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Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2008)

Joan Burton: I welcome the publication of this Bill as it is long overdue. Before becoming a full-time TD I was a senior lecturer at the Dublin Institute of Technology and I am declaring that interest. On the role of colleges of technology in education in Ireland, the country is at a crossroads in terms of the development of third level and fourth level education. Discussion around the Lisbon treaty...

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (13 Mar 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Central Statistics Office does not identify tourism as a sector for classification for economic activity; his views on whether this hinders Ireland's ability to accurately assess the true value of tourism to the economy; if he will lobby the CSO to introduce a tourism satellite...

Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (13 Mar 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the view of the reports on sport and art (details supplied) that have both come to the conclusion that public spending on sport and art are expected to be regressive, with the less well off subsidising the activities of the better off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10845/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (2 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will undertake a risk analysis of each welfare payment affected by the habitual residence condition to determine if the rule could be abolished for low-risk claim-types. [12206/08]

Written Answers — Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (2 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress that has been made in relation to the programme for Government promise to integrate the tax and social welfare systems fully to allow for more efficient data and money transfer mechanisms and provide for a fully integrated PPS system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12203/08]

Written Answers — PAYE Sector: PAYE Sector (2 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will set out, according to the most recently available figures, the number of PAYE workers, the number of PAYE workers earning less than €10,000, the number of PAYE workers earning less than €20,000, the number of PAYE workers earning less than €30,000, the number of PAYE workers earning €35,400 or less, the number of...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (2 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expenditure on mental health services for each of the years 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; the utilisation, for the years 2006 and 2007, of the extra €25 million allocated on an annual basis for the implementation of A Vision for Change, the national policy for mental health; the outcomes of these additional expenditures; if...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 593: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the work being carried out by an organisation (details supplied) Dublin 15, supporting newborn babies and young children and that the people using the service are predominantly immigrants who value the service as a means of connecting with the local community; if his attention has...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 674: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which have 30 or more children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11248/08]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 675: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which have 30 or more children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11249/08]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 676: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which have 30 or more children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11250/08]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 677: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in a school (details supplied) which have 30 or more children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11251/08]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 678: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which have 30 or more children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11252/08]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 679: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which have 30 or more children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11253/08]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 680: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which have 30 or more children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11254/08]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 681: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which have 30 or more children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11255/08]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 682: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which have 30 or more children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11256/08]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 683: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which have 30 or more children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11257/08]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 684: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in a school (details supplied) which have 30 or more children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11258/08]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 685: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which have 30 or more children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11259/08]