Parliamentary questions

Hospital Appointments Administration

Charlie McConalogue

129. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health if patients at Letterkenny University Hospital whose appointments are being outsourced will be given financial assistance to attend their appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2664/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Charlie McConalogue

130. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health if a third consultant rheumatologist has been appointed to Sligo University Hospital; if the outreach rheumatology clinic will be reinstated in Letterkenny University Hospital in this quarter; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2667/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

144. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when the tendering process in relation to the design team procurement will be initiated; the timeline for when it is expected to be finished; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2652/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Charlie McConalogue

145. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate five hours of learning support per mainstream teacher to an all-girls school (details supplied) in County Donegal instead of the four hours it currently receives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2654/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

146. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2655/16]

Building Regulations

Charlie McConalogue

157. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will establish the investigation panel to examine the issue of mica in construction materials; what the process will be for home owners affected by mica to notify the investigation panel of details of their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2666/16]

Road Network

Charlie McConalogue

164. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a new bridge at Cockhill Bridge in Buncrana in County Donegal; the amount of funding ring-fenced for the project; when construction will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2653/16]

Job Creation Data

Charlie McConalogue

11. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if County Donegal has fallen behind other parts of the country in terms of job creation; if poor road and broadband infrastructure in County Donegal is a contributing factor to the lack of new inward investment there over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2088/16]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Charlie McConalogue

42. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the exchange rate she uses when assessing income from employees who are working in Northern Ireland and who are being assessed for eligibility for social protection payments in the Republic of Ireland; the steps she takes to ensure that a fair exchange rate is used so that people receive appropriate allowance payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2411/16]

Student Grant Scheme Administration

Charlie McConalogue

158. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the additional financial cost of including a new 100% non-adjacent rate of maintenance grant, 45 km or over, payment rate of €4,500 for students whose assessed family income is less than €30,000 per annum under the third level student grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2515/16]

Student Grant Scheme Design

Charlie McConalogue

159. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the additional financial cost of including a new 100% adjacent rate of maintenance grant, 45 km or under, payment rate of €1,750 for students whose assessed family income is less than €30,000 per annum under the third level student grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2516/16]

Student Grant Scheme Administration

Charlie McConalogue

160. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the additional financial cost of increasing payments to students but not including fee payments to colleges, by 5% per annum under the third level student grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2517/16]

Social Welfare Application Forms

Charlie McConalogue

123. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if application processes for all schemes will continue to have paper-based options for those who do not have access to broadband and who do not wish to apply online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2243/16]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

224. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the single payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1980/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

244. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the basic payment scheme 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2150/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Charlie McConalogue

314. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the current number of patients waiting to see a consultant neurologist in County Donegal; how long these patients have been waiting; if a second neurologist has been appointed and how an appointment will impact on waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1866/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

424. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if she will ensure works commence on this building in 2016, given the poor condition and state of repair of the existing accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2155/16]

Residential Institutions

Charlie McConalogue

430. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Education Finance Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2181/16]

School Accommodation

Charlie McConalogue

437. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the primary schools wholly housed in temporary accommodation, including the duration for which they have been in temporary accommodation, by county, in tabular form; the year in which these schools received full recognition from her Department; the patron of each school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2233/16]

School Accommodation

Charlie McConalogue

438. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the primary schools that have moved from wholly temporary to permanent accommodation in tabular form, by county, since January 2000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2234/16]

School Accommodation

Charlie McConalogue

442. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of rental for primary schools wholly housed in temporary accommodation by school, by county, since January 2011 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2290/16]

Road Projects

Charlie McConalogue

478. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Northern Ireland Executive has updated him on its revised plans for expenditure on the A5 dual carriageway (details supplied); the amount of money the Executive will spend on the project; the timescale within which this expenditure will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2165/16]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Charlie McConalogue

220. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing the average class size in schools with delivering equality of opportunity in schools band 1 status to 16 for junior classes and 18 for senior classes and how many new teachers this would require, if imposed, in the 2015-16 school year. [1612/16]

Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times

Charlie McConalogue

11. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will revamp the Department of Social Protection application process to reduce the excessive waiting times of six months for an oral hearing and four months for a summary hearing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1216/16]

Farm Assist Scheme Administration

Charlie McConalogue

12. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has carried out an analysis on the impact of her changes to the farm assist scheme including the effect income disregards have had on farmers; if she will reconsider the changes she has made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1209/16]

Carer's Allowance Payments

Charlie McConalogue

147. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1464/16]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Charlie McConalogue

159. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1520/16]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

331. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the single payment scheme 2015 will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46642/15]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

332. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the single payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46643/15]

GLAS Data

Charlie McConalogue

341. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied under tranche 1 of the new green low-carbon agri-environment scheme will qualify for the top-up payments for farmers who are able to avail of two or more priority measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46824/15]

GLAS Applications

Charlie McConalogue

342. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tranche 1 applications he has received under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; the average expected payment for those who have applied; the amount of the initial funding allocation which will be required to cover the total payments for those who applied under tranche 1; the amount of the initial allocation which will be left unspent; what he intends to do with any unspent funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46825/15]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

400. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the agri-environment options scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1288/16]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

410. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when all payments including the young farmers payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1418/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

412. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in a payment being issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the areas of natural constraint scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1448/16]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

432. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1564/16]

National Children's Hospital

Charlie McConalogue

698. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health when a final reply will issue to his interim reply regarding persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1456/16]

School Transport Eligibility

Charlie McConalogue

784. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review a decision regarding school transport whereby families of a new amalgamated school (details supplied) in County Cork are not availing of free transport to the new school despite having availed of same to each of the respective old schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46911/15]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Charlie McConalogue

785. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills to look favourably on an application from a school (details supplied) in County Donegal under the summer works application scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46912/15]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Charlie McConalogue

797. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Number 573 of 17 December 2015, the cost of reducing the average class size, that is, the number of students divided by the number of class teachers at primary level as opposed to the pupil-teacher ratio, to the European average of 21 pupils per teacher. [1051/16]

Irish Language

Charlie McConalogue

799. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing the recommendation on page 12 of the 20 year strategy on the Irish language 2010-30 on offering partial immersion programmes to all children in schools, in particular, the cost of upskilling and professional development of teachers to teach additional subjects in the Irish language. [1080/16]

State Examinations Reviews

Charlie McConalogue

800. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing the junior cycle reform package to date and the estimated final cost, by item, such as teacher training costs, curriculum development, etc. [1081/16]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Charlie McConalogue

806. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills how many new primary school teachers will have to be employed in each of the next five years, from 2016-2017 to 2021-2022, to maintain the 27:1 pupil-teacher ratio. [1156/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Charlie McConalogue

807. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the additional expenditure her Department will need to incur from 2017 to 2022 to deal with demographic pressures, with a breakdown of the areas in which this spending will be incurred. [1158/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

818. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when construction will commence and be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1351/16]

Languages Programme

Charlie McConalogue

819. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the changes that have been made to eligibility criteria and the allocation model for the language support programme since 2010. [1357/16]

Dormant Accounts Fund

Charlie McConalogue

885. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government why an application (details supplied) under the dormant accounts scheme was refused; when will the scheme be re-opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1485/16]

Garda Stations

Charlie McConalogue

321. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Donegal on 1 November 2010 and on 1 November 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45751/15]

Further Education and Training Programmes Funding

Charlie McConalogue

549. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding she has allocated to education training boards to provide training and how much of this funding has been returned to her Department due to the boards being unable to provide training, by county, in 2014 and in 2015 to date. [45848/15]

School Enrolments Data

Charlie McConalogue

568. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools on offshore islands and the number of pupils and teachers in each school, in tabular form. [46214/15]

Teachers' Remuneration

Charlie McConalogue

569. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of the restoration of the islander allowance to all teachers teaching on islands. [46215/15]

Teacher Data

Charlie McConalogue

572. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of employing 100 new secondary school teachers. [46237/15]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Charlie McConalogue

573. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reducing the average class size to the European average of 21 pupils. [46238/15]

Teacher Data

Charlie McConalogue

574. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of employing an entry grade teacher in a primary school, a secondary school and a college of further education. [46239/15]

Disability Support Services Expenditure

Charlie McConalogue

575. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the annual budget for the disability access route to education in each of the years 2010 to date. [46240/15]

Physical Education

Charlie McConalogue

576. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of employing a physical education teacher; the guidelines her Department provides on the time to be given each week to physical education in primary schools and in secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46241/15]

School Curriculum

Charlie McConalogue

577. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the material change that will occur in schools as a result of the abolition of rule 68 and the reasons for abolishing the rule. [46242/15]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Charlie McConalogue

578. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of changing the role of special needs assistants in schools to give them an educational support role, as opposed to a purely quasi-nursing and carer role in which they are allocated to specific pupils in the classroom, as was the situation that pertained prior to 2012. [46243/15]

National Educational Psychological Service Staff

Charlie McConalogue

579. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of employing 100 additional psychologists in the National Educational Psychological Service. [46244/15]

Home-School Community Liaison Scheme

Charlie McConalogue

580. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if special schools have access to home-school liaison officers and, if not, the reason why. [46245/15]

Teacher Training Provision

Charlie McConalogue

581. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills why students training to be teachers can only undertake their teacher probation period in mainstream schools and not in special schools; if she is aware that teacher training colleges do not provide training modules specifically for special schools' teachers; if she is satisfied that training for teachers to work in special schools is appropriate; and her plans to improve the training for these teachers. [46246/15]

Departmental Agencies Funding

Charlie McConalogue

585. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the annual budget for the National Centre for Technology in Education in each of the years 2009 to date. [46294/15]

School Curriculum

Charlie McConalogue

586. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of a roll-out of modern languages in the primary school curriculum pilot project. [46295/15]

Irish Language

Charlie McConalogue

587. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of a roll-out of partial immersion programmes for the Irish language, where 50% of subjects are taught through Irish to 20% of primary schools, not including Gaelscoileanna. [46296/15]

State Examinations

Charlie McConalogue

588. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will designate physical education as a subject for the leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46297/15]

School Management

Charlie McConalogue

589. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of removing the moratorium on posts of responsibility for middle management posts in schools. [46298/15]

Road Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

33. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the A5 project and his recent engagement with his Northern Ireland counterparts in this regard; the funding he has committed for it and the funding committed by the Northern Ireland Government; the status of the funding allocated under the St. Andrews Agreement and if it is still available; when the project will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44956/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

81. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in a payment under the basic payment scheme 2015 to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45505/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Appeals

Charlie McConalogue

92. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal under the basic payment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45617/15]

Summer Works Scheme Expenditure

Charlie McConalogue

151. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate funding to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal under the summer works scheme, when she will announce when schools will be allocated funding under this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45491/15]

School Curriculum

Charlie McConalogue

152. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the specific rules she was referring to in the public comments she made when committing to erasing rule 68 regarding the place of religion in the primary school curriculum, where she stated that she was also going to eliminate any other rules that do not speak to the diverse and welcoming nature of our modern school system, or if she made these comments rhetorically; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45500/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Charlie McConalogue

155. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if additional special needs assistant hours will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare, given that an increased number has been added to the list of children with access to a special needs assistant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45552/15]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Charlie McConalogue

159. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will look favourably on an application under the summer works scheme submitted by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal, given that the playground is a health and safety risk and given that it does not lend itself to all-inclusive play for all the children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45594/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

160. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an appropriate school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 4 in time for the commencement of the school year in September 2017; the site where the school will be located; the status of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45611/15]

Road Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

177. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the construction of a new bridge in Cockill in Buncrana in County Donegal, when the project will begin and be completed, the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45557/15]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Charlie McConalogue

47. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the commitment to provide high-speed broadband to every house and business in County Donegal and the deadline for this; if the Government has failed the people of County Donegal, given that 52% of homes and businesses in the county do not have access to high-speed broadband after this Government's five years in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44830/15]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Charlie McConalogue

67. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the commitment to provide fibre broadband to every house and business in County Donegal; the deadline for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44831/15]

Humanitarian Assistance Scheme

Charlie McConalogue

79. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide compensation measures for home owners in County Donegal to assist with the financial impact of recent flood damage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44682/15]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Review

Charlie McConalogue

131. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a review under the domiciliary care allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45260/15]

Coastal Protection

Charlie McConalogue

167. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will grant temporary permission to carry out emergency coastal erosion preventative works in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45317/15]

Flood Prevention Measures

Charlie McConalogue

168. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action the Office of Public Works will take following the serious flooding in County Donegal over the weekend and the recommendations it has provided to Donegal County Council to date; if he will expedite a number of reports on flooding that have already been commissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44680/15]

Live Exports

Charlie McConalogue

204. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 24 November 2015, the status of negotiations between the Irish authorities and their Chinese counterparts on restrictions on the live export of shellfish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44688/15]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

256. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 17 November 2015, if payment has issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45445/15]

Legislative Programme

Charlie McConalogue

264. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to tackle sex trafficking, if it will be enacted before the Christmas 2015 recess; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44756/15]

Disability Support Services Provision

Charlie McConalogue

441. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health when a replacement scheme for the mobility allowance scheme and the motorised transport grant scheme will be finalised, why these schemes have yet to be replaced, given that both were discontinued over two years ago, on the premise of a new scheme being announced shortly thereafter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45141/15]

Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation

Charlie McConalogue

510. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence received from a person (details supplied) regarding Further Education and Training Awards Council and Quality and Qualifications Ireland certification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44701/15]

Educational Disadvantage

Charlie McConalogue

512. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider her decision not to award delivering equality of opportunity in schools status to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if not, the reason why, given that nine feeder schools have this status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44703/15]

Capitation Grants

Charlie McConalogue

517. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the capitation and ancillary grant in 2015 to 2016 to cover the increase in the minimum wage for cleaners, secretaries and caretakers in schools which comes into effect on 1 January 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44733/15]

Special Educational Needs Staffing

Charlie McConalogue

518. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is compulsory for a special needs assistant to retire at 65 years of age, if there is a mechanism to appeal this ruling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44736/15]

Flood Prevention Measures

Charlie McConalogue

559. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide compensation measures for businesses in County Donegal to assist with the financial impact of recent flood damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44682/15]

Water Conservation Grant Administration

Charlie McConalogue

561. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will change the 2015 closing date for the water conservation grant so that those persons who missed the deadline will have a further opportunity to apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44729/15]

Tourism Project Funding

Charlie McConalogue

650. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the board of Fáilte Ireland has made a decision on an application for funding for phase 2 development of parking and toilet facilities at Malin Head in County Donegal and if the decision has been communicated to him, the level of funding awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45122/15]

Tourism Project Funding

Charlie McConalogue

651. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a decision on a funding application for development of plans for phase 3 facilities at Malin Head, County Donegal, has been made by the board of Fáilte Ireland; if their decision has been communicated to him; the level of funding to be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45123/15]

Departmental Schemes

Charlie McConalogue

670. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will reopen the built heritage scheme, given that the strict time constraints attached to it caused difficulties for groups and individuals to submit adequate applications (details supplied); if she will ensure that the window to apply for the scheme is longer in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45164/15]

Housing Issues

Charlie McConalogue

9. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the investigation panel to examine the mica issue will be set up and functioning, its terms of reference and when it will report its findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44136/15]

Building Regulations

Charlie McConalogue

35. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the investigation panel to examine the mica issue will be set up and functioning, its terms of reference, when it will report its findings, the process for those home owners affected by mica to notify the investigation panel with details of their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44135/15]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

100. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in headage payments for 2015 being issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44507/15]

School Enrolments

Charlie McConalogue

1. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions she has had in relation to the inclusion of provisions excluding denominational schools from using a child's religion in selection criteria for school admissions in the forthcoming Education (Admission to Schools) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44117/15]

Childhood Obesity

Charlie McConalogue

4. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the challenge by schools (details supplied) in County Wicklow to the locating of a fast-food restaurant close to their premises on public health grounds, and the progress in implementing the Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013 to 2025. [44118/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Charlie McConalogue

9. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns regarding the new system of allocation of resource and learning supports that is being piloted in 2015; and if she will address the long waiting times for special needs assessment by the National Educational Psychological Service. [43884/15]

School Curriculum

Charlie McConalogue

16. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked 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]