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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (26 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is being permanently moved out of Stepaside to a site in Ballyogan, Carrickmines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50372/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Referendum Campaigns (26 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of schools in the country that were closed to facilitate polling for the Seanad referendum on the 4 October 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50468/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Referendum Campaigns (26 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost to his Department in payments made to teachers who were unable to work the day of the Seanad referendum on 4 October 2013 as their school was closed to facilitate polling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50469/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (26 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 313. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 28 February 2013, if he will provide an update on whether the Industrial Development Agency Ireland has delivered on assurances which his Department received from IDA Ireland that it will in 2013 seek to target more than 130 new investments, secure €500 million of research and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (26 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged areas payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50170/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (26 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50171/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (26 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50332/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (26 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged areas scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50366/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (26 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 571. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress to date regarding inter-country adoption; the progress that the Adoption Authority of Ireland has made in establishing arrangements with the Hague Convention countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50576/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (26 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: 670. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding was allocated in budget 2014 for a bridge project (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50629/13]

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (21 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: First, I wish to pass on apologies from my colleague and party spokesperson on children and youth affairs, Deputy Troy, who was unable to be here today. I know he has worked very hard on this Bill. I commend the Minister on the hard work she has done in introducing this landmark legislation. I also commend Deputy Ó Caoláin, who has a great command of his brief and is very...

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: The prescription of a mandatory annual visit would not prevent more regular visits. As the Minister indicated, in cases where a service is not in order more visits are required. I do not believe such a change would inhibit extra visits. Adding a requirement that such visits should happen every year would ensure they would happen every year. If the Minister sticks to the general formula of...

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I do not believe the wording “from time to time” is good enough for the inspection regime. If we want inspections to happen regularly, we should be specific about what we believe is a sufficient level of inspections. Given the way child care services have grown so rapidly in recent years and that in many regards it is a nascent sector, it is important that inspections are...

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 27:In page 57, line 10, to delete “a condition” and substitute “conditions”.This amendment is quite straightforward in that it replaces the term "a condition" with the word "conditions", so when a service is being registered, more than one condition can be applied. Amendment No. 28 sets out a longer timeframe of 36 months to be considered in...

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: What about the second amendment, which would replace "12 months" with "36 months"?

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 28:In page 57, line 30, to delete “12 months” and substitute “36 months”.Will the Minister keep this issue under review?

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I move amendment No. 29:In page 59, line 10, to delete “from time to time” and substitute “annually”. The purpose of the amendment is to ensure there would be annual visits to inspect services. It is important, particularly in the light of recent experiences, that the legislation is clear in terms of the requirement. Too often we have seen when it is not clear...

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: Section 9 is core to the rationale of how the child and family agency is supposed to operate and its principal purpose, namely, the best interests of the child. The amendments want to make it equally clear in respect of service providers. The Minister's point, in respect of section 56, is that service providers can carry out services similar to activities carried out by the agency and...

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I support the amendments. Section 9 requires the agency to operate in the best interest of the child at all times. This group of amendments would require any service provider operating on behalf of the agency to do likewise. It would be wise to include them in the interest of clarity. I urge the Minister to accept these amendments.

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I support the amendments. I acknowledge the Minister's comments and her view, but the clarity which would be brought by the insertion of the word "primary" to make it clear the best interests of the child must be the primary consideration would strengthen the legislation. On this basis I urge the Minister to support the amendments.