Results 2,661-2,680 of 23,957 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Other Questions: Wild Atlantic Way Project (19 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: My question concerns the Wild Atlantic Way and specifically the need for Malin Head to be identified as the northern starting point of that route. This is a welcome project and I commend Fáilte Ireland for the preparatory work it has carried out on identifying the route and bringing it to its current status. It offers great potential for tourism right across the country, including the...

Other Questions: Wild Atlantic Way Project (19 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I do not agree that designating Malin Head as the starting or end point of the Wild Atlantic Way would exclude any part of the Inishowen Peninsula. It would actually help to attract tourists to the peninsula. There is great potential for developing Malin Head as a destination in the county. A great deal of tourism work has been done in the county recently. For example, there has been...

Other Questions: Wild Atlantic Way Project (19 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I ask that the Minister of State engage with Fáilte Ireland to reassess this proposal.

Other Questions: Wild Atlantic Way Project (19 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I would welcome the opportunity to have that meeting. Perhaps the Minister of State might also attend it. I have met and exchanged correspondence with Fáilte Ireland regarding this issue. I am raising the matter on the floor of the Dáil to engage the Department. The Minister of State's approach is to ensure that the route works well. His bona fides are good in that regard....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (19 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding was allocated in budget 2014 for a new bridge at Cockhill, Buncrana, County Donegal along the R238 Cockhill Road; if not, when funding will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54404/13]

Other Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times since coming to office he has met with US officials to discuss immigration reform and in particular the plight of the undocumented Irish citizens in America, his plans to meet with US officials on this issue over the next six months, and his view on when reform on this issue will happen. [1474/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Response Times (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Maura Porter from Carndonagh was unfortunately the victim of a road traffic accident on the day before New Year's Eve. An ambulance was called to come to her support after she suffered severe injuries in the accident, which took place on Monday, 30 December. It took almost an hour for an ambulance to come to Carndonagh, unfortunately, because it had to be despatched from Letterkenny. No...

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Response Times (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister of State for her response. She stated that Mrs. Maura Porter's case was triaged correctly and the nearest available resource was dispatched. It is clear that in this instance the nearest available resource was much too far away. Carndonagh ambulance station, which serves the Inishowen Peninsula, was less than half a mile from where Mrs. Porter's accident took place....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the specific criteria used in the selection of the schools announced on the building list on Friday 29 November 2013; the reason a school (details supplied) in County Dublin was not included on that list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55193/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Book Rental Scheme (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make funding available to those schools who currently operate a book rental scheme but cannot afford to replace and update the schemes which they are currently using despite them being out of date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55304/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Book Rental Scheme (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make funding available to those schools who currently operate a book rental scheme for one subject in order that they can establish the book rental scheme for all their subjects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55305/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 220, 247 and 248 of 8 October 2013 the reasons his Department cannot drill down into FACILITY in order to retrieve the information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55371/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Eligibility (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person on the Youthreach programme may take up a position on a JobBridge scheme without having to first claim jobseeker's allowance/benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55515/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Market Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has consulted with any independent agencies who specialise in the role of labour market reactivation and in assisting getting the long term unemployed back to work when she was drawing up the JobPath programme initiative; the names of those agencies who were consulted and on what basis; the reasons she did not consult with any agencies if...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Radioactive Waste (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 512. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is in contact with his Northern Ireland counterparts with respect to ascertaining the impact to health and the environment on the local community as a result of the radio-active waste that was dumped in Culmore during the late 1970's and early 1980's; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1319/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Radioactive Waste (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has ascertained the impact to health and the environment on the Donegal community along Lough Foyle as a result of the radio-active waste that was dumped in Culmore during the late 1970's and early 1980's; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1320/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Walks Scheme (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of the walks scheme in County Donegal; his future plans to further develop same; the level of funding allocated for the walks scheme in County Donegal in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1400/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 663. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal based on their 2012 AEOS (2) application and their AEOS 2013 application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1233/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 678. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal did not receive any disadvantaged area payment in 2013 and also only received a reduced payment in their single farm payment for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1467/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Review (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 905. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the initial proposals of the interdepartmental group in relation to the setting up of a new scheme to replace the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance scheme; the outcome of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1718/14]