Results 22,621-22,640 of 24,010 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the cost and savings associated with the new Junior Certificate cycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46278/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that the Junior Certificate currently costs approximately €20 million a year, where will these funds be allocated to now and the amount of this that will be used for the new Junior Certificate programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46286/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding for the new Junior Certificate cycle will be given directly to schools to implement the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46287/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if some element of external examiners will still be used in the new Junior Certificate cycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46279/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he will ensure that the new Junior Certificate cycle is implemented in a consistent manner and to the same standard across all schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46280/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the increase in workload for teachers with the new Junior Certificate cycle will mean new job opportunities for unemployed teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46281/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact the new Junior Certificate cycle will have on the take up of history at Junior Certificate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46282/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact the new Junior Certificate cycle will have on the take up of geography at Junior Certificate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46283/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact the new Junior Certificate cycle will have on the take up of foreign languages at Junior Certificate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46284/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact the new Junior Certificate cycle will have on the take up of science at Junior Certificate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46285/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Service (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of educational psychologists currently available to primary and post primary schools under the National Educational Psychological Service; the number provided in each year since NEPS was established in 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46390/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Service (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of and percentage of primary schools who do not have access to an educational psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46391/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Service (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and percentage of post primary schools that do not have access to an educational psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46392/12]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: Will the staff of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland take in FETAC, HETAC and NQAI staff?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: I join the Chairman in welcoming Mr. Clark and our other guests. It is good to see this procedure commence, whereby designate chairpersons appear before committees to afford us the opportunity for an initial discussion of their future plans. It is clear from Mr. Clark's presentation, curriculum vitae and history and experience with adult education that he is eminently qualified for this...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycle Facilities (18 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the urban cycling experience in cities and urban areas throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45188/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Health and Safety Issues (18 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to parents concerns regarding the lack of railings or any safety barrier outside a school (details supplied) in County Kildare where the school gate opens directly onto a slip road off the M7 and where pupils using the cycling lane adjacent to the road run the risk of falling onto a busy and dangerous road should...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Grants (18 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons currently in receipt of a student maintenance grant at third level. [45550/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Grants (18 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons from a farming background currently in receipt of a student maintenance grant. [45552/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Grants (18 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons from a self employed background currently in receipt of a student maintenance grant. [45553/12]