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Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: I will not take up too much time. I take on board what the Minister stated. I thank her for the lesson on the Education (Welfare) Act 2000. It is good to get a reminder, but the point is that Act is the legislation under which the National Educational Welfare Board will work and the trouble is that the board states it needs its full complement of staff in order to carry out its job under...

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Some 200 to go.

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: That is just as bad in one sense because it is a technicality.

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: That is on the record now.

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: I move amendment No. 9: In page 4, line 43, after "peers," to insert the following: "subject to the requirement that the Minister and-or her Department shall monitor the efforts being made by the National Educational Welfare Board to secure as far as practicable the educational rights of the individual student in the event of a decision under subsection (1)(a) or (b) being upheld, and will...

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: I move amendment No. 11: In page 5, line 28, to delete "relevant." and substitute the following: "relevant, including whether or not violent behaviour against another pupil or teacher was the cause of the expulsion, in which case the committee will generally not recommend the reinstatement of such pupils, save for exceptional situations where there was no previous history of violence or...

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: I come from a constituency in which students are being blocked at second level because the traditional parish boundaries no longer make sense. A rapidly expanding part of Lucan with a high concentration of foreign national and Traveller children does not have a second level school. Challenges arise throughout the area in finding second level places. The Minister has stated in reply to...

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: I would like clarification more than anything. Perhaps the Minister has some examples but I cannot see a situation where a student who has been expelled would sit in a classroom in a school. Perhaps the student would end up in a separate room or remain at home until the expulsion is effected. Are there cases in which schools experience difficulties in that 20 day period before the...

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Does that happen in practice?

Written Answers — EU Battle Groups: EU Battle Groups (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Defence when the memorandum of understanding for Irish participation in the EU battlegroups will be agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8927/07]

Written Answers — National Emergency Plan: National Emergency Plan (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Defence if there have been recent exercises of the Government's National Emergency Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8928/07]

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (8 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will bring forward proposed measures for coexistence of genetically modified and non-GM crops before 18 May 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9142/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (20 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the review mechanisms in place to adjust rates of value added tax or remove specified goods and services from the ambit of the tax. [10155/07]

Written Answers — Social Finance Foundation: Social Finance Foundation (20 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the sources other than financial institutions from which the newly created social finance foundation is hoping to secure funds. [10154/07]

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (20 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 515: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the plans that are in place to ensure that excess domestic power generation can be placed back into the national grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9597/07]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (20 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 521: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason grants are not currently being provided for PV types of solar panels, whereas it is possible to obtain grants for the thermal collector types; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9741/07]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (20 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 560: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the guidelines in place to ensure that organisations in receipt of funding through his Department or its agencies that work with animals are monitored regarding the conditions and welfare of the animals; if this is currently part of or will be included in future assessments regarding funding provision; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (20 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 584: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the bodies under his remit that provide training in information technology to students or adults who have learning difficulties or who are affected by illness in the south city and south and west County Dublin areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10321/07]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (20 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 645: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason Dublin Bus has not been granted a licence to operate a service along Griffeen Avenue, Lucan, in view of the fact that there is huge demand on this route and that it is not currently being supported by private operators. [10316/07]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (20 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 758: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reasons the years spent working as a teacher in the private sector are not provided for in the pay scale when a teacher gains employment paid for by her Department; if there are plans to change this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9454/07]