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Education (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: Yes, she did advocate that. However, there is no reason that amalgamated VECs, with a much stronger mandate in respect of a number of counties, could not be the local levers of education policy within their communities. On every occasion one reads an OECD report, one is confronted with various criticisms of the Department of Education and Skills. In the 1992 Green Paper on education, it was...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: Indeed they might.

Education (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: If one examines the recent innovations on sports provision facilities one will find it is where the VECs do get it right. They sweat the asset. When a new sports facility is established if it is a VEC school, as is the case in my constituency, it operates from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. That is not the case in many other schools in the country where when the doors closed at 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. the...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: Yes. There is no reason why we cannot radically alter the way in which those decisions are made. Library research and information services should be dealt with locally as well, as should printing, publication and in-service teacher training. Why should Marlborough Street decide that? That is a matter for local educational providers to decide. If ever there was an area where one could...

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (10 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 108: To ask the Taoiseach the number of foreign tourists that have visited Ireland each year since 2000 to date in 2010; broken down by country of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41758/10]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (10 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 109: To ask the Taoiseach the average amount spent by foreign tourists in Ireland each year since 2000 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41760/10]

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (10 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 110: To ask the Taoiseach if the Central Statistics Office includes the debt of the Dublin Airport Authority in its calculations of the general Government debt that it compiles for EUROSTAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41757/10]

Written Answers — Bank Guarantee Scheme: Bank Guarantee Scheme (10 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of demand deposits, interbank lending, senior debt, subordinated debt, total wholesale funding, retail deposits, total funding, deposit protection and total liabilities covered by the bank guarantee when the guarantee was introduced and at the most recently available date; the amount of funding provided to these banks by the European...

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (10 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list all taxes and VAT that the State imposes on air travel; the amount of revenue collected by each of these taxes in 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41764/10]

Written Answers — National Debt: National Debt (10 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent servicing the national debt and the average interest rate paid each year from 2000 to 2009; the projected cost of servicing the national debt and the projected average interest rate that will be paid each year from 2010 until 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41765/10]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (10 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the Exchequer has received from overseas tourism each year since 2000 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41768/10]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (10 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from the 13.5% VAT rate to date in 2010; the yield from the 21% VAT rate to date in 2010; the equivalent figures for the same period in 2009; the figures for each of these yields for the full year in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41769/10]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (10 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will list all levies and charges that the State imposes on air travel; the amount of revenue collected by each of these charges in 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41764/10]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (10 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Transport the total cost of subsidising internal flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41766/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (10 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the total Exchequer funding provided to Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland each year since 2000 to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41759/10]

Written Answers — National Grid: National Grid (10 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the electricity consumption each month from April 2010 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41762/10]

Written Answers — National Grid: National Grid (10 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of residential disconnections from the national grid each month since January 2006 to date in 2010; the amount of these disconnections that result from unpaid arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41763/10]

Order of Business. (11 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: It is 15 years ago. A long time ago.

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total spend on overtime in 2009; the estimated spend on overtime in 2010; if she plans to make savings in this area in 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41945/10]

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (11 Nov 2010)

Brian Hayes: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if, notwithstanding the fact that economic experts commissioned by the Government are subject to the provisions of the Official Secrets Act, he can provide assurance that these experts do not also advise private sector interests who are subject to cuts in public expenditure on the way to mitigate their impact; and if he will make a statement on...