might be spared. However, that is another matter and my time is tight.

Capitation Grants. (4 Nov 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: My question is simple. As the Minister knows from his constituency work if not his Department, there are middle income areas in his extensive constituency where raising additional money to cover basic funding is not a problem. There are voluntary contributions at the tax efficient level of €250, which is the norm. They are not mandatory, but one receives contribution rates of up to 80%....

Capitation Grants. (4 Nov 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Some 93%.

Capitation Grants. (4 Nov 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: The Minister will consolidate social disadvantage if he goes down this road. What is provided in DEIS I and DEIS II does not compensate for a middle income area consolidating its school. From a principal's point of view, there are serious management problems associated with the running of schools in terms of how the Department pays the capitation grant and during what period of the...

Capitation Grants. (4 Nov 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: I am speaking about management people.

Schools Building Projects. (4 Nov 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: It is Tammy Wynette.

Schools Building Projects. (4 Nov 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Many of these designers have sent bills but have not yet been paid.

Schools Building Projects. (4 Nov 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: They were never getting that figure.

Telecommunications Services. (4 Nov 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: While I thank the Minister of State for his reply, the figures are somewhat misleading in that according to my information, 1,577 schools have access to satellite-provided broadband, which is highly unreliable, weak and slow. If one is on a fixed-line connection, the further away one physically is from the local exchange, the weaker or slower is the signal. While the figure of more than 90%...

Telecommunications Services. (4 Nov 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: It is.

Telecommunications Services. (4 Nov 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: When does the Minister of State expect this tendering process to be completed and when does he envisage the implementation of the new service?

Telecommunications Services. (4 Nov 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: What of its implementation?

Telecommunications Services. (4 Nov 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Is money available for it?

Fee-paying Schools. (4 Nov 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Let them try.

Fee-paying Schools. (4 Nov 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Exactly.