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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Correspondence (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 628. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a final reply will issue in respect of correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9539/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 702. To ask the Minister for Health when a final reply will issue in respect of correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9538/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I join the other members in acknowledging the fantastic work of the ambulance service under difficult circumstances. I thank the witnesses for attending today to discuss the issue. I wish to raise an incident on 30 December 2013 which occurred outside Carndonagh in Donegal where Maura Porter was the subject of a road traffic accident and had to wait almost 50 minutes for an ambulance to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Is that the HIQA review?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Will that review be published and made available to the family once it is completed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: The family wished and requested an independent investigation. Dr. O'Donnell is doing that investigation but there is also real concern among the family and the community as to what happened. In such a situation it is crucial that we ascertain what led to that delay, that it be published, that the community be aware of what happened and that it be clear what steps have been taken to address...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I mentioned the escalation process and it was referred to in the reply to a parliamentary question I asked about the particular case I mentioned regarding Mrs. Maura Porter. What escalation process is in place and can the witnesses elaborate on how that might assist in preventing such situations recurring?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (26 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide funding for repair work to coastal shore paths to address damage caused by recent storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9435/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (26 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 39. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding he has put in place to deal with coastal erosion in County Donegal and nationally following the recent storms; if he has provided funding for repair of coastal shore paths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9434/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (26 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who secured contracts of indefinite duration as a result of completing four years' service and as a consequence of terms agreed under the Haddington Road agreement; the number of schools over their teacher quota as a result of this, resulting in a requirement for teachers to be placed on the redeployment panel; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (26 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Waterford will lose its legacy DEIS post; the reasons for same; the total number of other schools that are to lose a similar legacy post in September 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9786/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (26 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that made returns to his Department indicating they had between 49 and 55 students at the end of September 2013; the number of these schools eligible for three mainstream classroom teachers in September 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9787/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (26 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that made returns to his Department indicating they had between 12 and 19 students at the end of September 2013; the number of these schools eligible for two mainstream classroom teachers in September 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9788/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (26 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that made returns to his Department indicating they had between 81 and 85 students at the end of September 2013; the number of these schools eligible for four mainstream classroom teachers in September 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9789/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (26 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that made returns to his Department indicating they had 20, 56, or 86 students at the end of September 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9790/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (26 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 264. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the application of a person who would be eligible for a medical card under EU regulations as a cross-border worker must be assessed under a household means test in order to clarify if the rest of the family qualifies for a medical card, even though the family do no wish to be considered for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role and Potential of Community and Vocational Education: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the witnesses for their attendance, papers submitted and presentations made to the joint committee in advance of and during this meeting. I wish to put several questions to various organisations in attendance and will start with the representatives from City & Guilds. In his presentation, Mr. Sheridan outlined that City & Guilds would like to have more information...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role and Potential of Community and Vocational Education: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell referred to what she described as a "caste system". In the second level from first year to sixth year, those going down a vocational or apprenticeship path are often seen as failing. It is often seen that someone has not been able to follow the academic system that is in place from first to sixth year. It is often considered that once one chooses to go down...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role and Potential of Community and Vocational Education: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: It is a point in relation to Intreo also and the guidance that is there. Many of us have experienced it. Often where someone is told to do a course, he or she is not really engaged with to see if the course matches or develops particular skills and attributes he or she has to give them a great deal of potential.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (27 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the number of gardaí along the Border areas in County Donegal to deal with the increase in criminal activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9537/14]