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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (4 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The process of assessing and paying third level or further education grants is a matter for the relevant grant awarding authority, i.e. local authority, VEC or SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland) as appropriate. The timing of processing and payment of grants varies between the awarding authorities depending on a number of variables, including the volume of applications received,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Designation (4 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: In my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 24 May 2012 I indicated that the State will continue to support educational provision for communities in isolated areas. The changes to the staffing schedule of small primary schools are being phased in over a three year period to allow schools to plan for their future, including possible amalgamation options. Ireland has a high proportion of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (4 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: 73 small primary schools were originally due to lose a classroom teacher in September 2012 as a result of the budget measure to increase the relevant pupil thresholds. The Primary Staffing Appeals Board considered appeals from any of the 73 schools that could show that their projected enrolments for September 2012 were sufficient to allow them retain their classroom teacher over the longer...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (4 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The starting points on the Common Basic Scale and the allowances available to newly employed teachers prior to the recent Government decision on allowances are set out in the attached table. Not all of the allowances listed were available to every teacher as entitlement was based on the qualifications held by the individual and/or the nature of the post for which they were employed. Prior to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Services Provision (4 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 104 and 105 together. I can confirm to the Deputy that as a matter of course there is ongoing liaison between my Department and local authorities to establish the location, scale and pace of any proposed major housing developments and their possible implications for school provision. This level of close co-operation is underpinned by a Code of Practice for...

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The matter was brought before Cabinet on Tuesday. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has identified a number of sectors where there is a need for a voluntary early requirement scheme. In order to get the benefit from it and to provide certainty for everyone, the details will be accelerated as quickly as possible but I cannot provide a date.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: To indicate the joined up thinking within this Government, local government reform will be undertaken in tandem with vocational education committee reform in order that the same geographical entity will apply for local government and VEC-education and training board purposes.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The legislation is due early next year and all the complex issues the Deputy has correctly raised can be addressed during the debate on it.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: All of us have compassion for and understand the anguish that this community is going through. Proposals relating to the legislation referred to by the Deputy were brought to Cabinet in July but the final text of the Bill will not be ready until next year.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: With regard to the second question, I share the Deputy's concern. I imagine it requires small enabling legislation, which basically changes a date in the context of the privacy factor relating to the census. I will look into that because I have a deep interest in it and the Deputy's concerns are legitimate and shared by everybody else in the House. The legislation relating to the...

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Government is not leaking anything relating to this matter. There is a lot of speculation but it is not as a result of Government leaks. I assure the Deputy that the only decision the Cabinet has made on this matter is that we authorised the Revenue Commissioners last July to be the agent of collection after they sought a decision to give them resources and authority to put in place a...

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: It is not normal. We will have a debate afterwards but the decision will be announced in the context of the budget.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy should table a question to the Minister for Finance on that matter.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I am assured the second Bill to which the Deputy referred will be taken this session. There are ongoing discussions with the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, about the technicalities surrounding the seizure of the proceeds of crime so as not to provoke a constitutional challenge.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Deputy Boyd Barrett and I share some things in common. We come from the same spectrum of ideological politics of this country.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Deputy Boyd Barrett from his knowledge of history will recall that even Leon Trotsky agreed with Lenin when they went into government-----

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: -----that a new economic policy was necessary to overcome the crisis before they get on the path of righteousness.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: That is where we are. That is why we are doing it.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: It is proposed to take No. 4, Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed) and No. 16, Statements on Philanthropy and the Arts. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the following arrangements shall apply in relation to No. 16: the opening statements of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for Fianna...

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Yes. The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter has introduced legislation. It has passed Second Stage and is at Committee Stage. It will deal with the personal insolvency service to provide for people who are struggling with their mortgages. I share the Deputy's concern about mortgages. Some 70,000 mortgage holders will be affected by this increase that was announced by AIB today.