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Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (25 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 867: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the implications for those schools which have not been invited to participate in the new school support programme; if they will lose teachers; if they will lose their home school community liaison co-ordinators; if they will receive less financial resources; and if so, if parents in County Mayo are expected to match this investment...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (25 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 869: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if schools in County Mayo are victims of their own success in view of their exclusion under the new DEIS. [14965/06]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (25 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 871: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason, in the context of a booming economy and a healthy exchequer cashflow, schools in County Mayo are fighting to retain or gain disadvantaged status. [14967/06]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (25 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 756: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the criteria used to determine disadvantage in order that it is based on a more holistic set of indicators such as those used in a report (details supplied). [14217/06]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (25 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 757: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason pupil achievement and retention is being used as a primary indicator for disadvantage in the new integrated schools support programme under the DEIS scheme; the way in which academic achievement can be used as a prime indicator while failing to take cognisance of the more basic social and economic indicators; and if she...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (25 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 864: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the indicators used to determine educational disadvantage adequately capture educational disadvantage in schools in County Mayo. [14958/06]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (25 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 868: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on taking a more localised approach to determining disadvantage, which would allow for a more holistic evaluation of the factors which are contributing to educational disadvantage in communities across County Mayo. [14964/06]

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (25 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 845: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will implement the McIver report for further education in order that additional funding is allocated to the section. [14790/06]

Written Answers — Student Support Schemes: Student Support Schemes (25 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 842: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will eradicate variations in the way that local administrations administer the student assistance fund and the millennium partnership; and if she will draft and implement overarching guidelines and best practise. [14787/06]

Written Answers — Part-time Students: Part-time Students (25 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 843: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will abolish part-time fees or phase them out over time to widen access to education; and if she will award financial supports to part-time students who are in need of assistance to upskill, retrain and advance career prospects. [14788/06]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (25 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 870: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when school principals will receive information regarding the implications for schools not invited to participate in the new programme (details supplied) after this academic year. [14966/06]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (25 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 980: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has taken on board the advice received from Teagasc to amend the nitrates action plan, with particular reference to the nitrogen and phosphorus fertiliser limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14778/06]

Written Answers — National Parks: National Parks (25 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 982: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the stage of a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; when the construction phase will commence; and when the centre will open. [14809/06]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (25 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 990: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will sanction funding for an extension to a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo. [15049/06]

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: On a point of order, is the Government going to close the Dáil again for another two weeks? It is like a Government in exile. If it wants to go into exile, let it leave the country. It could not be closing the Dáil again for another two weeks.

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: I ask the Government to show respect for the people of this country and the Dáil. How could it be closing the Dáil again for two more weeks?

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: Where will they put me? I will not be put out at all because the Dáil will not be open.

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: The Government and the Fianna Fáil backbenchers are all in on it. Let us go to the country and let the people decide.

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: It is a disgrace that they are closing the Dáil again.

Written Answers — Mobile Telephony: Mobile Telephony (6 Apr 2006)

Michael Ring: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action he will take directly or through the regulator with a view to improving the quality of the mobile telephone service here with particular reference to signal quality and elimination of dropped calls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13817/06]