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Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 358: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number, in respect of the Special Education Appeals Board, of meetings held by the board since its inaugural meeting; the number of cases examined by the board to date; the number of cases waiting for decision; the relevant sections of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 that remain to be commenced...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 359: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of cases where the National Council for Special Education has overturned or changed a decision taken by a special education needs organiser in relation to the assessment needs of a child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5644/08]

Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: We should be honoured the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is here this morning to represent the Green Party. I am aware today is Valentine's Day but I was going to say, had the Minister, Deputy Ryan, not come into the House today, that it would be easier to find a green man on Venus than a Green Party Minister in the Dáil. Today it is the turn...

Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Also, four Ministers are absent who are not paired. However, one cannot control them all. The Tánaiste and Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, will recall that there was a time when it was obligatory for Members to attend the House for the Order of Business.

Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: I wish to raise a couple of matters with the Minister. It is a source of regret to me that the Minister for Education and Science was not present for the Dáil vote last night on the Fine Gael motion on autism moved by Deputy Brian Hayes.

Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: I want to state publicly that I admire the spirit of Deputy O'Rourke. It is a pity it was not matched by three or four members of the Fianna Fáil Party who could have stood up for children challenged in this way. This would have sent to the Minister for Education and Science a direction that this type of Thatcher-like approach to the process of education should be more flexible. This is a...

Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: I know; I am on the run.

Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: What action will the Government take to assist the Garda Síochána in ensuring these people serve their due sentences——

Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: ——whether in low security prisons or from absconding while on temporary release? One person has been on temporary release from prison since 1992. Will the Tánaiste say if the Government intends to make any amendment in respect of the pharmacy (No. 1) Bill or pharmacy (No. 2) Bill to introduce an arbitration system to ensure there will not be chaos after 1 March?

Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Thousands of people are concerned about whether they will be able to get their prescribed medicines after this date.

Commissions of Investigation. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if representatives of his Department have met the family of Mr. Seamus Ludlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34142/07]

Commissions of Investigation. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the MacEntee commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3560/08]

Commissions of Investigation. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting of 22 January 2008 with the family of the late Mr. Seamus Ludlow. [1991/08]

Commissions of Investigation. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: A couple of weeks ago the Taoiseach was in Manchester where, among a number of other high profile activities, he met the UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. In the context of the new relationship between Ireland and Britain, the Good Friday Agreement and the peace process, which everybody supports, the allegations of collusion which were debated in this House a couple of weeks ago are central...

Commissions of Investigation. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Taoiseach for his answer in respect of the Smithwick inquiry. I support that. Considering the record of British Governments over the years and centuries, they have always been meticulous at the very least in note-taking and recording, both internally in the affairs of this country over the centuries and internationally. I have no doubt these records exist either in MI5, MI6 or...

Commissions of Investigation. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Taoiseach.

Departmental Staff. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the procedures in place in his Department governing the employment of political advisers, press officers, personal assistants and other political appointees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32328/07]

Departmental Staff. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach the duties and responsibilities of the special political advisers as appointed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3542/08]

Departmental Staff. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach the number of political advisers or assistants appointed by the Attorney General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3568/08]

Departmental Staff. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: What are the guidelines for limiting the numbers of staff to be appointed in the Taoiseach's Department or other Departments? Does the Taoiseach agree that since 2002 the number of senior staff appointed directly to Ministers has gone up from 34 to 43? The senior staff of the Minister for Education and Science, whom I welcome back to the House, did not increase whereas those of the Minister...