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Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (5 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of pupils in each school in respect of each primary school in Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8; the number of teachers, associate teachers, classroom teachers and special needs teachers in each school; the number of principal teachers not engaged in day to day full time teaching activities in each school; the number of principal...

Written Answers — Voluntary Sector Funding: Voluntary Sector Funding (5 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding that has been allocated by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) for the provision of emergency accommodation in Mitchel Street, Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13521/07]

Written Answers — Housing Completions: Housing Completions (5 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 532: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses or apartments completed which have a floor area of less that 80 square metres in relation to house completions from 2002 to date in 2007; the number having between 80 and 100 square metres; and the number with a floor area over 100 square metres. [13757/07]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (5 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing completions and in each case the total that were social housing and affordable housing in respect of each year since 2002 to date in 2007. [13758/07]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (5 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 534: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of such houses started to date and the number completed and occupied in respect of the 10,000 additional houses promised in the Sustaining Progress Affordable Housing Initiative. [13759/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (5 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount allocated to voluntary housing associations for construction programmes in respect of each year from 2002 to date in 2007. [13760/07]

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: It is called parliamentary democracy.

Written Answers — Gender Pay Differentials: Gender Pay Differentials (4 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 35: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to ensure full gender pay equality; the reason his work on this matter to date has failed; the action he is taking within his Department and its agencies to ensure that full gender pay equality exists; if an independent survey has been undertaken by his Department or any of its agencies on this...

Written Answers — Garda Inspectorate: Garda Inspectorate (4 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in implementing the recommendation of the recent report of the Garda Inspectorate, published on 7 November 2006; if a timetable has been set for the implementation of these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12923/07]

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (4 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 86: To ask the Taoiseach if he has raised or proposes to raise, in the context both of his commitment to a structured dialogue with the churches and of a constitutional requirement that the State must not impose disabilities or make discrimination on the ground of religious profession, belief or status; the extent to which reference should continue to be made in statute law or...

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (4 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 91: To ask the Taoiseach if he has raised or proposes to raise, in the context both of his commitment to a structured dialogue with the churches and of a constitutional requirement that the State must not impose disabilities or make discrimination on the ground of religious profession, belief or status, the question as to whether the State should continue to make special and...

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (4 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 92: To ask the Taoiseach if he has raised or proposes to raise, in the context both of his commitment to a structured dialogue with the churches and of a constitutional requirement that the State must not impose disabilities or make discrimination on the ground of religious profession, belief or status, the question as to the reason the rules for national schools continue to...

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (4 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 90: To ask the Taoiseach the circumstances in which legislation promoted by his Department was approved that continues to allow for separate provision to be made in law for citizens on grounds of religious faith or lack of religious faith; if he has satisfied himself that adequate effort was made in statute law revision measures promoted by his Department to remove from statute law...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received further representations regarding the development of lands (details supplied) in County Dublin; his views in relation to this matter; his further views on whether he has a responsibility to ensure a fully open and transparent account is given in respect of this matter; the further investigations he has undertaken; when he...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received representations regarding the development of lands (details supplied) in County Dublin; the steps he has taken to ensure there is a fully open and transparent account given in respect of this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13238/07]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Transport if he was asked by the Taoiseach to investigate the manner in which lands (details supplied) in County Dublin were the subject of planning objections by a company under his control, Aer Rianta/Dublin Airport Authority, whose objections were successful on appeal to An Bord Pleanála on grounds of public safety; if he was informed by the board of...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (4 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is intended to introduce penalty points for drivers not using or incorrectly using vehicle lights including headlights, dipped headlights, front and rear fog lights and indicator lights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13235/07]

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (4 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review her Department's decision not to make additional funding available for special educational enterprises (details supplied) which address the socio economic reasons which prevent children from participating in main stream education in a manner that ensures that they do not fall further away from the central norms of...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a primary school (details supplied) in Dublin 6 has been given a grant allocation of €540,000 in respect of works authorised by her Department which have been costed by professional advisers at €766,906 and that the board of management and parents are not in a position to...

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: This question has been on the Order Paper for a long time. I suspect we are grateful to Dr. Paisley for distracting the Taoiseach so we actually reached it. A serious issue is involved, which I am not entirely sure the Minister of State has correctly addressed. First and foremost, statistics from the Irish economy are an integral part of the statistics for the European Union and the...