Results 20,161-20,180 of 23,978 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (27 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down her plans to provide schools with ring-fenced resource hours for the employment of those holding a recognised qualification in guidance counselling to enable all schools to provide every student with appropriate guidance as per Section 9C of the 1998 Education Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3355/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (27 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 305. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí currently assigned to the drugs unit in County Donegal; if she will provide a breakdown of the way these are assigned by district; and the number of Gardaí assigned to this unit in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3679/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (27 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 314. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel in each Garda station in County Donegal for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015. [3745/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a planning decision will be made on temporary accommodation for a new post-primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3725/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (22 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application was received in April 2014 from a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the beef data programme; if not, if his Department will consider a resubmitted application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3121/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (22 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 857 of 14 January 2015, the number of staff in her Department who were responsible for the further education, FE, budget prior to 1 January 2014; the number currently employed in her Department involved in the FE function; the actual value of the FE budget these staff were responsible for prior to January...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Funding (22 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 858 of 14 January 2015, the budget currently administered by education and training boards other than those in category three; her plans to ensure category three ETBs will have full responsibility for these actual allocations that relate to their functional areas; the provision she or SOLAS will make to...

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: If the Deputy could please.

Topical Issue Matters (21 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Fergus O'Dowd, Seamus Kirk, Seán Conlan and Brendan Smith - toxins being dumped into the rivers and lakes of the north east; (2) Deputy Catherine Murphy - the need for a review of school enrolment options in the north...

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I now call on the Technical Group. Deputy Catherine Murphy is sharing time with Deputies Clare Daly and Maureen O'Sullivan.

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Deputy Ó Caoláin's amendment cannot be moved until amendment No. 2 has been disposed of. It may, however, be discussed in the debate on the motion and amendment No. 2.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 36. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 11 November 2014, when follow-up funding will be provided for the 550 adults who require general surgery, the 953 patients who require diagnostic testing and the 110 patients who require an outpatient review and who were outsourced under the 2013 outpatients initiative to have their treatment; if this treatment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 64. To ask the Minister for Health when follow up funding will be provided for the patients of Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, who were outsourced under the 2013 outpatients initiative and who are still waiting on their follow up treatment; if these patients will have their treatment continued in the hospital to which they were referred under the initiative; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (21 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an off-farm income limit of €40,000 is being applied to young farmers applying to the national reserve to have their entitlements increased towards the national average when a similar off-farm income limit does not apply to young farmers applying for a 25% top-up on their single farm payment; and if he will make a...

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Deputy Quinn was very fond of it.

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: He invited all and sundry along for show-time and told them how it was going to be. Despite the fact that there had been widespread agreement on the proposals that had been worked out with many people, Deputy Quinn said they would go forward a different way and told everybody to row in behind and follow him so he could make his legacy. Our situation is emblematic of some of the approaches...

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Had this approach been taken, it would have given the Minister, the previous Minister and the Government much credit in the bank to engage appropriately with teachers as to how the 40% that was to be awarded in the schools would be structured and rolled out. However, the Minister never got to this stage because she was immediately in conflict. Instead of working with partners, they became...

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I do not doubt it.

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: This time last year, I proposed that the then Minister, Deputy Quinn, delay the implementation instead of going forward with English. Had he delayed it until the following September, the new Minister could have started English alongside science and used the interim period to try to get agreement with the teachers. She could have used the benefit of the fact that she was a new Minister to...

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this very important issue and glad to see it getting a proper hearing for it in the House. I commend Sinn Féin on putting the matter down for discussion. I emphasise that Fianna Fáil favours very much reform of the junior certificate and achieving it in partnership with teachers. If one looks at how this came about, a great deal of work was...