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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing Appeals Mechanism (13 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a status update on a staff appeal application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick to maintain the third teaching post for the next school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21176/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (13 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a determination will issue on an appeal against the decision not to approve sufficient funding to equip two new classrooms at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21453/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (13 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider a decision in an application under the summer works scheme which is now under appeal in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21460/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (13 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 394. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the decision to reduce rent supplement to families who are experiencing great difficulty while on council waiting lists and cannot afford to meet the increasing rents being imposed by landlords, which is resulting in families being accommodated in hotels at very high cost to the State. [21415/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Retirement Scheme Applications (13 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has participated in ERS 2 scheme and now finds that they cannot establish allocation rights in view of changes being introduced under the new EU Common Agricultural Policy be given a situation of force majure, that is, lease to run its course then entitlements returned to them if...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural College Places (8 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the teaching staff numbers in agricultural colleges in view of increased enrolments together with the commitments laid out in Food Harvest 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20217/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (8 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a review of disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when a decision will issue on the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20723/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (8 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 197. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the prescription levy in the near future for persons over 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20749/14]

Children First Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: With regard to mandated persons, teachers are hugely important as a cog in the wheel. They are cheek by jowl with children on a daily basis and they have an important role to play, but they need to be supported, resourced and trained. They need to be sensitive. When the heads of the Bill were being examined, some of the contributors at the committee meeting were reluctant to suggest...

Children First Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. It does what it says on the tin and puts children first. It is long overdue. Having listened to the debate this evening and since the Minister introduced the legislation, I note that others have contextualised the Bill in terms of where the country has come from. It is no harm to do that. Every morning every Member walks in past the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: When one takes the contribution of the families out of the equation is one dealing with €137 million?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is it €151 million?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Even though Bus Éireann has increased the services over the five-year period by €25 million a year-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Have the €30 million savings achieved in 2008 been wiped away?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The point I am trying to make is that in the statement it was said that the cost in 2008 was €162 million and that more than €30 million had been saved by Bus Éireann working in conjunction with the Department of Education and Skills. It seems to me that the cost should be €132 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The €25 million has been passed on to the Department and the parents.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Essentially, the point I make is that there is no saving.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: It has taken me a long time to get a response. The Department of Education and Skills gave Bus Éireann its instructions in terms of the operation of the school bus service. Bus Éireann said it saved €30 million but it has not saved anything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Where are they if the parents have taken up the slack?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The statement is very clear. The cost of the service was €162 million in 2008 and Bus Éireann said more than €30 million has been saved. It was also said that the cost today is €149.7 million and there is a contribution by parents bringing the total cost to almost €160 million.