Parliamentary questions

Health Promotion

Charlie McConalogue

28. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the challenge by schools (details supplied) in Greystones in County Wicklow to the location of a fast-food restaurant close to their premises on public health grounds; and the progress she has made on the implementation of the Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013 to 2025. [43881/15]

School Enrolments

Charlie McConalogue

30. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions she has had on the inclusion of provisions excluding denominational schools from using a child's religion in selection criteria for schools admissions in the forthcoming schools admissions Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43883/15]

School Staff

Charlie McConalogue

48. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills why, under the current staffing schedule, mainstream schools with 15 to 27 teachers require 37 extra pupils to gain or retain a teacher, while schools with more than 27 or fewer than 15 teachers only require an extra 26 pupils to gain or retain a teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43882/15]

Water Conservation Grant Applications

Charlie McConalogue

61. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will accept a late application for the water conservation grant as the person was not aware of the closing date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44354/15]

State Examinations Data

Charlie McConalogue

172. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the latest data from the State Examinations Commission and her Department on the percentage of school leavers from all 192 secondary level schools with DEIS status who sat the leaving certificate, and the percentage of these who went on to third level education, further education and to do an apprenticeship by name and location of school. [44342/15]

Schools Data

Charlie McConalogue

173. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 500 of 1 December 2015, the number of primary schools, by county, by ethos and denomination, in tabular form. [44350/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

214. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of payment under the 2015 area aid scheme due to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, if the person will receive the full payment, if not, the reason for the deduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43511/15]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications

Charlie McConalogue

220. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person ( details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a payment for 2015 under the headage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43523/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

238. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the remaining 30% balance will be paid under the 2015 basic payment scheme and the greening payment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43716/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

256. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43928/15]

Educational Disadvantage

Charlie McConalogue

477. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Wexford will be considered under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme; if she will include new schools under this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43574/15]

School Accommodation Provision

Charlie McConalogue

478. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the shortage of secondary school places in Wexford town, if she will address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43575/15]

Physical Education

Charlie McConalogue

479. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of State-funded schools which she has funded since 2002 from her budget for designated facilities for physical education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43580/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Charlie McConalogue

480. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the gross yearly cost of allowances paid to principals of primary schools to carry out their leadership functions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43581/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Charlie McConalogue

481. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the gross yearly cost of all promoted posts, including deputy principal, assistant principal and special duties posts, in all State-funded primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43582/15]

Teacher Data

Charlie McConalogue

482. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers who were employed directly in Traveller education in the 2008-09 school year, as a reference year, and in the 2014-15 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43583/15]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Charlie McConalogue

483. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed directly in providing support to children for whom English was not their first language in the current school year and in the 2008-2009 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43584/15]

Teaching Qualifications

Charlie McConalogue

484. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers probated by her Department's inspectorate in each year from 2010 to 2014, the number of full-time equivalent inspectors engaged in this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43585/15]

Teaching Qualifications

Charlie McConalogue

485. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of newly qualified teachers who were not considered suitable for probation by the inspectorate in the year in which they were due to be probated from 2010 to 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43586/15]

Teaching Qualifications

Charlie McConalogue

486. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the time allocation, in days or part-days, provided in an inspector's workload for the probation of a teacher, from the preliminary visit to completion of the final report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43587/15]

Teacher Training Provision

Charlie McConalogue

487. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost per year of training a primary school teacher over the four years of the bachelor of education course in St. Patrick’s College, Dublin City University and Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. [43588/15]

Capitation Grants

Charlie McConalogue

488. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the value of the capitation grant paid to students in each of the four years of the bachelor of education course and in each of the two years of the masters of education programme in Coláiste Mhuire in Marino in Dublin 3. [43589/15]

School Enrolments

Charlie McConalogue

514. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has reviewed the adequacy of places in south Dublin city, particularly in Dublin 4, 6 and 14, for junior infants for the 2016-2017 school year, if she is aware of the large waiting lists in the schools in these areas for children living in the various school catchments, the steps she will take to address this impending crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43932/15]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Charlie McConalogue

519. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when schools will be notified if their applications have been successful under the summer works programme 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43938/15]

Educational Disadvantage

Charlie McConalogue

528. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the additional spending provided in a calendar year to primary schools with delivering equality of opportunity in schools status, including a breakdown of how this money has been spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43963/15]

Building Regulations

Charlie McConalogue

578. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the investigation panel to examine the MICA issue will be established and functioning; what the process will be for those home owners affected by MICA in notifying the panel of the details of their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43989/15]

Sports Facilities Provision

Charlie McConalogue

634. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a new stadium for Finn Harps Football Club in County Donegal; if there is an additional urgency within the Department for the development of the new stadium, given the club's promotion to the premier division of the League of Ireland and the requirements that will be imposed on it regarding minimum standards for stadium facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44030/15]

Orthodontic Services Provision

Charlie McConalogue

21. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the orthodontics budget directly to Letterkenny University Hospital instead of to Sligo University Hospital, and if he will clarify why he is allowing a situation to arise at Letterkenny University Hospital where the necessary infrastructure and staff are not being provided to the orthodontic department there, and as a result clinics are being cancelled on a continuous basis and waiting lists are growing; why there is no radiography equipment available in-house for the orthodontic department at the hospital; when a full complement of six dental nurses will be made available to the orthodontics department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42719/15]

Orthodontic Services Provision

Charlie McConalogue

35. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that there is a full complement of six dental nurses attached to the orthodontic department in Letterkenny University Hospital and that the necessary dental equipment required to manage an effective department is maintained; if he is aware that orthodontic clinics are being cancelled on a continuous basis in Letterkenny University Hospital, and as a result waiting lists are continuing to soar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42720/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Applications

Charlie McConalogue

116. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 17 November 2015, if he has completed the examination of all applications and the associated commonage evidence regarding this commonage; when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43297/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

117. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a headage payment for 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43305/15]

Primary Care Services Provision

Charlie McConalogue

184. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the Health Service Exectives's position regarding the use of ArtAssist (details supplied); if the equipment is available for free in some counties and charged for in others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43300/15]

Teaching Qualifications

Charlie McConalogue

246. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the selection process for teacher qualifications at second level includes steps to ensure an adequate supply of teachers of core subjects on the curriculum. [43294/15]

Teaching Qualifications

Charlie McConalogue

247. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the shortage of qualified Irish language teachers at second level; and how the situation is being addressed. [43295/15]

Departmental Correspondence

Charlie McConalogue

266. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) regarding homes affected by mica; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43301/15]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Charlie McConalogue

53. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a review of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43149/15]

National Training Fund

Charlie McConalogue

159. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount collected from the national training levy in each of the years 2010 to 2015 to date; a breakdown of the use of this funding by types of course or programme, by apprenticeship, by traineeship, by further education, by third level, by research, etc; the purpose of the fund, and the evolution of its use over the past number of years. [43178/15]

Departmental Reports

Charlie McConalogue

160. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the final report of the Cassells group will be published. [43179/15]

Third Level Qualifications Data

Charlie McConalogue

161. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she has taken in the past number of years to increase the number of computer science graduates; the cost of the €1,000 top-up to block grants to each higher level institute, by computer science student enrolled; if this programme has been a success; the number of additional computer science graduates it has led to; her concerns and those of the Higher Education Authority regarding the reduced quality of computer science graduates as a result of the increased intake. [43180/15]

Disability Allowance Payments

Charlie McConalogue

160. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who was awarded a disability allowance from 2 July 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42673/15]

Departmental Correspondence

Charlie McConalogue

259. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue a final reply (details supplied) to correspondence sent to his office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42513/15]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

274. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged areas payment 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42619/15]

Schools Establishment

Charlie McConalogue

496. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the schools listed in the summary of new schools to open in 2017 and 2018 list, Appendix 1, are due to be operational in 2017 with the number of classes and students indicated on the list; if not, if she will provide a new list outlining when each new school on the list is expected to be operational; and the type of temporary accommodation she expects these schools to be housed in. [42337/15]

Charlie McConalogue

500. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of minority faith schools by county, by denomination, by primary or post-primary and by patronage, such as voluntary, comprehensive, community, etc., in tabular form. [42389/15]

School Patronage

Charlie McConalogue

501. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when decisions will be made on the patronage and site of the new primary school in the Goatstown and Stillorgan area of County Dublin; if she will involve the parents in these decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42446/15]

School Staffing

Charlie McConalogue

503. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will appoint a third teacher to a school (details supplied) in September 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42461/15]

School Accommodation Provision

Charlie McConalogue

504. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the health and safety issues in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42465/15]

National Educational Psychological Service Administration

Charlie McConalogue

505. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average response times for decisions by the National Educational Psychological Service under reasonable accommodation in the certificate examinations scheme for students requiring special arrangements to sit their leaving certificate examination in 2014 to 2015, or in the latest year available; the number of students who receive a response within one month, three weeks, two weeks, one week or otherwise prior to sitting the examination; the number of applicants in 2014 to 2015; and the percentage of applicants who were approved for full, partial, or no support. [42521/15]

Job Creation

Charlie McConalogue

11. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken over the past five years to encourage job creation and new inward investment in County Donegal, given that there have been only three site visits to the county in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41748/15]

Job Creation Data

Charlie McConalogue

24. 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 the county is a contributing factor to the lack of new inward investment in the county in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41747/15]

Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme

Charlie McConalogue

36. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the criteria for qualifying for a 60% grant for building farm sheds to those young trained farmers who began farming after 2007 and therefore did not get the opportunity to apply for the previous 75% shed grants, but who now, under his proposed criteria for new grants, will be ineligible for the 60% rate because they have been farming for more than five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41394/15]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Charlie McConalogue

70. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42029/15]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

134. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when outstanding headage payments for 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42044/15]

Disability Services Funding

Charlie McConalogue

168. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the total amount of funding which will be provided in 2016 to the Health Service Executive in County Donegal for disability services; the amount of this funding that will be allocated for progressing disability services for children and young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41864/15]

Disability Services Funding

Charlie McConalogue

169. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided in 2015 to date to the Health Service Executive in County Donegal for disability services under the 2015 operational plan; the amount of this funding that was allocated for progressing disability services for children and young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41865/15]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Charlie McConalogue

101. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41188/15]

National Internship Scheme Placements

Charlie McConalogue

181. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is legislation which specifically protects the rights of unpaid interns outside the JobBridge scheme; if unpaid internships that are undertaken outside the JobBridge scheme for more than a short period, for example four weeks, are legal under existing employment legislation; the rights and responsibilities of unpaid interns outside the JobBridge scheme; the responsibilities and duties of employers towards unpaid interns according to existing employment legislation; his views on whether new legislation is required to bring greater clarity to the employment rights of unpaid interns here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41604/15]

Employment Rights

Charlie McConalogue

190. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is legislation which specifically protects the rights of paid and unpaid interns; if there is a legal definition of what an unpaid internship should entail, for example, whether it has to include some educational element; if there is any statutory upper limit to the length of time a person may undertake an unpaid internship; if he will clarify the duties and responsibilities of an employer towards an unpaid intern under employment legislation. [41605/15]

Fishing Industry

Charlie McConalogue

247. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has conducted investigations into a super trawler that has been fishing off the coast of County Donegal (details supplied); why the boat is able to fish in Irish waters when Irish fishermen have been excluded from doing so; the steps he proposes to take to address this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41479/15]

Live Exports

Charlie McConalogue

248. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will liaise with live shellfish exporters to address new restrictions being applied to live exports to the Chinese market (details supplied); if he has contacted the Chinese authorities in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41480/15]

Farm Partnerships

Charlie McConalogue

249. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will follow through on previous commitments to allow young trained farmers who have joint herd numbers with their parents to qualify for the 60% grant rate for erecting agricultural sheds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41504/15]

Agriculture Scheme Eligibility

Charlie McConalogue

250. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the criteria for qualifying for a 60% grant for building farm sheds to those young trained farmers who began farming after 2007 and, therefore, did not get the opportunity to apply for previous 75% shed grants, but who now will be ineligible for the 60% rate under the proposed criteria for new grants, because they have been farming for more than five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41505/15]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

266. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for a person (details supplied) will be processed under the 2013 agri-environment options scheme; when monies due from the 2013 and 2014 schemes, after area E12113232 was increased, will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41610/15]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

267. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, under the areas of natural constraint scheme; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41628/15]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Charlie McConalogue

361. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists employed to work specifically in special schools; the approximate cost of employing these speech and language therapists. [41553/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Charlie McConalogue

473. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the provision in mainstream secondary schools in County Kildare for children with a disability, including those on the autism spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41377/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Charlie McConalogue

479. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who had attended a special autism unit in Derrinturn, but for whom there is now no place in a local secondary school. [41483/15]

Third Level Data

Charlie McConalogue

486. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department or agencies under its aegis collect statistics on third-level student debt or on debt incurred while students are attending third level; and the details of these statistics, by year, by institute and by programme. [41516/15]

School Accommodation Provision

Charlie McConalogue

492. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on 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. [41552/15]

Asylum Support Services

Charlie McConalogue

493. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale behind the five-year residency rule required for young asylum seekers to be entitled to access third level education in the same way as Irish citizens and European Union Irish residents; why she imposed a five-year as opposed to a three-year residency rule, as it is the normal residency requirement for Irish and European Union citizens. [41554/15]

Work Placement Programmes

Charlie McConalogue

494. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there is legislation which specifies the rights and responsibilities of employers towards students in post-primary education undertaking unpaid work experience, as part of a third level or second level course; if legislation is required to protect young persons from potential exploitation in these situations. [41555/15]

Student Grants Data

Charlie McConalogue

495. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the Exchequer estimates for the amount to link the student maintenance support grants with the consumer price index for the next five years, based on historical trajectories of the consumer price index over the past ten years; how she will provide Exchequer estimates for the amount the student maintenance support grants would increase by if linked to the Customer Price Index sub-index classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose Division 04, Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels, for the next five years. [41556/15]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Charlie McConalogue

496. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered amalgamating the Central Applications Office and the Student Universal Support Ireland systems, and introducing the proposals put forward by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (details supplied) for aligning the systems to ensure that students know their funding status before the take up their Central Applications Office offer. [41557/15]

Wastewater Treatment

Charlie McConalogue

536. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 573 of 29 September 2015, the progress to date on the taking in charge of developments with standalone treatment plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41334/15]

Road Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

586. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the A5 motorway, and any agreement concerning it with the Northern Ireland Executive, following the recent Stormont deal. [41655/15]

Flood Risk Assessments

Charlie McConalogue

19. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will expedite a number of reports commissioned by the Office of Public Works regarding flooding in a number of areas across County Donegal, including in Ramelton, Letterkenny and Raphoe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40401/15]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Charlie McConalogue

163. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health his plans to adjust the eligibility to the long-term illness scheme to include conditions and illnesses such as asthma, osteoporosis and cancer, given the high costs associated with these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40928/15]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Charlie McConalogue

44. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a review of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40751/15]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

101. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when all headage payments for 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [40878/15]

Primary Care Services Provision

Charlie McConalogue

152. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 12 March 2015, the delay in a payment being issued to a person ( details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40882/15]

Farm Assist Scheme

Charlie McConalogue

68. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reversing the change made to the farm assist scheme with respect to income disregards given that it has had a serious negative affect on the income levels of already struggling farming families; the reason she has not carried out an analysis to assess the impact that the change has had on these families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40148/15]

Farm Assist Scheme

Charlie McConalogue

83. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has analysed the impact the changes to income disregard in the farm assist scheme have had on farmers; if she will reconsider these changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40147/15]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

267. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be issued with headage payments for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40165/15]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

277. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the single payment scheme for 2015 will issue to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40245/15]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme

Charlie McConalogue

289. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will arrange for a visual inspection of the land concerned in advance of an oral hearing under the agri-environment options scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal on 26 November 2015, in order to assess the current condition of the species rich grassland area; if the species rich grassland land parcel concerned will be eligible for payments in the remaining years of this scheme if the appeal in question is unsuccessful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40507/15]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

298. 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. [40567/15]

Departmental Bodies

Charlie McConalogue

299. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the tenure of a chief executive of an organisation (details supplied) is limited to two terms; the reason for this limit; if he is committed to maintaining this limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40579/15]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Charlie McConalogue

303. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 3 November 2015, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the basic payment scheme and under the areas of natural constraint scheme 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40646/15]

Vaccination Programme

Charlie McConalogue

406. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the impact of the human papilloma vaccine on young persons; if the vaccine has had serious side effects on a number of persons; the number of persons affected; his plans to update the warning information provided to young persons who are making decisions on whether or not to have the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40338/15]

Schools Building Projects Administration

Charlie McConalogue

506. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the completion of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be included in her new six-year construction plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40120/15]

Schools Building Projects Administration

Charlie McConalogue

507. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the completion of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be included in her new six-year construction plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40121/15]

Schools Building Projects Administration

Charlie McConalogue

508. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the completion of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be included in her new six-year construction plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40122/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

509. 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 the brief formulation report is complete; if not, the timeframe for when it will be finalised; when the tendering process in relation to the design team procurement will be initiated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40123/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

510. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the completion of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be included in her new six-year construction plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40124/15]

School Placement

Charlie McConalogue

512. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive a place in a secondary school; if not, the reason why; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40163/15]

School Completion Programme

Charlie McConalogue

530. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new schools that have been constructed and have come into operation in each area, according to their area status under the Pobal deprivation index (Haase and Pratschke 2012), since the last identification of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme's qualifying criteria in schools by the Educational Research Centre in 2006. [40332/15]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Charlie McConalogue

534. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue following an interim response (details supplied) regarding professional development support from the Special Education Support Service for special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40489/15]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Charlie McConalogue

540. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that an application by a school (details supplied) in County Dublin under the summer works programme is approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40564/15]

Licence Applications

Charlie McConalogue

95. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a licence will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39805/15]

Agriculture Scheme Eligibility

Charlie McConalogue

97. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the national reserve (young farmer-new entrants) and young farmers scheme will be available for young farmers to apply for in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39837/15]