Results 15,941-15,960 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn
- Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (24 Sep 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 701: To ask the Minister for Transport the finance allocated to the Rail Procurement Agency to carry out a feasibility study on the LUAS line E proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30232/08]
- Written Answers — Third Level Funding: Third Level Funding (24 Sep 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 1649: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the role of higher education in meeting economic and social challenges; his further views on whether the sector is resourced adequately to meet these challenges in view of the reported falls in the level of core grant per student; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29524/08]
- Written Answers — Third Level Funding: Third Level Funding (24 Sep 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 1835: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the financial stability of the university sector in view of reports of the emergence of substantial deficits in this sector; his further views on the sector's capacity to meet the challenges facing it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29523/08]
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 Sep 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 1696: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to fund the services needed to provide education to students with physical disabilities as outlined in the article (details supplied) in view of the commitments in section 7 of the Education Act 1998. [30098/08]
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (24 Sep 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 1698: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason foreign nationals have been excluded from the higher education grants system in spite of the fact that they are parents of Irish citizens (details supplied). [30100/08]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Sep 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 1762: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a primary school (details supplied) has been kept in a queue for nearly eleven years and has not been given an indication from his Department which would allow the board of management to proceed to the next stages of tender and construction in view of the serious condition of the existing building and the need to...
- Written Answers — Bogus Universities: Bogus Universities (24 Sep 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 1745: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in pursuing companies registered here purporting to be Irish universities which are not recognised in law as legitimate universities and which are in conflict with section 52 of the Universities Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30512/08]
- Written Answers — Educational Projects: Educational Projects (24 Sep 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 1746: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has registered Educate Together as a patron of post-primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30514/08]
- Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (24 Sep 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 1766: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason his Department has failed to increase the grants provided to schools for information technology equipment since 2000, leaving them at â¬6,348.69; and his views on whether the grants should be raised to at least â¬8,200 to keep pace with inflation and that even this sum is insufficient to meet schools' IT needs. [30956/08]
- Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (24 Sep 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 1782: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding a new school (details supplied) in County Meath; the situation regarding the availability to his Department of the zoned site on the Navan Road for development of this new school; the procedure taken by Kells Town Council to rezone the alternative Cavan Road site for the development of the new school, if his...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (24 Sep 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 1784: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools whose buildings consist entirely of prefabricated buildings; the statistics on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31185/08]
- Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (24 Sep 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 1834: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that he received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Kerry outlining their concerns for the future of the Irish language in Gaeltacht primary schools; if his attention has been drawn to the validity of the observations made for the necessity to reduce the pupil teacher ratios, particularly...
- Order of Business (24 Sep 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Just over three weeks ago a cohort of junior infants started school in north County Dublin. The patron of the school has no legal entitlement to act in that capacity, thus unnecessarily exposing the parents, teachers and children to risk. On the Order Paper there is a requirement, under the Department of Education and Science, to bring forward the education (patronage) Bill. I read with...
- Order of Business (24 Sep 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: The additional revenue could be very welcome.
- Order of Business (24 Sep 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: The Taoiseach wants to be helpful.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: The Taoiseach is a slow learner.
- Written Answers — Energy Costs: Energy Costs (10 Jul 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to combat the growing number of people in fuel poverty; his views on the call by the chief of Bord Gais for an immediate consultation process to ascertain the subsidies needed to be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28018/08]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (10 Jul 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on extending tax relief on third level fees to the 8,500 students of the Open University; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28807/08]
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (10 Jul 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive has terminated funding for a development supported employment programme (details supplied) in Dublin 18 which was available to persons of 18 years, with an intellectual disability who had completed a two year vocational training programme with the...
- Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (10 Jul 2008)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 781: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to fact that the President of Irish Human Rights Commission, who reports to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform indicated to the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday-Belfast Agreement that many of the issues which the Commission deals with extend beyond...