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Cabinet Committee on Economic Renewal (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Is this from Fianna Fáil?

Cabinet Committee on Economic Renewal (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Banks are not lending.

School Patronage (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when she will publish the Education (Patronage) Bill 2010 in order that the Community National School model can be given a statutory basis upon which to operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33511/10]

School Patronage (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: I welcome the publication, however late, of this Bill. In the section of her speech she was not able to read out, perhaps the Minister of State explained why, nine years after the Teaching Council Bill was enacted, she is now amending that Act so as to enable unqualified teachers to be hired in certain circumstances against a background where there is an excess of young, and not so young,...

School Patronage (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: I did not ask about further schools.

School Patronage (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Can the Minister of State explain why, nine years after the enactment of the Teaching Council Bill, which provided, inter alia, that at a certain point in time the Department would not have unqualified teachers paid out of Oireachtas moneys in the school system, the Department has seen fit to give itself extra time to address this matter. It cannot be because there is not a sufficient supply...

School Patronage (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: They are unqualified teachers.

School Patronage (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: What kind of exceptional circumstances — unemployed qualified teachers on the one hand and exceptionally unqualified teachers on the other?

School Patronage (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: I appreciate that the Minister of State may not be fully briefed on all of this.

School Patronage (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: She stated it was subject to special requirements and subject to the supervision of the Department. What we are trying to ensure here is that qualified teachers will be on a panel and will be available, and that is the regular practice. It was understandable in 2001, when the Teaching Council Bill was enacted, that there needed to be a phasing-in period, but surely nine years is a...

School Patronage (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Minister of State.

Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: A disbelieving Dáil.

Departmental Programmes (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of successful applicants that have accepted a place on courses offered through the Labour Market Activation Fund to date in 2010; the number of courses that have not proceeded due to insufficient interest from the public; the number of places not proceeding due to insufficient interest from the public; and...

Departmental Programmes (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: I welcome the Minister of State's comments and the publication of this programme. It is very necessary. I draw his attention to a fact in which his colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, Deputy White, will be interested. The normal number of participants to make a course viable in Carlow IT is 60. However, in regard to one of three courses, namely...

Departmental Programmes (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: I appreciate the generosity of the Minister of State's reply. I will furnish him with the precise details. I understand this is the first time his Department has had substantial experience of dealing directly with the institute of technology sector and that there may have been a breakdown in communication. If the particular applicant to whom I referred cannot be accommodated in the course...

State Examinations (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: The Minister or Minister of State should give them instruction.

State Examinations (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Do not be ridiculous.

State Examinations (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: The Minister of State should take control through his cheque book.

Higher Education Grants (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: I am not sure if the Minister of State is making much sense of my query. I would like him to read his reply again and explain it to me.

Higher Education Grants (29 Sep 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: My understanding of Government policy, which Deputy Haughey's previous answer would seem to indicate, is that we should give people as much chance as possible to go back to education and re-skill where necessary. In 2009, the scheme allowed that, all other things being equal, re-entry meant entering as a mature student following a break of at least one year. Under the 2010 rules, re-entry...