Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of reports awaiting publication in her Department; the name of each such report; the length of time which has elapsed since each report was commissioned; the cost or projected cost of each report; and the date on which each report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18564/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The following are the reports that have been commissioned by my Department and are awaiting publication: Research on North-South School and Youth Exchange and Co-operative Activity 2000-2004 — North-South Exchange Consortium. The report was commissioned in March 2004 and publication is anticipated in September 2005. The projected cost is €141,399 which will be met jointly by my Department and by the Department of Education in Northern Ireland; Irish listening, speaking and reading in primary school: achievement and long term trends, 1985-2002, John Harris, Peter Archer, Pat Forde and Siobhán Nic Fhearaile. The report was commissioned in 2002 and publication is anticipated in August 2005. The projected cost is €115,000; Expenditure Review on Skills — Steering Committee with input from McIvor Consultants. The report was commissioned in June 2004 and it will be published when it is completed and laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas. The projected cost is €38,500.