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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (15 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding policyholders of Setanta Insurance who submitted a claim prior to them going into liquidation; if these persons will be compensated; and if not will they be compensated by a State fund; if so, the way one applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30791/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Increases (15 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 255. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a 23% VAT increase has been implemented in the cost to those availing of the senior alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31389/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (15 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that she will not seek to proceed with proposals to include a capital assets test for the purposes of calculating eligibility for student maintenance grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31186/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Value for Money Reviews (15 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she received the value for money review of small schools; if she will now immediately move to publish it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31187/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (15 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that dedicated resource teaching hours are provided to Down's syndrome students with a mild learning disability from the start of the new academic year; the implications on the Department of the recent High Court ruling awarding dedicated hours to two such children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31188/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Oversight (15 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will retain independent assessment for the written examination element of the new junior cycle student award; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31189/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will delay the introduction of the new junior cycle student award from September 2014 by introducing English along with science in September 2015 in order to ensure that proper preparations are completed at school level and to see the resolution of ongoing industrial disputes and non-co-operation action by teachers; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies Expenditure (15 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 331. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on legal fees by the Office of the Ombudsman for each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31022/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (15 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 346. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will expedite a work permit application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30939/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme (15 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 743. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff currently employed by the rural transport programme that will be made redundant as a result of restructuring of the programme into 18 transport coordination units; the redundancy packages that will be made available to these staff members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31051/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (10 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland visits to County Donegal in 2013 and quarters 1 and 2 of 2014; the number of confirmed visits for the remainder of 2014; the way his Department is actively encouraging companies to relocate to County Donegal; his plans to increase the level of IDA Ireland grant aid given to foreign direct investment...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development (10 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of the 164 investments won by IDA Ireland in 2013 that came to County Donegal; the reason only 177 out of 13,367 new jobs, or 1.32% of the new jobs created by IDA Ireland client companies in 2013, were created in County Donegal; the plans he and his Department have to ensure a greater portion of the new investment and jobs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (10 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that his Department will cover the cost of school transport for students following the closure of their school (details supplied) in County Kerry and subsequent amalgamation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30439/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (10 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has not received any payment under the rural environment protection scheme and single farm payment scheme since 2009. [30432/14]

Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: The Government could change the situation tomorrow if it wanted to.

Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: It is being applied by this Government.

Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I join my party colleagues and commend our party spokesperson, Deputy Willie O'Dea, for bringing forward the motion and putting it firmly on the political agenda in advance of the Government making a decision on the review it has commissioned. We all know why there should be genuine concern about Government's review of the free travel scheme. It is based on our experience of what it has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Apprenticeship Training: Discussion (9 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the delegates for their presentations. Reference was made to models of apprenticeship which have worked very well in other countries, particularly Denmark and Germany. Will the witnesses outline the elements that make those systems work so well but which might not work in this country? In the case of the German model, my understanding is that students separate into streams at age...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (9 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I read a report indicating that other broadcasters have decided to broadcast the proceedings of the Houses. Will the other channels pick up the UPC broadcast?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (9 Jul 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 398. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29998/14]