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- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Apr 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 695: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which have 30 or more children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11269/08]
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Apr 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 696: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which have 30 or more children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11270/08]
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Apr 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 697: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which have 30 or more children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11271/08]
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Apr 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 698: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which have 30 or more children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11272/08]
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Apr 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 699: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of classes in a school (details supplied) which have 30 or more children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11273/08]
- Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (2 Apr 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 801: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects work to commence on the proposed gymnasium for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the amount of money she has allocated for the building of same; when she expects it to be completed and open for use by the student body; if her attention has been drawn to the 1100 plus students of the school who have been...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Apr 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 829: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the work being done by an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 15, supporting newborn babies and young children and the fact that the people using the service are predominantly immigrants who value the service as a means of connecting with the local community; his views on whether...
- Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2008)
Joan Burton: I welcome the publication of this Bill as it is long overdue. Before becoming a full-time TD I was a senior lecturer at the Dublin Institute of Technology and I am declaring that interest. On the role of colleges of technology in education in Ireland, the country is at a crossroads in terms of the development of third level and fourth level education. Discussion around the Lisbon treaty...
- Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (13 Mar 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Central Statistics Office does not identify tourism as a sector for classification for economic activity; his views on whether this hinders Ireland's ability to accurately assess the true value of tourism to the economy; if he will lobby the CSO to introduce a tourism satellite...
- Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (13 Mar 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the view of the reports on sport and art (details supplied) that have both come to the conclusion that public spending on sport and art are expected to be regressive, with the less well off subsidising the activities of the better off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10845/08]
- Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)
Joan Burton: The Dublin transport authority Bill has been promised for a long time. Dublin buses, particularly those travelling from Swords into Dublin, are precluded from using the port tunnel, which would save half an hour's journey time. Without a Dublin transport authority Bill it appears only private bus operators will be allowed use the Dublin port tunnel and Dublin Bus buses such as the No. 40...
- Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)
Joan Burton: Apparently we need clarification as to whether Dublin Bus can useââ
- Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)
Joan Burton: The port tunnel was paid for with tens of millions of euro of taxpayers' funds.
- Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)
Joan Burton: The main bus company for the city is Dublin Bus but it cannot use the port tunnel and it is an extra three quarters of an hour from Swords on a bad day's travel.
- Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)
Joan Burton: It takes half an hour on a good day.
- Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)
Joan Burton: We are barring Dublin Bus customers from using the Dublin Port tunnel.
- Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)
Joan Burton: I have a second Bill I want to raise. I have asked about it before and I am minding it like a baby because people are waiting on it. Where is the property management services agency Bill to deal with management companies?
- Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)
Joan Burton: Tens of thousands of young people have bought homes but they are in a legal limbo regarding the management of their properties. The Government keeps promising but does nothing. Those three lads on the front bench â the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Deputy Brennan, the Minister for Defence, Deputy O'Dea and the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Ryan...
- Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (12 Mar 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals for banning junk food advertising aimed at young people; his timeframe for this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10582/08]
- Written Answers — Energy Policy: Energy Policy (12 Mar 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the proposal in the programme for Government to remove regulatory barriers to combined heat and power and district heating systems; the position in relation to this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10583/08]