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		<title>Adult Literacy Should Be A National Priority</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we begin National Adult Literacy Awareness Week 2010, we have an excellent opportunity to reflect on the absence of a National Adult Literacy Strategy since 2006. It is vital that the government should begin to address this as a national priority. Literacy and numeracy are often ignored in the debate about up-skilling and retraining. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruairiquinn.ie/?p=213</link>
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		<title>My comments on FÁS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Labour Spokesperson on Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn TD today called for FÁS to be closed down and its functions transferred. The recent controversies in FÁS have completely destroyed any public confidence in the organisation and there is a widespread perception that the agency is unable to cope with the massive unemployment crisis Ireland is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruairiquinn.ie/?p=211</link>
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		<title>New Class Size Figures Show Damage Done to Education System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The revelation by the Department of Education and Skills that 107,000 primary school children are in classes with over 30 pupils highlights the damaging impacts cutbacks are having in our primary schools. 15,000 additional students are attending primary school in our overcrowded and under-funded education system since last year’s survey was published. This is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruairiquinn.ie/?p=207</link>
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		<title>Building A New Republic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week saw the McGill summer school take place in Glenties, Co. Donegal. There was a good Labour presence at the event and speeches by a number of Labour TDs illustrate the reforms Labour would deliver if in government. Eamon Gilmore&#8217;s speech set out his long-term vision for a New Republic, Pat Rabbitte&#8217;s talked about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruairiquinn.ie/?p=201</link>
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		<title>St. Luke&#8217;s Hospital &#8211; Report Stage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Labour Party proposed the following amendment during the Report Stage of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill on 30th June 2010. This amendment would require the HSE to maintain St. Luke’s Hospital for the treatment of cancer. In page 4, lines 29 to 31, to delete all words from and including “may” in line 29 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruairiquinn.ie/?p=194</link>
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		<title>My speech on the Motion of No Confidence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is the video of my speech made in the Dáil today during the Motion of No Confidence in Táoiseach Brian Cowen. You can read the text of the speech further below. Deputy Ruairí Quinn: This is the second time in my political lifetime in this Chamber that I have seen the Fianna Fáil party [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruairiquinn.ie/?p=185</link>
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		<title>St. Luke&#8217;s Cancer Hospital, Rathgar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I spoke in the Dáil on the Health (Miscellaneous Provisons) Bill 2010. The purpose of the Bill is to provide for the dissolution of Saint Luke’s Hospital Board in Rathgar, Dublin 6 and the transfer of its employees, assets and liabilities to the Health Service Executive. I have used St. Luke&#8217;s in the past [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruairiquinn.ie/?p=179</link>
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		<title>Ireland&#8217;s Higher Education Strategy Lies in Tatters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A report in this week&#8217;s Irish Times that universities will have to face further cuts in their budgets is disappointing but unsurprising. The government’s higher education strategy is in complete disarray because of the massive economic crisis Ireland is currently experiencing. Funding has been repeatedly yet the number of students is still growing, particularly as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruairiquinn.ie/?p=177</link>
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		<title>Ministers should have Chinese Whispers about Mandarin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I welcome the comments made by Michael Martin, Minister for Foreign Affairs, that Mandarin should be introduced as a Leaving Certificate subject. However, the Minister’s comments are at odds with those of the Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan TD. The Tánaiste told me on the 20th of April, in a parliamentary question, (see [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruairiquinn.ie/?p=175</link>
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		<title>Summer 2010 Newsletter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Dublin South East Labour Party is currently distributing its Summer 2010 Newsletter. This edition focuses on Education and sets out Labour&#8217;s Priorities for our schools and students. There is also detailed local news from all parts of the Dublin South East constituency. If you have any questions, please get in touch with me.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruairiquinn.ie/?p=173</link>
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