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Topical Issue Debate: Schools Anti-Bullying Procedures (9 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Yes, it is a small amount of money, until one multiplies it by every school in the country, and then it becomes a couple of million euro. There are schools that are running similar programmes, and one must learn how to do things. The culture of dependency on a grant for this and extra cash for that was characteristic of Fianna Fáil from 1997 until the collapse. The party would throw...

Seanad: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I am pleased to have the opportunity to address the House on Second Stage of the Further Education and Training Bill 2013. The Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, Deputy Cannon, a former Member of this House, who would otherwise have taken the Bill as he took it through the Dáil, is unwell. I spoke to him today and he indicated that he is making a recovery. He...

Seanad: Report of Advisory Group to the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector: Statements, Questions and Answers (1 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: ...already indicated my personal view but the final decision will be up to the Cabinet. It is more appropriate to examine the entire rule book rather than single out rule 68. I accept that rule stands out because of its subject matter but there are other rules which have become redundant. We now have legislation which was not in the Statute Book in the 1960s. A new set of regulations or...

Labour Services (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Oct 2009)

Ruairi Quinn: ...of the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party, for mentioning me during his contribution. I recall the occasion to which he referred. It is important that the House should remember the history of FÁS and understand how we reached this point. A great deal of ill-informed comment has been made about the cosy cartel, a matter to which my constituency colleague, Deputy Creighton, also referred....

European Council Meetings: Statements. (21 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: ...the outcome of this summit. It would be wise to reflect on what remains in place. Some headlines over the weekend suggested that the Union was finished, that it had failed to agree a budget and a rule book, and that the euro was likely to disappear. There is a rule book, namely, the five treaties. The constitutional treaty was an attempt to consolidate and improve the decision-making...