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Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: False promises.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: That is correct.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: I thank my colleagues on this side of the House, some 25 Members, who spoke in support of this motion. I thank the many parents, teachers, members of boards of management who came from all parts of the country to hear this debate in their Parliament. I want to recognise their attendance because they came for one reason — to support their schools and their children and ensure they get the...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: I first asked the Department about these lay-offs in February. When the then Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Mary Hanafin, was leaving Marlborough Street by the back door on 6 May, she gave me the list which contained 40 schools which would lose 42 teachers. When those schools were contacted independently, only 28 had been informed. Either I was deliberately misinformed by the...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: He also claims he hopes to have the figures published in the summer. The Minister has known this since 30 September 2007. What kind of outfit is he leading? If this is the way he treats this House and his predecessor, how does he treat schools around the country? We speak about planning for education and giving schools autonomy but we have a dysfunctional Department with the Minister at...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: The amount of waffle we heard last night from the Minister speaks volumes about how he treats this issue. The Minister cannot give a straight answer to the question. Is it still a Government commitment?

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: That is not a commitment. Now we have it. The Minister tried to shout me down because the truth obviously hurts.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: We heard many speeches from Government Members but none from any whose constituencies are affected by this. Where is Dublin's north-side equivalent of Hugo Chavez, Deputy Finian McGrath, tonight? Last night in the Chamber he sat on every side. What will the last of the socialists on Dublin's north side do about the schools in his constituency? Deputy Charlie O'Connor gave us his usual...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: ——and after the election. Let Fianna Fáil go through the lobbies tonight. Let them tell the 16 constituencies, the 28 schools, exactly where they stand because Fianna Fáil says one thing before the election and another thing after the election. This is hypocrisy and we will expose it.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: On a point of order, as a long-standing Member of this House the Ceann Comhairle knows that in order for an amendment to be formally moved, it requires a proposer and a seconder. In the course of last night's debate, the Government amendment was moved by the Minister but at no stage after his speech or tonight was the amendment formally seconded. The substantive motion in my name and that...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: That is a new interpretation of Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Witness Protection Programme: Witness Protection Programme (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he proposes to take to enhance the witness protection programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21117/08]

Written Answers — Witness Protection Programme: Witness Protection Programme (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the witness protection programme is functioning effectively and that the State is maximising its potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21116/08]

Written Answers — Public Private Partnerships: Public Private Partnerships (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public private partnership infrastructural projects due to be commenced between present and 2012; the cost of these projects; the target completion time for each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21315/08]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: Question 316: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the prompt payment legislation applies to his Department in respect of the payment of moneys to schools where they have obtained temporary classroom facilities from a company that provides such facilities; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in many cases the relevant company has to wait in excess of six months for...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (28 May 2008)

Brian Hayes: Question 317: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to rectify serious heating and plumbing matters affecting schools (details supplied) in the Dublin 7 area. [21319/08]