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- Written Answers — Animal Feedstuffs: Animal Feedstuffs (27 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the inter-agency review group report on the dioxin contamination incident here in December 2006; and if he is satisfied with the role of his Department during this crisis. [3878/10]
- Inquiry into Child Abuse. (28 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will publish the findings of the State audit into the assets of the 18 religious teaching orders which was ordered in view of the Ryan report; the reason, more than eight months later, no revised contribution to the cost of the Residential Institutions Redress Board has been agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Inquiry into Child Abuse. (28 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Taoiseach-----
- Inquiry into Child Abuse. (28 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: He is so close to the Taoiseach that it is an understandable mistake and slip of the tongue.
- Inquiry into Child Abuse. (28 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: I do not wish to know what is in the panel report and I do not necessarily wish to know at this stage what decisions the Minister will take regarding the matters he has just outlined. Can the Minister inform the House how much has come in? Can he give a breakdown between cash and kind, because this is not negotiable? This is a matter of fact and, according to the Minister, he has had the...
- Inquiry into Child Abuse. (28 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: Yes.
- Inquiry into Child Abuse. (28 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: I appreciate this new found obsession with secrecy and privacy on behalf of the Government, but we are discussing taxpayers' money. The taxpayer is out to the tune of â¬1.27 billion in terms of funding the costs of the redress board. The religious congregations have contributed in the order of 10%. Whatever about the final destination of the money, the taxpayer has had to pay the balance...
- Inquiry into Child Abuse. (28 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: The Minister is not negotiating; if he was I would not interfere. It is a flat, take it or leave it offer.
- Inquiry into Child Abuse. (28 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: If it is not a substantial offer in the opinion of the Cabinet, what is the next step? Will the Minister go back for more?
- National University of Ireland. (28 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: On a point of order, will question No. 13 be answered with this question?
- National University of Ireland. (28 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: Could we have an agreement on short answers to short questions?
- Computerisation Programme. (28 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: Have schools been officially informed to that effect?
- Computerisation Programme. (28 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: It is akin to the difference between VHS and DVD.
- Computerisation Programme. (28 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: Have schools been informed of that in writing?
- Proposed Legislation. (28 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: I believe I am correct in observing that the Minister inherited the Student Support Bill from his predecessor who moved the legislation and the debate on Second Stage. Many of the issues surrounding the legislation have been resolved. For example, the Irish Vocational Education Association has proposed a centralised system of administration which would, by and large, give new legitimacy to...
- Proposed Legislation. (28 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: Yes.
- Proposed Legislation. (28 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: That is welcome news.
- Proposed Legislation. (28 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: The Minister must ensure the banks do not pocket the money.
- School Accommodation. (28 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. I shall go through some of the detail in due course and table supplementary questions. In the light of this welcome departure in terms of policy, which I support, and speaking in a broader context, is the Department aware of the massive demographic cohort of new pupils coming through? The Central Statistics Office predicts an increase of...
- School Accommodation. (28 Jan 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: That was presented to the Joint Committee on Education and Science.