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Grangegorman Development Agency. (14 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: This cannot be compared with a new project that would go on a greenfield site, which is additionality; this is a logical rationalisation. I urge the Minister to find a way in which this could be done. I believe the Minister of State, Deputy Haughey, would be very happy to see a major educational institution established on the north side of Dublin city.

Grangegorman Development Agency. (14 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: That is over an extended period. If one considers the rent they are paying, their maintenance and all the other existing costs, it is nearly a win-win situation.

Grangegorman Development Agency. (14 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: What is the timescale?

Grangegorman Development Agency. (14 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: If the Minister gives the go-ahead in principle, with whatever caveats he wants in regard to public moneys, there are items that could be done through the private sector, for example, student accommodation and many other developments on the site. It will unlock other sources of revenue but it depends critically on the Minister bringing a positive recommendation to Cabinet.

Grangegorman Development Agency. (14 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: It all comes down to the Minister.

Third Level Funding. (14 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: I presume that after the by-election disaster for Fianna Fáil, the Minister will be immune from any effect of publishing the report on fees because it will not be able to make his position any worse. Therefore, will he please get on with it and publish the report?

Third Level Funding. (14 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: They are equally divided on the issue.

Schools Patronage. (14 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has, following a meeting of the Joint Committee on Education and Science on 9 April 2009, been in contact with a person (details supplied), to discuss his proposals, made on a number of occasions but most recently at an education conference in Kilmainham in 2008, that he, as patron, wished to divest himself and his...

Schools Patronage. (14 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: I appreciate the reply and I am pleased that departmental officials have been in contact with the patron. Is it fair to extrapolate from the Minister's comments that in the other 19 or 20 dioceses a similar pressure is being exerted on the patron? If I understand the matter correctly, the Department will not contact all existing patrons. Some 93% of primary schools are under the patronage...

Schools Patronage. (14 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: It applied to new schools.

Schools Patronage. (14 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: On a related matter concerning patronage, has the Minister considered the application from Educate Together, lodged with the Department in December 2007, to become a recognised patron not only of primary schools, of which it has responsibility for more than 53, but also at secondary school level?

Schools Patronage. (14 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: I assure the Minister he has a clear hand.

Legal Costs. (14 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: It does so for all Departments.

Legal Costs. (14 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Is the Minister saying the board never informed the Department?

Special Educational Needs. (14 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: He has not got it. It has gone to the Department of Finance.

Written Answers — Public Service Pay: Public Service Pay (13 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected Exchequer saving for 2009 and 2010, respectively, resulting from the incentivised career break and incentivised early retirement schemes for public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18965/09]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (13 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the April 2009 Exchequer figures; if he is confident that tax revenue will amount to €34.4 billion for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18964/09]

Written Answers — State Compensation Payments: State Compensation Payments (13 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the lifelong monthly compensatory payment to the 32 acknowledged Thalidomide survivors is linked to social welfare scales, despite the sustained objections made by an association (details supplied) because of the declining health of the survivors, and the fact that the payments have not...

Written Answers — State Compensation Payments: State Compensation Payments (13 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will respond to an association (details supplied) which she met before Easter 2009 on the issues which were raised with her; if an official decision has been made by her; if the association will receive notification of the decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19162/09]

Written Answers — Aquaculture Licences: Aquaculture Licences (13 May 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm that a salmon aquaculture licence for Ballynakill Bay, Connemara, County Galway has been assigned to a company on behalf of its subsidiary (details supplied) since 2003; if he will further confirm that the same company or subsidiary has farmed salmon at Freaghillaun Island, County Galway and that it also...