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Written Answers — Third Level Staff: Third Level Staff (12 Jan 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will to provide a breakdown of academic and non-academic staff employed for each individual institution, in all of the seven universities, all higher education authority designated colleges and all the institutes of technology during the periods December 2008, December 2009 and December 2010; and if she will make...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (12 Jan 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has received correspondence from a school (details supplied); if she has agreed to lease a new premises for this school on a 12-year lease; if she will issue a written commitment to this effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48324/10]

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (12 Jan 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed in each individual, private fee-paying primary and secondary school; the gross salary cost of these teachers per school during the 2009/10 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1164/11]

Written Answers — Literacy Levels: Literacy Levels (12 Jan 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason the draft national plan to improve literacy and numeracy in schools does not contain any discussion on proposals to raise the literacy standards of children with sensory or physical disabilities; the measures she is taking to increase the literacy standards of these children; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (12 Jan 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills in view of the delay in publishing the proposed Qualifications (Education and Training) Bill, if her Department will issue a circular which will allow Irish students, workers and employers to access the wide range of non-Irish qualifications (details supplied) that have been formally aligned with the Irish National...

Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Our duty is to hold the Government to account.

Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 9: In page 18, line 32, after "State," to insert the following: "and has been previously so ordinarily resident for such period if any as may be prescribed,". The purpose of the amendment is to take account of the regular mobility among the student population. Somebody may be out of the country or gone to different parts of the jurisdiction, or Northern Ireland. The...

Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 10: In page 18, lines 33 to 44, to delete all words from and including "and" in line 33, down to and including "2006)—" in line 44, to delete page 19 and in page 20, to delete lines 1 to 12 and substitute the following: "and is an Irish citizen, a non-national who is lawfully present in the State and is likely to remain lawfully in the State for the duration of the...

Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: I can understand the desire to provide maximum flexibility in drafting the scheme and to not be tied by primary legislation, but I hoped the spirit of the amendment proposed by Deputy O'Dowd would be incorporated. It may not be done by the current Government but by whomever is next in Government. Let the record stand.

Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Minister.

Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Do I move amendment No. 26 at this point?

Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Can I debate the net point now?

Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Amendment No. 26 seeks to delete "45 days" and substitute "30 days". Does the Minister accept the proposal?

Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: We suggest that the appeal period-----

Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: They are related but separate issues.

Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: I suggest that under the Croke Park agreement it would be an act of anticipation by the Minister's officials to accept an increase in efficiency. As the provision stands, a person who appeals will have to wait 45 days, a month and half, to get a reply. My amendment proposes the timeframe in this regard should be one month, which is four weeks. I remind the Minister that a former public...

Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Yes.

Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Minister. Amendment agreed to.

Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 26: In page 29, line 30, to delete "45 days" and substitute "30 days".

Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Let us examine the experience of local authorities in regard to planning permissions because I am not trying to set impossible deadlines for a public service that is working and trying to meet all the requirements. Frequently, the Blaney rule has been circumvented legally by the planning authorities saying they do not have adequate information or they need additional information. If the...