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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (27 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I am sure the Minister is aware, as she is consulting education partners and is talking to teachers and principals, as I am, that there is very genuine concern among teaching staff and school management about how this will work. In regard to the school profiling principals have been asked to undertake over the past couple of months, they have been asked to provide information which many find...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (27 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister has not dealt in any detail with what I asked her to do, which was to give reassurance to schools, teachers and families as to how the school profiling will be used. The process has started and the documentation has been returned to the Department. As I indicated, there are very real concerns about the validity and consistency of the process across the board and the purpose for...

Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position with regard to approval for a new school for an area (details supplied) in County Donegal; if she will meet a delegation from the school to discuss progress towards a new school building as well as issues with regard to inadequate existing accommodation and road safety concerns; and if she will make a statement on the...

Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: This relates to a building project for St. Mary's national school in Stranorlar in County Donegal.

Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for her response. I am disappointed that she will not agree to meet the school to discuss the project's future or to ensure that she is up to speed regarding the school's current facilities and its need for a new building. Unfortunately, approximately half of the school's classrooms consist of prefabs and the permanent classrooms have been in place for so long that they...

Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister mentioned giving certainty to school building plans. Unfortunately, however, the uncertainty facing St. Mary's national school in Stranorlar is that it is not on the current five-year building programme which runs until the end of the year. As the Minister rightly indicated, the Department will be examining the following five-year programme. That is why it is important for the...

Other Questions: Student Grant Scheme Administration (27 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Fitzmaurice for tabling this very relevant question. The Minister referred to not increasing income taxes but, of course, the Government did choose to increase the registration fee for those who do not receive a grant, as stated in the question. The registration fee is to increase from what the party of the Minister, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, promised would be €2,000 to...

Other Questions: Student Grant Scheme Administration (27 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: What about the promises that were made?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (27 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action she will be taking following the recent court decision in relation to language schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3356/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (27 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of restoring the grant for student teachers' attendance at Gaeltacht courses; if she has carried out an assessment of the impact of this cut on the cost of teacher training to students; her vews on reinstating the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3354/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (27 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way she proposes to address concerns that have been expressed regarding the school profiling element of the proposed new special needs model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3357/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (27 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down her plans to provide schools with ring-fenced resource hours for the employment of those holding a recognised qualification in guidance counselling to enable all schools to provide every student with appropriate guidance as per Section 9C of the 1998 Education Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3355/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (27 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 305. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí currently assigned to the drugs unit in County Donegal; if she will provide a breakdown of the way these are assigned by district; and the number of Gardaí assigned to this unit in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3679/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (27 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 314. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel in each Garda station in County Donegal for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015. [3745/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a planning decision will be made on temporary accommodation for a new post-primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3725/15]

Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments Data (28 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter which is generating a lot of interest. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Damien English, for taking this matter. I will outline and confirm my support for the development of a centralised information system for primary schools. However, serious concerns have been raised about the Minister's heavy-handed implementation of the...

Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments Data (28 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I am supportive of a database being developed for the primary school system, similar to what is already in place for the secondary school system. However, genuine concerns have been expressed to me by parents and teachers, in particular school principals who are responsible for overseeing the collection of this data at primary level. This is why...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (28 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received any assessment from Irish Water in relation to the presence of asbestos pipes in the water infrastructure; and his views on whether asbestos water pipes pose a health threat to those being provided with water through them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3647/15]

Other Questions: Broadband Service Provision (29 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if fibre or satellite broadband will be provided to the 78 areas that have been identified as requiring State intervention in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3857/15]

Other Questions: Broadband Service Provision (29 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: This relates to the provision of appropriate broadband facilities to the areas in question under the national plan. What timeline does the Minister expect for the work's commencement?