Results 23,601-23,620 of 24,092 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Children in Care (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for providing special care services for vulnerable children within the State in view of recent Health Information Quality Authority reports into the Gleann Álainn Special Care Unit and previous HIQA reports into Coovagh House and Ballydowd Special Care units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40763/11]

Children in Care (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Unfortunately, the events in the report by HIQA into Gleann Álainn are not isolated. The report is consistent with other HIQA reports into the State's other two special care units. Just last week, HIQA published the report on Gleann Álainn finding it in a state of crisis. HIQA declared Ballydowd special care unit unfit for purpose in 2009. The HSE committed to closing it down, yet it...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an all girls' school will get four hours per week learning support, for each mainstream post compared to five hours per week for mixed schools and all boys' schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40074/11]

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the post of administrative principal in DEIS 2 schools will be retained following changes announced as part of budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40076/11]

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS 2 schools will be subject to mainstream staffing schedules as a result of changes announced in budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40077/11]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify if it is the base school which needs the 15 hours to retain the full time special education needs resource post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40078/11]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full time learning support posts a school is entitled to if they have 28 allocation hours as a result of budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40079/11]

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: We must adjourn at this stage. I might outline at this stage who has indicated to speak. I suggest when we recommence after Private Members' business that the Deputies get the opportunity to speak in the same order. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan was next, followed by Deputies Ó Snodaigh, Wallace, Higgins and Stanley, and Deputy Mathews.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: I will leave it to Deputy Higgins to invite them.

Message from Select Committee (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: The Select Sub-Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has completed its consideration of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011 and has made amendments thereto.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Amendment No. 1 has been ruled out of order. Amendment No. 1 not moved.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: The formal amendment to section 1 has been ruled out of order as it is more suited to a reasoned argument against the Second Reading of the Bill because it seeks to provide for the Act to be temporary in nature. I call on Deputies who wish to oppose the section to contribute.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: In that case, I call Deputy Higgins.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: No. We will come to them.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: We are discussing section 1. Deputy Stanley's amendment was ruled out of order. We are dealing with the section as a whole.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Order, please.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Amendment No. 2 is related to amendments Nos. 9, 10 and 13 to 15, inclusive and the amendments may be discussed together.

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (13 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 422: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline a plan to deal with the crisis at Gleann Alainn special care unit, County Cork, for the delivery of special care services for vulnerable teenage girls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39990/11]

Educational Disadvantage (13 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: I concur with my fellow Deputies in asking the Minister to reconsider this very cruel cut to rural and urban disadvantaged schools. If we look at the recent budget a clear trend was that families who are lower paid or on social welfare got hit and hurt more badly and in a more blatant way than people on high pay. It is the same with the education cuts. The headline that emerged from the...

Educational Disadvantage (13 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: One teacher in a school in my area told me that since DEIS was introduced the school's standardised test results in numeracy and literacy have improved. Her students have flourished emotionally, socially and academically, attendance has vastly improved and parents are very much involved in their children's education. The Minister, through these cuts, will remove 428 teachers from the...