Results 3,721-3,740 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (12 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is his intention to extend a school (details supplied) in County Louth in view of the overcrowding experienced at the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10583/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount spent by his Department on early childhood education in 2006, 2007 and 2008 with a breakdown of that expenditure; the number of children attending preschool education in those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10642/09]
- Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: There is no denying that.
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: At the next general election.
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: The Taoiseach no doubt met Senator George Mitchell during his visit to the United States and the White House last week. The George Mitchell Scholarship Fund Act 1998 (Amendment) Bill is No. 49 in section C of the Government legislation programme. We are beginning to become seriously financially embarrassed in respect of the fund which was established in 1998. The credibility of the...
- Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (24 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a decision has been made on the allocation of additional funds in 2009 and â¬29 million in subsequent years from the National Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12005/09]
- Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (24 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of submissions that were received on the proposed usage of the â¬120 million in additional modulation funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12006/09]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has held meetings with representatives from a group (details supplied) in recent months; the commitments he entered into with the group; when he expects these commitments to be put into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10860/09]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 852: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has taken action, either by way of circular or letter, to request county managers or their planning units at local government level, to co-operate with the forward planning unit or school building unit of the Department of Education and Science in Tullamore, County Offaly in order to ensure...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 853: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will direct the planning authorities to require that land, rezoned from agricultural to residential use, will impose an obligation upon developers who apply for mixed residential development planning permission to include provision of lands for a school or schools free of charge in order to provide for...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (24 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 891: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has been contacted by the European Court of Justice and the European Commission on the weakness of planning laws; if he plans to contest the case lodged by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12116/09]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 1037: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow will have a new building to operate in, in view of the fact that it has been five years since the school was first promised a new building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11140/09]
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: That is not true.
- School Accommodation. (25 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he proposes to recommend to the boards of management of primary schools, who have contracts with prefab building suppliers, the rent of which is paid by his Department, that they seek to have the terms of the contract reviewed in order to reduce the rental cost to his Department and so release resources for other sectors of his...
- School Accommodation. (25 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: This has been the subject of extensive discussion at our committee and I will not repeat what was said. In the real marketplace that is modern Ireland today, in every shopping mall and office block, tenants are demanding that landlords renegotiate their contracts or they will leave. That type of initiative should not be excluded from the public sphere either. The boards of management are...
- School Accommodation. (25 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: Is that for new contracts?
- School Accommodation. (25 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: Exactly.
- School Accommodation. (25 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: Time is tight and we can pursue this later but I get the impression there are two players now. The formal client is the board of management which signs the contract and with whom the relationship with the supplier exists. I suggest the Minister should forget about the consultants. Can we have no more government by consultancy? Can we simply have political decisions saying to boards of...
- School Accommodation. (25 Mar 2009)
Ruairi Quinn: In new contracts.