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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (10 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating a quantum of Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support for each school annually taking into account the assessed care needs of children qualifying for SNA support. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Appointments to State Boards (10 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The information requested on the appointments made to State Boards in 2014 is outlined in the following table. In 2014 appointments were made to the following boards: Grangegorman Development Agency (GDA); Higher Education Authority (HEA); Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI); Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB); Residential Institutions Review Committee (RIRC); and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Statutory Instruments (10 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Since the 1st May 2014 to date I have signed 15 Statutory Instruments. The title and reference of each Statutory Instrument is set out in the following table. S.I. Number Title S.I. No. 200/2014 Student Support Regulations 2014 S.I. No. 201/2014 Student Grant Scheme 2014 S.I. No. 260/2014 Further Education and Training Act 2013 (Property Vesting Day) Order 2014 S.I. No. 261/2014...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Is this based on the Deputy's vast personal experience?

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: It is called the Willy Wonka factory.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Budget Statement 2015 (14 Oct 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: They will do more damage to themselves if we can hear them.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Association Agreements: Motions (21 Jan 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: I welcome the Minister and his colleagues. I have a number of concerns about this. First and foremost, apropros of what Deputy Crowe said or what he read out on behalf of his party, the European Union is a unique institution and it is the only political union in the world that people want to join or with which they want to have an association agreement. There is no queue of nations...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: My questions relate to the future because the Estimates have been signed off for this year. First, I acknowledge the presence of the former Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Is there any way the Estimates for Vote 28 can include the promotion of cultural product in all of its manifestations? We have seen the devastation of the domestic budget for culture. We should remember...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to follow up on the point raised. Deputy O'Sullivan's interest in Cuba dates back a long time, as does mine. There is in Ireland a Cuba solidarity group. The Minister could perhaps start by inviting its representatives to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to explore possible and existing connections.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: I have two questions on subhead B. Would it be possible at some stage to communicate to Members of both Houses the comparative costs of passports in other European countries, specifically the 28 EU countries? Is the figure an arbitrary one that cannot be compared? There is no Aldi or Lidl version, so we do not know whether our passport fee is good value for money. I record my appreciation...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: How much will it cost?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: Has any cost-benefit analysis been undertaken by the Department in the context of the amount of money that is going into North-South development co-operation? On programme C, a significant amount of money, amounting to almost €14.5 million, is for salaries and related administrative costs. How many people are involved, approximately, and what percentage of the total number of people...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: I want to be associated with the remarks of my colleague, Deputy Eric Byrne, on the overall work that is being done through successive Administrations by foreign affairs officials, people on the ground and the wider Irish network of people involved. We all know its history, but it must be constantly restated. The one area of vulnerability is the contributions to international...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: Are any of the northern rich countries making a contribution to that?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: How come this occurred? Was the money taken fraudulently from the Prime Minister's office?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Interaction of GAA with the Diaspora: GAA (25 Feb 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: I apologise for my late arrival. I have had an opportunity to read through the presentation and I congratulate both of our guests on it. I wish to endorse the comments that have already been made. In the interests of brevity, I recognise all of the issue so accurately outlined by our guests. I wish Mr. O'Neill well in the final few days of his presidency. It seems that no time has passed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Interaction of GAA with the Diaspora: GAA (25 Feb 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: It has, in effect, started.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ebola Crisis in Sierra Leone: Irish Ambassador (25 Mar 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Data (28 Apr 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: 378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that some education and training boards are not facilitating the sharing of information with the public, as official e-mail addresses of board members are not in the public domain, with the result that members of the public, including parent groups, are unable to contact board members and have been told by officials of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade between Ireland and ASEAN Countries: Irish Exporters Association (29 Apr 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: I have read the recommendations and endorse much of what Deputy Smith said. We cannot do the job of the witnesses but they can tell us what we can do to make their jobs better and easier. The witnesses can decode No. 9 as a very polite way of saying: "Let us not offend them". However, if the witnesses do not tell us the truth, we cannot fix it. There are silos and complications and we are...