Results 7,121-7,140 of 11,861 for speaker:Brian Hayes
- Third Level Charges. (1 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: It is not.
- Grant Payments. (1 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the discussions between his Department and the voluntary Protestant secondary schools regarding cutbacks announced in budget 2009. [44462/09]
- Grant Payments. (1 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: The words of Mandy Rice-Davies come to mind. She famously said "Well, he would, wouldn't he?" The same applies to the Minister and his Department. We have been through this previously. Angry words have been expressed on all sides of this House. I am only concerned with one thing, namely, sorting out this issue and resolving it. I wish to make a proposal to the Minister for his...
- Grant Payments. (1 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: The Minister is not ruling out the possibility of an increase in the block grant. This is the means through which the State currently allows children from poorer Protestant backgrounds to go to these schools on a geographical basis. As the Minister is aware, many counties in the Twenty-Six Counties do not have post-primary ethos-led education for those children. Perhaps the Minister will...
- Grant Payments. (1 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: There are reasons for that.
- Grant Payments. (1 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: Is it the Minister's intention to bring forward proposals to resolve this issue in the context of the forthcoming budget or by the end of the year, or is the Minister waiting to hear from some elements of the Protestant community before this issue is resolved? We all have a responsibility to resolve the mess that has been created. I will not outline the history of it but it was created for...
- Schools Building Projects. (1 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.
- School Discipline. (1 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: This is sending out a very bad message to schools. The Minister has just told the House that over the past three years, one has had a one in two chance of having one's suspension overturned by making an appeal to the Department of Education and Science. In the case of an expulsion, one's chance is better than one in four. That says two things. It tells me that the local decisions of...
- School Discipline. (1 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: They would not go.
- School Discipline. (1 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: That is the point.
- School Discipline. (1 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: The Minister has it in one.
- School Discipline. (1 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: They would not go. That is my point.
- Information and Communications Technology. (1 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: I am satisfied with that reply.
- Residential Institutions Redress Board. (1 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: The idea that one of the congregations would simply text or e-mail the Minister as to its latest position speaks volumes about the attitude that still exists towards the State among those congregations. I am aware of one congregation that has made public the new funds it wishes to make available to victims and to the State. Can I take it the Minister will now call on all remaining...
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (1 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: Question 305: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding a premises (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44317/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (2 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of staff at an authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45024/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (2 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Transport the breakdown of special bonuses or special executive pension arrangements for the top management figures of an authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45025/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (2 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Transport the way the salary of the chief executive officer of an authority (details supplied) is determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45028/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (2 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Transport the salary details for the top ten management figures in an authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45030/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (2 Dec 2009)
Brian Hayes: Question 198: To ask the Minister for Transport if management or directors of an authority (details supplied) receive free air travel, be it first class, business class or economy class; if they are entitled to VIP access to airports here as a result of being employed at the authority; if so, the names, the title of position held and the nature of the entitlement; and if he will make a...