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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Admissions (9 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The question seeks an update from the Minister on the discussions she has had with her coalition partners on the need for a change to the current situation with regard to school admissions policy, particularly the criterion of religion. I note from the coverage in today's newspapers that the Minister intends to drop the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill and not to implement it before the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Admissions (9 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I find it objectionable that we can read in today's newspapers a clearer explanation from the Minister as to the current status of the school admissions Bill than she has outlined in her reply to my question. Could she confirm whether it is her intention not to proceed with the Bill and instead to kick it to touch until after the next general election, as per her comments across a number of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Admissions (9 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister is being defeatist rather than realistic, because this is something that was very much within the Minister's grasp. It was within her power to ensure the Bill went through the Dáil and Seanad during the past five years. In fact, it is something that the Minister and her predecessor, Deputy Quinn, flagged as one of the key reform measures of the Labour Party tenure in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (9 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of junior cycle reform; the level of participation of teachers in training for the new curriculum and assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43880/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health Promotion (9 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the challenge by schools (details supplied) in Greystones in County Wicklow to the location of a fast-food restaurant close to their premises on public health grounds; and the progress she has made on the implementation of the Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013 to 2025. [43881/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (9 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions she has had on the inclusion of provisions excluding denominational schools from using a child's religion in selection criteria for schools admissions in the forthcoming schools admissions Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43883/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (9 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why, under the current staffing schedule, mainstream schools with 15 to 27 teachers require 37 extra pupils to gain or retain a teacher, while schools with more than 27 or fewer than 15 teachers only require an extra 26 pupils to gain or retain a teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43882/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant Applications (9 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will accept a late application under the water conservation grant, as the person was not aware of the closing date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44354/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Statistics (9 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest data from the State Examinations Commission and her Department on the percentage of school leavers from all 192 secondary level schools with DEIS status who sat the leaving certificate, and the percentage of these who went on to third level education, further education and to do an apprenticeship by name and location of school....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (9 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Number 500 of 1 December 2015, the number of primary schools, by county, by ethos and denomination, in tabular form. [44350/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Tánaiste her for her reply. The crucial point now is that those affected by the flooding can see how to access the compensation fund. It must be made easy for them to do so and they should be assisted as much as possible. The already complicated situation facing them should not be made more difficult by the process of engaging with local services. It is also crucial...

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter today. All our thoughts are with those connected to the many homes and businesses that have suffered owing to serious flooding over the past weekend. It was a very traumatic time for many people. Unfortunately, many suffered two floods within a few weeks. I commend those who worked so hard over the weekend. Donegal County...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister and her officials for attending to discuss this Supplementary Estimate. The 610 additional SNA posts, which the €6 million increase will cover, is approximately 5% more than was projected in the original Estimate for 2015, which is a significant overshoot. What has led to the increase of 5% in demand? Is that indicative of increased application numbers or did...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister gave some figures but I did not catch to what they referred. Was it the number of students transferring from mainstream to special schools or from special schools to mainstream?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The figures we are being given and the explanations for them are exceptionally fudgy. They do not explain the dynamic of this increase. I welcome it because I know from engaging with schools that there is a real stress factor in respect of matching up the need for SNAs with the provision of SNAs. In many cases there is a sense that there are not enough to meet the need there. The 610...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Even with that built-in additional demand based on experience we are still in a position where there is a 5.5% increase in the number of SNAs. There is some dynamic here and we are not being given a clear explanation as to what that is. I do not have a clear answer but I would have thought that it having been delivered and the money allocated for it, we would have a clear explanation as to...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: That was in the original Estimates.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: How many additional special needs assistants are in the system for the school year September 2015 to June 2016? I know there were 610 posts, for which approval was obtained in July. The Department's explanation is that this builds on the increase of 365 additional SNA posts provided for in last year's budget. Does that mean it was the 2015 budget? Was the total number of additional SNAs...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: There were 975 additional SNAs in total this September over the previous September, is that correct?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The 365 were allocated by the budget.