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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: She is very welcome here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: The witnesses may decide who responds to what.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Mr. Mulkerrins. Senator Ó Clochartaigh has indicated a wish to contribute. I will wind up the meeting soon and urge him to be brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Senator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: The point has been well made by the Senator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee and giving of their time. It certainly has been a very informative and productive session for members on an issue of huge fundamental importance to all of us, not only to children with special needs and their families and teachers, but to communities and society as a whole. The new model the witnesses have outlined to us is a very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: We need to attend to several items of business. Just before the meeting started I received an e-mail from Deputy Byrne on the ongoing situation with the ASTI and the Department of Education and Skills. It is incumbent on us as the Joint Committee on Education and Skills to acknowledge that today is the first of eight days of strikes in ASTI schools, which is very regrettable. There are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: That is a fair point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: There is a big impact on them. It is a huge challenge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: That is fair. We will look at three different sessions and if necessary we will continue until 2 p.m., so I suggest the meeting would be between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The time is appropriate, particularly with regard to Deputies and Senators who must travel from afar.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: We could do it in the afternoon if that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: If we start at 12 noon would that be more-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: We will do it at 12 noon and work through. I thank the committee members. We will not have any more debate on it at this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Yes, the secretariat has checked this and it will be held in committee room three. I will ask Deputy Martin to chair the next part of the meeting, which is with regard to an issue raised by Senator Ó Clochartaigh. I ask to be excused and I look forward to meeting everybody on Thursday.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Any debate on the eighth amendment is, was and always will be extremely divisive. However, to really have any understanding of what it means, one must walk in the shoes of a woman facing a crisis pregnancy and, indeed, her partner, or of a doctor who must work under conditions that are not always clear-cut. The eighth amendment can be viewed as a massive platform of inequality, given the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (25 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made in reducing the period of time that persons must spend in direct provision before a decision is made on their status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31770/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (25 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for deployment of new recruits into An Garda Síochána; if it will result in the reopening of Garda stations in south Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31771/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (25 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the development of the family and child court complex is on schedule for completion in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31772/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (25 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the entitlement to the fuel allowance under the national fuel scheme can be extended to those in receipt of illness benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31769/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (25 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 451. To ask the Minister for Health when children for whom domiciliary care allowance is claimed will receive their medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31872/16]