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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (18 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons teaching in PLC schools; the number that are in full time permanent posts and the number that are employed on part time fixed term contract posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56717/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (18 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that many of the 200 posts to be lost in PLC schools next year are specialist posts, the impact that this will have on cuts to specialist courses and the specialist courses that will be affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56718/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (18 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the number of posts that will be lost in each of the colleges of further education next year following cuts to PLC schools in Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56719/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (18 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an dtuigeann sé an baol a bhaineann leis an gComhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta, COGG, a lonnú san fhoirgneamh céanna leis an gComhairle Náisiúnta Curaclaim agus Measúnachta, CNCM, mar ós fíric idirnáisiúnta í go dtéann mórtheanga i bhfeidhm ar mhionteanga...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (18 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an mbeidh sé de dhualgas ar fhoireann na Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta, COGG, níos mó Béarla a úsáid ina gcuid oibre de thoradh an chinnidh a rinne sé COGG a chur faoi choimirce na Comhairle Náisiúnta Curaclaim agus Measúnachta; ag breathnú siar anois air, an fearr...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (18 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the €25 million in cash reserves in the third level institutions which he identified as part of his savings of €90 million in his Departments budget for 2013; if he will include and breakdown by institution if possible of these reserves; if there are further cash reserves in the third level sector...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (18 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the €13 million in cash reserves in the vocational education committee sector which he identified as part of his savings of €90 million in his Departments budget for 2013 and to include a breakdown by vocational education committee if possible of these reserves; if there are further cash reserves in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has ensured that all schools being constructed under public private partnership proposals will have inbuilt wifi and CCTV as part of their development. [56655/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Reform (18 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a capital assets test for means testing eligibility for third level student maintenance grants; the budget savings, if any, he has factored into his 2013 budget figures from any measures he may plan to introduce. [56665/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (18 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any level of subsidy will be provided for students in first year in 2012-2013 towards the cost of their two week teacher training courses over the Easter term break; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56749/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (18 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of subsidy that was provided to each student undertaking primary teacher training courses in 2011-2012 towards their mandatory two week Irish training courses in a Gaeltacht college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56750/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (18 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has decided to discontinue subsidising two week Irish training courses in the Gaeltacht, which are mandatory for first year students who are studying to become primary education teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56751/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (18 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the plans he is putting in place to improve border policing in County Donegal especially in view of a robbery of a post office in the South Inishowen area in the past two weeks. [56666/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (18 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is no longer being funded under the treatment abroad section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56790/12]

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: How much time have I left?

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I hope the Minister was listening to the previous speaker because, unfortunately, the Minister has not been listening to the points raised by others. This is yet another regressive tax in a regressive budget. It will hit families on small and medium incomes in the same way it will impact on those on higher incomes. Other regressive measures in this budget include the removal of PRSI...

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Why did Fine Gael promise not to introduce a property tax?

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Fine Gael promised in its election manifesto that it would not introduce a property tax.

Other Questions: Coillte Teoranta Lands (13 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the proposed sale of the Coillte forest crop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55980/12]

Other Questions: Coillte Teoranta Lands (13 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the proposed sale of the Coillte forest crop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55980/12]