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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary teachers currently registered with the Teaching Council that presented a degree qualification satisfying the subject requirement for mathematics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38737/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details for the past five years of the total number of schools each year that did not enter any students for the higher level leaving certificate maths exam; the names and addresses of the schools and the school's DEIS status if any. [38738/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the mathematics results here from the most recent PISA test, showing the percentage of correct answers and questions skipped for the following categories (details supplied) [38739/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason that Ireland performed so poorly in securing funding for science research projects from the European Research Council which recently awarded €800 million to 503 applicants only four of which were Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39198/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Citizen Information Services (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the citizens information service in a town (details supplied) in County Donegal has been reduced from a five day week service to a one day and at most two days service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37846/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Security of the Elderly (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends providing further funding this year for the senior alert scheme in view of the importance of this scheme to the security and well being of older people and the demand for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37873/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Security of the Elderly (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the changes he has made this year to the senior alert scheme; the reasons for these changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37874/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Staffing (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Health the number of special needs assistants that were assigned by the Health Service Executive to children with special needs availing of the free pre-school year in 2011; the number that have been sanctioned by the HSE in respect of children with special needs availing of the free pre-school year from September 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Staffing (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is continuing to provide SNAs to all children with special educational needs availing of the free pre-school year from September 2012 [38412/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which he will announce the beneficiaries of the sports capital grant programme 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38719/12]

Topical Issue Debate: Public Sector Allowances (19 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for agreeing to put this issue on the agenda and the Minister for Education and Skills for coming to the House to discuss it. Yesterday there was an announcement from the Minister's colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, in regard to the issue of allowances in the public sector. He rowed back on previous commitments to find...

Topical Issue Debate: Public Sector Allowances (19 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I asked the Minister to explain how he proposes to manage a teaching workforce which is paid according to two different salary scales. New entrants will be paid at one scale while those who started as recently as 18 months ago will earn much more. A new entrant in 2010 could have received as much as €39,000, but salaries for new entrants have decreased to €32,000 this year when...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: The first speaker is Deputy Healy, who I understand is taking two of the ten minutes available to the Technical Group.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Order, please. Let the speaker finish as he has only a few seconds left.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Order, please. As the Deputy has only a few seconds remaining, I ask him to finish up.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy's time is up.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I ask for order from both sides of the House, particularly the Government side when other speakers are speaking.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Order, please.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: The Tánaiste has two minutes remaining.