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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (1 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the number of resource teachers in our schools this year and every year since 1997. [40759/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (1 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the number of special needs assistants in our schools this year and every year since 1997. [40760/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (1 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the amount of funding given to special schools and to mainstream schools with special classes in each year since the funding was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40761/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (1 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special schools in the country. [40762/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (1 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of mainstream schools with special classes in the country. [40763/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (1 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the rate of capitation grant paid this year and every year since 1997. [40765/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (1 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent on the capitation grant paid this year and every year since 1997. [40766/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (1 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the total amount spent on the school book grant this year and every year since 1997. [40767/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grants Statistics (1 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students at third level who, having previously qualified for maintenance grants, that no longer qualify as a result of reductions in the income threshold in Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40990/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (1 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 393. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who has completed a JobBridge internship cannot immediately take up a place on a community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40923/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations Closures (1 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 505. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a Garda station (details supplied) in County Donegal is closed despite the fact that the station has not been listed for closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40993/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations Closures (1 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 506. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to re-open a Garda station (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40994/13]

Other Questions: Diplomatic Representation Issues (2 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the refusal of the Egyptian authorities to allow Irish officials from his Department to visit four Irish siblings detained in Cairo in advance of their appearance before a prosecutor in August; the number of visits that have subsequently been allowed to his officials; and if he will make a statement on the...

Other Questions: Bank Debt Restructuring (3 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 8. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects Permanent TSB to have completed its restructuring phase; the prospects he sees for it contributing to greater competition in the Irish banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41463/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (3 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 233. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the use of cannabis for medical reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41633/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (8 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that there will be no increase in class sizes or the pupil teacher ratio in budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42410/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (8 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for his response. Given that the budget is taking place next week, I was hoping for something more reassuring from the Minister, such as an understanding of the pressures teachers are facing in schools as a result of the current pupil-teacher ratios. Media articles in recent weeks have given rise to speculation that there may be an increase in those ratios. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (8 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: It is clear from the figures released, particularly in larger growing urban areas where the PTR and the allocation of teachers lags a year behind, that there are severe issues. We need to give more attention to that separate matter because it is creating pressures. As the Minister for State will know, a series of meetings have been held across the country over the past two to four weeks in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that the resource teaching hours for special needs students in 2013-14 will be adequate to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42411/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for his response. Earlier this year, the approach to resource teaching hours was a matter of serious concern, as each child who had been in receipt of hours last year was to experience a reduction from 0.9 of an allocation to 0.85. The Minister's reversal of this decision was welcome. In doing so, he allocated additional teachers by bringing forward those who had been...