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Written Answers — Arts in Education: Arts in Education (11 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 739: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received the Arts Council report on the arts in education; when she will make it available to the public; her views on its recommendations; when she will commence the process of its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34181/07]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (11 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 895: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the preferred tenderer for the speed safety cameras will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34015/07]

Road Safety: Motion. (11 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Up to this morning 316 people had been killed on Irish roads this year, which is shocking. According to the recently published Road Safety Strategy, the 333 road deaths in the year between June 2006 and June 2007 equates to approximately 80 deaths per 1 million of the population. In the UK, this figure is 50 deaths per 1 million. A driver is therefore 60% more likely to be killed on an...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (6 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Transport if funding will be provided under the 2008 specific improvement grant scheme to provide a replacement bridge at Ballingar, Lixnaw, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25133/07]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (6 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will allocate the necessary funding to Kerry County Council to provide a new bridge at Ballinaghar, Lixnaw,County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32234/07]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (6 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve a grant under the summer works scheme 2008 for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33156/07]

Schools Building Projects. (6 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me the opportunity to raise the issue of Dromclough national school, County Kerry. I attended the school in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It has always had a high level of academic achievement. Enrolment is approximately 203 and the school has 11 teachers, three special needs assistants and a secretary. An application was made in April 2002 for...

Schools Building Projects. (6 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: The school has made no progress.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: We did not, and since then, whatever gains have been made through various tax bonanzas, paybacks from DIRT and other schemes, from the sale of State assets and so on, have all been squandered. I have a statistic here, which Deputy Kennedy, who is so well-briefed by his party, will no doubt deny, that shows the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, has turned a €2.3 billion Exchequer surplus...

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Deputy Kennedy reflects how well he has been indoctrinated by his colleagues since he came into the House.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: I watched the debate on the monitor. When one sees every Minister on script attacking what Fine Gael states, it means we are succeeding. The latest opinion poll had Fianna Fáil at 32% and Fine Gael at 31%. Next time it will be reversed and we will be ahead. People on this side of the House are performing well and connecting with the people.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Our party has good days ahead. Deputy Kennedy should clarify the matter of the national debt because he got it wrong.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: We appreciate it.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Deputy Kennedy is being positive. We must acknowledge that.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: Who said it was bad?

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: How many are being lost?

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: I want to clarify one point. The highly respected ESRI, in its commentary on the budget said that generally it was not good for the property market.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: I am somewhat amazed that for the first time since I came into this House, economic commentators are welcoming the borrowing of such a large amount of money, €5 billion. It is the highest ever in the history of this House and I am very concerned about that. What the Government has done in recent years is skilfully transfer State borrowing to personal indebtedness. The result is that on a...

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: ——--there is such an acceptance of this huge borrowing. Whereas one time borrowing was a bad word, now it is suddenly becoming fashionable, and that is dangerous.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Jimmy Deenihan: The national debt, back in 1977, stood at around £4 billion. By 1981, under a Fianna Fáil Government, it had trebled to £12 billion, and as we are always reminded in this House, it doubled between 1983 and 1987.