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Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Sep 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 355: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is policy to contact schools directly which his Department anticipates will require expansion and development; if so, the mechanism and the format of contact that is utilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32052/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Sep 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 357: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the range of factors, other than the priority band rating, for school projects which determine the prioritisation and selection of school projects which are sanctioned by him to proceed for design and construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32054/09]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (22 Sep 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 367: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will publish the final report of the National Council for Special Education on the review of special needs assistants in schools; if the separate value for money review into special needs assistants has been concluded; if so, if he will publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32134/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (22 Sep 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 378: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of capital expenditure on schools and other buildings envisaged as vital to maintain the ongoing basic operation of the education system at primary, secondary and third level; if he will provide a copy of his Department's commissioned OECD report on the infrastructural deficits in the education system; and if the...

Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: And the criminals to go with them.

Written Answers — EU Treaties: EU Treaties (23 Sep 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding work being undertaken in the run up to the Lisbon referendum in October 2009. [31749/09]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (23 Sep 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position, one year after the conflict between Georgia and the Russian Federation, as it pertains between these two nations; and the European Union's role in seeking to foster peace in the area. [31750/09]

Written Answers — Student Support Schemes: Student Support Schemes (23 Sep 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a 25% cut has taken place in the budget for academic personal assistants for students with disabilities in third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32664/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (24 Sep 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance the sources of the principal appropriations in aid that recur on an annual basis and which are used to offset current expenditure in each Government department; his estimated amount of same in respect of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32781/09]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (24 Sep 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate and forecast on a no policy change basis of the total amount of health levies that will be collected for each year in the period 2008 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32783/09]

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (24 Sep 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her estimate and forecast, on a no policy change basis, of the total amount of PRSI that will be collected for each year in the period 2008 to 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32782/09]

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (24 Sep 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her estimate and forecast on a no policy change basis, of the likely surplus or deficit in the social insurance fund for each year in the period 2008 to 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32784/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Sep 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive a final decision from his Department to proceed with the proposed construction of a new school, that this school submitted its sketch design and answered all relevant queries in June 2009 but has yet to receive a response more than four months later; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Small and Medium Enterprises: Small and Medium Enterprises (6 Oct 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, under the schemes or funding available to him, he has created or is proposing to create initiatives to either protect or promote small and medium enterprises within the areas of his Ministry in which there have been redundancies or job losses in view the economic position; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (6 Oct 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised to date from the airport travel tax announced in budget 2009; the amount expected to be raised in a full year; if an assessment has been carried out of the expected impact on air passenger traffic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33197/09]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (6 Oct 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1105: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on correspondence (details supplied) in relation to reforming the residency requirements for the student grants system; if he will allow the use of affidavits when otherwise legitimate applications for a student grant cannot proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32990/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (6 Oct 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1106: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received an application from a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for a special needs assistant in respect of a child; if he will grant a special needs assistant in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33018/09]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (6 Oct 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1126: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 21 October 2008 and correspondence (details supplied), if he will clarify if the LUAS system is included within the remit of the school transport scheme and operates discounted fares for students between the ages of sixteen and eighteen years along similar lines to Dublin Bus and the...

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (6 Oct 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1199: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the tasks, duties or activities the standard teaching contract for teachers stipulates; the breakdown as to the amount of hours expected to be spent on each of these tasks, duties or activities within the standard contract; the renumeration for each of these tasks, duties or activities; if he will provide a copy of the standard...

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (6 Oct 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1200: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the standard teaching contract includes renumeration for non teaching tasks; the arrangements that exist between his Department and teachers for the payment of school planning, parent teacher meetings, inservice training, supervision of students and other miscellaneous management duties; the cost of these arrangements; and if he...