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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 919. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department discriminates against girls who attend an all girls primary school, in view of the fact that an all girls primary school receives four hours learning support per mainstream teacher, and an all boys primary school and mixed primary schools receive five hours learning support per...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grants Data (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 974. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of students receiving maintenance grants under the third level student grant scheme at each individual adjacent and non-adjacent rate, for example, the number of students in receipt of a special rate, full maintenance, part maintenance, 75%, and so on, for each of the years from 2012 to 2014....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 981. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 7 May 2015, the nature of the succession planning engaged in by the support services; the reason the training being provided to long-term secondees returning to teaching roles in their respective schools is, out of necessity, being provided by these same long-term secondees; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 982. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 7 May 2015, the number of derogated posts for each support service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22039/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 983. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received a request to meet with representatives of the Professional Development Service for Teachers staff, who are affected by the five year rule for teachings secondments in September 2015; if she will agree to meet with them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22040/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 986. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the proposal to merge Cork Institute of Technology and the Institute of Technology Tralee, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22079/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 1097. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the technical report prepared by his Department in relation to the tests carried out on the concrete blocks which are affected by mica in County Donegal; the way his Department will assist affected home owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22386/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 1160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of the applicants from County Donegal who have made applications under the sports capital programme in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21427/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 1161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be made on applications which have been made under the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21428/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 1162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of the applicants from County Donegal made under the sports capital programme in 2014; if he will provide a list of those applicants from County Donegal who were successful and details of the level of funding they received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21430/15]

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 7:In page 6, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following:“(d) the principle of climate justice.”. We are moving the amendment because climate change is generating serious weather consequences, the impact of which is increasingly turbulent weather systems which are being felt most of all in developing countries. Drought and severe weather conditions are...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: It is essential that poorer countries be enabled to work with better-off countries to address the issue of reducing carbon emissions. Inserting it into the Bill would place a legislative requirement on the Government to ensure climate justice was a key part of our negotiating stance in the Minister's engagement with international partners. He should enshrine it in legislation. He has not...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 12:In page 6, line 9, to delete "24 months" and substitute "6 months". This is pretty straightforward and the reason for the amendment is clear. It would require the publication of a national plan within six months rather than the current two years outlined as part of the Bill. The delays leading to this Bill in the first place have left Ireland well behind many of our...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: We are happy to withdraw the amendment as long as the Minister reconsiders the timeframe. Two years is too long.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I agree with that. We have rarely had a Dáil as controlled by the Government as we have today. The Government has traditionally a majority in the Dáil and to seek the Dáil's approval as suggested in the proposal would serve the purpose of ensuring there is debate on the issue. It would be healthy to proceed in this manner rather than to centralise everything in the hands of...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 15:In page 6, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:“(e) specify the projected total national emissions for the period of the plan after all the policy measures specified in the plan.”. The amendment is similar to the previous motion brought forward by Deputy Michael Colreavy. It seeks the setting of targets, but we are not seeking to have...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: It is important that our overall plan be sensitive to Ireland's set-up, particularly agriculture, given its potential and contribution to the economy. This is a separate issue from the overall point, namely, our national objective and setting specific targets across sectors. Unfortunately, the Bill is too much about vague aspirations rather than the clear targets we need to set. Section 4...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 18:In page 7, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following:“(a) the principle of climate justice,”. We discussed earlier the importance of including the concept of climate justice in the legislation and I will not rehearse the arguments now. A number of Opposition amendments have been ruled out of order because they could potentially result in a...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 19:In page 8, line 11, after “measures” to insert “including the management of soil carbon and the protection and rewetting of wetlands”. This is a technical amendment to ensure information on soil carbon and wetlands would be integrated into the national plan. They form a vital part of the ecosystem in terms of the capacity to absorb carbon.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 24:In page 9, line 38, to delete “Dáil Éireann” and substitute “and approved by both Houses of the Oireachtas”.