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An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: It is relevant-----

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: It is relevant to the extent that, unfortunately, what we are seeing here is a Government conforming with a very narrow proposal for reform. This Government promised genuine political reform. This is a key point and a fair point to make. We should be seeing much wider proposals being put to the people, proposals which were discussed at the Constitutional Convention and which could have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (25 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 305 and 314 of 27 January 2015, when the information requested will be forwarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12288/15]

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Are there no examples in other professions where this is dealt with on a case-by-case basis?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: What currently happens when a teacher whose registration is not up to date becomes employed in a school? As Deputy Boyd Barrett pointed out, this has happened on a number of occasions. The teachers have been teaching for a few weeks and it is only when the pay cheque does not come through on pay day that they realise their registration is not up to date and that they are not liable to be...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 31:In page 24, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 29 of Education Act 1998 22. Section 29(1) of the Education Act 1998 is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (d): “(e) makes a decision which a parent or guardian of the affected student, or in the case of a student who has reached the age...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: On the basis that the Minister does not wish the matter to be addressed in this Bill, I will not press the amendment on this occasion but the matter is something that definitely needs to be addressed.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (31 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure young farmers who commenced farming prior to 2008 will be eligible to apply under the national reserve for additional entitlements and for top-ups under the young farmer scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12807/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (31 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the closing date for the submission of applications under the new green low-carbon agri-environment scheme. [12806/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (31 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools availing of funding from her Department for the provision of school meals that have run out of funding for this academic year and have had to stop providing school meals to children as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13304/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (31 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that continue to have a concessionary post under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12682/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (31 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Waterford is due to lose its concessionary post under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme; if she will reconsider the notification which was sent by her Department to this school indicating that the concessionary post of 22 years' standing will be withdrawn; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (31 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have had concessionary posts under the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme subsumed into their main stream staffing numbers, as a result of becoming eligible for an additional teacher due to increased student numbers over the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (31 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will prioritise the extension of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin, and make funding available immediately to ensure the extension can be carried out in an effort to ensure the provision of secondary school places in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12705/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (31 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding options available for schools who wish to build an astro park on their school grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12963/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (31 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new autism spectrum disorder unit will be opened at a school (details supplied) in September 2016; if she will provide an update on the status of this project, including when work on the new building will commence; if the work will be carried out during the school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12997/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (31 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will arrange for her Department to contact an interested party with regard to the acquisition of a site currently owned by her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13135/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility (31 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to allocate schools under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme band 2 an additional base allocation under the general allocation model similar to that of delivering equality of opportunity in schools band 1 schools; if not, the reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13177/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (31 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the actions being taken to address concerns by special needs assistants over the reduction of their working hours and the fragmentation of special needs assistants posts; and her views on the approval of the ballot for industrial action by the assistants represented by the IMPACT trade union. [13390/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (31 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 639. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to the recent visit of Minister of State, Deputy Paudie Coffey, to a number of homes in County Donegal affected by Mica, the action the Government plans to take to assist affected homeowners; if the Government will set up an expert panel to assess the extent of the problem and the way it will be addressed; and if...