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Capitation Grants: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: We could have a whip-round.

Capitation Grants: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I will begin by asking a question. Does the education of a child have a value or a price? It does with this Government. It is €173 per year or, to be more precise, 70 cent a day. That is the value placed on education by the Government. What are the costs of this? The attitude is "save now and pay the bills later". In 1999 an OECD report was carried out which showed that Ireland had...

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (11 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of discussions to which he and his officials have been party as part of the international quartet charged with heading the peace talks in Israel and Palestine on foot of the latest atrocities perpetrated in the Gaza area. [10274/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (11 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the tax incentives in place to encourage the use of energy efficient or energy saving and monitoring equipment at both a private domestic household level and industrial or commercial level; if he will introduce or create additional tax incentives in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10546/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (11 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the tax incentives in place to encourage the use of energy efficient or energy saving equipment at both a private domestic household level and industrial or commercial level; if he will introduce or create additional tax incentives in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10547/08]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that due to Health Service Executive cutbacks, a pool care assistant will not be available in the afternoons in Cork University Hospital with the result that 30 patients will be denied hydrotherapy each week thus endangering their recovery; if she will confirm that the amount of money...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (11 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the regulations in place for the monitoring and auditing of the occurrence of meticillin resistant staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, in private hospitals; if it is intended to make adjustments in these regulations; the requirements placed on private hospitals to publish the results of the monitoring and auditing of MRSA; if she will...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (11 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 382: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the alternatives available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been discouraged from taking a place in their local secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10143/08]

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (11 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 409: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the number of posts currently vacant or not filled by psychologists on the National Educational Psychological Service panel to undertake psychological assessments of students; the fee or payment arrangements that have been set in place by her Department for the delivery of this service; the mechanism or procedure...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding provision in total and per student in each of the primary, secondary, post leaving certificate/further education and third level sectors; the number of students in each sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10540/08]

Written Answers — Languages Programme: Languages Programme (11 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the supports or incentives in addition to funding streams that have been put in place by her Department to facilitate student exchanges between Ireland and France for children between the ages of nine and 13 for the purposes of linguistic development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10550/08]

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: We once asked a teacher in school whether he had any favourites, to which he replied that he did not because he hated us all equally. There is a touch of that attitude about this Bill. The anomalies in it have grown since the Minister first brought it into the House. New rates were to apply in July without retrospection; we were then told that the owners of all low emission cars registered...

Foreign Conflicts. (11 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation as it pertains in Kenya. [10276/08]

Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Who is irresponsible?

Written Answers — Air Traffic Management: Air Traffic Management (6 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether a safety critical sector such as the air traffic control system can be run on an ongoing basis of heavy overtime levels; the level of overtime for air traffic control officers his Department finds acceptable; if he will provide additional funding to the Irish Aviation Authority for the training of more air traffic control...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (6 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he has not liaised with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to request the National Consumer Agency, the Competition Authority and the Commission on Aviation Regulation to initiate an urgent investigation into the series of new extra charges on airline passengers; if he will bring forward legislation specifically to...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (6 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the arrangements in each agency to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9924/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (6 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from her to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the arrangements in each agency to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9926/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (6 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Transport the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the arrangements in each agency to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9929/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (6 Mar 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the areas and functions where responsibility has been devolved from him to a State or statutory agency; the agencies involved; the arrangements in each agency to respond on a priority basis to enquiries from Members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9925/08]