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Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (8 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a reasoned opinion from the EU Commission regarding the implementation of the Employment Equality Directive 2000/78/EC; if he will provide a copy of this letter if one exists and the reply issued by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45782/09]

Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (3 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to improve the ability of Irish businesses, particularly small to medium enterprises, to access credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44875/09]

Order of Business (2 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: I would like to ask the Taoiseach about two education Bills that are on the list to be published in this session. The education (patronage) Bill has been promised for a long time. As it is a very small Bill, I cannot understand why it has not been published. Second, there is deep unease in American circles about the continued failure of the Department of Education and Science to meet the...

Order of Business (2 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: After Christmas.

Written Answers — Prompt Payment System: Prompt Payment System (2 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to ensure compliance by Government Departments with the new arrangements announced on 20 May 2009 to reduce the payment period by Central Government Departments to their business suppliers from 30 to 15 days; if there are plans to extend this arrangement to semi State companies; and if...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (2 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date by the high level action group on green enterprise; when she expects to receive this report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44607/09]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (2 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding for a course (details supplied) has been withdrawn by FÁS to such an extent that only persons who are unemployed may avail of it in 2010; if she will reverse this decision in order that persons who work in small and medium enterprises will receive training which strengthens their skills and...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (2 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects the legislation to pass the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to be published; when Second Stage will be taken in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44936/09]

Written Answers — Water Conservation: Water Conservation (2 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of circular 0064/2009, he will provide a copy of the data or source which indicated that some schools are considerably in excess of the average water usage level of 3.5 cubic metres per pupil per year; if he will list these schools by name, address and roll number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44934/09]

Written Answers — School Facilities: School Facilities (2 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 273: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to a scheme (details supplied) that will provide whiteboards in primary school classrooms in return for 500 old mobile phones collected by the school community; the percentage of the €150 million in diverted school building funds that will be spent on installing whiteboards in school classrooms; and...

Financial Services Sector. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: It is located in Kennedy's pub in north Dublin.

Financial Services Sector. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Paddy the plasterer.

School Patronage. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the discussions he recently had with the Roman Catholic archbishops on the transferral of patronage in primary schools; the actions he is taking arising from this meeting; if the Catholic archbishops provided a list of schools they wish to hand over to other patrons; if he will convene a forum on patronage at primary level involving...

School Patronage. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Minister for the brevity of his reply. There must be a new question-answerer in the Department, which is welcome.

School Patronage. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: My interest in this matter, and that of the Labour Party, is not to disrupt the day job of schools or the delivery of quality education in the classroom. It is, however, to reflect the frustration felt by parents in many built-up areas that they can no longer get their children into schools of their choice of ethos. This is because of overcrowding and the schools, for the first time, having...

School Patronage. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: They are slow learners but there is progress.

School Patronage. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: I welcome what the Minister has said. We will have more time elsewhere to explore the matter. In the light of the recent reports, specifically the Ryan report from earlier this year on religious congregations involved in primary and secondary education and its devastating conclusions, and now the mind numbing revelations from the Dublin archdiocese, as contained in the Murphy report, does...

School Patronage. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Would the Minister not accept that the patron has more powers than the ones he has just described, including the appointment of the chairperson of the board of management, and that patrons have a daily role in the management of schools and the selection and appointment of the principal? Those bishops who have been named in the Murphy report, who are now bishops in their own right in one of...

School Patronage. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Is it not now time for the republican party, of which the Minister is a member, to reassess its relationship to this form of management which does not fit the contours of the 21st century?

Schools Building Projects. (1 Dec 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: How many?