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- Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: There should not be.
- Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: That is fair enough.
- Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: I will take that as a "Be happy with what you have got already, Deputy" reply.
- Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 34: In page 33, line 42, after "persons" to insert the following: ", and its members shall include such number of student representatives (including at least 2 student representatives nominated by the Union of Students in Ireland) as shall ensure that each sitting or division of the Appeals Board includes at least one student representative". This is a belt and braces...
- Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: USI members are more expert than anyone else.
- Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: And they are experts at trying to survive on half of nothing.
- Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: The title of the Bill is not the experts support Bill. Can we get a little real and adventurous? It is the Student Support Bill. These are people who have the right to vote, get married and be on a jury. They are not children. This is 2010, not 1810 or 1910, for God's sake. These are people who have bank accounts and in some cases are in cohabiting relationships and are parents. They...
- Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: We could provide that the Minister will appoint the board and that two of them will be members of USI. However, the Minister would select the people from USI rather than the union nominating them. Alternatively, the Bill could provide that two of the board members must be students from a representative organisation. These people are dealing with confidential matters in their role on college...
- Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: My student experience from 1964 to 1969 bears no relation to what these guys are going through now. Does that make me an expert?
- Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: The Minister has been gracious in this process. I will reluctantly do so. Timidity has triumphed over adventure.
- Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Minister for being accommodating. I would have liked to have got more, but one has to be grateful on this side of the House for whatever one gets. I would hope, in the preparation of the operating manual for how this practice will be developed, that there will be cognisance of this debate. The Minister was reluctant to put into statutory law something that she exercised in...
- Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: So it will go before that House in the new year. If and when it is enacted, when would the Minister hope to have it up and running? Will the students who are applying to start college next September avail of this new regime or not?
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of beneficiaries of training provided by FÃS specialist training providers who have progressed to the labour market, broken down annually, for the years 2006 to 2009 inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47826/10]
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the rate of labour market progression of participants in FÃS training for the years 2005 to 2009 inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47827/10]
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the FÃS work placement programme for teachers announced by her, if it is possible for teachers who use this scheme to gain the relevant experience required for the Dip qualification; if she will encourage trainee teachers to apply to Dip programmes ahead of the deadline of 14 January 2011 on the...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 11 November 2010, if she will make an immediate decision on the home tuition grant for a child (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47911/10]
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the Education (Qualification and Training) Bill will be published; when she expects it will be debated on Second Stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47917/10]
- Literacy Levels (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: Nobody is saying that.
- Departmental Expenditure (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: The first proper job I had in this State, after I qualified with a postgraduate degree, was with Dublin City Council. I was told that if I made a mistake that cost the taxpayer money, I would be surcharged. Clearly, management in FETAC made a decision that cost the taxpayer a lot of money. The Department received legal advice that the decision was unauthorised and was in breach of the...
- Departmental Expenditure (16 Dec 2010)
Ruairi Quinn: I know that. The Department got legal advice.