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Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Wrong; the Deputy told us to do so.

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: They should apologise.

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Taxi for Fleming.

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Well, that was a disaster.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Framework for the Junior Cycle: Discussion with ASTI, IHRC and Irish Heart Foundation (27 Nov 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Before I make some quick comments, I must apologise. With the way this place works on a Wednesday, we have to be in 14 different places at the one time, and as soon as we get into an interesting discussion, we are told we have to leave. I will make some comments and I hope the witnesses can excuse me at that point. This has been an interesting discussion. I welcome much of what has been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (28 Nov 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has considered putting in place an earned regularisation scheme for undocumented workers as outlined by the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51128/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Presidency Agenda (3 Dec 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 295. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts made by his Department during the EU Presidency in working towards tackling racism and xenophobia across the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51610/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Publication (11 Dec 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 163. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a draft of the national early years strategy will be ready; if she plans to carry out a public consultation on the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53261/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I will be brief as I might have to leave. Unfortunately, many meetings take place on a Wednesday. I have the radical idea about Irish education that children should be taught together. Many people in the education sphere consider that idea incredibly radical and that it could never be achieved. A minority of schools manipulate their admission policies to keep certain children out. For...

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Insurance Cover (17 Dec 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, for being here to discuss again this issue of insurance companies' non-engagement with areas of the country, particularly in the city and my constituency, where householders have undergone much hassle, discomfort and, in some circumstances, displacement because of the irregularity of weather patterns over the past number of years. There have...

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Insurance Cover (17 Dec 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Minister of State is well aware of this issue and I appreciate his response. A flood forum has been established, residents are in need of cover and insurance companies are not engaging, and meanwhile a recommendation has been made that a hydraulic analysis be undertaken on the river in question, but it is not going ahead. We cannot have a solution for the insurance companies until a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (17 Dec 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 89. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the area based childhood programmes that have been rolled out; her plans for further roll-out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53714/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Implementation (17 Dec 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 99. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an overview of the key recommendations in the right from the start early years strategy; the time-line for their implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53715/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Community (17 Dec 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department currently collects information on the attainment, transfer, attendance, suspension and expulsion rates of Traveller students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53664/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Community (17 Dec 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department intends to monitor the impact of recent cuts to traveller specific education supports on the educational outcomes of Traveller students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53665/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Community (17 Dec 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 19 November 2013, the amount of funding previously allocated to Traveller specific education provision that has been redeployed; the mainstream programmes on which it is being spent; and the the way Travellers are benefitting from this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53666/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (17 Dec 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 541. To ask the Minister for Health when he will enact the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53663/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (15 Jan 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 752. To ask the Minister for Health if permission has been granted to allow for emergency helicopter landings in the Beaumont Woods estate; and if such permission has been granted, in the interest of transparency, if he will disclose the full criteria and details. [55300/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Jan 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 875. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the curtailment in Beechpark services, including occupational therapy and speech and language therapy, which is having a serious affect on the ability of north Dublin schools to provide a proper service for the children under their care. [1427/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The guests' presentations were probably some of the best we have had at this committee, considering that they are members of the public and not necessarily spokespeople for a national organisation. We must totally re-evaluate our education system as often as we possibly can. We do not do it often enough. Our education system is something we have inherited from the past. We as a committee...