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Agriculture Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: The price that farmers have been getting for their produce has been decreasing as the cost of producing it has been increasing. As a result, many beef farms across the country are currently producing at a loss, or in many years are not doing much better than breaking even.

Agriculture Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Absolutely. I am sure the Minister has looked at average incomes across the country. For a number of the last few years, the average farm income in the BMW region has been approximately the same as the level of the single farm payment. The position is slightly different on the east coast, where single farm payments account for approximately 60% of the net incomes of farmers. For the BMW...

Agriculture Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: -----will be much lower than it has been for many a year. That will hit farms' bottom lines. This position is not sustainable. If our agricultural sector is to produce and become a larger contributor to the economy, the Minister needs to adopt a different approach to the beef crisis than he has taken in the past year or two.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Restoration (8 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to a permanent restoration of the minor works grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37962/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (8 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was cut in their area aid application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38393/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress of a new school building for a primary school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38412/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Proposed Special Educational Needs Model: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank our guests for coming in today to discuss this matter and the work they put into their presentations. In particular, I thank the National Council for Special Education for the work that has gone into these proposals. I would like to follow up the presentations by asking a few questions. Can the representatives of the National Council for Special Education give some more information...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Proposed Special Educational Needs Model: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: When I talk to parents and teachers, one thing that seems to come up often is feedback to the effect that there seem to be a higher number of children with special needs and particular learning needs than there were five or ten years ago. This comes up often. I am unsure whether it is being identified more clearly now or what exactly the dynamic is, but I am keen to hear the views of our...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Staffing (9 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the current staffing levels in Student Universal Support Ireland compared to 2012 and 2013; the breakdown and roles of these staff members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38703/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry Regulation (9 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on discussions he has had with his counterparts in Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom in respect of the heavy goods vehicle road user levy; if he will ensure that Republic of Ireland hauliers who use the A5 are exempt from the Northern Ireland road user charge that was implemented on 1 April 2014; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (14 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 158. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38898/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (14 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 179. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical card holders being charged for routine blood tests by either the general practitioner or the practice health nurse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39053/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (14 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reinstate the third teacher in a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon, in view of the fact that they currently have an enrolment of 56 pupils the number needed for a three teacher school and in view of the fact that they were only one pupil short, based on last year's enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (14 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details of the school building projects which have not been included in her Department's five year construction programme, but which were announced for initial inclusion in the building programme and are ready to progress to the final planning stages once funding becomes available; and if she will make a statement on...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I welcome the opportunity to speak about the budget. For two parties that prided themselves on their commitment to reform, the lack of detail provided for the Opposition on the budget is surprising. We received little more than a three year projection for expenditure, alongside the tax measures announced by the Minister for Finance. The relevant Departments have not given details of what...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: What about the new politics?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (15 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 77. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outreach paediatric palliative care nurses in the country; the hospitals they are attached to; the number of children under their care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39424/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Administration (15 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason persons under the age of 26 on jobseeker's benefit only receive €100 training allowance on a FÁS training scheme while those under 26 on jobseeker's allowance automatically see an increase of €60, bringing their payment to €160 per week; her plans to bring these people on jobseeker's benefit into line with...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Correspondence (15 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 171. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39425/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (16 Oct 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any exemptions for persons who are on jobseeker's allowance and who find themselves in hospital for a number of weeks, with the result of their payment being cut off as they were not in a position to sign on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39659/14]