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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (27 Mar 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has identified a methodology and timeframe for the determination of a catchment area for a proposed school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13779/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (27 Mar 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the patronage of a proposed school (details supplied) will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13780/18]

Childcare Support Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (28 Mar 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: We met officials in the Minister's office and went through the detail. We have been assured that the definition does include registered childminder services. Therefore, we are happy enough with the amendment.

Childcare Support Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (28 Mar 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I welcome the amendment, which is a progressive step. It is welcome that the points we made about a review were taken on board. We appreciate that, as we appreciate Deputy Rabbitte's support on Committee Stage. Many schemes could learn from this and other committees could learn that including provision for a review makes sense. The six-month requirement was perhaps a little short and 12...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: No.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Mar 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the review of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, places available to children in both primary and post-primary schools in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, as promised on 1 February 2018. [14557/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Mar 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: What is the timeframe for the review of ASD places available to children in primary and post-primary schools in my constituency, Carlow-Kilkenny? On the previous occasion on which he took questions, the Minister promised a review in the area and I want to know the progress made in respect of it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Mar 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I accept that there has been an increase. When I contacted the Minister regarding one or two specific cases, those places were resolved, which was very welcome for the families involved. Knowing exactly where their children will go to school in September takes the pressure off. They have a place either in a special school or in an ASD unit. However, all the schools with ASD units maintain...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Mar 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I welcome that and I would appreciate getting a more detailed response from the NCSE. One of the schools the Minister mentioned, St. Lachtain's in Freshford, is the only school that provides an ASD preschool. The additional funding it sought was to add an additional room to its preschool. I know the Minister said it, but I missed it. Will that be done by September of this year or is it...

Affordable Housing: Statements (29 Mar 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: That is right. We will take four minutes, three minutes and three minutes, respectively. I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I did not prepare a speech when I was thinking about what I wanted to say because, to a certain extent, when we come in here and talk about housing, the housing crisis and affordable housing, I feel like it is Groundhog Day. I do not know how...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Status (29 Mar 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which has been awarded RAPID status has been designated DEIS status but has yet to receive DEIS funding. [14458/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Mar 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be signed off; and when it will open in view of the collapse of the main contractor. [14459/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Apr 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school build that a company (details supplied) was working on; the implications the examinership of the company will have for the build in terms of potential delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16637/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (17 Apr 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools can offer core curriculum subjects as alternatives for students that opt out of religious instruction (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16798/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Schools Building Programme Delays: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I will make a brief point. I am glad the witnesses came before the committee to tell those stories, one of which has been going on for 13 years. There is nothing like hearing at first hand the circumstances in which people find themselves. This is an issue the committee should prioritise because there is little point in members talking about the benefits of education and the great...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Schools Building Programme Delays: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: It is in the public domain already.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Schools Building Programme Delays: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: My apologies, but I had to step out of the meeting earlier and missed what the witnesses said. The point I was making earlier to the schools representatives is that there is no plausible excuse for children being taught in substandard schools in this day and age. Obviously prefabs are a temporary solution in certain schools but the conditions the schools representatives were describing...

Provision of Objective Sex Education Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Apr 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: We will support the Bill. I commend Deputy Ruth Coppinger and her colleagues for bringing it forward. The ad hocnature of the SPHE and RSE programmes is failing to fully equip young people with positive and informed outlooks on their sexual health, self-care, body image, relationships, gender identity, contraception, consent and sexuality. Now, more than ever, it is very hard to be a young...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Pollution (19 Apr 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I am glad to have the opportunity to raise this issue on behalf of the Barrow River Piscatorial Society. I thank my colleagues, Deputies Martin Ferris and Martin Kenny, for their support in this regard. I have been dealing with the society for over a year. It is very active in the community and has very serious concerns about the mainly commercial pollution of the River Barrow and the...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Pollution (19 Apr 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: It is a simple request. We are asking the Minister to use his offices to insist that Inland Fisheries Ireland would meet this group. The society is an established group and its members have spoken to their local representative, which is not uncommon, but I cannot get any indication from Inland Fisheries Ireland that it intends to organise a meeting. I accept that this is the area of...