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Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: There are thousands of people who are not receiving treatment.

Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The Tánaiste is massaging the figures. They are not accurate.

Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The Health Service Executive outpatient waiting list initiative was introduced at the end of 2013 for patients who had been waiting more than 12 months who were referred from public to private hospitals for outpatient consultant appointments and treatment. What is the position on the treatment of these patients? It has come to my attention in recent weeks that many of these patients have...

Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The Tánaiste did not answer any of the questions I put to her.

Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I did not ask about the Government’s plans, although they are important. I asked specifically about the HSE outpatient waiting list initiative, a previous plan of the Government, which was introduced at the end of December 2013 and through which I have no doubt thousands of people across the country were removed from hospital waiting lists to massage the figures to make them look...

Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Will the Tánaiste tell us how many are in this position of having their files referred back? Will she commit to providing the funding these patients were told would be available to complete their treatment under the consultant who is currently treating them?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Payments (5 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has carried out an analysis on the impact her changes to farm assist with respect to income disregards have had on farmers; if she will reconsider the changes she has made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4978/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Payments (5 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on reversing the changes she made to farm assist with respect to income disregards in view of the serious negative affect on the income levels of already struggling farming families; the reasons she is refusing to carry out an analysis to assess the impact that the changes have made on those families; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications (5 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a site inspection for an agri-environment options scheme application for 2013 and 2014 (details supplied) will take place in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5194/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (5 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal submitted on 10 November 2014 under the disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5320/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Strategy and Framework for Higher Education: Higher Education Authority (4 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I join the Chairman in welcoming the HEA CEO, Mr. Tom Boland, and his colleagues, Mr. Costello and Ms Fitzgerald. I thank them for their presentations. At the end of his presentation, Mr. Boland said there were many grounds for optimism, but he said we urgently need to address the unavoidable connections between the funding of higher education and research, the number of graduates, the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (4 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is introducing a new community employment health care training and development programme for community employment participants in the health sector; when this new scheme will commence; if all those participants who are currently employed on a community employment scheme within this sector will have the opportunity to apply for a place on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (4 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on an appeal in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Waterford to have its concessionary post retained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5026/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (4 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to withdraw capitation grants to schools for children whose parents object to their information being entered and stored on the primary online database; if so, the statutory basis for that action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5077/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (4 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she received express approval from the Data Protection Commissioner for the retention of all the details that are being collected and stored on the primary online database; and if there is a written agreement to this effect between her Department and the Data Protection Commissioner. [5078/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (4 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in her Department who have been designated with administrator rights in relation to the primary online database system. [5079/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (4 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money that has been spent on the primary online database project since its inception. [5080/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (4 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has hired external experts-consultants to advise them on how best to develop the primary online database; and if so, if she will provide, in tabular form, the details of same and the expenditure incurred. [5081/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (4 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has instructed schools to collect and submit pupils' details onto the primary online database, even where parents have objected to having their children's details entered onto the database or have not provided express consent to have their children's details entered onto the database. [5082/15]

Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: When will the report on the value for money review of small schools which has been with the Government for two and a half years be published? The Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, undertook to publish the report following a short review period. The number of one-teacher schools has increased fourfold since consideration of the report commenced. When will it be...