Results 4,301-4,320 of 23,975 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Let us deal with the Minister's role in the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Health and Safety (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recent survey (details supplied) carried out by the Irish Heart Foundation which researched the state of nutrition standards in post-primary schools and which found that 40% of the schools surveyed did not offer free, clean drinking water; and her plans to reform dietary and nutrition standards in secondary schools. [26008/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Health and Safety (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: In the question I ask the Minister her views on a recent survey carried out by the Irish Heart Foundation which researched nutrition standards in post-primary schools and which found 40% of schools did not offer free, clean drinking water; her plans to reform dietary and nutrition standards in secondary schools and if she will update the House on her approach to the issue.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Health and Safety (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for her response and commend the Irish Heart Foundation for its work on the survey and its valuable work in trying to promote healthier lifestyles and awareness of how to ensure people look after their hearts. As I indicated in the question, the results of the survey of food provision in post-primary schools, in which 39 schools were surveyed, showed that 40% of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Health and Safety (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I am not sure how the Minister got the impression that I was advocating for bottles of water to be supplied free of charge. I was referring to accessible and clean drinking water. The Minister may be able to fill a glass of water at her kitchen sink but students at school do not have access to kitchen sinks. If fresh water drinking points are not available, the only way the students can...

Other Questions: State Examinations (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the distress experienced by many students as a result of the difficult level of the leaving certificate mathematics ordinary level paper 1; if she has discussed the issue with the State Examinations Commission; if the commission has indicated that the marking scheme will reflect the difficulty level of...

Other Questions: State Examinations (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Is the Minister aware of the distress experienced by many students as a result of the difficulty level of the leaving certificate mathematics ordinary level paper 1? Has she raised this issue with the State Examinations Commission? Has the Minister discussed with it the importance of ensuring the marking schemes adopted in correcting these papers reflect the difficulty level...

Other Questions: State Examinations (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for her response. I welcome the news that she has spoken to the State Examinations Commission about this matter and that it has confirmed to her that it will assess the difficulty level that students experienced in the paper, reflect that in the marking scheme, which it will adjust accordingly to ensure the bell curve, as such, is not out of sync, and that students will...

Other Questions: State Examinations (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The important message from this debate is the reassurance that students can hopefully take from the answer the Minister has given. She states that she has engaged with the State Examinations Commission and that it understands the distress the students felt and the difficulty many students experienced as a result of the questions with which they were confronted on the day. It is hoped it...

Other Questions: School Transport Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision to remove free school transport for students from an area (details supplied) in County Donegal to their current secondary school; and if she will ensure the free school transport scheme rules provided by her Department for Bus Éireann for implementation are changed to ensure mountain passes which are not...

Other Questions: School Transport Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Will the Minister review the decision to remove free school transport from students in Urris, Clonmany, County Donegal who are attending Carndonagh community school? Will she ensure free school transport is extended to them? Will she amend the terms of the free school transport scheme to ensure mountain passes that are inaccessible for a good part of the school year are not used in...

Other Questions: School Transport Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister of State for his reply, but I must say it is exceptionally disappointing. It is disgraceful that the Department has not looked at the particular circumstances of this case and changed its approach. It is over two months since I raised this matter on the floor of the Dáil with the Minister of State. I genuinely thought it was well within the capacity of the...

Other Questions: School Transport Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: It is the Minister of State's scheme and he can change it.

Other Questions: School Transport Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The parents are issuing an invitation to the Minister of State to view the route which the Department is measuring as being the closest - the Mamore gap. If he were to come to Donegal I would be very willing to show it to him and he would not be telling me in the House that it would be unfair not to use that as a route.

Other Questions: School Transport Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I can tell the Minister of State what his Department is doing. It is now saying that those students have to go to Buncrana, which is four miles longer, to get to Carndonagh community school because they cannot use that gap. This means more fuel, longer bus times and more expense. The Minister of State is saying that if those students are to go to Buncrana, the Department will have to put...

Other Questions: School Transport Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Many parents cannot pay and the Minister of State is not taking into account whether they can pay. It is totally unfair. At the very minimum that fee should be waived. We should see common sense brought into play-----

Other Questions: School Transport Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: -----in order that the circumstances that are particular to this area are acknowledged and the Minister of State's approach to the scheme is changed.

Other Questions: School Transport Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister of State can change the scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns that the combination of rising rental prices and lack of supply of accommodation for students attending third level institutions will prohibit a large proportion of students living within a reasonable distance of their campus next year; and her plans to address this lack of supply of student accommodation. [25812/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recent survey (details supplied) carried out by the Irish Heart Foundation researching the state of nutrition standards in post-primary schools, which found that 40% of schools surveyed did not offer free, clean drinking water; and her plans to reform dietary and nutrition standards in secondary schools. [25813/15]