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Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (20 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 774: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if students taking their leaving certificate outside the school system can submit practical course work related to the examination independently of the school system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9555/07]

Written Answers — Local Service Charges: Local Service Charges (20 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 810: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the guidelines in place regarding the charging of services payments to community schools by local authorities in proportion to the site value, in view of the fact that primary schools do not apparently have to pay such a charge; if discussions have been held with local authorities regarding same including South Dublin County Council...

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (20 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 885: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the guidelines in place regarding the payment of a deposit to a school for a child's place and the refunding of said deposit when parents withdraw their child's name due to the fact that the school announces its plans to relocate; if there is a legal recourse in her opinion under the Education Act 1998; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (20 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 886: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the circumstances whereby it is legal for a school, which is supposed to provide a free education, to charge a deposit to parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10304/07]

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (20 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 890: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the type of information technology training provided within the adult or further education sectors for students or adults who have learning difficulties or who are affected by illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10319/07]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (20 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 891: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the centres under her remit providing training in information technology to students or adults who have learning difficulties or who are affected by illness in the south city and south and west County Dublin areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10320/07]

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (8 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will bring forward proposed measures for coexistence of genetically modified and non-GM crops before 18 May 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9142/07]

Written Answers — EU Battle Groups: EU Battle Groups (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Defence when the memorandum of understanding for Irish participation in the EU battlegroups will be agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8927/07]

Written Answers — National Emergency Plan: National Emergency Plan (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Defence if there have been recent exercises of the Government's National Emergency Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8928/07]

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: I concur with everything Deputy O'Sullivan said. In the debate on Second Stage, I said that some outside body was necessary, such as an enhanced Youthreach or a new centre based on the model to which I referred in Sydney, New South Wales, where there is a looser arrangement and pupils enjoy one to one or one to two tuition. If Youthreach can do that, it would be great but if it cannot we...

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: What will happen if an alternative placement is not found?

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: I will not take up too much time. I take on board what the Minister stated. I thank her for the lesson on the Education (Welfare) Act 2000. It is good to get a reminder, but the point is that Act is the legislation under which the National Educational Welfare Board will work and the trouble is that the board states it needs its full complement of staff in order to carry out its job under...

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Some 200 to go.

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: That is just as bad in one sense because it is a technicality.

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: That is on the record now.

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: I move amendment No. 9: In page 4, line 43, after "peers," to insert the following: "subject to the requirement that the Minister and-or her Department shall monitor the efforts being made by the National Educational Welfare Board to secure as far as practicable the educational rights of the individual student in the event of a decision under subsection (1)(a) or (b) being upheld, and will...

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: I move amendment No. 11: In page 5, line 28, to delete "relevant." and substitute the following: "relevant, including whether or not violent behaviour against another pupil or teacher was the cause of the expulsion, in which case the committee will generally not recommend the reinstatement of such pupils, save for exceptional situations where there was no previous history of violence or...

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: I come from a constituency in which students are being blocked at second level because the traditional parish boundaries no longer make sense. A rapidly expanding part of Lucan with a high concentration of foreign national and Traveller children does not have a second level school. Challenges arise throughout the area in finding second level places. The Minister has stated in reply to...

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: I would like clarification more than anything. Perhaps the Minister has some examples but I cannot see a situation where a student who has been expelled would sit in a classroom in a school. Perhaps the student would end up in a separate room or remain at home until the expulsion is effected. Are there cases in which schools experience difficulties in that 20 day period before the...

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Does that happen in practice?