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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (15 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 685. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal to the decision of her Department not to award an English teacher as an additional language teacher to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15, in view of the fact that 91% of the school's students are from immigrant backgrounds; if her Department will award a permanent English teacher as an additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (15 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 695. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made towards delivering high-speed broadband to all national schools; when all national schools will have access to high-speed broadband; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14059/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (15 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 696. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal only has access to broadband at a maximum speed of 1 megabyte per second; the efforts her Department is making to provide high-speed broadband for the school; when the school will receive high-speed broadband; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14060/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (15 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 877. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding for a bridge (details supplied) in County Donegal, in view of the effect new weight restrictions are causing in the neighbouring towns; if he will increase the allocation provided to Donegal County Council for the upgrade and maintenance of the county's bridges; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Retention of Records Bill 2015: Discussion (15 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee and updating us on the Department's position on the proposed Bill. The balance struck is reasonable. However, when the committees, boards and inquiries were set up, one would have expected the issue to be addressed then, as those who contributed to the inquiries, the redress board and the review committee would have done so on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Retention of Records Bill 2015: Discussion (15 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I understand the rationale for retention of these records. I believe there will be a historical value in these testimonies being available for future generations. However, I do not think that is the point. The key point is that these people told their stories on the basis that they would be confidential. Historically, they were very much failed by the State and by the authorities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Retention of Records Bill 2015: Discussion (15 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The legislation seemed clear at the time that these testimonies were for the purposes of the use of the inquiry only. That was the basis on which people engaged.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Retention of Records Bill 2015: Discussion (15 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I have no doubt that many of those who gave testimony to the inquiry would be happy for their names to be attached to it for posterity. For anyone who came forward, part of them wanted to tell that story. We do not know, however, to what extent they wanted that story to be acknowledged or to be disseminated further. The option we are discussing here today was not available to the people at...

Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Interest Rates (16 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy is over time. He will have two minutes to ask a supplementary question after the Minister responds.

Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Interest Rates (16 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy's allocated time of two minutes is up.

Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Interest Rates (16 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy's time is up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 26. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the decision not to provide follow-up funding for the patients of Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal, who were outsourced under the 2013 outpatients initiative and who are still waiting on their follow-up treatment; if he will make funding available for these patients in order that they may have their treatment continued in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (16 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 40. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the decision not to provide follow-up funding for the 550 general surgery patients of Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal who were outsourced under the 2013 outpatients initiative and who are still waiting on their follow-up treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14639/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (16 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the agri-environment options scheme 2014 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15016/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (16 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available for a course (details supplied) in the United Kingdom through the Student Universal Support Ireland scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15082/15]

Self-Employed and the SME Sector: Motion [Private Members] (21 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I join my colleagues in supporting the motion put forward by Deputy Dara Calleary. The Government should welcome it because I have no doubt that, having assessed it, the Minister of State, Deputy English, will see that it is constructive and that it puts forward many real solutions to the problems experienced by self-employed people working throughout this country and by small and medium...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme (21 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if payments to farmers under the new green low-carbon agri-environment scheme will be disregarded for the purposes of calculating income under farm assist calculations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15388/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (21 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason their eligibility for qualification for the hen harrier module under the new green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme has been removed from 29 herds; and if he will reconsider this, as a number of farmers have already made applications under the scheme, including the preservation of hen harrier as a qualification for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service (21 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 397. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hours available for family mediation at the Letterkenny, County Donegal branch of the Family Mediation Service; the number of families on the waiting list at this branch; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15256/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (21 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 510. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of Health Service Executive plans for the future of a hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal; if the executive is examining options for expansion of capacity at the hospital; if the executive has assessed the capacity of the site to facilitate expansion of facilities and beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter....