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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: How much will it cost?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: Has any cost-benefit analysis been undertaken by the Department in the context of the amount of money that is going into North-South development co-operation? On programme C, a significant amount of money, amounting to almost €14.5 million, is for salaries and related administrative costs. How many people are involved, approximately, and what percentage of the total number of people...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: I want to be associated with the remarks of my colleague, Deputy Eric Byrne, on the overall work that is being done through successive Administrations by foreign affairs officials, people on the ground and the wider Irish network of people involved. We all know its history, but it must be constantly restated. The one area of vulnerability is the contributions to international...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: Are any of the northern rich countries making a contribution to that?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: How come this occurred? Was the money taken fraudulently from the Prime Minister's office?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Association Agreements: Motions (21 Jan 2015)

Ruairi Quinn: I welcome the Minister and his colleagues. I have a number of concerns about this. First and foremost, apropros of what Deputy Crowe said or what he read out on behalf of his party, the European Union is a unique institution and it is the only political union in the world that people want to join or with which they want to have an association agreement. There is no queue of nations...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Budget Statement 2015 (14 Oct 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: They will do more damage to themselves if we can hear them.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: It is called the Willy Wonka factory.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Is this based on the Deputy's vast personal experience?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (10 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 60 to 65, inclusive, together. I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department's policy in relation to the provision of Assistive Technology support for pupils with Special Educational Needs is set out in Department of Education and Skills Circular 0010/2013. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through its network of local Special Educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Support Services (10 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 66 and 67 together. It is a legal requirement of all educational providers that they ensure there is equality of opportunity for all learners in accordance with relevant legislation. The Equal Status Acts 2000-2008 require educational institutions/service providers, including private providers, to do all that is reasonable to accommodate the needs of a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland Administration (10 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) is due to publish its policy in relation to re-engagement with its providers shortly. Re-engagement, or the formal agreement of quality assurance (QA) procedures with QQI, is a requirement for legacy providers, such as the organisation referred to by the Deputy, under the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act, 2012. It...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Leasing Charges (10 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: With regard to school properties over which a charging lease was in place and where a request to release the Minister's interest was received, details in relation to such properties are held on individual files. Therefore the scope of the Deputy's request is such that the information requested is not readily available. To identify, retrieve and examine individual files would involve...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (10 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will appreciate that in the absence of all of the relevant details that would be contained in an individual's application form and supporting documentation, it would not be possible for me to say whether or not a student would qualify for a grant. In relation to support available for students studying abroad, my Department's Student Grant Scheme provides maintenance grants to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (10 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Civic education is an integral component of the new Framework for Junior Cycle. For example, one of the 24 'Statements of Learning', that encompass the key knowledge and skills that students will develop during their junior cycle, requires that all students will "value what it means to be an active citizen with rights and responsibilities in local and wider context". In addition, the 8 key...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland Administration (10 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) is due to publish its policy in relation to re-engagement with its providers shortly. Re-engagement, or the formal agreement of quality assurance (QA) procedures with QQI, is a requirement for legacy providers, such as the organisation referred to by the Deputy, under the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act, 2012. It...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (10 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Responsibility for the delivery of a new 16 classroom school referred to by the Deputy has been devolved to the Office of Public Works. The project is at the early stages of architectural planning and is one of the school projects approved to proceed to construction in 2014/2015. When construction will commence will be dependent on the progress of the project through the various stages of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (10 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: In June 2011, I announced that some 20 new post primary schools are to be established up to 2017 to cater for increasing demographics across a number of locations. That announcement did not include a proposal to establish a new school in the area referred to by the Deputy. My Department is currently analysing the latest demographic data on a nationwide basis to determine where further...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (10 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 and 78 together. The National Council for Special Education, through its network of Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), is responsible for the allocation of teaching staff and a quantum of Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support to schools, including special schools. The terms of circular 42/11 – Staffing in Special Schools, in conjunction...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Appointments to State Boards (10 Jul 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Chief Executive Officer of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (Caranua) was selected following an open recruitment competition conducted by the Public Appointments Service (PAS). In accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 I designated the person selected by PAS to be the first Chief Executive of the Board. At...