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Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the implications in second level schools of the removal of the ex quota guidance counsellors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40417/11]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views, if any, in the way school principals, in second level schools will deal with allocating hours to guidance counselling out of normal school teaching allocations; the impact this will have on them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40418/11]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views at the removal of the guidance counsellor teacher allocation into the overall teacher allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40419/11]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider reversing the decision which requires second-level schools to manage guidance provision from within their existing pupil teacher ratio allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40420/11]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to cut second level teaching posts in County Donegal over the next twelve months; if he will provide details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40434/11]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify and provide details of the primary level schools in Donegal north east which will be affected in the next school year 2012-2013 by the increase in pupil thresholds for small primary schools as outlined in budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40437/11]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the implications of budget 2012 on primary level DEIS band 2 schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40439/11]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the effects, if any, arising from budget 2012 on a primary level school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40578/11]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the time period over which legacy posts will be phased out as a result of budget 2012 changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40623/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the effects, if any, arising from budget 2012 on a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40466/11]

Commissions of Inquiry (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will establish a State commission to inquire into child protection practices in church dioceses in order to give a voice to the victims of child abuse that the church and State failed over the years in order to deal with the issue comprehensively and provide closure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40762/11]

Commissions of Inquiry (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for her response on this matter. The six reports published by the National Board for Safeguarding Children two weeks ago outlined once again the abuse that many children had to suffer in this country in recent years. In regard to the six dioceses, that abuse was within the Catholic Church. The national board's report and work is commendable and welcome in the sense...

Commissions of Inquiry (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: For those victims who were failed and let down by both the church and the State, whenever the abuse took place, it is critical that their voices are heard and that they can be given closure by an assessment of how they were let down at the time, so that this can be properly examined. The Minister's response to the publication of the six reports, of which the Raphoe report particularly stood...

Commissions of Inquiry (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: I urge the Minister to consider setting up a commission which will, from the State's point of view, look into what happened and how the State failed those children, as they were at the time, and allow their voice to be heard, so we are not failing them once again.

Commissions of Inquiry (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: We will deal with the HSE in a further question coming down the line. In fact, we have been waiting for that for six years. However, I disagree entirely with the Minister that we should be waiting any longer and that those victims, who were abused and who were outlined in the reports we received in the past few weeks, should have to wait. The public, members of the church and, in...

Commissions of Inquiry (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: In particular, the report on Raphoe shows how victims were failed in the past. Those people should not have to wait for other reports on which we have been waiting already for years. It demands immediate action.

Commissions of Inquiry (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: I ask that the Minister set up a commission which can deal with and take on board the HSE audit when it comes out and also further reports from the national board.

Children in Care (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for providing special care services for vulnerable children within the State in view of recent Health Information Quality Authority reports into the Gleann Álainn Special Care Unit and previous HIQA reports into Coovagh House and Ballydowd Special Care units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40763/11]

Children in Care (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Unfortunately, the events in the report by HIQA into Gleann Álainn are not isolated. The report is consistent with other HIQA reports into the State's other two special care units. Just last week, HIQA published the report on Gleann Álainn finding it in a state of crisis. HIQA declared Ballydowd special care unit unfit for purpose in 2009. The HSE committed to closing it down, yet it...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an all girls' school will get four hours per week learning support, for each mainstream post compared to five hours per week for mixed schools and all boys' schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40074/11]