Results 15,061-15,080 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (16 Jun 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 279: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 654 of 9 June 2009, if he will provide details of the outcome of the appeals hearings involved once they become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23797/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (11 Jun 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will have its sketch design for a new school building approved; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the school has been waiting for this building for ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23372/09]

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (11 Jun 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Hear, hear.

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (11 Jun 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: As we all do, I have limited time available to speak, and no words of mine or of anybody else in the House can undo the damage, harm or hurt caused to and which continues for those people. However, the actions that we take can make some redress to them, their children and their children's children. I appreciate the point made by the Taoiseach, which is contained in one of the...

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (11 Jun 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: I with draw the word "lie" and say "inadvertently misled the House".

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (9 Jun 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reform the rules whereby holders of approved retirement funds are compelled to take 3% per annum of their accumulated fund and pay tax on it at the highest marginal rate, in view of the deterioration in value of pension funds in the past 18 months and the desire of ARF holders to defer drawing down funds until such time as the value...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (9 Jun 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the early childhood care and education scheme will, when fully established after August 2010, still allow care services to accommodate children on a [i]pro rata[/i] basis and not have their capitation grant unduly affected as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22486/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Facilities: Hospital Facilities (9 Jun 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 283: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will re-designate a sheltered smoking area in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, as a non-smoking area for patients to use in order that they can receive fresh air to assist in the recovery process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22993/09]

Written Answers — Official Languages: Official Languages (9 Jun 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 347: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if sign language is treated as an official language by the State; if not, the reason sign language is not an official language; if he will address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22516/09]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (9 Jun 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 358: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the timescale as of 1 May 2009 for a decision to be taken on an application for naturalisation for what might be considered a straightforward case; when the process of scrutiny will begin on an application submitted in August 2006; the average timescale from the date the process of dealing with a straightforward...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (9 Jun 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in respect of the appointment of county managers, he will ask the Public Appointments Service which conducts the interviewing and appointment process to ensure that all candidates for the post of county manager have an adequate knowledge of and commitment to heritage, conservation, development and...

Written Answers — School Completion Programme: School Completion Programme (9 Jun 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 604: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the latest figures for school retention rates to leaving certificate in Dublin, broken down by Dublin postcode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22049/09]

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (9 Jun 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 650: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will publish the terms of the protocols referred to in paragraph 10 of the deed of indemnity dated 5 June 2002 (details supplied) between him and the Minister for Finance and certain religious congregations; the subsequent operation of these protocols; if he will summarise the discount achieved by the State, in valuing the...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (9 Jun 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 652: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Louth cannot be enrolled in a school in County Louth despite repeated assurances by the principal; if he will make arrangements to accommodate this pupil in the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22369/09]

Written Answers — Third Level Education: Third Level Education (9 Jun 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 668: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason applications by mature students for the Central Applications Office entry process to third level close on 1 May 2009, while the deadline for non-EU citizen applications is 1July 2009; the measures he is taking in view of the rise in unemployment to ensure that there is a need to be flexible with admitting potential...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (9 Jun 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 697: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will clarify the status of the millennium partnership fund as administered by the Higher Education Authority; if the level of funding for this scheme has changed in recent budgets; if he is committed to supporting the continuation of the fund in view of the rise in unemployment and the need for people to re-enter education;...

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: That is true.

Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: I seek the guidance of the Ceann Comhairle with regard to a matter whereby the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, has refused to give me the names and identities of the national schools owned by the 18 religious teaching orders who recently met with the Taoiseach. The Minister acted thus on the grounds that it would take too much time to deliver the information to a Deputy.

Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: I shall raise it and hope I will have greater success this time, given the refusal of the Department of Education and Science to answer such questions.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he expects the new school (details supplied) in County Louth to be constructed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21877/09]