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Other Questions: State Examinations (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The important message from this debate is the reassurance that students can hopefully take from the answer the Minister has given. She states that she has engaged with the State Examinations Commission and that it understands the distress the students felt and the difficulty many students experienced as a result of the questions with which they were confronted on the day. It is hoped it...

Other Questions: State Examinations (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the distress experienced by many students as a result of the difficult level of the leaving certificate mathematics ordinary level paper 1; if she has discussed the issue with the State Examinations Commission; if the commission has indicated that the marking scheme will reflect the difficulty level of...

Other Questions: State Examinations (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Is the Minister aware of the distress experienced by many students as a result of the difficulty level of the leaving certificate mathematics ordinary level paper 1? Has she raised this issue with the State Examinations Commission? Has the Minister discussed with it the importance of ensuring the marking schemes adopted in correcting these papers reflect the difficulty level...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Health and Safety (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I am not sure how the Minister got the impression that I was advocating for bottles of water to be supplied free of charge. I was referring to accessible and clean drinking water. The Minister may be able to fill a glass of water at her kitchen sink but students at school do not have access to kitchen sinks. If fresh water drinking points are not available, the only way the students can...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Health and Safety (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recent survey (details supplied) carried out by the Irish Heart Foundation which researched the state of nutrition standards in post-primary schools and which found that 40% of the schools surveyed did not offer free, clean drinking water; and her plans to reform dietary and nutrition standards in secondary schools. [26008/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Health and Safety (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: In the question I ask the Minister her views on a recent survey carried out by the Irish Heart Foundation which researched nutrition standards in post-primary schools and which found 40% of schools did not offer free, clean drinking water; her plans to reform dietary and nutrition standards in secondary schools and if she will update the House on her approach to the issue.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Health and Safety (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for her response and commend the Irish Heart Foundation for its work on the survey and its valuable work in trying to promote healthier lifestyles and awareness of how to ensure people look after their hearts. As I indicated in the question, the results of the survey of food provision in post-primary schools, in which 39 schools were surveyed, showed that 40% of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: The unfortunate reality is that the Minister, like her predecessor, has taken no action to address and introduce measures to improve the accommodation crisis facing students this summer. We had a crisis in 2013, another last summer and there is an even bigger crisis this year. Leaving certificate students are already in the cities, Dublin and Galway in particular where the crisis is most...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: All we hear from the Minister is that she is engaged with the students' unions, the HEA and institutions. She has mentioned that she is aware of some measures they may be taking. Will she enlighten us on what measures they are taking? If she is aware of measures being taken, I would like to know about them. I have no doubt that the students facing an accommodation crisis this summer would...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: Let us deal with the Minister's role in the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns that the combination of rising rental prices and lack of supply of accommodation for students attending third level institutions will prohibit a large proportion of students from living within a reasonable distance of their campus next year; and her plans to address the lack of supply of student accommodation....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Minister knows, there was a crisis in the provision of student accommodation last year and there is a bigger crisis this year. I hope she will be able to update the House on some measures she has taken or what she has done to help to address the crisis and increase supply.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns that the combination of rising rental prices and lack of supply of accommodation for students attending third level institutions will prohibit a large proportion of students living within a reasonable distance of their campus next year; and her plans to address this lack of supply of student accommodation. [25812/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recent survey (details supplied) carried out by the Irish Heart Foundation researching the state of nutrition standards in post-primary schools, which found that 40% of schools surveyed did not offer free, clean drinking water; and her plans to reform dietary and nutrition standards in secondary schools. [25813/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the purchase of a site for the three-school Crana college campus in Buncrana in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25811/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 264. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to exempt those home owners in County Donegal whose houses are affected by Mica from the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26300/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 417. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Sligo General Hospital has suspended dermatology services in the outreach clinic at Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal; the reason the service was suspended; if he will ensure that the clinics are resumed as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25884/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will issue a reply to correspondence regarding a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason she granted permission to a request by the patron for this school's board of management to be dissolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25770/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will advertise the vacancies created by retirements in the visiting teacher service for deaf, blind and visually impaired children; the reason for the delay in advertising these posts given that the positions have been vacant for over a month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25951/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (30 Jun 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 736 of 16 June 2015, the reason the general allocation model and English as an additional language arrangements for the 2015-16 school year are not based on a school's mainstream classroom posts for the 2015-16 year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25961/15]