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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Visas (6 Mar 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria in bringing international students to Ireland to study in private college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11857/13]

Health Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I join Deputy Troy in commending Deputy Kelleher for putting forward this motion tonight. Health insurance is one of the payments that families have struggled to keep up at all costs as finances have become tighter. Like many Deputies, I have come across many families who have explained to me that their mortgage and health insurance are the two bills they struggle to keep on top of. For...

Health Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: Instead, during the first two years in government, we have seen more 1,000 people leaving private health insurance every day and coming back into the public system. Instead of those who need insurance getting public insurance and the services that would go with it, the opposite has been the case. We have seen a real lack of leadership to bring our health services around and changing their...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Maternity Benefit (5 Mar 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of recipients of maternity benefit in 2011 and 2012; the total amount spent in 2011 and 2012; her plans for this benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11102/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Mar 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider permitting four teacher schools who have 20 learning support hours to combine their support hours with their resource teacher hours in order to make a full-time post in order to avoid teacher fragmentation between these schools and to prevent wastage and duplication in relation to teachers having to travel between various...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Mar 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that his Department addresses any issue with regard to the clustering of schools for learning support hours, that in cases where schools were unable to reach agreement locally on clusters that his Department adopt a policy ensuring that schools with the higher number of hours would be assigned as base teachers; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licences (5 Mar 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the time-frame it takes for his Department to grant a foreshore license after the application is received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11643/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (5 Mar 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the 2012 disadvantaged area scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11592/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (28 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the implications for Ireland of the imposition of a Financial Transaction Tax in 12 EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10612/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Job Numbers (28 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new jobs created by new investments by Industrial Development Agency sponsored companies in County Donegal over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10819/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Exchequer Savings (27 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the gross and net savings in each of the next three years from the targeted redundancy scheme in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10396/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Services Provision (26 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way that he will meet the challenge to persuade the remaining one in five households not connected to the internet to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10081/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Environmental Schemes (26 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he is using Ireland's Presidency of the EU Council to advance a green tech agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10088/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Redundancy Payments (26 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of redundancy payments to special needs assistants in primary schools for the past five years; if he will provide a numerical breakdown of the number of SNAs made redundant in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9632/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (26 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal is not currently designated for DEIS; if the school has applied in recent times for DEIS in order to be designated for DEIS status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9690/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (26 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that businesses in the town of Bundoran, County Donegal, will not be subject to higher rates as a direct result of his plans to abolish Bundoran Town Council in favour of bringing it under the remit of Donegal County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10155/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (26 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that the businesses in the town of Letterkenny, County Donegal, will not be subject to higher rates as a direct result of his plans to abolish Letterkenny Town Council in favour of bringing it under the remit of Donegal County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10157/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (26 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that businesses in the town of Buncrana, County Donegal, will not be subject to higher rates as a result of his plans to abolish Buncrana Town Council in favour of bringing it under the remit of Donegal County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10198/13]

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

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2012 disadvantaged area scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10090/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (21 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress the Industrial Development Agency has made in achieving the aims of the Horizon 2020 strategy; the efforts being made to achieve those aims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9355/13]