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Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 578: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will lose for the educational year 2009/2010 as a consequence of his announced increase in class sizes; the enquiries he has made regarding the capacity of the school to meet the needs of its pupils as a consequence of his action; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 579: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will lose for the educational year 2009/2010 as a consequence of his announced increase in class sizes; the enquiries he has made regarding the capacity of the school to meet the needs of its pupils as a consequence of his action; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 580: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will lose for the educational year 2009/2010 as a consequence of his announced increase in class sizes; the enquiries he has made regarding the capacity of the school to meet the needs of its pupils as a consequence of his action; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 581: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will lose for the educational year 2009/2010 as a consequence of his announced increase in class sizes; the enquiries he has made regarding the capacity of the school to meet the needs of its pupils as a consequence of his action; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 582: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers a school (details supplied) in Dublin 14 will lose for the educational year 2009/2010 as a consequence of his announced increase in class sizes; the enquiries he has made regarding the capacity of the school to meet the needs of its pupils as a consequence of his action; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 583: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers a school (details supplied) in Dublin 14 will lose for the educational year 2009/2010 as a consequence of his announced increase in class sizes; the enquiries he has made regarding the capacity of the school to meet the needs of its pupils as a consequence of his action; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 584: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will lose for the educational year 2009/2010 as a consequence of his announced increase in class sizes; the enquiries he has made regarding the capacity of the school to meet the needs of its pupils as a consequence of his action; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 585: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 will lose for the educational year 2009/2010 as a consequence of his announced increase in class sizes; the enquiries he has made regarding the capacity of the school to meet the needs of its pupils as a consequence of his action; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 586: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers a school (details supplied) in Dublin 14 will lose for the educational year 2009/2010 as a consequence of his announced increase in class sizes; the enquiries he has made regarding the capacity of the school to meet the needs of its pupils as a consequence of his action; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Benchmarking Awards: Benchmarking Awards (18 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 587: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the benefits which accrued from benchmarking with regard to the services provided to the general public by his Department. [40869/08]

Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: I do not wish to shout over my colleagues.

Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: In 1999, the Children First child protection guidelines were announced and put in place. These are non-statutory guidelines designed to ensure a uniform approach is taken to dealing with the problems of children at risk and investigation of reports of children at risk. At the end of July, the Office of the Minister for Children published a review which confirmed that our child protection...

Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: I am coming to the point, Sir. We know there are hundreds of children reported to be at risk whose cases have not been investigated. Does the Government have plans to make the Children First child protection guidelines mandatory, giving them statutory effect and ensuring their uniform application? In the context of promised legislation, specifically No. 11, the child care Bill, I ask the...

Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: I do not normally interrupt the Tánaiste but she has alluded to my concern. The Ombudsman for Children appears to be re-investigating a matter which has already been confirmed in the Department's review, namely——

Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: ——that the guidelines are not being complied with. I want to ensure the Ombudsman for Children's investigation does not become an excuse for inaction by the Government because children's lives are at risk.

Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: Will the Bill make the guidelines mandatory?

Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: In recent days, we have observed in England circumstances in which a young child lost its life due to the child care system being dysfunctional. Our child care system has been dysfunctional for decades under this Government.

Child Care Services. (25 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has finalised its inquiry into the circumstances relating to the death of a person, whose details are supplied; if she has received a report in respect of the said inquiry; if not when she expects the report to be completed; if the report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the...

Child Care Services. (25 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: Can the Minister of State confirm if he is aware that this report relates to David Foley, who voluntarily sought care from the State at 14 years of age? The State failed utterly to provide for him properly and put him in what is known as "out of hours" facilities. Three years after seeking help from the State, on 10 September 2005, this poor man lay dead in an apartment in Blackhall Place...

Child Care Services. (25 Nov 2008)

Alan Shatter: Does the Minister of State accept that this tragic teenager was scandalously failed by the State? Does he accept that under no circumstances should a situation arise where a teenager cries for help, presents himself to the State seeking care, is essentially left to his own devices and ends up dying three years later? Does he accept that it is in the public interest that there be...