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Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (4 May 2004)

Marian Harkin: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the compensation scheme will be put in place for all persons who were brain damaged by vaccines administered in this State, following the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children report of July 2001 that this compensation scheme should be put in place as matter of urgency. [12480/04]

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Marian Harkin: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak about the citizenship referendum. I have thought carefully about the issue and tried to inform myself. I have listened to those of my constituents who have raised the matter with me. It is not all one-way traffic. There are divergent views and differing legal and political opinions. As this is where we are, we must decide what to do. A number of...

Written Answers — Standardised School Year: Standardised School Year (30 Mar 2004)

Marian Harkin: Question 325: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of recognised post-primary schools which furnished completed declarations with regard to his request of January 2004 to post-primary schools to furnish declarations regarding arrangements for a standardised school year, parent/teacher meetings and staff meetings; and the number of recognised post-primary schools which did...

Written Answers — Standardised School Year: Standardised School Year (30 Mar 2004)

Marian Harkin: Question 326: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools which were in breach of Sustaining Progress in view of the information declared by them and Circular M5/04 of 9 January 2004 (details supplied) to chairpersons of boards of management and managers. [10121/04]

Written Answers — Standardised School Year: Standardised School Year (30 Mar 2004)

Marian Harkin: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the penalties which were imposed on offending schools in comparison to schools which accorded with the terms of circular letter 19/03; and the penalties which were imposed on the teachers in the offending schools in comparison to those working in schools that accorded with the terms of circular letter 19/03. [10122/04]

Written Answers — Parent Teacher Meetings: Parent Teacher Meetings (30 Mar 2004)

Marian Harkin: Question 328: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in relation to Circular M34/03 to managerial authorities in second level schools (details supplied), schools are required to hold a student review meeting in the third term; if, in schools in which all student review meetings were held during the same term, they were required to hold only one on the basis of their being half...

Written Answers — Parent Teacher Meetings: Parent Teacher Meetings (30 Mar 2004)

Marian Harkin: Question 329: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of post-primary schools which answered affirmatively to the question in section 2 (details supplied) in the declaration form attaching to Circular M5/04; the number of post-primary schools which answered negatively to the question; and the number of post-primary schools which did not respond to the question. [10124/04]

European Council Meetings: Statements. (30 Mar 2004)

Marian Harkin: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the European summit held in Brussels last week. Like other Deputies, I wish the Government and its officials well in the remainder of the term of our Presidency of the EU. One of the main issues concerning us now is the possible conclusion of negotiations on the European constitution. I heard the Taoiseach say earlier that we all need to...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2004)

Marian Harkin: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive the number of resource hours they were allocated following assessment. [4525/04]

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Feb 2004)

Marian Harkin: I recently received a document entitled Bunreacht an hEoraip, the Irish translation of the proposed constitution for Europe. This document is still under negotiation yet seeing its title, instead of the more familiar title Bunreacht na hÉireann, brings home how important the European dimension is and how much it impinges on our lives, even if it is an unseen hand. Nonetheless, the work of...

European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)

Marian Harkin: I wish to share my time with Deputies Sargent and Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin.

European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)

Marian Harkin: I wish the Government well during its Presidency of the European Union. The Taoiseach and the Ministers will play a significant role in shaping Ireland's Presidency. I have read the Government's comprehensive programme for the Irish Presidency of the European Union. I would like to raise a number of issues but will concentrate on two. The first is the issue of development, poverty reduction...