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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reinstate a supply panel of substitute teachers at primary level in Dublin city and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49205/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to establish supply panels on a nationwide basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49219/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reduce class sizes at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49206/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in restoring middle management positions at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49207/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the capitation grant per pupil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49218/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fee Paying Schools (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated net cost to the Exchequer of funding fee paying schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49381/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fee Paying Schools (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual capital funding provided to fee-paying schools in the past five years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49382/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: The Minister of State's time is up. We must proceed to the next speaker.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I am sorry Deputy Ó Broin. To be fair to the Minister of State, I cut him short so it would not be fair to allow you to come back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Senator Moynihan is due to speak but she is in the Chamber. I will move to the Green Party slot and hold the Labour Party slot. Senator Pauline O'Reilly and Deputy Duffy are present. They might indicate who will take the slot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: As there is no speaker for the Social Democrat slot or People Before Profit-Solidarity, we will move to Right to Change, Deputy Collins.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: We are now in our second round of questioning and both Fine Gael and Sinn Féin have had a second slot. The next slot is for Fianna Fáil. I am conscious this is a joint committee and I can indicate to the room who I have waiting, given that some members have been here for the whole meeting but have not spoken at all. The next speakers will be Deputies Ó Cuív, Flaherty,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I imagine this topic will be covered also in our second session, when we meet representatives of local authorities. As we are out of time for the slot I will go to the next speaker. The Minister of State might use some of his remaining time to answer some of those questions if possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: My apologies, Minister of State-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister of State and I am determined-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: ----- to protect the speaking time of the final three speakers. I will move on now to Deputy Flaherty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I call on Deputy O’Donoghue. I apologise to him as I should have called him in an earlier slot but I inadvertently called another member.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: That concludes the final slot. I thank the Minister of State and his officials for attending. The members of both committees look forward to continuing this conversation with the CCMA and members of the Irish Traveller movement. We will go into private session for three minutes to allow for a changeover and we will then commence the second session with our external guests.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Joint Sitting of the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Travelling Community
Business of Joint Committees (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome all members to this joint meeting of the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community. As the inviting committee, the Standing Orders of the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage apply but I want to particularly acknowledge the Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on Key Issues...