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Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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State Examinations Reviews
Charlie McConalogue
197. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times the implementation body for junior certificate reform has met since it was established; the dates on which the body met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41931/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Postgraduate Enrolments
Charlie McConalogue
198. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons studying at postgraduate level in 2012/13; the way this compares to the number that studied at postgraduate level in 2011/12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41932/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Student Grant Scheme Applications
James Bannon
199. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41935/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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School Completion Programme
Emmet Stagg
200. Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Skills the contract price for the building on the new national school in Ardclough, County Kildare. [41950/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Schools Building Projects Status
Brendan Smith
201. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; if he proposes to restore this project to his School Building Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41997/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Teacher Fee Refund Scheme
Michael McCarthy
202. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the teacher fee refund scheme as it relates to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41998/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Irish Language Issues
Seán Kyne
203. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to rolling out free or subsidised courses in Irish, in the form of lifelong, continuing and or adult education, which would encourage citizens to improve their command of, or reconnect with, the Irish language, particularly as such an incentive would help achieve the stated objective of the 20 year strategy for the Irish Language of increasing the number of people who speak Irish on a daily basis from 83,000 to 250,000. [42070/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Public Sector Staff Issues
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
204. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list all the current positions, where the appointment was made by his Department held by retired senior civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42664/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Public Sector Pensions Expenditure
John Lyons
205. Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the number of former public servants recruited before the sixth of April 1995 who are currently receiving a public sector pension; if he will provide an age profile of those public servants; if he will provide, in a tabular form, the numbers of public sector pensioners in the following payment parameters; between €0 to €2,000; €2,001 to €3,000; €3,001 to €4,000; €4,001 to €5,000; €5,001 to €6,000; €6,001 to €7,000; €7,001 to €8,000; €8,001 to €9,000; €9,001 to €10,000; €10,001 to €11,000; €11,001 to €12,000; €12,001 to €13,000; €13,001 to €14,000; €14,001 to €15,000; €15,001 to €16,000; €16,001 to €17,000; €17,001 to €18,000; €18,001 to €19,000; €19,001 to €20,000; and more than €20,000. [41389/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
Tom Fleming
206. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the Governments recently announced €2.25 billion capital investment programme; the number of jobs to be created; the timeframe for same; and the sources of the required €2.25 billion funding. [41702/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Public Sector Pensions Legislation
Derek Keating
207. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider making the compulsory payment of the spouses' and children's contributory pension scheme within the Civil Service a voluntary payment thereby reducing the deductions in civil servants’ salaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41908/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Public Sector Staff Issues
James Bannon
208. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the re-employment of civil service staff who have taken a buy-out in receipt of pensions, which is contrary to fairness and equity, in view of the high unemployment level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41933/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Flood Prevention Measures
Jerry Buttimer
209. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the assessment of catchments and streams and review of culverts in the Douglas area of County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41996/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Capital Programme Expenditure
Pearse Doherty
210. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an analysis of actual infrastructure and capital investment spending by Ministerial Vote Group for the year to date in 2012; and a forecast for the annual outturn for 2012 together with the annual budget for 2012. [41247/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Drainage Schemes Status
Tom Fleming
211. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will arrange for the Office of Public Works to investigate and examine the need for the dredging of part of the Cordal River adjacent to Cordal GAA grounds, County Kerry, in view of the fact that the playing area is affected when the river floods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41318/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Flood Prevention Measures
Billy Kelleher
212. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a detailed progress report on remedial works carried out to date in Glanmire, County Cork, following the flooding in June; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41321/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Flood Prevention Measures
Billy Kelleher
213. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when consultants and engineers will be put in place to carry out flood prevention measures at Glanmire, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41322/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Public Sector Pensions Expenditure
John Lyons
215. Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the number of former public servants recruited before the sixth of April 1995 who are currently receiving a public sector pension including both pensions funded by the Exchequer and through the Local Government Fund; if he will provide an age profile of those public servants; if he will provide, in a tabular form, the numbers of public sector pensioners in the following payment parameters; between €0 to €2,000; €2,001 to €3,000; €3,001 to €4,000; €4,001 to €5,000; €5,001 to €6,000; €6,001 to €7,000; €7,001 to €8,000; €8,001 to €9,000; €9,001 to €10,000; €10,001 to €11,000; €11,001 to €12,000; €12,001 to €13,000; €13,001 to €14,000; €14,001 to €15,000; €15,001 to €16,000; €16,001 to €17,000; €17,001 to €18,000; €18,001 to €19,000; €19,001 to €20,000; and more than €20,000. [41381/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Departmental Staff Allowances
Michael Creed
216. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in respect of these allowances to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; the cost of each individual allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41418/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Departmental Properties
Kevin Humphreys
217. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all the parking spaces at Dublin Castle are under the management of the Office of Public Works; the number of parking spaces provided for public servants in the various agencies of the State located there; the cost to staff of using these parking spaces; the number of parking spaces allocated specifically in the great courtyard and lower castleyard; if any consideration has been given to removing parking spaces from these two historic courtyards at Dublin Castle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41477/12]