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Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Second Stage (6 Oct 2015)

Marie Moloney: Does the Minister of State wish to respond?

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Second Stage (6 Oct 2015)

Marie Moloney: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Second Stage (6 Oct 2015)

Marie Moloney: When is it proposed to sit again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Marie Moloney: May I speak on the number of teaching posts in special schools provided?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Marie Moloney: Yes. In 2014, the target was 1,100 and the output was 1,387. The 2015 target was 1,100. If the 2014 output was 1,387, why was the 2015 target reduced? Why did we not make 1,387 the target if that is the number needed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Marie Moloney: The Minister may have picked me up wrong.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Marie Moloney: Why was the target lower again if we need that many special needs teachers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Marie Moloney: That is probably the answer we were looking for.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Marie Moloney: Does the Department base its targets on the outcome of previous years for the future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Marie Moloney: I think it is a great idea. It is fantastic to have targets and to try to achieve targets. It is very welcome. In respect of Vote 26, public sector activity and the compilation of an online inventory of school accommodation, in 2013, the Government had a target of 85, but there is no output at all for 2013. In 2014, the Government had a target of 90 and there is an output of 84, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Marie Moloney: I am talking about the online inventory of school accommodation. Why have schools not complied with it at this stage? It has been ongoing for three years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Marie Moloney: I appreciate that, but we are now three years down the road. Surely we should have the information back from schools.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Marie Moloney: There was an output for 2014. It was 84 compared with a target of 90.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Marie Moloney: It is just strange that it has not been completed three years down the road.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Marie Moloney: At this stage, three years later, surely the Department should have insisted that all the schools return an inventory list.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Marie Moloney: Is there merit in setting targets based not on the schools but on the number of children who have made applications to NEPS or another service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Marie Moloney: As many of the questions I would have raised already have been asked, I will not repeat them. The Department of Education and Skills provides no funding towards school meals, by which I mean breakfast clubs or lunch clubs. The Department of Social Protection provides funding for the food to the tune of 60 cent per pupil for breakfast and €1.40 for lunch. However, the problem is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Marie Moloney: The point was on school transport and what happens if numbers drop. If ten pupils need transport a bus is provided, but one is not provided if only nine need it. Why are those nine children not as important as the ten children? Why can a small minibus or, if the number drops to four, a taxi not be provided instead of telling the parents that a remote transport grant or whatever is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Marie Moloney: The point we made was that when it does get down to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

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