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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: State Examinations Reviews (9 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: If the Minister had engaged more constructively from the outset, he would not be in the position of having to ask for this now. The two times he has outlined the timetable for implementation of the new junior cycle student award, he has done so unilaterally and without consultation with other partners. The first time he did it, he found he had to revisit the matter. The second timetable he...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Teachers' Panel Rights (9 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 3. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers that are participating in teacher exchanges between primary schools in the current academic year; if he will agree to change the current situation where time spent on teacher exchange is not counted towards panel rights for teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16614/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: State Examinations Reviews (9 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he proposes to address concerns regarding school-based assessment at junior cycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16613/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: State Examinations Reviews (9 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: My question relates to the serious concerns that arise in respect of proposals to reform the junior cycle, and how the Minister proposes to address them.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: State Examinations Reviews (9 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for his reply. We find ourselves in an unfortunate position and one, moreover, which was entirely avoidable. There is widespread agreement in regard to the need for junior certificate reform by making it a lower-stakes examination which would result in a change in how students learn. We should not be in a position in which this reform is being introduced in the face of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (9 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the future funding of third level education and the student registration charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16468/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Guidance Counsellors (9 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the feedback his Department has received from secondary schools on the impact of his cuts to guidance counselling hours; if he will commit to revisiting his decision to remove the specific allocation to schools for guidance counselling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16469/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (9 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the AEO scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16865/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Trans European Transport Network Programme (9 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a reply will issue to the interim response LV/1363; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16834/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Documents Issuance (8 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance when a P21 will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if another statement will be provided in the interim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16826/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (8 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 271. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency visits to County Donegal in the first three months of 2014; the number of confirmed planned visits to County Donegal for the remainder of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16771/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (8 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 272. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on whether the targets set out by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland in the Action Plan for Jobs 2013 of winning more than 130 new investments, securing €500 million in research and development and creating 13,000 in IDA client companies were achieved; the element of new investment, R&D...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (8 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 273. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific measures included in the Action Plan for Jobs 2014 to target unemployment in County Donegal in view of the fact that 2014 is designated the year for jobs and in view of the fact that County Donegal has one of the highest rates of unemployment in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16819/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Ministerial Correspondence (8 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a reply will issue to a representation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16643/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Reserve Scheme (8 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be a cap for new young farmers of farm income under the new national reserve scheme in order to be eligible for single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16600/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Reserve Scheme (8 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which new young farmers will be eligible to apply to the national reserve scheme for single farm payments; if there are any options open to young farmers who commence farming in 2014 to claim for a single farm payment for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16601/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Reserve Scheme (8 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when applying for a top up under the national reserve scheme for a single farm payment for a young farmer, if it is the date they activate their new herd number or the date they receive their herd number that dictates the date they started farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16604/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (8 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 731. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his plans for Malin Head coastguard's staffing arrangements in preparation for upcoming retirements; if he will replace all positions on a panel basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16636/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (8 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 732. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the exact allocation Malin Head coastguard will receive from his Department for the upgrade of its technology systems; the equipment that will be upgraded and developed at the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16640/14]

Order of Business (3 Apr 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Does the Minister have an update on his plans for proposed changes to the financial autonomy of universities in the universities Bill? Deputy Finian McGrath introduced in Private Members' time a Bill for children with Down's syndrome. It was accepted on Second Stage and I know the Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection has written to the Minister seeking permission that it would...