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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (6 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools availing of funding from her Department for the provision of school lunches which have run out of funding for this academic year and have had to stop providing school lunches to children as a result; if her Department will provide these schools with funding in order that school lunches can be provided to the children for the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (6 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 31 March 2015, the name of the school to which she refers; the engagements her Department has had with this school to resolve the issue; the level of funding her Department will provide to this school in order that it can resume the provision of school lunches for its pupils for the remainder of this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing Appeals Mechanism (6 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an appeal submitted by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal was not upheld; and if she will reconsider the decision not to uphold the appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17681/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (6 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the tendering arrangements for school transport, in view of a European Commission ruling (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17688/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (6 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans to deal with the projected increase in demand for school places at primary and post-primary level in the Littlepace, Castaheany and Ongar areas of Dublin 15 in the coming years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17744/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions Expenditure (6 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her views on the pressures on educational services at the National College of Art and Design as a result of graduate numbers increasing by 33% since 2010 and staff numbers having being cut by 15%; her plans to improve resource allocations to the college; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17777/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (6 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of all-girl primary schools; the total number of pupils in these schools; the cost to her Department, if these schools were allocated five hours of learning support per mainstream teacher as opposed to four hours of learning support per mainstream teacher, under the current rules of the general allocation model; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (6 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of all-girl primary urban band 2 schools under the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme; the total number of students in these schools; the cost to her Department, if these schools were allocated five hours of learning support per mainstream teacher as opposed to four hours, under the current rules of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (6 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of all-girl primary rural schools under the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme; the total number of students in these schools; the cost to her Department if these schools were allocated five hours of learning support per mainstream teacher, as opposed to four hours, under the current rules of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Estates (6 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress to date regarding the taking in charge of housing developments which have developer-provided waste water service infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17215/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council Funding (6 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 611. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a group (details supplied) was successful in its application for funding to the Heritage Council under the local heritage grants scheme, and if not, the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17725/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: ICT in Primary Schools: Discussion (6 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank our guests for coming in and making their presentations. At the moment there is a concerning lack of co-ordination on how digital technologies are being implemented and used to the best of a school's abilities at both primary and secondary level. People and students in their homes and businesses are outpacing what is happening in the classroom. That is a concerning situation....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: ICT in Primary Schools: Discussion (6 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I have a brief question for the Department. It indicated that under the new tendering process there will no satellite connections for primary schools. What might the arrangements be for those schools? A number of them are in peripheral locations. How will they be served and what type of broadband speeds can we expect them to have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: ICT in Primary Schools: Discussion (6 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I ask for elaboration on the plans for the retendering. Ms Murtagh indicated that 2,900 schools are to be retendered for next week. Are those schools on a fixed line or do some of them have satellite?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: ICT in Primary Schools: Discussion (6 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The schools not included in the 2,900 are more peripheral, is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: ICT in Primary Schools: Discussion (6 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: For the 2,900 that will be retendered, Ms Murtagh is saying that satellite is not an option that is being accepted as part of the tender.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: ICT in Primary Schools: Discussion (6 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Is there a minimum requirement for speeds as part of that tender?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: ICT in Primary Schools: Discussion (6 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Will it be a wireless service, by and large?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (12 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reconsider the decision to withhold a payment under the 2014 disadvantaged areas scheme from a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18472/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (12 May 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers who in 2012, 2013 and 2014 corrected leaving certificate and-or junior certificate examination papers, together with the number of retired teachers who in 2012, 2013 and 2014 acted as examination superintendents at the leaving certificate and-or junior certificate examinations; and if she will make a statement on...