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Education Funding: Motion [Private Members] (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: That was the Minister’s second comment on this matter.

Education Funding: Motion [Private Members] (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: We do not need the Minister absolving himself of responsibility in this matter. Our motion refers to promises made by the Minister to students when in opposition and in the midst of an election campaign. These are similar promises he made on delivering an efficient grants system. The Minister promised he would not increase the student registration fee and, instead, would reduce it from...

Education Funding: Motion [Private Members] (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I move:That Dáil Éireann: agrees that:- the new Student Universal Support Ireland central on-line system for processing student grants is failing abysmally to meet what is required for over 65,000 applications and this is causing undue hardship for third-level students awaiting payments; and - sufficient extra staffing should be supplied immediately to correct this on-going...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for community employment schemes in Budget 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter [49883/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: What do the witnesses expect the total number of awards to be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Mr. Prizeman stated that 30,000 grants would be awarded by 21 December. Of the 66,000 applications, what is the expected total number of awards? We need to know the total in order to know the percentage of the total that will be made by 21 December. Almost half of all applications processed have been refused. In response to a Topical Issue in the Dáil, the Minister of State at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I asked about the number of students who have been paid their grant. I also asked about the contact SUSI had with the Minister, Deputy Quinn, since June and if the witnesses met him personally to discuss this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I join the Chairperson in thanking Ms Stewart and her team for coming in here today to discuss this situation. It is at crisis stage in that 46,000 students have not been told yet whether they will be awarded a grant and only a small percentage of those would have been paid. How many students have been paid their grant at this stage? I do not have to tell Ms Stewart or her team the trouble...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Also, at the assessment stage, the number of staff has been increased from 55 to 96. Any responses we have had from the Minister on this have indicated that SUSI has a staff of 65 and that it would be increased to 85. The Minister does not seem to know how many staff are working in SUSI. I heard him say on a radio programme this morning that he does not fully understand why the grants...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on media reports that there has been a miscalculation within his Department's budget regarding the cost of retirements and the impact that this will have on cuts to the education budget in Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49562/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount by which his Department has miscalculated the cost of recent retirements within his Department; if he will clarify any other costs which were miscalculated and which will impact upon cuts to education in Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49563/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of postgraduate fees being charged in each university in 2012 and the details of fees in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49564/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the 2% cut in core funding for the higher education sector implemented as part of Budget 2012 has been passed on to students in the form of increased postgraduate fees this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49565/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been an increase in postgraduate fees this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49566/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the postgraduate fees schedule for non EU and EU students for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49952/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Courses (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who began a postgraduate course for 2012/2013; the number that commenced a postgraduate course in 2011/2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49567/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether students who have yet to receive their student grant approval are having difficulty accessing important student services as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49568/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the response rate to date to the survey of parents in Whitehall, Trim, Tramore, Castlebar and Arklow as part of the survey on primary school patronage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49569/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date of the Working Group on Bullying; when he expects this group to complete its work and publish new recommendations regarding tackling bullying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49570/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Nov 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if junior and senior infant children who have a school day which is one hour shorter than the length of the normal school day and who avail of concessionary school transport entitled to remain on school premises if the board of management policy is that all children in junior and senior infants must be collected an hour earlier than the other...