Results 19,701-19,720 of 23,995 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (25 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department and-or the Higher Education Authority have any plans to facilitate the expansion of student accommodation for students attending higher education institutions, prior to the academic term 2016, in view of the significant rental increases that have taken place in the private rental market in the recent period. [25499/15]

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I join my colleagues in supporting this motion put forward by Deputy Michael McGrath. The number of speakers on both sides of the House having to share time and having such a short period of time in which to make their contributions shows the value of credit unions to communities throughout the country. The large turnout in the Visitors Gallery, both last night and tonight, shows the esteem...

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I understand Deputies Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Paul Connaughton, Noel Harrington, Martin Heydon, John O'Mahony, Eamonn Maloney, Dan Neville, Patrick O'Donovan, Sean Sherlock and Michelle Mulherin are sharing time.

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Deputy Finian McGrath is sharing time with Deputies Mick Wallace, Michael Fitzmaurice, Richard Boyd Barrett and Maureen O'Sullivan.

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The next speaker is Deputy Jerry Buttimer, who has 20 minutes, but we will have to adjourn the debate at 7.30 p.m. for Private Members' business.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: State Examinations Commission: Engagement with Chair-Designate. (24 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I welcome Mr. Burke and thank him for agreeing to take on this role. His background and career will certainly stand him in good stead. He will be able to bring his experience to the scope of the State Examinations Commission's activities and I wish him well in his new role. As he outlined, the State Examinations Commission has a daunting logistical task on its hands every year. It carries...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has carried out an analysis of the impact of her changes to the farm assist scheme with respect to the effect of income disregards on farmers; if she will reconsider the changes she has made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24634/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reversing the changes she made to the farm assist scheme with respect to income disregards, in view of the fact that it has had a serious negative affect on the income levels of already struggling farming families; the reason she is refusing to carry out an analysis to assess the impact that the changes have made on these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Expenditure (24 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost of providing school transport for pupils who live in Urris in County Donegal for the new school route from Urris to Buncrana via Clonmany for the next school year 2015-2016; the cost of providing school transport for pupils who live in Urris in County Donegal on the previous school route from Urris to Carndonagh via Clonmany...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (23 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 341. To ask the Minister for Defence if there has been new recruitment initiated for C company of the 28th battalion of the Reserve Defence Force; the number, if any, of new recruits who have been submitted to the Defence Forces for approval; if the applicants' Garda vetting has been completed, and if so, when; when their recruitment will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Review (23 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 474. To ask the Minister for Health when the new scheme for the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24966/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (23 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 480. To ask the Minister for Health if patients who are referred by their doctor to a private or public hospital abroad to have a procedure carried out, will be reimbursed their costs from the Health Service Executive within two weeks of returning home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25009/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (23 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to her correspondence (details supplied), if she will provide an update on the situation regarding the qualification allowance; if a decision still has not been made, when she expects a decision to be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24591/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (23 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the home tuition scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24608/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (23 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has completed the purchase of the site for the new Educate Together national school in Letterkenny in County Donegal; the location of the site; when her Department plans to appoint a design team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24642/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide figures on net change in the number of national schools between 1 October 2013 and 1 October 2014, in the form of table 2.25 of her Department's statistical report 2012 to 2013; and if she will provide figures on net changes in the number of secondary schools on a year by year basis from 1 October 2010 to 1 October 2014....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (23 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 582. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 419 of 9 December 2014, when the new tenant purchase scheme for local authority houses will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24609/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (23 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 643. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to build a new Coast Guard station on the site of the current Malin Head Coast Guard Station in County Donegal; if plans have been developed for building a new station on the site; if so, when he expects to be in a position to give approval for the new building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24570/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (18 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the difficulty of the leaving certificate ordinary level mathematics Paper 1; if she has had any engagement with the State Examinations Commission with regard to the level of distress the paper caused for students taking the examination; if the commission will adjust the marking scheme to reflect the difficulty with the paper; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Court of Human Rights Judgments (18 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will report to Dáil Éireann on the review by the State Claims Agency of cases brought on foot of a judgement (details supplied) in the European Court of Human Rights by persons who were sexually abused by their teachers; and if the State Claims Agency has provided its recommendations on settlement offers in the cases...