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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Croke Park Agreement (10 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide the details of any work practices negotiated under the terms of the Croke Park Agreement with welfare officers through their union; the date on which such changes were implemented; the savings that resulted from any changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43632/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Managing Back to School Costs: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I join the Chairman in welcoming the organisations before us and I thank them for taking the time to appear before the committee to give us the benefit of their experience of the costs involved in parents sending pupils to school and in the challenges that will arise in that regard in the coming years. I also thank them for their suggestions on how it can be addressed and improved. It has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Managing Back to School Costs: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I had to leave the room, and I apologise if this question was covered during my absence. In the course of his presentation, Fr. O'Connell outlined that a voluntary secondary school inexplicably continues to receive €90 less per pupil each year than a comparable community and comprehensive school and €212 per pupil less than a vocational school. Will he elaborate on that point...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (11 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures that were followed in relation to the appointment of a principal to the staff of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will detail the background to and purpose of this initiative, if he was directly involved in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43913/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Sick Pay Scheme Expenditure (16 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her proposals for the future of sick pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44417/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Conservation (16 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has plans for schools to implement targeted energy efficiency programmes to cut wasteful usage of lighting, heating and electronic equipment, in view of the fact that existing voluntary and piecemeal projects show the potential to save 15 - 40% of schools' energy costs within two years, using models and guidance provided by the Sustainable...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (16 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures that were followed in relation to the appointment of a Principal to the staff of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will detail the background to and purpose of this initiative; if his Department was directly involved in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44255/12]

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I commend the Minister and his officials on their undoubted work over recent months in researching and drafting this Bill and in looking at how best we can structure education and training throughout the country for the future. The Minister referred to two landmark dates in Irish education. I have no doubt this Bill, which is the first since 1930 to really reform how the work done by VECs...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (17 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the need for a fresh UN mandate to help end the Syrian civil war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44896/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (17 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for the further rationalisation of Irish embassies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44885/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycle Facilities (18 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the urban cycling experience in cities and urban areas throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45188/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Health and Safety Issues (18 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to parents concerns regarding the lack of railings or any safety barrier outside a school (details supplied) in County Kildare where the school gate opens directly onto a slip road off the M7 and where pupils using the cycling lane adjacent to the road run the risk of falling onto a busy and dangerous road should...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Grants (18 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons currently in receipt of a student maintenance grant at third level. [45550/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Grants (18 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons from a farming background currently in receipt of a student maintenance grant. [45552/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Grants (18 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons from a self employed background currently in receipt of a student maintenance grant. [45553/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (18 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that are currently designated as being a primary urban band 1 DEIS school; and the number of pupils in this category. [45554/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (18 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that are currently designated a primary urban band 2 DEIS school; and the number of pupils in this category. [45555/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (18 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that are currently designated a primary rural DEIS school; and the number of pupils in this category. [45556/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (18 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that are currently designated a post primary DEIS school; and the number of pupils in this category. [45557/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (18 Oct 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the country with less than four teachers. [45558/12]