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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?

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

Paul Gogarty: I move amendment No. 5: In page 4, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: "(b) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (2): "(2) For the purposes of the hearing and determination of an appeal under this section, the Minister shall appoint one or more than one committee (in this section referred to as an 'appeals committee') each of which shall include in its...

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

Paul Gogarty: I would like more clarity from the Minister. Does she accept that the term "have regard to" leaves a certain degree of flexibility?

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

Paul Gogarty: Yes. It is not tied.

Written Answers — Personal Injuries Assessment Board: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (6 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the fact that almost 40% of assessments made by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board in the first two and a half years of its existence have been rejected by claimants, that the Board has referred almost one-third of applications to the courts, and that over 90 per cent of claimants still employ a solicitor...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (1 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on the progress of the arrangements that were put in place in 2004 further to the review of illness and disability schemes completed in that year which recommended that the infectious diseases maintenance allowance should be merged with the supplementary welfare allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (1 Mar 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the recently announced audit of the welfare code will take place to ensure its compatibility with welfare legislation. [7928/07]

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (28 Feb 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the Irish rural link strategic plan 2007 to 2009. [7772/07]

Rural Development. (28 Feb 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when he expects European Commission approval for the final publication of the Irish rural development national strategy. [7773/07]

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (27 Feb 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 144: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to enable local authorities to ensure the adequate protection of drinking water standards in view of the concerns raised by the EPA regarding the quality of drinking water (details supplied), since the production of the same report by the EPA for 2003; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (27 Feb 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the dispute between lecturers and students on the one hand and the management of Dundalk IT on the other regarding clamping of students' and lecturers' vehicles and the provision of parking spaces in an area short of local public transport; the powers she has to intervene in such a situation; if...

Written Answers — Special Interest Groups: Special Interest Groups (27 Feb 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason seed funding of €35,000 due to a group (details supplied) has still not been granted; if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties this is causing the organisation; the timeframe for payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7612/07]

Written Answers — Prisons Inspectorate Reports: Prisons Inspectorate Reports (22 Feb 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 19: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take to address the Irish Prisons Inspectorate Report on Castlerea Prison (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6865/07]

Written Answers — Garda Code: Garda Code (22 Feb 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the dates for the most recent updates to the Garda code; the summary of those changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6864/07]

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (21 Feb 2007)

Paul Gogarty: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Government has plans to allocate funds to upgrade and modernise the track and signalling on the Limerick to Ballybrophy line; the funding that his Department will make available; and when the line will be upgraded. [6640/07]