Results 19,441-19,460 of 23,978 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue
- Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: Now, when they come to apply, without any notice the Minister has done away with it, which means that many of them will only be able to achieve a €3,000 payment rather than the €5,000 they had been expecting.
- Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: The Minister did not have to change it accordingly; it was a choice he made. He could have left it alone as it was but he decided not to pursue that option.
- Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: The Minister said that even though the quota for hedgerows was met, his main reason for discontinuing that was the availability of hedgerow plants and that he might review that in tranche three. However, he is now saying that because the low input permanent pasture has met the quota, he is obliged to change it. The reality is that the Minister has a choice in this. Many farmers do not have...
- Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: Many of those farmers because of the particular circumstances on their farms will now only be able to achieve a maximum payment of just under €3,000 rather than the €5,000.
- Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: This is not a measure the Minister had to take and it will have a radical impact on many farm incomes, particularly smaller farm incomes. Income of €2,000 is not easily earned.
- Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: In one fell swoop, the Minister is undermining a scheme for which it was already difficult for many farmers to qualify. He is significantly undermining farmers' capacity to gain income from this, which might help keep many of them farming on a full-time basis and making their farms viable.
- Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: I know the Minister plans to announce this next week.
- Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: In the meantime, I ask him to revisit it and take into consideration the severe impact this will have on many farms in County Donegal and many other parts of the country.
- Other Questions: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: A week's notice is not much notice.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (7 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: 12. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if tranche two of the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme will contain the same measures as tranche one; if the low input permanent pasture area remains at 10 ha; if planting new hedgerows will continue to be an option; if not, the reasons for the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34035/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: 146. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dermatology patients in County Donegal; the number of these under the care of a consultant from Altnagelvin Area Hospital; Sligo General Hospital; the current waiting time to see a dermatologist in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34888/15]
- Other Questions: School Patronage (6 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: "Disappointing" is a fair verdict on the progress. However, it is similar to the Government's approach to junior certificate reform and other key reform measures which the Government wanted to achieve. Unfortunately, the way the Government has gone about its business and tried to achieve reform in the education system has been counter-productive. It has been more about headlines and trying...
- Other Questions: School Patronage (6 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in providing a greater choice of school patronage to parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33954/15]
- Other Questions: School Patronage (6 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: This is to ask the Minister the progress being made in providing parents with a greater choice of school patronage. As the Minister will recall, her predecessor, Deputy Quinn, indicated in 2012 that he hoped to see 50% of primary schools change their patronage, starting in that particular year. I am seeking an update in that regard.
- Other Questions: School Patronage (6 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: No doubt we need to encourage greater pluralism in patronage within the primary school system. If one were starting today, one would not structure it this way, with 95% of schools under church patronage. In trying to achieve progress, it is important we do it in a way that moves things forward and is constructive. Unfortunately, the Government's approach, particularly that of the former...
- Other Questions: School Accommodation (6 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: From today, we would like to see real progress, with work completed at a preferred identified site. We want the Department to purchase such a site in order that the project can progress rather than go backwards, as we have seen, unfortunately, over the past 12 months.
- Other Questions: School Accommodation (6 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: Of course. No site is being picked.
- Other Questions: School Accommodation (6 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: It is going nowhere.
- Other Questions: School Accommodation (6 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: As the Minister of State and the Minister know, the proposed Crana College campus in Buncrana is to facilitate three schools. These include Crana College secondary school, which has more than 500 students and more than 11 prefabs onsite. It is not possible to turn these prefabs into permanent accommodation because the site does not have the capacity for further development. There is also...
- Other Questions: School Accommodation (6 Oct 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: The process is no more complex than what the Minister of State and the Department are making it. In his response, the Minister of State said it is going slowly but the reason for this is how it has been handled. The Department asked Donegal Education and Training Board, ETB, to identify possible sites and recommend one. When this process concluded, the Department decided to start all over...