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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Sign Language (25 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to recognise Irish Sign Language as an official language of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27442/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (24 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be made available for a new school (details supplied). [26681/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the reduction in hours of class contact time for science in the proposed new junior cycle from 240-270 hours to 200 hours is a step backwards for our second level students; and if not, the reason he believes this is not the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27131/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (24 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 389. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a table (details supplied) will be updated to include 2014 figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27030/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (24 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 540. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change the medical card eligibility guidelines in order that all third level students would automatically have full entitlement to a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26679/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 665. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the national immunisation schedule this year and if there is sufficient funding available to support any proposed changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27386/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (19 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Unfortunately, the reply does not address a couple of the key concerns I put to the Minister, which farmers raised this morning. They felt they had to come to Dublin to protest. I outlined that the average beef farm income is €15,000 and the average sheep farm income is €11,000. By and large, farmers with commonage attached have small incomes. The key point I made to the...

Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (19 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: It is unfortunate that the Minister of State has not really dealt with the particular questions I asked.

Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (19 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Yes.

Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (19 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Tom Hayes, for taking this matter. As the Minister of State knows, there was a protest outside his Department today by farmers from many counties, especially those along the west coast and the south west, about GLAS and, in particular, the restrictions the Minister of State and the Minister are placing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (19 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans under the Common Agricultural Policy reform proposals to assist and support young farmers who have been farming for more than five years to build a viable farming enterprise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26139/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Recent Closures of English Language Schools: Discussion (18 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Mr. Dave Moore and Mr. Bruno Mateus Francio for coming in today. I commend Mr. Moore and his organisation on the representation, work and support they have given the many students who found themselves in a desperate and stressful situation as a result of what happened. It is a sad reflection that something like this could have been allowed to happen, to go on for so long and that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Recent Closures of English Language Schools: Discussion (18 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: For how long was that course?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Recent Closures of English Language Schools: Discussion (18 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Mr. Mateus Francio came here to study for six months. Did that course come with a six months visa or was the visa for longer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Recent Closures of English Language Schools: Discussion (18 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: The visa can be one year. Mr. Mateus Francio paid €3,000 for a six months language course and that did not include accommodation or anything like that. That was all extra.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Recent Closures of English Language Schools: Discussion (18 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: What is Mr. Mateus Francio's view of the proposal put forward by the task force to provide replacement English language courses as an option for himself and other students who are in a similar situation? From his experience what is the situation facing many of these students six weeks or two months after this has happened? Have many gone home, are many still here and are many waiting to see...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Recent Closures of English Language Schools: Discussion (18 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Have many of Mr. Mateus Francio's fellow students have gone home at this stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Recent Closures of English Language Schools: Discussion (18 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: What percentage of them have gone home as opposed to those who have stayed here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Recent Closures of English Language Schools: Discussion (18 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: What made Mr. Mateus Francio decide to come to Ireland to study? His options would have been to come here or to go to Britain. Would similar students from Brazil go to the United States to study?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Recent Closures of English Language Schools: Discussion (18 Jun 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Ms Mateus Francio for coming in today along with Mr. Moore to give us that insight.