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Topical Issue Debate: Public Sector Allowances (19 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for agreeing to put this issue on the agenda and the Minister for Education and Skills for coming to the House to discuss it. Yesterday there was an announcement from the Minister's colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, in regard to the issue of allowances in the public sector. He rowed back on previous commitments to find...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (19 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: If that is the case then he is allowing Clare to call the shots. Does he intend to indicate to SUSI that it should do the same? He is allowing the terms and conditions for who should receive a third level grant to go out of his hands and placing them in the hands of its administrators where they are being applied inconsistently.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (19 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I welcome the Minister to the committee. I look forward to working with him on what is an extremely important Department. I thank him for taking the opportunity to appear before the committee well in advance of the budgetary negotiations to outline his position. Education has to be a important aspect of our future economic foundation and of a strong and healthy society. As such it is one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (19 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Where does one draw the line? What happens if a family is in rent arrears or water rates arrears to a council? The Minister is no longer setting the terms but says it is perfectly fair for a local authority to set those terms. In the House yesterday, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan, widened the issue and said it was fair for a council...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (19 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons that girls who attend an all girls school will receive four hours learning support instead of five hours as afforded to all boys and mixed schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36964/12]

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I support Deputy Kelleher in introducing this crucial motion. I do not wish in any way to personalise this because that is not what the public is looking for, nor is it what any of us in this House wishes to do. Health at any time is one of the most essential services to which citizens need access. At a time when we are facing cuts in our budget the Government's number one priority must be...

Topical Issue Debate: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I am very disappointed that the Minister of State did not outline why the best the Minister could do when negotiating with the banks for a loan scheme was an interest rate of 10.8%, particularly when credit unions, with which the Government did not engage, are able to offer students loans at a rate of 6%. It is a pathetic effort on behalf of the Government that this is the best that can be...

Topical Issue Debate: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I wish to raise the issue as to how it came to pass that the Department of Education and Skills signed off on and worked with Bank of Ireland on a punitive interest rate of 10.8% for postgraduate loans to be provided to postgraduate students. In last December's budget, the Government signed off on the abolition of postgraduate grants for new students entering third level from this year. At...

Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the details of the septic tank registration information campaign he has undertaken; the money budgeted for the campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39011/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Donegal may appoint a mainstream teacher to the position that is on appeal an outcome of which will be determined at the October appeals board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37002/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Course Applications (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have accepted places on postgraduate courses for 2012/2013; the number that accepted places on postgraduate courses in 2011/2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38318/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Course Applications (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have applied for a place on a postgraduate course for 2012/2013; the number that applied for a place on a postgraduate courses in 2011/2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38319/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will details of the student loan scheme for students on offer by Bank of Ireland which has received the approval of the Minister for Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38338/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts he has made to ensure the best deal for students before supporting the new Bank of Ireland student loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38339/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the new Bank of Ireland student loan scheme, for which he expressed public support, is a fair scheme for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38340/12]

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

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason additional funding that was previously sanctioned to a school ( details supplied) in County Kerry has not been paid following works that have been completed as per the original application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38681/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary teachers currently registered with the Teaching Council that presented a degree qualification satisfying the subject requirement for mathematics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38737/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details for the past five years of the total number of schools each year that did not enter any students for the higher level leaving certificate maths exam; the names and addresses of the schools and the school's DEIS status if any. [38738/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the mathematics results here from the most recent PISA test, showing the percentage of correct answers and questions skipped for the following categories (details supplied) [38739/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding (18 Sep 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason that Ireland performed so poorly in securing funding for science research projects from the European Research Council which recently awarded €800 million to 503 applicants only four of which were Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39198/12]