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Written Answers — Agreements with Members: Agreements with Members (26 Jun 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 146: To ask the Taoiseach, further to the agreement reached with Deputy Beverly Flynn in relation to support for the Government, the changes to his Department's plans caused by this agreement; the line items of the agreement that fall within his portfolio; the increases, decreases or reallocations of spending caused by this agreement; the cost of each line item in this agreement in...

Written Answers — Agreements with Members: Agreements with Members (26 Jun 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 147: To ask the Taoiseach, further to the agreement reached with Deputy Finian McGrath in relation to support for the Government, the changes to his Department's plans caused by this agreement; the line items of the agreement that fall within his portfolio; the increases, decreases or reallocations of spending caused by this agreement; the cost of each line item in this agreement in...

Written Answers — Agreements with Members: Agreements with Members (26 Jun 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 148: To ask the Taoiseach, further to the agreement reached with Deputy Jackie Healy-Rae in relation to support for the Government, the changes to his Department's plans caused by this agreement; the line items of the agreement that fall within his portfolio; the increases, decreases or reallocations of spending caused by this agreement; the cost of each line item in this agreement...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (26 Jun 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 665: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there has recently been a change in the regulations and requirements for persons who are not EU citizens staying here on student visas who wish to extend their visa; the changes in relation to same; the locations and the way such changes were notified to the public and to the groups most affected, including the English...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (26 Jun 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 754: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be reached on the proposal submitted by Dublin City Council to his Department in September 2006 for a precinct improvement scheme for houses (details supplied) in Dublin 4; the reason it has taken nine months for a decision to be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: He is making it an art form.

Job Creation. (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I have a supplementary question but it is possibly linked to Question No. 14 which we may not reach.

Job Creation. (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I accept the overall situation with regard to employment creation in the economy is positive, but that generalisation does not include people, of whom there are many, as the Minister's figures suggest there were 440,000 at the last count, who only have second level educational achievement within a labour force of just over 2 million. I do not dispute the points made by the Minister. They...

Employment Support Services. (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I welcome the members of the Fourth Estate, who have displayed an extraordinary interest in upcoming redundancies. Specifically on the difficulties older people face finding new employment, will the Minister indicate whether FÁS will extend its services to backbench members of his parliamentary party who are likely to find themselves in that circumstance fairly soon after the next election?

Employment Support Services. (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: No. I am anxious that the Deputy be redeployed after he exits this Chamber.

Employment Support Services. (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy has already secured his place in the other House, so we are not worried about him. To return to the substance of the Minister's reply, we know from other countries that are suffering from higher levels of unemployment than those in Ireland that we cannot sustain and support an open, competitive economy that is embracing globalisation unless we can offer a sense of security to those...

Official Travel. (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: The Minister might clarify the number of staff in his Department who use the travel pass. I want to separate his reply into two categories. There are two categories, the first of which is travel to and from work, in respect of which the Minister incentivises civil servants to use public transport. Where people have access to the Dart and Luas, these are the options they choose. The major...

Official Travel. (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: It does.

Written Answers — North-South Enterprise Policy: North-South Enterprise Policy (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress being made in negotiations with the British Government relating to a north south enterprise policy; his plans following the new agreement on Northern Ireland governance on north south cooperation; when he plans to meet with his new Northern Ireland counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is proposed to provide an improved speech therapist service to a person (details supplied) in the special needs unit of a school in County Donegal. [15713/07]

Public Holidays. (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish workers have fewer public holidays than workers in most EU countries; if he will increase the number of public holidays from nine to 11 in order to bring workers here up to the EU average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15644/07]

Public Holidays. (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I was in the House earlier today when we discussed the role of social partnership in determining what this elected assembly might decide. I am flabbergasted by the content of the Minister of State's response. He effectively stated that since the social partners did not raise the issue we should not discuss it. We are two public holidays below the European average, which is not a maximum....

Public Holidays. (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: As the last office holder to introduce a public holiday, the May bank holiday Monday announced in 1993 and introduced in 1994, I would indicate the difference between a public holiday and the flexibility of annual leave. A family can adjust the taking of annual leave to meet particular requirements and the difference between this and public holidays is succinct and important. For example,...

Public Holidays. (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I am quite serious. A space is created. I commend the people of Cork who brought forward the jazz festival but they chose to take a window of opportunity, a public holiday weekend. Dublin City Council did likewise when Noel Carroll initiated the Dublin City Marathon. On one occasion 15,000 people ran in the city marathon, creating a buzz and opportunities for employment and wealth...

State Authorities. (26 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on progress made in the establishment of the Office of the Director of Employment Rights Compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15645/07]