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Public Private Partnerships. (20 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: When will that be?

Public Private Partnerships. (20 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: As regards the first bundle, the tenders will be in by the autumn of this year, so as not to confuse two numbers, and the tender price will include the rate of interest the PPP tenderer proposes to charge.

Public Private Partnerships. (20 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Can the Minister give me an undertaking that she will have that information available in the autumn, and not reply to the effect that it is a matter for the NTFA and has nothing to do with her Department?

Public Private Partnerships. (20 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: I have never been here before.

Public Private Partnerships. (20 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: They were not necessarily procured through the NDFA, were they?

Public Private Partnerships. (20 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: This is my point, in the interests of transparency. No doubt the Minister's officials will advise that if this is left to the NDFA I cannot ask questions from that body because it is outside the remit of parliamentary questions, in which case the Minister has no responsibility. I am trying to establish whether it is cheaper to use the traditional capital programme of the State by borrowing...

Public Private Partnerships. (20 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: On the information available to the Minister, is the interest rate she quoted a fixed interest rate over the 25 years or a variable rate?

Written Answers — Bullying in the Workplace: Bullying in the Workplace (19 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the operation of the equality and anti-bullying measures in the military in 2007. [6342/08]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (19 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Defence the new proposals in regard to strengthening the Defence Forces Reserve in 2008. [6343/08]

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (19 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department and Fingal County Council have identified and acquired a site for a post primary school (details supplied) in County Dublin as recommended by the Commission on School Accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6023/08]

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (19 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a site has been acquired by her Department and Fingal County Council for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin as recommended by the Commission on School Accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6024/08]

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (19 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason every application, since 2001 to date in 2008 made by an group (details supplied) in Dublin 6 for funding to Special Projects for Youth has been rejected; the action the group can take to demonstrate their need to employ two youth workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6025/08]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (19 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will introduce the new provisions of the Teaching Council Act 2001; if she is satisfied that there is a sufficient resource of trained substitute teachers whose work is being done, in some instances, by untrained persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6234/08]

Order of Business (19 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: A Cheann Comhairle, I am aware that your office has no responsibility for the replies given by Ministers to parliamentary questions but, as Ceann Comhairle, you have a responsibility to protect our rights, and one of the fundamental rights of an Opposition Deputy is to hold the Government to account. What do we do when the Minister for Education and Science gives answers to questions which,...

Order of Business (19 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: What redress do we have? There will be one period of Oral Questions to the Minister for Education and Science this session. Every other opportunity we have to ask questions is by way of written reply. I invite the Ceann Comhairle's office to examine the replies. In many questions with four component parts, one receives a reply to one with the other three being totally disregarded. What...

Order of Business (19 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Will you consider this point? I accept you have no responsibility for the content of the reply but, surely, you have some responsibility for a refusal to give any reply to a specific question. There is a distinction.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: There is a long-standing precedent that Ministers answer questions put to them.

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (14 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding provided by his Department for youth cafes; the location of this funding; the plans to increase such funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5589/08]

Written Answers — Tourism Development: Tourism Development (14 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the meetings he has had or is proposing to have with the Department of Agriculture and Food in relation to the development of rural areas and with a specific view of developing agri-tourism; if he has granted funding in relation to such development; if so, the persons to whom and the amount of funding involved; and...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (14 Feb 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if in the context of the Good Friday Agreement she will explore the possibility of ensuring that a person (details supplied) who has split teaching experience in the public sector on both sides of the Border could have their reckonable service aggregated in order to maximise their pension entitlement; and if she will make a...