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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 574: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has identified savings within his Department which will finance the new commitments outlined in the renewed programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36724/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 575: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will publish the proposed multi-annual plan for the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004, as committed to in the renewed programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36725/09]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 611: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to a commitment made in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 22 September 2009, that all schools in which outstanding amounts for prefabs that had not been paid by his Department to date would be contacted; the outcome of such contact; the reason given to the schools contacted as to the reason the cost of this service...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 614: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children at primary level in classes of 30 or more on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37191/09]

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 615: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of unqualified teachers on a regular contract of employment within the primary and post-primary sectors. [37192/09]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio. (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: To clarify, my understanding is that there is to be an equal division of the 500 additional posts between the primary and post-primary sectors. In other words, if 150 posts are created each year for the next three years, 75 will be at primary level and 75 at secondary level. Is the Minister of State saying there has been no such agreement as yet?

Pupil-Teacher Ratio. (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: On a recent television programme, the chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Science, Deputy Gogarty, claimed that in the course of the final day of his party's exhaustive negotiations with the Minister of State's party, the latter was offering 300 additional teaching posts at 1 p.m. before increasing that offer at 5 p.m., when the pressure was on, to 500 posts. Will the...

Schools Building Projects. (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: Will the Minister confirm that, between primary and post-primary, there are some 1,200 existing applications under the schools building programme, some of which have been lodged for a considerable period? Will he also confirm whether it was his suggestion or that of one of his officials that some of the capital allocation which may not be expended this year may instead be used for...

Schools Building Projects. (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: Given the value the Minister is getting on the capital programme this year - he said that the reduction would be about 30% from what he expected - is it fair to assume that next year we will see more schools built for the reduction in building costs? At this stage, is he able to give an indication to the House about the scope and the scale of the capital programme for next year?

Programme for Government. (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost involved in respect of the revised programme for Government as it relates to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37326/09]

Programme for Government. (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: I find it astonishing that the Minister cannot conclusively inform the House of the total cost of the revised programme for Government for his Department given that the alleged parties to the deal had such a long time to negotiate it. Will the Minister give a specific answer to the following question? In the 24 hours following the publication of the revised programme for Government, three...

Programme for Government. (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: Can I take it from what the Minister has said that there will not be an increase in college registration fees?

Programme for Government. (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: I asked a question and the Minister failed to answer it. He gave a very interesting Second Stage type speech on college registration fees, but he did not answer my question. I will try putting the question again. Will the Minister give the House a categorical assurance, "Yes" or "No", that he will not increase college registration fees in the context of the upcoming budget? Will the...

Programme for Government. (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: I know exactly what it is about.

School Staffing. (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of principals, deputy principals, assistant principals and teachers with special duties who have retired to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37327/09]

School Staffing. (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: I thank the Minister for his reply. He has just put an extraordinary fact on the record. If one takes the post-primary sector for example, he has just told the House that one principal in every school effectively retired in the first ten months of this year. If that is not a flight from the profession, I am not sure what is. That is a very serious loss of senior and middle management...

School Staffing. (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: It is quite clear that the doubt that exists as regards the taxation of the lump sum is a real issue for many principals. I would encourage the Minister to clarify that issue with his Government colleagues once and for all. Where a principal or deputy principal retires, the position is advertised and a new person is placed. However, when it comes to assistant principals, or teachers with...

School Staffing. (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: Is the Minister concerned about this?

Grant Payments. (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the discussions he has had to date in 2009 with the Protestant community regarding decisions taken in budget 2009 to reduce funding to voluntary Protestant schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37329/09]

Grant Payments. (20 Oct 2009)

Brian Hayes: Is it not fair to say that the Minister is on a direct collision course with the Protestant faith in this country and that his handling of this issue has been utterly insensitive to Protestant schools and the ethos provided in those schools? When the then Minister for Education, Donogh O'Malley, introduced free post-primary education in the 1960s he did a deal with them. The Minister is...