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Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (5 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify the situation facing mature students who, when they started their course, were promised that they would be able to complete the three years to gain a degree, and not a certificate, in view of the fact that these students have now been told that they will be treated as new students after two years and are not eligible...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (5 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 375: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the review of the general allocation model is complete; and when same will be published. [17589/10]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (5 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 388: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a student starting a postgraduate course, that is higher diploma, postgraduate diploma, master's degree or PhD in 2010 to 2011, will be able to retain the back to education allowance and vocational education committee grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17772/10]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (5 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 389: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a student completes level seven undergraduate course in 2009-2010 and wants to carry on to a level eight undergraduate course, will retain both the back to education allowance and grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17773/10]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (5 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 390: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the situation facing mature students who, when they started their course, were promised that they would be able to complete the three years to gain a degree, and not a certificate, in view of the fact that these students have now been told that they will be treated as new students after two years and...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (5 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 391: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if mature students, who are already in the system, in receipt of a vocational education committee grant who is currently doing their degree can continue in the system on full grants until their degree is completed in view of the changes in the application of the rules of the grant programme; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Gaelscoileanna: Gaelscoileanna (5 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 401: To ask the Tánaiste agus Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna ós rud é go ndeir sí féin go bhfuil ról maighdeogach le himirt ag an mbunscolaíocht i gcaomhnú agus i leathnú an chéad teanga oifigiúil is í sin an Ghaeilge, cén fáth nach bhfuil aitheantas tugtha d'oiread agus bunscoil lánGhaeilge amháin ó Mheán Fómhair 2008, d'ainneoin go bhfuil Ráth Tó aitheanta ag...

Written Answers — Gaelscoileanna: Gaelscoileanna (5 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 402: To ask the Tánaiste agus Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna conas gur féidir léi a rá gur léir nár ghá scoil nua a bhunú agus go bhfuil a Roinnse deimhin de gur féidir leis na scoileanna atá ann riar ar an méadú réamh-mheasta déimeagrafach i Meán Fómhair 2010, i gceantar Ráth Tó nuair is é mian na dtuismitheoirí sa cheantar go ndéanfaí oideachas a bpáistí a...

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (5 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 409: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that all persons correcting State exams in 2010 are teachers who have not taught the new syllabus in the subjects they are correcting; the number of retired teachers still correcting State exams; if a teacher corrects in one year, if they are automatically reappointed for the next year; and if she...

School Curriculum (6 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 1: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary schools that have dropped a science subject in the 2009-10 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18572/10]

School Curriculum (6 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: On a point of order, I understood the Tánaiste was due to take this question.

School Curriculum (6 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: This question relates to the Tánaiste's brief. With the greatest respect to the Minister of State-----

School Curriculum (6 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: Is this a no-show policy on the Tánaiste's first day or something?

School Curriculum (6 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: Would the Minister of State start again please?

School Curriculum (6 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: Now that the Tánaiste is in the House, I expect she will take the supplementary questions, because this is a matter for her rather than for her junior Minister.

School Curriculum (6 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: It is a matter for record that -----

School Curriculum (6 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: The Tánaiste is here now and I would be interested in hearing her reply to the question I will now pose. On 24 July 2008, the Tánaiste stated, "I am not the Minister for Education, but we must incentivise maths and science. The science agenda and the skills agenda are uppermost in my mind." In her previous position as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, she rightly highlighted...

School Curriculum (6 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: The Minister of State is many things, but he is not a ventriloquist. He is defending the policy of the Government on the question of science in our schools, but has admitted to the House, using figures provided by the Department, that close to 10% of secondary schools in the country have dropped a science subject. Therefore, the ASTI is wrong when it states that more than one-third of...

School Patronage (6 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 4: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the ten areas in which she is considering a possible hand-over of primary schools from the Catholic Church to the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18574/10]

School Patronage (6 May 2010)

Brian Hayes: Let us have a debate.