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# Ruairí Quinn

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National guidelines on mental health in secondary schools published
Ireland launches 'radical' new university rankings system
Quinn ringfences €500,000 for just-launched Action Plan on Bullying
Government to launch major anti-bullying plan
New guidelines may make it easier to rent schoolbooks
Calls for Ireland to (finally) outlaw corporal punishment in the home
Student grant backlog almost cleared (but 21k told applications were incomplete)
Survey begins asking parents who should run primary schools
Free access to Encyclopaedia Britannica for school-going children
Taoiseach insists Ruairí Quinn has confidence in James Reilly
Where were the 38 TDs who didn’t vote on the abortion bill?
Here is the week's news... skewed
SUSI backlog means some student grants delayed until 2013 - Quinn
Waterford IT to ‘cooperate fully’ with inspection of campus suppliers
Extra staff in place to tackle student grant backlog
Construction starts on eight new schools
Highest number of students ever completing second level education
Student union launches campaign site targeting TDs and Senators
Poll: should parents be allowed take children out of school for holidays?
More than 50,000 students still waiting for decision on third-level grant
Parents asked who they want to educate their children
False years and Big Bird: The week in quotes
Quinn angry at being misled over primary care centres answer in Dáil
Formal Junior Cert exams abolished under new system
Troika forced Ireland into repaying €1bn AIB bond - Quinn
Group recommends teachers should be upskilled to handle student behaviour
Congregations have 'moral obligation' to meet costs for abuse victims - Quinn
Schools will need 3,000 extra teachers to cater for population - Quinn
Almost 59,000 teens to receive Junior Cert results today
Croke Park talks needed in 'six to eight months if not sooner' - Varadkar
Colleges to merge in radical restructuring of teacher training
Videos: RTÉ doc puts spotlight on Ruairí Quinn and his department
Poll: Should more than just points be considered for entry to college courses?
Celebration and frustration: The week in quotes
Poll: Should student grants consider the value of family property?
Explainer: Possible changes to college grants – and why some TDs don’t want them
My favourite speech: Minister for Education and Skills Ruairí Quinn
Could Molly be the next to emigrate?
Multi-denominational Educate Together to run secondary schools