Results 19,941-19,960 of 23,978 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (15 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 677. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the ability of non-Accreditation and Co-ordination of English Language Services schools to appear on international registers to non-European Economic Area students. [13949/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (15 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 678. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline key improvements and quality assurances made within the English language teaching industry within the past year. [13950/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (15 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 679. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the number of random inspections of Accreditation and Co-ordination of English language services approved schools has increase in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13951/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (15 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 680. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a defined long-term strategy in place to improve the international reputation of the English language teaching industry here. [13952/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (15 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 684. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will designate a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme band 1, in view of the fact that 76% of the school's students are from homes where the main earner is unemployed, and it meets the band 1 criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14036/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (15 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 686. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will allocate a home school liaison teacher to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14038/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (15 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 685. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal to the decision of her Department not to award an English teacher as an additional language teacher to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15, in view of the fact that 91% of the school's students are from immigrant backgrounds; if her Department will award a permanent English teacher as an additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (15 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 695. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made towards delivering high-speed broadband to all national schools; when all national schools will have access to high-speed broadband; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14059/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (15 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 696. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal only has access to broadband at a maximum speed of 1 megabyte per second; the efforts her Department is making to provide high-speed broadband for the school; when the school will receive high-speed broadband; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14060/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (15 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 877. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding for a bridge (details supplied) in County Donegal, in view of the effect new weight restrictions are causing in the neighbouring towns; if he will increase the allocation provided to Donegal County Council for the upgrade and maintenance of the county's bridges; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Topical Issue Debate: Teaching Contracts (2 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I welcome that the Minister has published the circulars and that there will be some movement in terms of implementation of the key recommendations this September. The Ward report also makes medium and long term recommendations and, in particular, calls for the putting in place of a structured process for the medium and long-term planning of teacher provision with a view to better matching...

Topical Issue Debate: Teaching Contracts (2 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for coming to the House today to update us on the recommendations in the report by Peter Ward. As the Minister is aware, following on from the Haddington Road agreement, it was agreed that a special committee would be set up to assess the very real problem within our primary and secondary school system of part-time and fixed-term contracts for teachers. The situation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (2 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will implement measures to reduce the reliance on short-term contracts and part-time work in primary and secondary schools, as recommended by the report of the Expert Group on Fixed Term and Part-Time Employment in Primary and Second Level Education. [13672/15]

Residential Mortgage Interest Rates: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I join my party colleagues in commending the motion proposed by Deputy Michael McGrath to deal with this very important issue, which, unfortunately, the Government has continued to ignore. The Government has refused to engage with the issue in any way that would bring meaningful relief to the 300,000 mortgage holders across the country who are on a standard variable rate and continue to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Irish Language Education: Discussion (1 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank all speakers for attending and their presentations, some of which paint a concerning picture of the status of the Irish language in Gaeltacht areas, in particular, although positive work is being done through Gaelscoileanna and Irish language immersion programmes. Gaelscoileanna Teo. outlined the position on the demand for places in Irish language schools and Gaelscoileanna, in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (1 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a payment under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13460/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (1 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 127. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the drug Fampra; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13588/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (1 Apr 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that students in County Donegal do not have to travel over a mountain road to get to their nearest school, that common sense will prevail and that they may continue to attend the traditional secondary school for their area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13533/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (31 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure young farmers who commenced farming prior to 2008 will be eligible to apply under the national reserve for additional entitlements and for top-ups under the young farmer scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12807/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (31 Mar 2015)

Charlie McConalogue: 179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the closing date for the submission of applications under the new green low-carbon agri-environment scheme. [12806/15]