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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (27 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Bus Éireann requires buses operated by its contractors to be tested by a private company at the expense of Bus Éireann even though these buses have already passed the test in the commercial vehicle test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22407/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (27 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will uphold an appeal made by a primary school (details supplied) and appoint their additional teacher from September 2014 instead of September 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22952/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when building work will commence for a new school building for a primary school (details supplied) in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22958/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (27 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will put in place a list of approved architects for school building projects in order that schools can choose from this list rather than having to find an architect themselves without any guidance or assistance from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22963/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Expenditure (27 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the list of primary schools by county which were granted funding for windows under the summer works scheme in 2014 together with the amount of funding each school received for windows and the percentage of the total summer works scheme budget which was allocated for windows; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (27 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he will address the problems caused by the implementation of relatively new criteria for the registration of teachers who intend to engage in the July provision programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23016/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (27 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 319. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a final response will issue in relation to an issue (details supplied) regarding the purchase of a garden; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23320/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Review (27 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will make an exemption to the cap on the payment of the free travel scheme to bus companies operating new routes and, in particular, the bus route from Buncrana to Derry by a new bus operator, following the closure of the Lough Swilly Bus company, in order that pensioners and those qualifying for the free travel scheme do not have to pay...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (27 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a file in respect to a domiciliary care allowance will be forwarded to the Social Welfare Appeals Office in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22494/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (27 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 546. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered the Irish Road Haulage Association commercial vehicle road tax proposal; his plans to implement any or all of its proposal; and if not the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22700/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (27 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 589. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that proposed qualification criteria for the new GLAS scheme will have for farmers with commonage land; if he will amend the proposed criteria in order to ensure that farmers with commonage land will qualify for the GLAS scheme without the need for all farmers with the right to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (27 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 595. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a land verification check under the single farm payment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22432/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (27 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 597. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the position on his Department's negotiations with the Crown Estate regarding Lough Foyle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22486/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (27 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 806. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the Health Service Executive are not accepting an official letter from the Revenue Commissioners the new self assessment notice Chapter 4 of part 41A TCA 1997 in order to process a medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22663/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (27 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 893. To ask the Minister for Health the neurological service available to patients at Lettekenny General Hospital; his plans to improve neurological services at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23055/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position regarding the proposed building project for a school (details supplied); if his Department has signed off on the designs for the building project: if the school-VEC has been given permission to commence the process of securing statutory permissions, including planning permission; when the project will be given approval to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Staffing (29 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he proposes to address the deep concerns that have been expressed with regard to the recently published Circular 0030/2014 on special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23469/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Staffing (29 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: My question asks how the Minister proposes to address the deep concerns being expressed about the recently published circular on special needs.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Staffing (29 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister of State for his reply, but parents and teachers across the country have noted a squeezing of the SNA support available to students and are rightly concerned about the tone of the aforementioned circular from the Department. A number of specific points made in the circular are giving rise to concern among parents and teachers. It states that in order to receive SNA...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Staffing (29 May 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: In his earlier response, the Minister of State outlined that it is the ambition of every parent that his or her child will get to a position where he or she does not need any SNA support. Indeed, it is the hope of every parent at the outset that his or her child would not need such support in the first place. However, in cases where a child needs such support, it is the ambition of a parent...