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Other Questions: School Curriculum (8 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Minister of State will agree and as the Minister very much acknowledges, junior cycle reform is crucial to reforming the curriculum and how it is delivered at second level. That the Minister has been willing to progress it is positive. We would like to see this happen with everybody involved and on board. Unfortunately, because of the manner in which the Minister has handled the...

Other Questions: School Curriculum (8 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: In May the Minister, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, announced that he was to invite the teacher unions to direct talks, acknowledging that the work of the working group during the course of the year had led to an industrial dispute between teachers and the Department about how the junior certificate reform programme was to be implemented. The Minister indicated that direct talks would commence...

Other Questions: Special Education Review (8 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will be accepting and implementing the recent recommendations of the National Council for Special Education for a new model of allocating teaching resources for students with special educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29393/14]

Other Questions: Special Education Review (8 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Does the Minister intend to accept and implement the recent recommendations of the National Council for Special Education for a new model of allocating teaching resources for students with special educational needs?

Other Questions: Special Education Review (8 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I commend the former inspector of the Department of Education and Skills, Mr. Emmet Stack, and his group on compiling this report and for their work on it. It will be crucial that there is proper consultation and that everybody's views are taken on board before deciding how to move forward. The Minister, Deputy Quinn, in his press statement coinciding with the release of the report, struck...

Other Questions: Special Education Review (8 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: The Irish Primary Principals Network, IPPN, raised some concerns about the employment of teachers with restricted recognition. The IPPN chief executive officer, Seán Cottrell, said, "The proposed profiling of schools will enable those with the greatest level of need to secure the greater resource. However, some schools may lose practically all of their current supports while others may...

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Staffing (8 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will be issuing a new circular on special needs assistants in view of the recent acknowledgment that the circular issued before Easter was badly phrased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29395/14]

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Staffing (8 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: In several of his responses today the Minister of State has indicated that the number of SNAs is higher than it has been in the past. However, the problem is that on the ground, when one goes to any school, the reality is very different. Teachers, principals and parents will tell the Minister of State what they are telling the rest of us, namely, how difficult it is to ensure SNA support is...

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Staffing (8 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Could he clarify his previous response to Deputy Finian McGrath about the supports children with Down's syndrome can expect this September? As has been rightly pointed out, there was a High Court case in the past couple of weeks involving two families who challenged the Government because their children with Down's syndrome were not entitled...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Statistics (8 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he and his Department will conduct an audit of teaching resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29396/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (8 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of small schools expected to lose a teacher in 2014-15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29397/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Exemptions (8 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the universal social charge for retired persons in budget 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29902/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an issue (details supplied) which makes Irish companies selling services in the UK uncompetitive against UK-based competitors; his plans to address the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29904/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Students (8 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the progress that has been made in achieving the objectives and targets set out in Ireland's International Education Strategy 2010-15. [29144/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (8 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 30 April 2014, if his Department will cover school transport costs as a student (details supplied) in County Westmeath is proposing to attend their nearest recognised school for their needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29751/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland Administration (8 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the introduction of the Quality and Qualifications Ireland's fees on the community based education organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29913/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Applications (8 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 602. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an aquaculture site (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason an application for the renewal of the licence for this site has not yet been processed; if compensation will be made available to the owner of the site should the renewal be refused as per recommendations under the Marine Institute...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Licence Applications (8 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 842. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a transport licence application in respect of a company (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29907/14]

Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I join my party colleagues and commend our party spokesperson, Deputy Willie O'Dea, for bringing forward the motion and putting it firmly on the political agenda in advance of the Government making a decision on the review it has commissioned. We all know why there should be genuine concern about Government's review of the free travel scheme. It is based on our experience of what it has...

Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: The Government could change the situation tomorrow if it wanted to.