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Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy's time is up.

Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: The Deputy should conclude.

Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Order, please.

Health Service Plan 2012: Statements (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the HSE service plan for the remainder of 2012. It is disappointing that only at this stage, on 1 February of the year covered by the plan, are we debating and discussing this service plan. If we look at how the plan is drawn up, we see that following the budget each year, including this year, the HSE has three weeks with which to furnish a proposed...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (31 Jan 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 284: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the new north west regional manager for the Industrial Development Agency took up employment; the operational arrangements for covering the Letterkenny office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4769/12]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (31 Jan 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 350: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a redundancy payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5089/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (31 Jan 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 352: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that the free travel pass will be retained for old age pensioners, persons in receipt of disability allowance and persons in receipt of carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5105/12]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (31 Jan 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 374: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if funding arrangements have changed for community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5421/12]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (31 Jan 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 375: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a review under way in respect of community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5422/12]

Private Members' Business. Small Primary Schools: Motion (31 Jan 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: That is the Minister's intention. By doing this, he is sending the message to parents that this is what he wants to do. Although the Minister is not coming out and shutting the school today, he is setting in train actions that will achieve his objective and undermine the quality of education provided to students to help them continue to succeed as in the past. I would like to show the...

Private Members' Business. Small Primary Schools: Motion (31 Jan 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister has a short memory.

Private Members' Business. Small Primary Schools: Motion (31 Jan 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I commend our education spokesperson on bringing forward this motion, because it is one which goes to the heart of many rural communities across the country. It is the rural areas this will hit hardest. What the Minister is doing in his budget is forcing the bulk of the cuts on the schools and pupils who need help most and on those rural areas throughout the country that need additional...

Private Members' Business. Small Primary Schools: Motion (31 Jan 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: That is exactly the Minister's intention. He has let the cat out of the bag.

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (26 Jan 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his strategy for ensuring that the tradition of providing education in denominational schools for the Protestant community will be protected in view of cuts to pupil-teacher ratios in one, two, three and four teacher schools in budget 2012 as well as suggestions that smaller schools should look at amalgamating; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (26 Jan 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the impact that budget 2012 will have on a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4744/12]

Written Answers — Local Government Elections: Local Government Elections (26 Jan 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 139: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the boundary revisions of the local electoral areas will be changed in advance of the summer 2014 local elections in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4490/12]

Inter-Country Adoption: Statements (26 Jan 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the House and the Minister for ensuring that time was allocated to debate the issue on the floor of the Dáil today because it is an important issue to many families across the country, and in particular to prospective adoptive parents. It is also something which is of great value to the many children who find themselves in adoptive families with the chance that offers them to have a...

Written Answers — National Pensions Reserve Fund: National Pensions Reserve Fund (25 Jan 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money currently held in the National Pensions Reserve Fund; if he will provide an appropriate chart showing the pattern of changes in the value of the fund since 1 January 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4456/12]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (25 Jan 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of all-girl primary schools which will be affected by the reduction in learning support provision to four hours per mainstream teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4227/12]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (25 Jan 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health his plans if any, to close community hospital beds in a hospital (details supplied) as part of the Health Service Executive service plan 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4211/12]