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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (4 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 360. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 28 January 2014, if a person on youthreach can take up a JobBridge internship without fully completing the youthreach programme; and if they can move seamlessly between both programmes or if they have to sign on the live register first; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5635/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax Collection (4 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 749. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to revise the current road tax regime for commercial vehicles in favour of introducing a pay as you go road user charge in view of the fact that such a charge will be introduced in the UK and Northern Ireland as of 1 April 2014; his views on whether this £10 charge by the UK authorities will have an adverse impact on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (4 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 766. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Marine Survey Office and the Irish Maritime Administration have carried out a staffing analysis at Malin Head, Valentia and Dublin Coast Guard stations; if he has established the future staffing requirements for the Malin Head, Valentia and Dublin Coast Guard stations for the next three years taking into account impending...

Northern Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I also welcome the opportunity to discuss Northern Ireland here this evening. It is very important that we discuss Northern Ireland, but a person I spoke to earlier made the point that we rarely discuss the counties around Northern Ireland and the three other counties of Ulster, which have been more affected than any other part of the country by the legacy of the Troubles in the North over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5745/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (5 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the mainstream primary schools in each county; the number of pupils currently enrolled in each; the number of classroom teachers in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5797/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Statistics (5 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form indicating the academic year the mainstream primary schools in each county that have lost a teacher as a result of the changes to the staff schedule he announced in budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5798/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Statistics (5 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the academic year the mainstream primary schools in each county that would have seen an extra teacher appointed if he had not made the changes to the staff schedule as announced in budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5799/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Statistics (5 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the savings that have been incurred each year as a result of teaching staff reductions from changes to the staff schedule which he announced in budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5800/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Statistics (5 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to give details on the additional expenditure that would have arisen from an increase in teacher numbers if he had not made the changes to the staff schedule as announced in budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5801/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of classes at primary level that are accommodated in prefabs; the total number of classes at primary level that are accommodated in prefabs that are rented and those which are owned by the State/school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5802/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of classes at post-primary level that are accommodated in prefabs; the total number of classes at post-primary level that are accommodated in prefabs that are rented and those which are owned by the State/school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5803/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of rented prefab accommodation at primary level and at post-primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5804/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of replacing all prefab accommodation, rented or State owned, with permanent buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5805/14]

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans under the Common Agricultural Policy reform proposals to assist and support young farmers who have been farming for more than five years to build a viable farming enterprise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6310/14]

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I was not expecting to get in - it was well worth my while coming in early. What are the Minister's plans under the Common Agricultural Policy reform proposals to assist young farmers who have been farming for more than five years to build a viable farming enterprise? As the Minister is aware, the agreement on which he signed off in Brussels confined a definition of "young farmers" to those...

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I disagree with the Minister that this is a reasonable proposal. He has said that 6% of farmers are under the age of 35. He outlined that he has confined the young farmer categorisation to those who are under the age of 40 and who have just started farming now or within the past five years. He has admitted that he has made no effort or no provision for those who are under the age of 35 and...

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister is the person who negotiated the regulation. I cite the example of a young farmer who is 32 years of age who has a payment per hectare of €100 because historically more than ten years ago the farm was not farmed as extensively as it is now. That farmer - there are many of them - is considering whether he or she can continue to have a future in farming. Such farmers...

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Will the Minister do something in regard to the national reserve which would give such farmers a future and a fairer deal than that which he has given them, which is nothing more than what he has given to a person who has been in farming for all of his or her working life?

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (11 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Will the Minister explain what is in this for them?