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Third Level Fees (19 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: When does the Minister of State expect the final scheme will be available and published? Will the Minister of State indicate the number of postgraduate students in receipt of fee payment or maintenance grants over the past number of years?

Third Level Fees (19 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: Are 9,435 students in receipt of fees and maintenance grants?

Third Level Fees (19 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: Am I correct in thinking that 2,000 postgraduate students will receive a maintenance grant for the coming academic year? Will 4,000 have the fees element paid?

Third Level Fees (19 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: When the Minister has a finite number of postgraduate students who will be funded, what will happen to people who meet the income criteria but will be No. 2,001 on the list? I regularly read the statements of the Minister of State in his capacity with responsibility for research and development, where he speaks in glowing terms about the success of the major investment in the past decade in...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (19 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give urgent consideration to a request made directly to him by a board of management (details supplied) in relation to the need for this school to retain its staffing complement as outlined in the detailed letter forwarded to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3100/12]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of a proposed building project (details supplied); when the project is likely to proceed to the next stage and to construction stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3154/12]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (19 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the names and addresses of schools that have DEIS 1 and DEIS 2 status on a county basis. [3156/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (19 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal will be determined in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3153/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (18 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of some commentary that some self-employed tradesmen may be claiming social welfare payments, the analysis that has taken place in relation to such commentary; if any pilot analysis has been examined covering any suburban or geographic area; if there is an ongoing analysis to ensure that persons working in this State from...

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: They need the resources.

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: A correct statement. The Deputy can hear the applause from the Visitors Gallery.

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: It is Deputy Lawlor who got me the applause. I did not look for it.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No.3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: I am glad to have the opportunity to make a short contribution on this important legislation. My colleague, Deputy Calleary, referred to the ongoing dispute in Cork about which Deputies Buttimer and Martin have been exercised for the past number of weeks. On Thursday last, some of the workers from Vita Cortex from Cork were here in Kildare Street along with employees of the Lagan Brick...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No.3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: Of course, the Labour Party is the author of its own embarrassment in this. Its posturing in many instances did not prove worthwhile. While we welcome the fact that the Minister has been compelled to shift his ground and come closer to the recommendations of the Duffy Walsh report, last night the Fianna Fáil Party spokesperson on enterprise and employment, Deputy O'Dea, outlined some of our...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 46: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken at an EU level to raise the massacre of anti-regime protesters in Syria over the past year; the measures the EU has taken and is considering in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2387/12]

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if North-South co-operation is being adversely affected by budgetary cuts; if North-South relations will be adversely impacted as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2321/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 88: To ask the Taoiseach the total allocated budget for his Department in 2011; and the actual outturns in each of his Department subheads at the end of 2011. [2141/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total allocated budget for his Department in 2011; and the actual outturns in each of his Department's subheads at the end of 2011. [2135/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the total allocated budget for his Department in 2011; and the actual outturns in each of his Department subheads at the end of 2011. [2134/12]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the final EU funding decision to be made regarding the release of 65% of the European Globalisation Fund contribution of €35.5 million for construction workers here; if he has sent letters notifying all persons who are eligible for this co-financed funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2011/12]