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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 841. To ask the Minister for Health when the legislation will be passed which will allow families with children aged five years and under to apply for a GP medical card as announced in budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1183/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 960. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce staffing levels and remove services at Malin Head Coast Guard station; his plans to deal with the upcoming retirements at the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1664/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 961. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Malin Head coastal radio station will remain open on a 24-hour basis in view of a recent article in a publication (details supplied) which suggested it was to be reduced to a 12-hour station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1665/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 962. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current staffing levels at Malin Head coastal radio station; the total number of hours and cost of overtime at the station for 2012 and 2013; the ideal number of whole-time equivalents required to provide a 24-hour service at the station without the need for overtime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1666/14]

Other Questions: Wild Atlantic Way Project (19 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I do not agree that designating Malin Head as the starting or end point of the Wild Atlantic Way would exclude any part of the Inishowen Peninsula. It would actually help to attract tourists to the peninsula. There is great potential for developing Malin Head as a destination in the county. A great deal of tourism work has been done in the county recently. For example, there has been...

Other Questions: Wild Atlantic Way Project (19 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I ask that the Minister of State engage with Fáilte Ireland to reassess this proposal.

Other Questions: Wild Atlantic Way Project (19 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I would welcome the opportunity to have that meeting. Perhaps the Minister of State might also attend it. I have met and exchanged correspondence with Fáilte Ireland regarding this issue. I am raising the matter on the floor of the Dáil to engage the Department. The Minister of State's approach is to ensure that the route works well. His bona fides are good in that regard....

Other Questions: Wild Atlantic Way Project (19 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 8. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to designate Malin Head, Ireland's most northerly point, as the natural starting/ending point of the Wild Atlantic Way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54403/13]

Other Questions: Wild Atlantic Way Project (19 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: My question concerns the Wild Atlantic Way and specifically the need for Malin Head to be identified as the northern starting point of that route. This is a welcome project and I commend Fáilte Ireland for the preparatory work it has carried out on identifying the route and bringing it to its current status. It offers great potential for tourism right across the country, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (19 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding was allocated in budget 2014 for a new bridge at Cockhill, Buncrana, County Donegal along the R238 Cockhill Road; if not, when funding will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54404/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Book Rental Scheme (17 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: When this announcement was made in the budget it was very much welcomed by schools across the country which struggle on a yearly basis to keep book rental schemes alive in order to ensure that students and families have as low a cost as is possible in attending school. It was with shock that many of those schools learned that funding will only be provided to a quarter of all primary schools,...

Topical Issue Debate: Book Rental Scheme (17 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: Unfortunately, the response has been very disappointing. The Government is giving no recognition whatever to the many schools which have made a Trojan effort to get book rental schemes off the ground in the past few years. As I indicated, some schools may only have a scheme running for only one subject or year, and they will be excluded from this funding. The schools which have not yet...

Topical Issue Debate: Book Rental Scheme (17 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: Those which have made an effort up to now will get no assistance.

Topical Issue Debate: Book Rental Scheme (17 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I ask the Minister of State to go back to the Minister for Education and Skills and ask-----

Topical Issue Debate: Book Rental Scheme (17 Dec 2013)

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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (17 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 86. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to implement the recommendations outlined in the report commissioned by Donegal County child care committee supporting working families, Releasing the Brake on Economic Growth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53855/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (17 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 95. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of funding available within her Department to implement the recommendations outlined in the report commissioned by Donegal County child care committee supporting working families, Releasing the Brake on Economic Growth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53845/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes in budget 2014 in relation to capital gains tax for business people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53904/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (17 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have lost a teacher in County Donegal as a result of the revised schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53737/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he is refusing to give any information in view of the fact that the review is now complete by the Information Commissioner regarding his Department's qualification, the secondary school teacher's drawing certificate to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W who met the conditions for this particular certificate in 1972 and was not...