Results 21,401-21,420 of 24,092 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Better Energy Homes Scheme Administration (16 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 22. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the better energy home scheme and the reason his Department is penalising this sector under the new home renovation incentive scheme by introducing the rule that qualifying expenditure over €4,405 plus VAT under this scheme will be reduced by three times the amount of any grant for the works as opposed to being reduced by the total...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (16 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 34. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the State in 2011, 2012 and 2013 of the illegal cigarette trade; the procedures and plans his Department have in place to tackle this growing problem especially in Border counties in view of the fact that a nationwide survey found that 24.5% of cigarettes sold in Letterkenny are illegal compared to a national average of 13%; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (16 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has not been included in the five year building programme in view of the fact that a site has been obtained since November 2012 in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2086/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing Appeals Mechanism (16 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2125/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (16 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any provision has been made in the 2014 Office of Public Works budget to take a castle (details supplied) in County Donegal under State care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2088/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (16 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when 2013 REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1829/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (16 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2124/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Response Times (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister of State for her response. She stated that Mrs. Maura Porter's case was triaged correctly and the nearest available resource was dispatched. It is clear that in this instance the nearest available resource was much too far away. Carndonagh ambulance station, which serves the Inishowen Peninsula, was less than half a mile from where Mrs. Porter's accident took place....

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Response Times (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Maura Porter from Carndonagh was unfortunately the victim of a road traffic accident on the day before New Year's Eve. An ambulance was called to come to her support after she suffered severe injuries in the accident, which took place on Monday, 30 December. It took almost an hour for an ambulance to come to Carndonagh, unfortunately, because it had to be despatched from Letterkenny. No...

Other Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times since coming to office he has met with US officials to discuss immigration reform and in particular the plight of the undocumented Irish citizens in America, his plans to meet with US officials on this issue over the next six months, and his view on when reform on this issue will happen. [1474/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I join our chairman in welcoming all of our guests and thank them for taking the time very much in an individual capacity to access this Bill and come forward with their very considered thoughts on it and their proposals on how it may be improved. As this is our third hearing on this Bill, we have discussed many of the issues with which our guests have dealt. I do not have too many...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the specific criteria used in the selection of the schools announced on the building list on Friday 29 November 2013; the reason a school (details supplied) in County Dublin was not included on that list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55193/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Book Rental Scheme (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make funding available to those schools who currently operate a book rental scheme but cannot afford to replace and update the schemes which they are currently using despite them being out of date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55304/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Book Rental Scheme (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make funding available to those schools who currently operate a book rental scheme for one subject in order that they can establish the book rental scheme for all their subjects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55305/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 220, 247 and 248 of 8 October 2013 the reasons his Department cannot drill down into FACILITY in order to retrieve the information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55371/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Eligibility (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person on the Youthreach programme may take up a position on a JobBridge scheme without having to first claim jobseeker's allowance/benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55515/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Market Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has consulted with any independent agencies who specialise in the role of labour market reactivation and in assisting getting the long term unemployed back to work when she was drawing up the JobPath programme initiative; the names of those agencies who were consulted and on what basis; the reasons she did not consult with any agencies if...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Radioactive Waste (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 512. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is in contact with his Northern Ireland counterparts with respect to ascertaining the impact to health and the environment on the local community as a result of the radio-active waste that was dumped in Culmore during the late 1970's and early 1980's; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1319/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Radioactive Waste (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has ascertained the impact to health and the environment on the Donegal community along Lough Foyle as a result of the radio-active waste that was dumped in Culmore during the late 1970's and early 1980's; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1320/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Walks Scheme (15 Jan 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of the walks scheme in County Donegal; his future plans to further develop same; the level of funding allocated for the walks scheme in County Donegal in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1400/14]