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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (5 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in processing an application (details supplied) made for a visa under the de facto partnership scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28861/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (5 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position of a visa application of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28862/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (5 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with the case of a person (details supplied) currently in third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28864/16]

Criminal Justice (Aggravation by Prejudice) Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Referral to Select Committee (6 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice and Equality pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business. On behalf of Deputy Murphy O'Mahony and myself, I am happy to refer the Bill to the select committee. I thank all those Members who supported the Bill.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (6 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review an application from a person (details supplied) for an invalidity pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29036/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I share the concerns of my colleague, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, on Brexit. This was the biggest, glaring omission in yesterday's budget. Yesterday was an opportunity for us to get ahead of Brexit but today we are further behind than ever. What does Brexit mean to people on the ground? One should ask the people who were working in the three mushroom factories that have closed in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (12 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of the schools that will accommodate the ten additional ASD classes for south Kildare; the number of classes to be located in each of these schools; the timeline for completion of these projects; the capacity in each of these ten classes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29976/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (12 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the report by the fire report group commissioned for an estate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29917/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Brexit Issues (13 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 10. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on media reports that the United Kingdom is seeking to shift the front line of immigration controls to Ireland’s ports and airports in order to avoid having to introduce a hard border on the island; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30143/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Brexit Issues (13 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 11. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the external border of the common travel area can be strengthened without compromising freedom of movement within the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30144/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (13 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide special needs assistant support on post-leaving certificate courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30021/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (13 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: On COM (2016) 381, COM (2016) 382, COM (2016) 383 and COM (2016) 532, is it agreed that the clerk will seek a written response from the Department? Agreed. As Deputy Catherine Martin is delayed but will be with us soon, I propose that we proceed to the presentation by Wake Up SUSI on the non-payment of maintenance grants to students attending private higher education colleges. I propose...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Grants: Wake Up SUSI (13 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I welcome Mr. Pierce Connolly, chairman of Wake Up SUSI and president of Griffith College students' union and Ms Alisha Houlihan and Ms Suzanne Quinn, students, Griffith College; Ms Emma O'Sullivan president, Dublin Business School Students' Union and Mr. James Roberts, student; and Mr. Martin Byrne, student, Irish Colleges of Humanities and Applied Sciences, Limerick, who are here today to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Grants: Wake Up SUSI (13 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Ms Houlihan, Mr. Connolly, Ms Quin, Ms O'Sullivan, Mr. Roberts and Mr. Byrne for their passionate and strong opening statements. They have raised pertinent points. I commend them on the work they do on behalf of the other 190 students who have been impacted by this matter. I congratulate Mr. Connolly for starting the campaign. Sometimes it just takes one person to stand up and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Grants: Wake Up SUSI (13 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: No. To be fair, we will group the questions and then return to the witnesses because if we do not, we will take-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Grants: Wake Up SUSI (13 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: If that is Deputy Byrne's only question, okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Grants: Wake Up SUSI (13 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Does Senator Ó Clochartaigh want to come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Grants: Wake Up SUSI (13 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: My apologies, I had skipped over Deputy Martin without meaning to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Grants: Wake Up SUSI (13 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank members for their questions and comments and give back the floor to the witnesses. Shall I start with Mr. Connolly as chair of the group?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Grants: Wake Up SUSI (13 Oct 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: If Mr. Connolly wants to ask any of the other witnesses to answer or respond to any of the questions, he should feel free to do so. We are not putting him in the hot seat all the time.