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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Agencies (6 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff currently working on clearing the backlog of student grant applicaitons in Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55010/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (6 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the agri environment option scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55016/12]

Funding for Disability Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers (5 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of grants Student Universal Support Ireland have processed to date; the number of applications currently being processed each week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54659/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (5 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if existing student grant payments have been paid by all local authorities and Vocational Education Committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54666/12]

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Finally, I commend the motion to Members. I acknowledge the Minister of State's intentions are good in this area and that it is not an easy task but as a party that greatly values looking after the disabled in society, Fianna Fáil is stating she must make the hard decisions required to ring-fence the budget and ensure the resources are kept there.

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I join with my colleagues, and in particular our spokesperson on health and disability, Deputy Kelleher, in supporting this motion. We are asking the Government to stick to the pledges it made in the programme for Government to protect disability funding and ensure that those who most require such support are provided with it. I remind the Minister of State that the programme for Government...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Relocation (29 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Gaelscoil (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53452/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (29 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a suitable site has been identified in respect of a college campus development (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53612/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Mr. Boland for the ballpark figures on future funding. Ms Doyle gave the projected future student numbers, which are forecast to be 168,000 by 2020 and 195,000 by 2030, which are up from 160,000. We currently spend approximately €1.1 billion on third level education and the HEA suggests that it may take approximately €1.4 billion by 2020 and €1.6 billion by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Third level grants are administered through SUSI. Does the HEA pay them? No, it is the Department. While the witnesses might not have the figure today, in terms of the 2012 Estimate, how much funding is built in or left to cover grants for this year? I imagine that at the outset of the year it was probably all built in to be paid in the calendar year 2012. In the event, it is likely that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I refer to the future funding projections for the third level sector and the savings that may be achievable through value for money initiatives. We have not been given specific figures. Mr. Boland said it was difficult to assess this in the way people can in other sectors but, at the same time, the Hunt report, which was commissioned three or four years ago, identified funding needs. For a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (28 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Mr. Boland and his team from the HEA, and Ms Doyle and her team from the Department. They are present to discuss the very pressing challenges in the third level sector and those to be faced in the coming years. The Hunt report forms the basis of the plan for third level education. The report outlined that we would require €500 million per year for ten years to meet the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Crime Prevention (28 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he has taken to address security issues around art pieces held in storage by the Irish State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53024/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (28 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is in the process of selling forestry land (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for any such sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53345/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (28 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the current policy in regard to Coillte selling forestry State land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53383/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Bodies (27 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason there is only a 2.5 day service provided in a Citizens Information Service instead of a full time service in a town (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52269/12]

A Framework for Junior Cycle: Motion (22 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for his presentation, for his efforts thus far and for ensuring we had a debate in the Dáil on this very important issue. I join with him in welcoming Dr. Anne Looney and representatives from the NCCA. I commend them on their work, as the Minister did, in putting together the report on the reform of the junior certificate which was given to the Minister. I also...

A Framework for Junior Cycle: Motion (22 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: In phase two, it will be Irish, science and business studies. All subjects will start the new reformed curriculum from 2017. That will mean it will be 2020 before all subjects at junior certificate level will be examined under the new curriculum. That is a very long period of time during which there will be much change in schools and confusion in terms of exactly what the curriculum being...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scientific and Technological Fund (22 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the recent claims that demands by Science Foundation Ireland that State supported research must deliver an economic or social return is damaging science here and causing young researchers to emigrate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51852/12]