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Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: I thank the Minister and his officials for their hard work, which I appreciate. I thank Members in both Houses who contributed on this Bill. As my colleagues have stated, it is a positive step forward. Senator van Turnhout pointed out that there are and always will be challenges. We can work together once we are aware that there are challenges. The considerable difference between younger...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy McHugh, to the House. I welcome the opportunity to debate the Government position on the current political situation in Northern Ireland. The Minister of State is very familiar with affairs in the North, having previously been Chair of the Good Friday Agreement committee, of which I am a very vocal and strong member. I am delighted to see him here in...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: I am being factual. The Senator has had his opportunity.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: I, too, regret today’s announcement by Senator Jimmy Harte of his resignation from the Seanad. He was a great colleague, another man who worked hard, North and South, and was an avid soccer supporter.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: He noted it in his phone book.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: Tell that to the mother.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: Senator Cullinane shouted-----

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: Then what happened to Maria Cahill?

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: Does the Senator believe that his leader knew nothing about it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: I have a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: It concerns the percentage of the target population to whom psychologists from NEPS, the National Educational Psychological Service, have been assigned. I could be misreading this. It goes from 0.95% to 99.7% of the target. Underneath that, there is a figure for the percentage of schools assigned NEPS psychologists. Is that 99.4%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: All schools have access to it, but I am constantly getting representations from people who cannot get the actual psychology reports. Schools are limited to two reports - for two children - so I do not see how the figure can be 99%. The school might have access to NEPS, but the children in the school are not getting the psychological reports. Reports I get seem to suggest that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: I note that the Minister talks about schools having access. I know one case in which a family was told they could have the assessment in the middle of June, when the child was leaving the school. There is a huge problem there, when one looks at the figures, with children who need a psychological report having to wait for an entire academic year. Capital funding specific to education...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: For how long has the Department been waiting for the information from the HSE?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: I want to make a few points. Will the Minister explain what comes under the miscellaneous category on the appropriations-in-aid page? There is €6.1 million, €6.2 million and €6.4 million in the miscellaneous column. Also, regarding secondments and overpayments, are there many overpayments? What happens in that respect? My next question is for the Minister of State,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: Who would get a grant and would not spend it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: I totally get that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: -----but I think going to the point of who decides, and should the parent not have help-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: If someone is sick he or she cannot be diagnosed or prescribed treatment by a doctor unless the doctor meets and examines the person, so I do not see why people should decide-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: -----which is the most suitable school-----