Parliamentary questions

Agriculture Scheme Eligibility

Charlie McConalogue

112. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current entitlements due to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if his Department will take account of the fact that this person has been farming for over a decade on leased land in its review of this farmer's eligibility for entitlements; the reason these previous years of farming have not been taken into account to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39890/15]

Road Projects

Charlie McConalogue

13. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the A5 road; and on his recent engagement with his Northern Ireland counterparts in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39238/15]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications

Charlie McConalogue

87. 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 farm payment scheme and the areas of natural constraint scheme 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39749/15]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

88. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 14 October 2015, when a payment under the areas of natural constraints scheme 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39751/15]

Treatment Abroad Scheme

Charlie McConalogue

120. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health if funding is available for a person to be treated in Anderson House in County Derry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39691/15]

Third Level Funding

Charlie McConalogue

148. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding that will be provided to higher education institutions via the programme for research in third-level institutions in 2015; and in 2016; her plans to approve a new funding cycle, Cycle 6, for the Programme for the years beyond 2015; and the amount this new cycle of funding will entail. [39768/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Charlie McConalogue

72. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if this Government is committed to providing fibre broadband to every household in County Donegal; if not, the reason why; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38991/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Charlie McConalogue

87. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources for an update on the Government's commitment to provide fibre broadband to every house and business in County Donegal; the deadline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38979/15]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Charlie McConalogue

121. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an application for a domiciliary care allowance will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39005/15]

Tax Credits

Charlie McConalogue

189. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Finance if a person who has an off-farm PAYE job is eligible for the €500 self-employed tax exemption on farm self-employment income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39444/15]

Local Authority Rates

Charlie McConalogue

208. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if premises used solely and exclusively for the purposes of delivering services for the Department of Social Protection are liable for rates, including Intreo, branch, local, inspector, community welfare, employment services and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39310/15]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

250. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the single payment scheme 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39045/15]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

258. 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. [39123/15]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

309. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will issue payment under the 2015 single payment scheme to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39616/15]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Charlie McConalogue

399. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the reason was not provided between two hospitals within the Saolta group in advance of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if the Saolta group will provide a full explanation as to what occurred; when it will issue another appointment to this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39188/15]

Autism Support Services

Charlie McConalogue

458. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the home support services available from his Department for autistic children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39610/15]

Schools Building Projects Expenditure

Charlie McConalogue

473. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will prioritise the extension of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin and make funding available immediately to ensure the extension may be carried out in an effort to ensure the provision of secondary school places in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39021/15]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Charlie McConalogue

482. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 17 June 2015, if she has made a decision on the matter; if not, when she will make a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39164/15]

School Curriculum

Charlie McConalogue

511. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to this Deputy, further to her interim reply (details supplied), regarding physical education in the junior cycle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39611/15]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration

Charlie McConalogue

537. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 681 of 20 October 2015, if the necessary regulations for the new tenant purchase scheme have been finalised and signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39321/15]

Property Tax Exemptions

Charlie McConalogue

22. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of his Department's investigations on mica affected homes in County Donegal; if he supports an exemption from the Property Tax for all those affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38223/15]

Building Regulations

Charlie McConalogue

40. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address MICA affected homes in County Donegal; if he will adopt a similar approach to that taken with pyrite affected homes in the east of the country to offer support to those affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38224/15]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Charlie McConalogue

126. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal under the single payment scheme and the disadvantaged areas scheme (details supplied); if he will arrange for a site inspection on the merits of the person's appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38831/15]

Medical Card Applications

Charlie McConalogue

180. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application for a medical card review for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38844/15]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Charlie McConalogue

209. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to include a school (details supplied) in her five-year capital investment programme; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38922/15]

Air Quality

Charlie McConalogue

244. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the Environmental Protection Agency believes it is not necessary to monitor for particulates at all 31 air monitoring stations, given the proven negative effects they pose to health; his views on this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38898/15]

Air Quality

Charlie McConalogue

245. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will update Dáil Éireann on the progress of the Environmental Protection Agency draft national ambient air monitoring programme under section 65 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (as amended), detailing the scope of the exercise, the start date and the likely completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38899/15]

Air Quality

Charlie McConalogue

246. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Ireland is divided into four zones for the monitoring and assessment of ambient air quality; if this has always been the case; how often it is reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38900/15]

IDA Site Visits

Charlie McConalogue

18. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored visits by potential investors to County Donegal in 2015 and in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37942/15]

IDA Supports

Charlie McConalogue

28. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for an update on new investment, research and development expenditure, and new jobs by the IDA related to County Donegal in 2015; how this compares to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37941/15]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

96. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments for 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the single payment scheme and the disadvantaged areas scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38641/15]

Parliamentary Questions

Charlie McConalogue

246. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a recent parliamentary question submitted by this Deputy was not answered (details supplied), given that the content of a similar parliamentary question was answered in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38103/15]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

388. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will upload the maps for 2014 for a farmer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37197/15]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

397. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the agri-environment option scheme 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37308/15]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications

Charlie McConalogue

474. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when headage payments for 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38256/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Applications

Charlie McConalogue

489. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment for headage 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38387/15]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Charlie McConalogue

640. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the costs of introducing speech language therapy on-site in primary schools for children with assessed special needs, which would involve the transfer of approximately 350 public speech and language therapists for children, from the employment of the Health Service Executive to his Department. [37874/15]

Nursing Staff Recruitment

Charlie McConalogue

653. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health when a children's outreach nurse will be appointed to Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37310/15]

Health Services Access

Charlie McConalogue

724. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for routine physiotherapy referrals to the Health Service Executive in the Carndonagh and Buncrana offices in County Donegal; if the staffing complement is currently at its maximum level, and if the Health Service Executive has any plans to recruit additional staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37698/15]

Medical Card Delays

Charlie McConalogue

795. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in approving an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38068/15]

Medical Card Reviews

Charlie McConalogue

830. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a review of a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38187/15]

Teaching Contracts

Charlie McConalogue

916. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills why her Department does not allow a partial day's leave to be recorded for teachers who require time off from the classroom, and instead requires that they be recorded as absent for the full day; the cost of this rule; the number of days of unnecessary disruption it causes to students; her plans to change the system to allow for partial days' leave due to sickness or hospital appointments to be recorded as such; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37229/15]

Teaching Contracts

Charlie McConalogue

917. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of extra personal vacation, EPV, days recorded for all primary schools in the 2014-2015 school year and in the 2013-2014 school year; if her Department has conducted an assessment of the level of disruption such days without substitute cover cause to the educational experience of students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37232/15]

School Transport Eligibility

Charlie McConalogue

920. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37311/15]

Home Schooling

Charlie McConalogue

935. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a teacher can remain in a home school liaison scheme post for only five years; her plans to change this; the number of exemptions which have been granted enabling a teacher to remain in the post for longer than five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37532/15]

School Services Staff

Charlie McConalogue

936. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the rate of the ancillary services grant to primary schools, and if not, the reason for it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37558/15]

School Services Staff

Charlie McConalogue

937. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to change the current employer of secretaries, cleaners and caretakers, employed in primary schools from the individual board of management to her Department, and if not, the reasons for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37559/15]

School Transport Eligibility

Charlie McConalogue

942. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will continue to be provided for a family (details supplied) from September 2016; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37577/15]

School Staff

Charlie McConalogue

956. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse a decision to suppress a post at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37751/15]

School Staff

Charlie McConalogue

957. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse a decision to suppress a temporary EAL post in a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37752/15]

School Staff

Charlie McConalogue

958. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills why a temporary EAL post in a school (details supplied) in County Waterford has had suppressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37753/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

959. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress on a new building for a primary school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason for the delay in sanctioning the move to the new building, as the school was originally advised of this in 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37754/15]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

Charlie McConalogue

961. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider her Department's decision to refuse an appeal of a student grant by a person (details supplied), given that the person should be considered as being a second-chance student; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37762/15]

Psychological Assessments

Charlie McConalogue

987. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the need for a behaviour assessment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38107/15]

Schools Health and Safety

Charlie McConalogue

1018. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the process a school needs to undertake to appoint a lollipop person to ensure the safety of the children crossing the road at a school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37826/15]

Hospital Services

Charlie McConalogue

40. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health when the outreach rheumatology clinic will be reinstated in Letterkenny General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36255/15]

Cancer Services Funding

Charlie McConalogue

66. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health when the Saolta University Health Care Group will establish a rapid access prostate clinic in Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal, given that a commitment was made by this Government for same in November 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36254/15]

Crime Data

Charlie McConalogue

226. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the recorded annualised crime statistics (details supplied) for the Donegal Garda Síochána districts for the second quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2014, in tabular form. [37079/15]

Autism Support Services

Charlie McConalogue

278. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the support services available from his Department for home support services for autistic children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37031/15]

National Lottery Funding Applications

Charlie McConalogue

123. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application under the national lottery scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; when he expects to announce the list of successful organisations which will receive funding in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36733/15]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Charlie McConalogue

246. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Finance his plans to roll out the disabled drivers board of appeal officers to other regions given that when disabled persons are refused their primary medical certificate in the local Health Service Executive office, they are expected to travel to Dún Laoghaire for an appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36354/15]

Tax Credits

Charlie McConalogue

261. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce grant assistance or tax credit measures to assist owner-occupiers to fund fire safety repairs in apartment blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35958/15]

GLAS Applications

Charlie McConalogue

309. 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 who 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. [36228/15]

GLAS Applications

Charlie McConalogue

315. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications he has received under tranche 1 of the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; the average expected payment for those who have applied; the amount of the initial funding allocation, that will be required to cover the total payments for those who applied under tranche 1; that will be left unspent; his plans for any unspent funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36326/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

316. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing a payment under the area constraints scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36338/15]

Health Services Provision

Charlie McConalogue

556. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will approve treatment for a person (details supplied) who has been on a waiting list for ear, nose and throat treatment over the ministerial target of 15 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36125/15]

Disadvantaged Status

Charlie McConalogue

572. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be reinstated with delivering equality of opportunity in schools status; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36161/15]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Charlie McConalogue

574. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be included in her Department's five-year building programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36172/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

583. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be included in her Department's five-year plan which is due to be announced shortly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36243/15]

Ministerial Correspondence

Charlie McConalogue

597. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to her interim response (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36387/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

623. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position of an application for two additional classrooms for a post primary school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35990/15]

Home Renovation Incentive Scheme

Charlie McConalogue

675. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce grant assistance or tax credit measures to assist owner-occupiers to fund fire safety repairs in apartment blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35957/15]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration

Charlie McConalogue

681. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a new tenant purchase scheme will be introduced for council tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36100/15]

Sport and Recreational Development

Charlie McConalogue

700. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a final reply will issue to this Deputy's correspondence regarding the building of a stadium (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36308/15]

Driver Licences

Charlie McConalogue

711. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the conversion of Irish driver licences in Alberta in Canada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36614/15]

Water Conservation Grant

Charlie McConalogue

1. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is not entitled to the water conservation grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35843/15]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

19. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal in relation to a headage payment for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35818/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

27. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35876/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

28. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35880/15]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

Charlie McConalogue

97. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if support from Student Universal Support Ireland will be offered to three students from the same family (details supplied) considering that they are minimally above the student grant income thresholds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35872/15]

Garda Deployment

Charlie McConalogue

185. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down in tabular form the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to each Garda Síochána station in the Donegal division from the end of September 2010 to the end of September 2015 or the latest date available. [35692/15]

Education Grants

Charlie McConalogue

371. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that Student Universal Support Ireland pays to Irish third level degree students attending public and private universities and colleges in the United Kingdom, in each of the years 2013 to date in 2015. [35275/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Charlie McConalogue

381. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 has a special dedicated provision of a National Educational Psychological Service psychologist this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35406/15]

School Staff

Charlie McConalogue

382. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to allow a substitute teacher to be appointed to cover extra personal vacation days in small schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35411/15]

Home Tuition Scheme Funding

Charlie McConalogue

387. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the reason the hourly rate for home tuition has changed from €38.87 per hour to €26.61 per hour; when this change came into effect; the policy with which it is in line; the reason she has permitted this reduction given that home tuition must be carried out by fully-qualified teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35427/15]

Student Grant Scheme Applications Data

Charlie McConalogue

393. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new and renewal applications to Student Universal Support Ireland for the current academic year, received; refused; awaiting a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35573/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

75. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment of headage for 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34972/15]

Prescriptions Charges

Charlie McConalogue

141. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health when a repayment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, who was wrongly charged prescription charges despite being in receipt of a long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34991/15]

Prescriptions Charges

Charlie McConalogue

142. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health when a repayment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, who was wrongly charged prescription charges despite being in receipt of a long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34992/15]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Charlie McConalogue

198. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will use any discretionary measures available to her regarding an application for a student grant by a person (details supplied) to award the special rate, considering the exceptional circumstances in the student's family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35083/15]

GLAS Administration

Charlie McConalogue

6. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if tranche 2 of the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme will contain the same measures as tranche 1; if not, the options being changed and the reasons for those changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34034/15]

GLAS Administration

Charlie McConalogue

12. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked 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]

Hospital Services

Charlie McConalogue

146. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked 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]

Special Educational Needs Data

Charlie McConalogue

121. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns regarding the new system of allocation of special needs assistants that is being piloted this year; her plans to address the long waiting times for special needs assessment by the National Educational Psychological Service. [34079/15]

State Examinations Reviews

Charlie McConalogue

124. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her proposals for progressing with junior certificate reform following the rejection of the proposals by members of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34080/15]

School Accommodation Provision

Charlie McConalogue

128. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision on a preferred site for new school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be made; the reason for the delay in securing a site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33955/15]

School Patronage

Charlie McConalogue

132. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked 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]

Schools Building Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

141. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when architectural tender documents will be issued for the development of new permanent buildings to replace current prefabricated units at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33956/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Charlie McConalogue

142. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a recent analysis (details supplied) which provides evidence that there are severe socio-economic inequalities in access to special needs supports across schools and pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33957/15]

Languages Programme

Charlie McConalogue

145. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for improving foreign language education at primary and secondary level to address the deficit of foreign language skills among the population. [33958/15]