Results 14,061-14,080 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that will be contributed by civil and public servants to public funds both through deduction in pay by way of pension contribution under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009 for the year 2010 and also by way of PRSI and, where relevant, other pension contribution schemes; the amount expected to be...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (9 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of international students that are registered with the Garda National Immigration Bureau and Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service in tabular format; the percentage of these students that attend English language colleges, further education colleges and higher education colleges; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (9 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the refusal rates for student visa applications and tourist visa applications for the past four years from persons applying through the Irish Embassy in Beijing, China; the approval rates for students applying to an Irish college (details supplied) through the Beijing Embassy for the past four years; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (9 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the process that the decisions taken by visa officers are vetted or overseen; if there is any handbook or manual that outlines the proper procedures that a visa officer should follow in order to ensure that visas are being processed correctly; the reason Ireland is the only country in Europe that does not publish...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (3 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the decision to remove four special needs assistants posts at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 2; if she will consider the importance of these posts to the well-being of children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23908/10]

School Absenteeism (3 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Chalk is being used.

Colleges of Education (3 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the fact that all five undergraduate primary teacher training colleges are owned and managed by the Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland and that such colleges are extensively funded by the Irish taxpayer and bearing in mind the provisions of Article 44 of the Constitution, she considers the...

Colleges of Education (3 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills for her reply, but her response is somewhat inadequate as we approach the completion of first decade in the 21st century. This is a republic. Articles 42o and 44o of the Constitution provide for education. We have moved a long way from 1930. People are entitled to the right of conscience. The provision of education supported by...

Colleges of Education (3 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: I am sorry but the Minister cannot say that.

Colleges of Education (3 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: I did not ask the Minister to issue a diktat, to quote her own phrase. I asked her to act on the information volunteered to her and her Department, namely, that if a person requested the option it would be granted. I simply ask for that negative to be turned into a positive. In other words, a person does not have to ask but can avail of the option if he or she wants to because the...

Colleges of Education (3 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: May I reply?

Colleges of Education (3 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: The Minister cannot say the situation has not arisen. If one talks to the teachers' unions they will say privately it has arisen. The student teachers are scared to ask for it for fear of endangering their work opportunities.

Colleges of Education (3 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: We will get to that later.

Colleges of Education (3 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: That is a misrepresentation of what we said.

Colleges of Education (3 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Hypocrisy becomes sanctioned.

State Examinations (3 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: It is a pretty good indicator.

State Examinations (3 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Teacher.

State Examinations (3 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Nonsense.

School Transport (3 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: We are all relieved accordingly.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank my colleague, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, for allowing me to intervene in this debate. I have seldom spoken on health matters because, quite frankly, I know very little about the medical side of health and I would hate to have to deal with the complexity of the problems in our system. Therefore, I do not propose to try in any way to second guess those who have put much more effort and...