Results 15,741-15,760 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn
- Education Cuts: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Minister. That is my job.
- Education Cuts: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Tell that to the parents and teachers outside.
- Education Cuts: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: The Minister should ask the principals and the boards of management.
- Education Cuts: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: The Minister should meet with the principals and the boards of management.
- Education Cuts: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Those were different times.
- Education Cuts: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: The Minister cannot go backwards like that.
- Order of Business (29 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: It is a vindictive act.
- Health and Safety Issues. (29 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to ensure that ex-miners are compensated for the health problems they have suffered after years of exposure to coal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37131/08]
- Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (23 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of revenue his Department estimated the third level registration fee raised per academic year at its current level of â¬900; his estimates on the revenues expected to be raised by increasing the registration fee to â¬1,500 in the academic year 2009/2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36607/08]
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (23 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of money he has saved by deferring the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; the amount he envisaged would have had to be spent in the next two years if full implementation were to be achieved by October 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36608/08]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (23 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be provided to start building a new school (details supplied) in County Mayo which was approved in 2006, and as recent as September 2008 was seen by his Department as progressing to tender; the reason in the past few weeks, he has put the tendering process on hold; when the tendering process will resume; and if he...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (23 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action his Department is taking to ensure adequate provision of special needs care for children who wish to attend preschool; his views on the needs of persons (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36679/08]
- Environmental Policy. (23 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 8: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to address the four key environmental challenges, including limiting and adapting to climate change, identified in the Environmental Protection Agency report on the state of the environment, published in October 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36414/08]
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) (Resumed) (23 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: It did.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) (Resumed) (23 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Okay.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) (Resumed) (23 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: I accept that but what other country is in recession?
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) (Resumed) (23 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: It gives me no pleasure to speak on this budget, which was a failed budget as soon as the Minister sat down after his 45 minute speech. It did not deal with the macroeconomic realities. It is now a dead budget because, so far, two key expenditure items have been seriously altered, the income levy and the medical card fiasco. The Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats ideological surge to the...
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) (Resumed) (23 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: I do not have time to indulge the Minister of State's fantasy.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) (Resumed) (23 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: I say to Minister Lenihan-light that I will deal with that when I have more time. I am giving the statistics of macroeconomic management. Charles Haughey refused to deal with it and John Wilson was dispatched to give an increase to the nurses that was unsustainable. In the period from February 1982 to November of that year Mr. Haughey again refused to deal with the problems despite the...
- Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (22 Oct 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is intended to proceed with the acquisition of new light tactical armoured vehicles for the Defence Forces; when these vehicles are expected to be acquired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35890/08]