Results 20,121-20,140 of 24,010 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 346. To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement scheme for the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance will be finalised and introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6666/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (17 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a top-up to the student assistance fund, in view of the fact that it has been reduced from €8 million in the last academic year to €6.6 million in the current year, and that most institutes of higher education have now spent their full allocations of the fund, and are experiencing high additional demand; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (17 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of broadband in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6701/15]

Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Can the Tánaiste assure us about the development by the Department of Education and Skills of an online database for primary schools? Will the database be used to cut capitation grants or reduce teacher numbers when parents do not consent to the forwarding of PPS numbers and other sensitive information by their children's school to the Department? I have raised this on the Order of...

Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to refer to the point made by Deputy Finian McGrath on children with Down's syndrome. In light of the Department's announcement that it will not be proceeding with the revised model for allocating special needs teaching hours and resources, will the Tánaiste ensure that as of this coming September children diagnosed with mild, as opposed to moderate, Down's syndrome will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Representations (12 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Student Universal Support Ireland are using a mountain pass, a route which is primarily used during summer as a tourist attraction and would be impassable during winter months, as an acceptable route in its assessment of a student grant application; if she will use her discretion in this particular case in view of the facts; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (12 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Glencullen, County Dublin is not in the catchment area for a proposed school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6458/15]

Child Care: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I support Deputy Troy's motion. As the Minister of State pointed out, the motion proposes solutions and a clear direction to take if we are to address the issues with child care provision, including its cost. An in-depth study was commissioned by Donegal County Childcare Committee Limited, DCCC, and conducted by Indecon. According to that research, the economic benefit of every...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (11 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made to allow a farmer, whose farm holding includes commonage grazing rights, to apply in their own right to the new green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; if he will remove the requirement for any such farmer to apply, in conjunction with at least 50% of other farmers grazing a commonage, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (11 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new green low-carbon agri-environment Scheme will open for applications; the closing date for receipt of completed applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6298/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (11 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the report by the expert group on future options for funding higher education (details supplied) is expected to present its final report to her; the main funding proposals that the expert group has presented to her in their interim report; the future funding options being considered by her Department for increasing the long-term...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (10 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal under the single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5695/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (10 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the disadvantaged areas scheme and the agri-environmental options scheme for 2014 to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5823/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (10 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 480 of 25 November 2014 (details supplied), when a final response will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5643/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (10 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a suitable site has been identified for a new school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if her Department plans to engage with the school's board of management in relation to its plans for the purchase of a site in advance of acquiring it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5804/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (10 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Student Universal Support Ireland can assess a person (details supplied) as an independent student, in view of their circumstances; her plans to introduce discretionary measures in order to avoid situations like this in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5895/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (10 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when guidelines will be issued by her Department to education and training boards on the appointment of representatives to school boards of management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6117/15]

Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I have a question regarding the forthcoming Retention of Certain Records Bill 2015 and the plans by the Department of Education for an ongoing development of an online database for primary schools. As the Tánaiste is aware, the database will require the collection of a lot of information about pupils, including information on their special needs, psychological reports, and cultural and...

Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Will the Tánaiste take up the matter with him?

Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: That figure does not include the thousands about whom I am speaking who were removed from waiting lists.