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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (12 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when this Deputy may expect a reply to an interim letter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48228/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (12 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to an interim letter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48230/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (12 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to an interim letter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48234/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Supply (12 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 260. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) regarding a drinking water supply issue in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47718/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (12 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 480. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to an interim letter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48232/13]

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: He is turning it the wrong way.

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I concur with Deputy Browne's comments on some of the Government Deputies' contributions. I was here for Deputy Buttimer's contribution in which he lambasted previous Governments and sung the virtues of the current Government. It was markedly different from what people would have heard from Deputy Buttimer and others before the last election. It is remarkable how quickly some Deputies can...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Courses Accreditation (13 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding ongoing negotiations between Quality and Qualifications Ireland and a college (details supplied) in Dublin 14 regarding the accreditation of its courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48513/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (13 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recently announced €28 million for minor works grant scheme is additional capital expenditure for 2013; if so, what the level of capital expenditure in 2013 will now be in the wake of this; the impact of this on his Department's overall budget in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48415/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (13 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €40 million for the summer works scheme is additional to the €540 million allocated for his Department’s capital spending in the expenditure report for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48416/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (13 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has applied for a pension is not being recognised as a secondary teacher in view of the fact that they taught home economics for over 20 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48465/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Back-to-School Costs and Schoolbook Rental Schemes: Discussion (13 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the witnesses for their contributions today. I will address my initial questions to the departmental representatives. There was an announcement this week about the resumption of the minor works scheme. How much funding is available under that scheme this year and how does that compare with previous years? The representatives said it is not the Department's intention to stop...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Back-to-School Costs and Schoolbook Rental Schemes: Discussion (13 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I ask Fr. Connell for a breakdown of that figure. What is that funding used for? How much of the funding comes from voluntary contributions and how much from other sources, such as fund-raising? Fr. Connell said he was disappointed that many of the points he made at a previous meeting of this committee were not taken into account in the report. I ask him to elaborate on that. If...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Education, Youth and Culture Council: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (13 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister and his officials for attending. I also thank the Minister for providing the committee with a briefing in advance of the Council meeting in respect of what will be on the agenda. I must inform him that I will be obliged to leave for the Dáil in a few moments. Will the Minister indicate the number of meetings that were held during Ireland's Presidency and outline...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Strategy for Higher Education (14 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the implementation of the priority areas from the National Strategy for Higher Education, specifically the sustainability review, the landscape process, the national quality PhD framework and the national student survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48670/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (19 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a student (details supplied) may expect a decision on their appeal to Student Universal Support Ireland and the student grant appeals board for the 2012-13 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48864/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration (19 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant can be employed as a substitute during the year after which they have been made redundant without having to repay their redundancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49585/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (19 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 603. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49399/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (19 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area aid payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49400/13]

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: Is that agreed? Agreed.