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- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact the new Junior Certificate cycle will have on the take up of history at Junior Certificate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46282/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact the new Junior Certificate cycle will have on the take up of geography at Junior Certificate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46283/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact the new Junior Certificate cycle will have on the take up of foreign languages at Junior Certificate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46284/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact the new Junior Certificate cycle will have on the take up of science at Junior Certificate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46285/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Service (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of educational psychologists currently available to primary and post primary schools under the National Educational Psychological Service; the number provided in each year since NEPS was established in 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46390/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Service (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of and percentage of primary schools who do not have access to an educational psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46391/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Service (23 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and percentage of post primary schools that do not have access to an educational psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46392/12]
- Education (Resource Allocation) Bill 2012: First Stage (24 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: I move:That leave be given to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make provision whereby the Minister for Education shall publish an annual education impact study on the effects his or her decision to reduce the annual resource allocation in schools will have on schools, such study to include details of the names of schools affected, the impact such changes will have on those schools, and to...
- Education (Resource Allocation) Bill 2012: First Stage (24 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: I move: "That Second Stage be taken in Private Members' time."
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (24 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the agri-environment option scheme will issue in respect of a person ( details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46566/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (24 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46586/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Education (24 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider increasing the minimum qualification criteria for those delivering the early childhood care and education programme; if she will apply a minimum qualification criteria to everyone working in early education and childcare sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43083/12]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Discussion with Teachers Union of Ireland and National Adult Literacy Agency (24 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: I join the Chairman in welcoming the representatives from the TUI, NALA and thank them for taking the time to appear before the committee and giving their comprehensive thoughts on the Education and Training Boards Bill and how it will affect education, with particular regard to the their areas of expertise. I thank the TUI representatives for their initial presentation and going through it...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Discussion with Irish Aviation Authority (24 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: I thank the committee for its courtesy in allowing me to speak. I would endorse the comments of Deputies Mac Lochlainn and McHugh and I do not wish to repeat them. Undoubtedly, the State has failed in providing adequate protection for those who took up places on this course. As has been outlined, overall through the IAA, the Department of Transport, the education system and Enterprise...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Discussion with Irish Aviation Authority (24 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: I second those proposals. I take the point about liability. We often see a case with a Minister or Department formulating a package to assist people left in distress. That seems to be the only option in this case. I propose that the committee recommend that the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, look at the matter again with regard to assessment of a package that could assist the people left high...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: I have no wish to delay unnecessarily and I will not go over the detail relating to the value of the stations at Malin Head and Valentia or the work they have carried out for more than 100 years, but I wish to address the nub of the issue. In the Department's view, what is the rationale for the Fisher report and what is the rationale given by the Fisher report for recommending a two-centre...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: I did not get answers to the questions I asked.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: I asked two specific questions on whether a new centre would be required under a two-centre mirror model in Dublin and, if so, what would be the cost involved.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: I thought that building was being rented.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Charlie McConalogue: We are-----