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Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Deputy.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: How did Deputy McGrath get through?

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: They will have the chance when we hold a referendum.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Will Deputy Finian McGrath be clear in his support for the referendum? Will he come out early in favour of it, unlike the last referendum?

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Limbo got the heave-ho in Vatican II.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: It is €1.5 billion.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy should engage in the Committee Stage debate, when we will go through the Bill line by line.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I welcome that.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: If the Deputy has better proposals, I will listen to them.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Deputy, that is the starting point of all of us.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Actually I did but the Deputy was not present.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: No, I am not.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: It is the Deputy's use of the possessive pronoun.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: For the Deputy's information, there is no record of that meeting.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy might find out who they met.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Would that not have the effect of causing a long delay?

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I will come back to some of the points that were made. First, I thank Deputies for their contributions to the debate. As has been discussed, the Bill's primary purpose is to establish a statutory fund to support the needs of survivors, in keeping with the all-party motion which was unanimously agreed by the House in the aftermath of the Ryan report. The general support for the Bill is...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: That would bring us very close to a 50:50 deal. In the area of education, I have responsibility for this country's 3,200 primary schools, some 92% of which are under the patronage of the Catholic Church, and 728 post-primary schools. Many of our school buildings are located on the grounds of religious orders and are partially if not totally owned by the patron in question. They were...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2011: Referral to Select Committee (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills pursuant to Standing Orders 82A(3)(a) and (6)(a) and 126(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business."

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for allocating resource teachers and Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's established criteria for the allocation of such...