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Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (19 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1027: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, further to the changes made in budget 2010 regarding the back to education allowance, persons who are currently studying a level five post leaving certificate course, receive the back to education allowance and are currently in receipt of a higher education maintenance grant will be considered as a new applicants in September...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (19 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1010: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will appoint a representative from Dublin Institute of Technology students union to the board of the Grangegorman Development Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48339/09]

Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (19 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1017: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements he has made with the chief executive officer of the Higher Education Authority to resolve the difficulties that have arisen from the public sector staff moratorium in the higher education sector; the difficulties that have arisen regarding the Dublin Institute of Technology; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (19 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1021: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason Donegal Vocational Education Committee will not grant a person (details supplied) in County Donegal a higher education maintenance grant in view of the fact that they satisfy all of the relevant criteria; if the vocational education committee will review this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48536/09]

Written Answers — Victims of Child Abuse: Victims of Child Abuse (19 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1039: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has made funding available for outreach services to victims of residential abuse based in the United Kingdom; if funding will continue for these services in 2010 and into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1011/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Meetings: Departmental Meetings (19 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1028: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason his officials (details supplied) failed to attend a meeting organised by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform on 14 December 2009; the further reasons he did not take this issue seriously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48570/09]

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Board: Residential Institutions Redress Board (19 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1038: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans regarding allocating a proportion of the new funds promised by the 18 religious teaching orders indemnified by the Residential Institutions Redress Board towards survivors based in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1010/10]

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Board: Residential Institutions Redress Board (19 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1041: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide a breakdown of the proposed contributions from each religious order under the headings of cash or money, properties and counselling services concerning the audit of assets held by religious orders covered by the Residential Institutions Redress Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1019/10]

Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (19 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1040: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the National Education Welfare Board has received correspondence (details supplied) about children failing to attend school; the action the NEWB is taking in this particular community to tackle this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1013/10]

Written Answers — Third Level Sector: Third Level Sector (19 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1043: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he expects the review of the third level sector to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1039/10]

Written Answers — School Patronage: School Patronage (19 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1051: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the ethos and organising bodies of the patrons of schools (details supplied); the religious ethos to which these schools adhere; the reason these organisations were recognised as patrons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1110/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1053: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 498 of 13 October 2009, the comparative average rental costs in respect of prefabs for the financial years 2008 and 2009; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 2010 financial year has commenced and as such, the figures for 2009 should be accessible; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (19 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1080: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if it is the policy of his Department's inspectorate to examine child protection policies and related files or to accept the assurances that a school has child protection policies in place during a whole school evaluation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1420/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (19 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1081: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make additional funding available for repairs to the plumbing or heating systems in schools affected by the poor weather over the Christmas 2009 period; if he will make additional funding available for schools that had to keep their heating on over the winter break to ensure that the freezing of pipes would be avoided;...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Issues: Health and Safety Issues (19 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1082: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there has been a change in the responsibilities of boards of managements in relation to the discretion exercised as to whether a school opens or not; if the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act of 2005 still tasks boards of management with the authority to ensure pupil and staff health and safety; the legal or statutory...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1112: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be able to proceed with its new building project; if he has ordered that prefabs at the school be purchased instead of hired; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the prefabs used by this school are not fit for purpose; if an official from his Department inspected...

Banking Crisis: Motion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to share my time with Deputy Eamon Gilmore, with the permission of the House.

Banking Crisis: Motion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: This is my first opportunity to address the Minister for Finance in this House and I wish him well in his personal battle. Time allows me to make three points very briefly. We have just heard some evidence of the first, that Fianna Fáil is staging a cover up of its administration since 1997 and particularly since 2002. We will undoubtedly pursue that in due course. My remaining two...

Banking Crisis: Motion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: It is outrageous to think that Fianna Fáil could mobilise weird decisions and interpretations of a Supreme Court judgment to justify the Minister's decisions. I recall when the corruption of the beef scandal, which was closely associated with Fianna Fáil activists and others, was uncovered by the media in 1989. Demands for a tribunal of inquiry were vigorously resisted. The then...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jan 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Defence the bodies or agencies, operating under the aegis of his Department, to which the terms of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009 will apply; the estimated reduction in the annual wage bill of each such body or agency; the average reduction in pay in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1991/10]