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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I will begin by apologising for being late. I thank all of the speakers for their presentations. I would be completely opposed to any sort of live streaming of classes. As the mother of two boys, I would absolutely refuse to send my children to school if that was the level we reached. That is completely unacceptable. Students need to have a teacher to whom they can speak if they have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: No, I just wanted to make those points.

Nurses' and Midwives' Pay and Recruitment: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I commend my colleague, Deputy O'Reilly, on her excellent ongoing work on this issue. Nurses and midwives play a very positive role in the health services. They are at the front line and often deal with very difficult situations. Nurses are sometimes expected to be almost social workers and counsellors in addition to their healthcare role, since people often open up more to nurses or to...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 May 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: Like others, I commend Deputy O'Sullivan, not only on bringing this Bill forward but on all of her work in this area. As Deputy Ó Laoghaire has stated, we will be supporting this Bill. It is a welcome step to protect children in extremely vulnerable positions. This Bill will allow judges to make a decision on a convicted sex offender's ability to travel outside the State based on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (1 May 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teacher training graduates who have completed a special educational needs component in their initial teacher training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18952/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (1 May 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress his Department has made in respect of the implementation of the Cush report regarding part-time and fixed-term employment in third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18969/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (1 May 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the establishment of an adjudicator system to hear disputes arising from the implementation of the Cush report as requested by his Department in 2017. [18970/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (1 May 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress his Department has made in respect of the implementation of the Ward report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18971/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (1 May 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department plans to deal with the provision of a sports hall for a school (details supplied); and the details of project preparatory or pre-planning works carried out to date in addition to likely project timelines should a planning application be approved. [19030/18]

Mental Health Parity Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I take this time to speak specifically about the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS. I speak as a parent of someone who has had personal experience. It is an issue close to home for me. I do not want to talk about the waiting times because we all know there are significant delays in getting into CAMHS. The waiting times are disgraceful. There is nothing we can say about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: Much of this problem is due to a lack of finance for families. The reality is that it is easier and cheaper to eat badly. It is much easier to buy a frozen pizza from Lidl than it is to buy fresh vegetables and fruit. Also, in rural areas there might be only one local shop so options are limited. We also need to consider how snack-type foods are marketed. When one enters any garage one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: Another reason is that there is zero support at the hospital level given to first-time mothers. If one is struggling to cope with a new baby one may think breastfeeding is one option one can dispense with, and choose to bottle feed as others will find it easier to help with that. Unfortunately, that is the reality.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (8 May 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if third level students from Northern Ireland studying here will be exempt from paying non-EU student fees under the common travel area from 2019. [19940/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (8 May 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if third level students from the Republic of Ireland that study in Northern Ireland will be exempt from paying non-EU student fees under the common travel area from 2019. [19941/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Issues (8 May 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to protect Irish citizens' rights to study in a university or college on the island of Ireland and to ensure that students are not unduly punished financially as a result of Britain's decision to leave the European Union. [19942/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (9 May 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a third junior infant class for September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20281/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (9 May 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building application by a school (details supplies); the reason the school principal is receiving contradictory answers when contacting his Department for information; and when the school can expect a response from his Department. [20344/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Programme (10 May 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progression of the Education (Admissions to Schools) Bill 2016; his plans to include a provision that will provide him with the power to require a school to open a special class and or increase the number of special classes in schools based on recommendations from the NCSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (17 May 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if legal aid is prohibited from taking a test case on a point of law as per section 21(6) of the Student Support Act 2011. [21768/18]