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Mental Health Services (24 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I was delighted to receive a message on my phone this morning from Ms Louise Bayliss telling me of her reinstatement, just as I was utterly shocked and dismayed to receive a call from her last week saying she had been sacked for doing her job and advocating on behalf of patients. Her reinstatement is a victory for her courage and commitment to the cause of mental health patients in ensuring...

Mental Health Services (24 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not want to bandy around terms in a sensitive area like mental health. It seems to me that moving patients from an open unit where they are happy in a community to a closed secure unit - at Christmas, of all times - essentially because of staffing shortages is not the best treatment possible for patients. The question of who is responsible for that is a separate one. Ms Louise Bayliss...

Mental Health Services (24 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It could be shifted to another Department.

Mental Health Services (24 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It would not be the same management.

Mental Health Services (24 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would not be sure.

EU Council Meetings (24 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of unemployment during his discussions with EU leaders on the fiscal compact on 9 December 2011; his views that the fiscal compact adequately addresses the issue of jobs and employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2331/12]

EU Council Meetings (24 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he has raised the issue of economic growth in Europe during his discussions with EU leaders on the fiscal compact on 9 December 2011; his views that the fiscal compact adequately addresses the issue of poor and slowing growth in the Irish and European economies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2332/12]

EU Council Meetings (24 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 20: To ask the Taoiseach the issues he intends to raise at the forthcoming EU summit on 30 January; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3810/12]

EU Council Meetings (24 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 21: To ask the Taoiseach if he intends to raise the issue of downgrading of growth projections for the Irish, European and global economies at the forthcoming EU summit on 30 January; the effects of this in terms of the current strategy being pursued to deal with the economic crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3811/12]

EU Council Meetings (24 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 22: To ask the Taoiseach if he intends to raise the issue of jobs, economic growth and investment at the forthcoming EU summit on 30 January and the urgent need to take action on these matters if there is to be economic recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3812/12]

EU Council Meetings (24 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 23: To ask the Taoiseach his views on the points he intends to make at the forthcoming EU summit on 30 January in relation to the proposed fiscal compact and the possibility of a referendum in Ireland on the proposed inter Governmental treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3813/12]

EU Council Meetings (24 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 24: To ask the Taoiseach if he will raise the issue of the downgrading of the EFSF and other Eurozone countries by rating agencies at the forthcoming EU summit on 30 January; the implications for Ireland and the wider Eurozone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3814/12]

School Staffing (19 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the same theme, I was contacted by Scoil Bhríde in Glen, Edgeworthstown, County Longford, a three teacher school with 49 pupils. It informs me that, as a result of the budget, it will lose a teacher if it does not increase numbers to 51. It argues that it could meet this target by September but needs to be given some breathing space and an opportunity to do so as it will otherwise...

School Staffing (19 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not the case. It is unconscionable to cut teacher numbers and rob our children of their education. If we cannot deal with the general issue, can we at least give the schools concerned some breathing space?

Disadvantaged Status (19 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all previously proposed cuts to DEIS schools have been abandoned and in view of his public comments on seeking cuts elsewhere in his budget where is he planning to make such cuts; the areas he is looking at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2938/12]

Disadvantaged Status (19 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have just come from a demonstration of between 3,000 and 6,000 DEIS school students, parents and teachers from across this city and the country. They want the Minister to agree to a complete reversal on and taking off the table of all proposed cuts to resources for disadvantaged schools, whether DEIS band 1, DEIS band 2 or those with legacy posts. The Minister knows from various reports...

Disadvantaged Status (19 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What I gathered from the troika was that the austerity details were hammered out by the Government and that all it is concerned about is the deficit. I do not doubt it has a prejudice for privatisation and running down public sector numbers. However, it said the targets were sufficient for it while the details could be changed by the Government. Why does the Government believe it is...

Disadvantaged Status (19 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Any cuts to DEIS are completely unacceptable. The Government needs to get out of the trenches to fight this unacceptable attack on education and our children. What is happening to DEIS band 2 given it is not referred to in the teacher staffing schedule for 2012-2013? Does the Minister intend to do away with DEIS band 2? Does he intend to press ahead with the cuts for learning support...

Third Level Fees (19 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is it not the case that cutting the funding to postgraduate grants is the sharp edge of the disastrous situation over which this Government has presided? This will cut the education level of attainment at the highest level, which we need if this country has any chance of recovering. The Government talks on a regular basis about how we need to make this country favourable for investment and...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (19 Jan 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he still intends to press ahead with cuts to learning support teachers under the general allocation model; if so, if he will detail those planned cuts and the timescale for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2939/12]