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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Training and Supports for Providers of Special Needs Education and Education in DEIS Schools: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Ms Duggan. That is the experience on the ground. I will give the final word to Professor Áine Hyland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Training and Supports for Providers of Special Needs Education and Education in DEIS Schools: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Dr. Hyland. This has been a very lively discussion and incredibly informative. It has been inspirational and has shown us the reality on the ground, about what is and is not happening. I thank the witnesses Anne, Gene, Noreen, Pauline, Breda, Teresa, Madelaine, Áine and Deirbhile. I thank Éilis Dillon, chairperson of NABMSE, and Trevor and Deirdre from Marino Institute...

Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I have a question for the Taoiseach. It is one I asked 12 months ago on a commitment made by the Government and it also relates to a commitment made by the Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, when he was the Minister for Health. It is about IVF support for those in need of it. At this point almost one in six couples in Ireland trying to have a child needs to have IVF treatment. At around...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (27 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in County Kildare in which the new leaving certificate subject of computer science will be implemented in September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29986/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (27 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding being made available to schools to set up the new leaving certificate subject of computer science in September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29987/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (27 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when primary schools can expect the new mathematics curriculum which is currently under development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30056/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (27 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29630/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (27 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the groups that have received funding under the communities integration fund, in tabular form; and the amount that each group has received. [29718/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (27 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 351. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding the HSE owned building at Drogheda Street, Monasterevin, with regard to the housing of an organisation (details supplied) at the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29629/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (27 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 352. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29631/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (27 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 655. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Army Ranger Wing has increased its counter terrorism training in collaboration with An Garda Síochána in view of continued terrorism attacks and threats in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29984/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (27 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 656. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the commitment which has been made to date in 2017 to further enhance the capabilities of the Army Ranger Wing as part of the implementation of the White Paper 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29985/17]

Other Questions: Potato Sector (22 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: A little of everything is good.

Other Questions: Potato Sector (22 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I accept that and I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Potato yield has decreased by 7.9% since 2015, even though the area under potatoes has increased by 6.1%. There is, therefore, an issue in this regard. According to French research, copper-based fungicides common in organic farming can be toxic to earthworms but this is not applicable to Irish soil and I welcome the Minister of...

Other Questions: Potato Sector (22 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 8. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an environmental restriction on the use of copper sulphate for the treatment of potato blight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21921/17]

Other Questions: Potato Sector (22 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I offer my congratulations to the Minister of State on the retention of his position. It is well merited. I wish to talk to him today about potato blight. Agricultural crops, including potatoes, provide a very strong livelihood for so many in south Kildare, and there are many potato farmers in addition to the thousands of home producers. The margins can be very tight, as we have witnessed...

Other Questions: Potato Sector (22 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: At a recent public meeting on agriculture that I hosted in Kildare with my good friend and colleague, Deputy McConalogue, the issue of EU over-regulation was raised. Farmers in Kildare, and I have no doubt throughout the country, want assurance that our Government is fighting for them and not being bound by regulations that may suit other countries that have different climates to the one...

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the Bill and outline some of my reservations about it. I hope they will be taken up on Committee Stage by way of amendment. My essential reservation about the Bill is that it makes more than minor technical amendments to the relevant Act, particularly in its protection of the title of "physical therapist". I have discussed this issue with...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: The Programme for a Partnership Government stresses the need to intervene early and set a path for vulnerable children, including foster children. This is certainly not working at this point in time. I will give one example. A foster mother in my constituency that I have been dealing with in the last few months took into her care a nine-year old boy whose parents are drug addicts and whose...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: She has been fighting for counselling and supports for this child for months. The school has been excellent as well. Yesterday, she heard that the child was going to be removed from this loving and caring home and put into a residential home.