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Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Report Stage. (29 Jun 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can see from where the Minister of State is coming but from time to time, I would like to see a review of which functions are appropriate as reserve ones. It may turn out that governing bodies might feel they need to exercise accountability in respect of certain functions which they will not have under this legislation. I do not know whether the Minister of State can give such an...

Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Report Stage. (29 Jun 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 51: In page 20, to delete lines 17 to 21. On a technical point, amendment No. 52 on the list of amendments concerns the director and the president. It might be printed wrongly. The amendments grouped in my name and that of Deputy Enright relate to appearances before the Committee of Public Accounts by representatives of institutes of technology, universities and other...

Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Report Stage. (29 Jun 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Opposition parties are concerned that the provision imposes, in the context of this Bill which also applies to institutes of technology, a new restriction on the universities, National Qualifications Authority and Higher Education Authority. This constraint would create a difficulty in the context of the example I cited of a representative of a university or institute of technology trying...

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: It has been clarified that the script will be made available.

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: I support the amendment moved by Deputy McManus. I do so because of the issues that have been raised by other speakers. Having listened to the last two Fianna Fáil Members, Deputies Callely and Fleming, it is a pity the Taoiseach has quashed the backbenchers' committee which wanted to have an input into Government policy. If the views of those two Deputies were taken into account, the Bill...

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: I would welcome if someone dealt with the matter because it is strange that the specific programme investigating the infection of women with hepatitis C who were given anti-D is no longer being funded. I do not know if funding is being cut for other Blood Bank programmes. It would be interesting to know what is the position. The fact that it is this particular programme certainly looks...

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: I did not suggest there had been a cutback in the programme, only in Government funding for it.

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister of State should read the relevant section.

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is she suggesting that the specialists are wrong?

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (29 Jun 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the recent efforts he has made to request the release and restoration to liberty of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners, the return to democracy in Burma and an end to human rights violations in that country. [25260/06]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (29 Jun 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the proposed US-India nuclear agreement is not reconcilable with the spirit or the letter of the non-proliferation agreement of the United Nations, of which Ireland was author. [25259/06]

Disadvantaged Status. (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects decisions to be made on appeals from schools in respect of their inclusion under the DEIS initiative; if the anomaly will be addressed whereby some schools are excluded despite catering for largely the same families as others which are included; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26132/06]

Disadvantaged Status. (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Do I understand from the Minister's reply that schools in which children of the same family are enrolled will be considered in the review? I have been informed that where children from the same family graduate to secondary school, it sometimes arises that the primary school is included whereas the secondary school is not. Why are the criteria for primary level different from those for second...

Disadvantaged Status. (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Will the most disadvantaged schools be prioritised in the first year? I refer in particular to those schools with high levels of literacy and numeracy problems.

Commercial Research. (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: It does not cover everything. Schools are still obliged to fund-raise.

Garda Vetting Services. (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Children with special needs who travel to schools by taxi are a particularly vulnerable group. Will the taxi drivers concerned be vetted in September? My second question may be more appropriate to the Minister for Education and Science. A large number of children — usually young teenagers — from other European countries come to Ireland to learn English during the summer. Is there any...

Garda Vetting Services. (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Young teenagers, aged 13, 14 or 15, stay with families in Ireland and they are vulnerable. I wonder if there is any obligation on the schools concerned to check out those families.

Garda Vetting Services. (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am not talking about secondary schools, but schools that run language classes during the summer.

Garda Vetting Services. (4 Jul 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: For example, many Spanish students come to Ireland every year and stay with families.