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Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: Deputy Sargent should control the five Members who represent his party.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: It would not have been possible to take on 6,000. We prioritised the children——

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The Deputies opposite should listen.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The Deputy showed me a letter last week that turned out to be bogus. He should not show me another bogus document.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: We put in place the teachers to deal with disadvantaged children. If Deputy Sargent wants to be honest——

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: ——he should state that he did not agree with that decision.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: There are only five Green Party Members.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I want to give Deputy Sargent the answer to his question. He asked about class sizes relating to disadvantaged children and slow learners.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The ratio for special needs classes and those relating to autism is 5:1 or 6:1 and not 15:1. We put in place resources to bring the ratio relating to these classes right down. We did not make a promise in that regard but it was the right thing to do. We reduced class sizes by providing classroom assistants and full-time teachers. The ratio in every school in the country with special needs...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: It is proposed to take No. 12, motion re referral to select committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Internal Agreement concerning the 10th European Development Fund; No. 19, National Oil Reserves Agency Bill 2006 — Report Stage, resumed, and Final Stage; No. 20 — National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad] — Second Stage, resumed; and No. 21 —...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The motion is being referred to the committee where it will be debated. With the pressure on the House, if it was debated here it would be rushed. The committee can debate it for as long as it wants.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: At the Cabinet meeting this morning the Government approved the wording of the amendment we propose to put to the people on the place of children in our Constitution. We will publish the referendum Bill next week. The final wording for the amendment follows extensive consultation with the Opposition parties, voluntary organisations that work with children and other interested organisations,...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: We will publish the wording and the referendum Bill. We have circulated two detailed briefing documents outlining the scope of the proposed amendment. We have met the Opposition parties at least twice and have listened carefully to suggestions and concerns put forward by various groups. The wording will be published with the Bill next week and will reflect those considerations. If people...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: That legislation is not ready.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The heads of the Bill have been approved but I have no date for its publication.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The nursing home support Bill is due this year.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: There is no planned legislation.

Active Citizenship. (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I am not familiar with the scheme but I will ask someone to investigate the position. I am aware that a facility exists in respect of the Civil Defence, the FCA, the St. John Ambulance Brigade, the Order of Malta and other organisations. I do not know why the group to which the Deputy refers has not been extended this facility.

Active Citizenship. (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The charities Bill has proven to be extremely complex from a legal point of view and there are an enormous number of vested interests involved. The Bill, on which a member of staff of the Parliamentary Counsel's office has been working on a full-time basis for a year, is almost ready. It is a priority and will be published. There has not been a great deal of charity in its preparation.

Social Partnership. (13 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 6 to 17, inclusive, together. I am delighted that Towards 2016, the ten-year framework social partnership agreement 2006-15, received such overwhelming support from within all four social partner pillars and that we are now progressing its implementation. The mechanisms for implementation of the new agreement are broadly the same as applied under the previous...