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Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (18 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she intends to take to develop an all Ireland animal health regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18789/06]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (18 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 3 May 2006 if she will refer to pre-school facilities in her reply as distinct from child care facilities as the question refers specifically to pre-school support for children with special needs and not child care; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (18 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary has reverted from invalidity pension to disability benefit; when their spouse's pension will be adjusted accordingly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19046/06]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers who are on secondment from school at present; the average length of each of these secondments; the areas which they have been seconded to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19043/06]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers on career breaks for the school year 2005/2006; if these figures are separate to the figures of teachers on secondment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19044/06]

Written Answers — In-service Training: In-service Training (18 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the up-to-date training which is available for teachers who wish to return to the classroom after absence due to secondment or career break; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19045/06]

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (18 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will set out the way in which she plans to deal with issues raised in the commission report on the criteria and procedures for the recognition of new second level schools; when progress will be made on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19048/06]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed). (17 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: At last.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed). (17 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: The Government can publish something in the programme for Government and then ignore it. The Government wants it every which way.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed). (17 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: That would be dishonest.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed). (17 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Are there divisions between the Progressive Democrats and Fianna Fáil?

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed). (17 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: There are plenty of prefabs there.

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (16 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance if the main stairwell of the National Gallery of Ireland, Millennium Wing, is compliant with all relevant building and health and safety requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17932/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (16 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the contents of correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17849/06]

Written Answers — Women's Refuges: Women's Refuges (16 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Question 560: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the need for a women's refuge in County Laois as these women and their families have to travel to Kilkenny and Carlow taking them away from their doctors and their schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18361/06]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion. (16 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: I thank my colleague, Deputy O'Sullivan, and all the Labour Party and Fine Gael Party Members, for tabling this joint motion. Members are constantly told that Ireland is one of the most successful countries in the world today. They are informed that it has outperformed the vast majority of our neighbours within the European Union. Day after day, the Government asserts that our State is the...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion. (16 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: They do not have a choice. There is nowhere else to go.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion. (16 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: They do not have a choice. What choice have people in Dublin 15? Some 8,000 new homes have been built in the past nine years. The parents of 200 children, who are due to begin junior infants classes next September, have been told there is no place available at the local primary schools. Such schools have been on departmental building and expansion lists for years. Even a small amount of...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion. (16 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: The other school is waiting for sanction for funding after it burnt down in a fire. This money has not been made available to it.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion. (16 May 2006)

Olwyn Enright: Staff are operating in prefabs. Is this what the Minister considers a policy?