Results 20,281-20,300 of 24,010 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (16 Dec 2014)
Charlie McConalogue: 553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools have been asked for 99 year leases by her Department; the purpose of this request; if all voluntary schools have been asked for such leases or just those that received capital funding from her Department in recent years; the oldest capital project where this has been requested; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (16 Dec 2014)
Charlie McConalogue: 565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding her plans for a new post-primary school (details supplied) in Celbridge, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47948/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (16 Dec 2014)
Charlie McConalogue: 634. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will reconsider his Department's approach to a wind energy project (details supplied) and its application for entry to the REFIT scheme in view of the necessity of the scheme's support for the project's viability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48446/14]
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Charlie McConalogue: Given that €37 million is required, and the Minister is taking €39 million from the primary education budget and putting it into third level, is there money budgeted for a summer works scheme in 2015?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Charlie McConalogue: Last year, the then Minister, Deputy Quinn, used the money for a summer works scheme.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Charlie McConalogue: Maybe we could get clarification. Last year, his explanation for his ability to introduce a summer works scheme and the minor works grant was that there was unspent capital funding from the previous year. Now, unspent capital funding is being moved into the third level sector.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Charlie McConalogue: Is any funding allocated for it?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Charlie McConalogue: Is there any money earmarked for next year in the 2015 Estimate?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Charlie McConalogue: Is there money clearly earmarked for it for next year? We recently went through a budget and Estimates process. Either money is allocated to it for next year or it is not. Everything was earmarked. Next year, the Minister might find savings somewhere else or take money from another area. However, all the money is currently allocated to something. Has money been allocated for a summer...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Charlie McConalogue: So no money is allocated for it.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Charlie McConalogue: Recently in the Dáil, I asked the Minister about the fact that money is being taken from the schools capital budget and being spent elsewhere. The Minister assured me that it was having no impact on capital spending on education, but when one takes €60 million that could have been used for school buildings and allocates it elsewhere, it very definitely has an impact. The many...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for the update on the junior certificate. I welcome the fact that Mr. Travers has been asked to intervene and try to engage with the Minister and teachers' representatives to see if there is a way towards reaching an agreement with which everybody can be comfortable. It is unfortunate that it has come to this. Had the Government taken a different approach, primarily...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Charlie McConalogue: In regard to the €35 million allocated to DIT for the works in Grangegorman, which is obviously important-----
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Charlie McConalogue: It is an important project. Has the money been spent or will it be spent by the end of this year?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Charlie McConalogue: When was the decision made to give the money to DIT and St. Patrick's for the work? If it has now been spent, the decision would have been made a number of months ago in order to allow it to be spent. What additional work has been delivered with the €35 million, over and above what was planned in the original Estimates?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Charlie McConalogue: Some €28 million was allocated from unspent capital expenditure for the minor works grants, which the Minister announced two weeks ago and which was welcome. I made the point on numerous occasions that a specific allocation should have been made in last year's Estimates and in next year's Estimates towards that. When the €28 million is combined with the almost €40...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Charlie McConalogue: That relates to the 2014 works scheme. I understand that around this time last year the former Minister made an announcement similar to the Minister's announcement this year on the funding of a minor works grants. He also announced a summer work scheme, for which applications would be sought and money spent throughout 2014. Does the Minister have any plans for a 2015 summer works scheme?...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Charlie McConalogue: Does this have anything to do with the increase in the number of SNAs?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Charlie McConalogue: Primarily, this concerns lump sum payments.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014) Charlie McConalogue: How much do teachers' salaries come to?