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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (2 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of funding from the capital budget expended on the provision of school sites for primary schools in each of the last five years and the number of schools expected to be built on these sites. [32128/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (2 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the Digital Schools Award in primary schools; the plans his Department has to enable all schools to achieve this award. [32129/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Schools (2 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS one primary schools on a county basis; the name and address of each school; the enrolment of each school; the additional funding and support provided to each school under the DEIS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32130/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Schools (2 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS two primary schools on a county basis; the name and address of each school; the enrolment of each school; the additional funding and support provided to each school under the DEIS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32131/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Schools (2 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS post-primary schools on a county basis; the name and address of each school; the enrolment of each school; the additional funding and support provided to each school under the DEIS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32132/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Schools (2 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS rural post-primary schools on a county basis; the name and address of each school; the enrolment of each school; and the additional funding and support provided to each school under the DEIS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32133/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (2 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in the primary school system for 2012/2013; the projected increases for the ten years from 2012/2013 on a yearly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32134/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Health and Safety Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to advise the boards of management and principals of primary schools on the procedures that they must undertake to ensure the schools full compliance with the statutory health and safety requirements in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32135/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Health and Safety Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to advise boards of management in primary schools on the procedures that they must undertake to ensure the health, safety and welfare in the workplace of principal teachers in view of the significant increases in their workload; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32136/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Waiting Times (2 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 454. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications that are currently awaiting to be processed for carer's allowance; the timescale it will take in order to process these applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31750/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (2 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 612. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress to date regarding inter country adoption; the progress that the adoption authority has made in relation to establishing administrative arrangements with the Hague countries regarding inter country adoptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31642/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Correspondence (2 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 621. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31813/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (2 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 701. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the post of the second neurologist in the north-west cannot be taken up as soon as possible (details supplied); the impact this appointment is expected to make on waiting lists in the north-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32239/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (3 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether children qualifying for a special needs assistant this coming September will experience reductions in their allocated special needs assistant hours due to the continuance of the cap on numbers at a time when the number of students qualifying for special needs assistant support has increased by 10%; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (3 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for his response. This is an issue we discussed on Private Members' business last week. At the outset I express my disappointment that neither the Minister nor a Minister of State from the Department of Education and Skills was present for the second day of that debate. In my experience that is unprecedented in the conduct of Private Members' motions. Parents of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (3 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: The cap is remaining the same and there is a 10% increase in demand. Those are two facts. That means there is a reduction in hours available to individual children who need to avail of an SNA-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (3 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: -----because they now have to share those SNAs with more children, meaning there are fewer hours available to them.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (3 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I am disappointed the Minister is not acknowledging that is the impact it is having on the ground - it is leading to a cut for many children. I ask him to acknowledge that and apply the same-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (3 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: -----treatment to SNAs as he did to the issue of resource teachers-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (3 Jul 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: ---- where he actually increased the number of teachers available there.