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Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (14 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 325: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has met with the NCCA to discuss the paper Curriculum Provision in Irish in Post Primary Schools; when this meeting took place; the outcome of this meeting; when she will publish this paper; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5564/07]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (14 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers and assistants employed at primary and post-primary level; if she will provide this information according to the category or type of teacher or assistant; the average salary, and the maximum salary, of each category of teacher or assistant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5582/07]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 328: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of new classrooms delivered by the school building programme for each year since 2002 to date in 2007; the amount of money expended on these buildings for each year since 2002 to date in 2007; the average cost of supplying a new classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5583/07]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (14 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 329: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in classes of 27 pupils or more at primary level; the average class size at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5584/07]

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: On a point of order, while I have great respect for the Minister, this is a contemptuous snub to this House.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: Neither the Taoiseach nor the Tánaiste is here.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: I understand they are attending social partnership meetings but this is the primary legislative body in this country and we have no representation from either the Taoiseach or the Tánaiste.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: The Tánaiste is out doing the Taoiseach's dirty work in respect of the tribunal. We have good cop, bad cop, with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government saying the tribunals should be closed down while the Taoiseach says they should go ahead. This is contemptuous treatment of Dáil Éireann.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: Neither the Taoiseach nor the Tánaiste is here to answer questions today.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: It is a snub to the primary legislative body.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: I propose that we sit until 6.30 p.m. and that there be a full statement from the Government in respect of its intentions relating to the Mahon tribunal. We are in a situation where the Taoiseach says it should go ahead, the Tánaiste says it should close down and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government says we cannot go on like this. The tribunal was set up by the...

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: I ask for clarification, Sir. I proposed an extension to the sitting on Tuesday, which was effectively for new business.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: It was new business because the Taoiseach refused to answer questions about the Moriarty tribunal, which was new business as far as I am concerned.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: I proposed an extension of time for new business, namely answering questions about the Moriarty tribunal.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: It was a new element of that business.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: And to bring in an element of new business.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: The new business was to get the truth out of some people here.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: I will have to vote against the proposal.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: At the beginning of the Order of Business, I attempted to raise the fact that I regard the absence of the Taoiseach and Tánaiste as a contemptuous snub to this House, which is the primary legislative body in the country.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: After a decade, we had a short series of statements on the Moriarty tribunal. The Progressive Democrats were not present in the House and there was no comment from the leader or the deputy leader of that party.