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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the tender criteria which will be used to select a company to carry out the construction of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if it is expected that a public-private partnership arrangement will be used; if she will ensure that the tender criteria will not include excessive thresholds in relation to the project size of previous...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (29 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which have not had their delivering equality of opportunity in schools, DEIS, legacy posts subsumed due to the temporary reprieve provided by her for schools with legacy posts which were due an additional teacher due to an increase in pupil numbers; her plans to restore legacy DEIS posts to schools which previously had...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (29 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific courses in her Department that are available for parents with teenagers who are on the autism spectrum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32926/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (29 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been allocated to the student assistance fund for the academic year beginning September 2015. [33068/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (29 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the amount of funding allocated to the student assistance fund, or its successor programmes, in each individual year from 2009 to date in 2015; if she will provide details of any needs assessment undertaken for the coming academic year to decide upon the funding required. [33216/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (29 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an independent student grant appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision is expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33119/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (29 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, details on the funding that has been spent in each year on the assistive technology scheme, from 2011 to date in 2015. [33153/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (29 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for emergency works submitted by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33430/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Projects (29 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence regarding an organisation (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33007/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Estates (29 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 524 of 6 May 2015, if his Department has completed its pilot study in relation to the taking in charge of relevant developments, with stand-alone developer provided water services infrastructure; if not, when will this study be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (29 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 592. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a response will issue to this Deputy to the interim reply, reference REP 440/PC/15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33424/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Centres (29 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reinstate the national driving licence centre in the Carndonagh public services in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32772/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme (30 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reversing the changes made to the farm assist scheme, with respect to income disregards, given that these changes have had a serious negative affect on the income levels of already struggling farming families; the reasons her Department is refusing to carry out an analysis to assess the impact that these...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme (30 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has carried out an analysis on the impact of her changes to the farm assist scheme with respect to the impact of income disregards on farmers; if she will reconsider the changes made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33149/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister, Minister of State and officials for coming here and being generous with their time and information. Regarding the departmental output tables, I have a question on school transport services. I refer to the targets and outputs, items Nos. 4 and 5, the number of students provided with school transport services and the number of school transport routes. The target and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Again, looking at the 2013 target and output, the 2013 target was 6,000 school transport routes, but there were 6,500. That is significant, a 500 additional route output beyond the target. However, the 2014 target was again 6,000 and the report states that target was achieved. Now, the target is again 6,000. There are 500 additional routes in the figures. What are those 500 routes about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: There were 500 routes above 6,000. Does that mean there has been an 8% change in the number of routes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: It seems we are at 8% fewer routes than in 2013, an exceptionally high figure. I am wondering how this has come about.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: My point is there are 500 fewer routes, which means a change of approximately 8%.