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Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Nov 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 319: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he recognises conductive education as a form of education provision which the State is prepared to support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43514/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Nov 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 320: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is satisfied that the physical developmental needs of children with cerebral palsy are being met within the State education system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43515/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Nov 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 321: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is prepared to work in conjunction with the Health Service Executive in order to ensure the availability of conductive education to children who require this approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43516/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Nov 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 322: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the efficacy of the inclusion policy operated by his Department for children with cerebral palsy and who have learning, physical and sensory needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43517/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Nov 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 324: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the supports that are available for part time students with a disability attending third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43642/09]

Financial Services Sector. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: It is located in Kennedy's pub in north Dublin.

Financial Services Sector. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Paddy the plasterer.

School Patronage. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the discussions he recently had with the Roman Catholic archbishops on the transferral of patronage in primary schools; the actions he is taking arising from this meeting; if the Catholic archbishops provided a list of schools they wish to hand over to other patrons; if he will convene a forum on patronage at primary level involving...

School Patronage. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Minister for the brevity of his reply. There must be a new question-answerer in the Department, which is welcome.

School Patronage. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: My interest in this matter, and that of the Labour Party, is not to disrupt the day job of schools or the delivery of quality education in the classroom. It is, however, to reflect the frustration felt by parents in many built-up areas that they can no longer get their children into schools of their choice of ethos. This is because of overcrowding and the schools, for the first time, having...

School Patronage. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: They are slow learners but there is progress.

School Patronage. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: I welcome what the Minister has said. We will have more time elsewhere to explore the matter. In the light of the recent reports, specifically the Ryan report from earlier this year on religious congregations involved in primary and secondary education and its devastating conclusions, and now the mind numbing revelations from the Dublin archdiocese, as contained in the Murphy report, does...

School Patronage. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Would the Minister not accept that the patron has more powers than the ones he has just described, including the appointment of the chairperson of the board of management, and that patrons have a daily role in the management of schools and the selection and appointment of the principal? Those bishops who have been named in the Murphy report, who are now bishops in their own right in one of...

School Patronage. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Is it not now time for the republican party, of which the Minister is a member, to reassess its relationship to this form of management which does not fit the contours of the 21st century?

Schools Building Projects. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: How many?

Schools Building Projects. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: And that is not stalling.

School Discipline. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: What about the cost?

Residential Institutions Redress Board. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Is the Minister disappointed by the slow progress made and the loss of the sense of urgency that dominated the State in June when he met with these people? What has he done, personally, to accelerate the process and ensure the congregations which met collectively with him will provide the information in an effective and proper manner? This was not money they generated themselves but was...

Residential Institutions Redress Board. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: I suspect the Minister and I have very similar personal views on these matters, particularly on the recent revelations. We are of a similar age.

Residential Institutions Redress Board. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Not that much younger, and the Minister has more hair than I have. I ask him, as Minister for Education and Science, to introduce a sense of urgency with regard to the relationship the religious teaching orders and other aspects of the Catholic Church have with the citizens of this Republic. In that context, would he contemplate introducing a name-and-shame policy if these congregations do...