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- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: We will consider the subheads in order, commencing with subhead A3, superannuation in respect of teaching and non-teaching staff.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: To be expedient and in the interests of time, it may be preferable to discuss all the proposals together.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: Yes.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: I will ask a few questions and then revert back to the Minister. I will give every Deputy an opportunity to make comment and revert back again to the Minister for his closing remarks. To a certain extent, I am in agreement with my colleagues. It is always important to see extra investment in education, something for which we have all been fighting in the Dáil Chamber and at this...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: Does Deputy Ciarán Cannon wish to speak?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: It is a bigger issue than the Supplementary Estimate that the ancillary non-teaching staff are having to be covered from the grant and not even the full amount of what they are paid comes from that.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: I accept that the primary focus within any school or education system has to be the pupils. That aside, schools are to a certain extent like small businesses. Smooth administration is hugely important and is of great support to the principal and the teaching staff and we cannot underestimate the work of secretaries and caretakers. Indeed, in many cases, it is helping to facilitate wider...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: The Minister has heard me speaking about this before. In the Newbridge, Kilcullen and Kildare catchment area of Kildare South, many in the educational field believe, as I do, that a secondary school is merited. The data brought forward by the Department, however, state that it is not, though these data included fee-paying schools and this should not be the case. I accept that birth rate is...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: To be fair, I have given a bit of leeway. That is outside the scope of the meeting.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: It is an interesting question and the Department might respond regarding the €100 million, notwithstanding the 30% increase in construction costs. I refer to the cost of replacing prefabs. This is important to note, apart from the €20 million that had already been committed to.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: So there was not anything then-----
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: They are all new projects.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: Nothing was for prefab replacement outside the €20 million.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Minister for clarifying that. There are no more questions from members. Would the Minister like to make some closing remarks?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Minister and his officials for attending. I appreciate the Minister's giving of his time to deal with the Supplementary Estimate and his willingness to go through all the issues in detail.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Message to Dáil (30 Nov 2016)
Fiona O'Loughlin: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Education and Skills has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2016: Vote 26 — Education and Skills.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (6 Dec 2016)
Fiona O'Loughlin: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding tax credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38437/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (6 Dec 2016)
Fiona O'Loughlin: 307. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a waiting list of between 13 and 20 months in County Kildare to get on a methadone programme despite the fact that there is no local drugs task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38405/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (6 Dec 2016)
Fiona O'Loughlin: 308. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to cut funding for addiction services in counties Kildare and west Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38406/16]
- Personal Explanation by Member (7 Dec 2016)
Fiona O'Loughlin: Three.