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Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: This is my first opportunity to speak about this issue since the passing of the referendum. I welcome its passing and want to reflect on its importance and significance. On a personal note and at a political level, it was one of the most important issues in which I had ever been involved. I will never forget being in the count centre on 26 May when we received the excellent news. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): School Transport Provision (18 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a number of children from County Kilkenny, specifically Paulstown, Gowran and Ballyhale, have no school transport and cannot get to school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42127/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): School Transport Provision (18 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I was not at the Joint Committee on Education and Skills this morning and so I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate the Minister on his new role and post. I wish him every success with it. I always believe in working constructively with people and I look forward to doing that in future. My question is exactly as set out. Will the Minister explain the reason several children in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): School Transport Provision (18 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I appreciate that the Minister is new to the role. My difficulty is that we always get a stock answer about the school transport scheme. With the greatest of respect, I am aware of the school transport scheme and how it works. My own two children get the school bus every day. My question is about these children in Kilkenny. They number approximately 20 in total in three localities in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): School Transport Provision (18 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I appreciate that the Minister has said the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, is open to engagement. He certainly has not been open to engagement thus far in respect of these three villages. The parents concerned will testify to that. If he is willing to meet, that would certainly be a welcome development. I know the Minister is from a rural area and, therefore, he has some...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Third Level Costs (18 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures taken in 2018 to reduce high costs for students accessing further education or towards tackling the rental and living costs they are faced with. [42119/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Third Level Costs (18 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: The question concerns the costs of further education. It seeks that the Minister would outline the measures taken in 2018 to reduce high costs for students accessing further education or towards tackling the rental and living costs they are faced with.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Third Level Costs (18 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I raise the issue because the cost of going to third level has moved beyond the reach of many people. In the first instance, fees are at the €3,000 mark while many people fail to qualify for the SUSI grant. While I appreciate that there is a Minister of State with responsibility for higher education who is not the Minister, we need to look at the SUSI system and how grants are given...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Third Level Costs (18 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I welcome what the Minister says about parents. At a time when a parent is letting a child fly the nest, it is very worrying to be unsure about what accommodation is available, whether it is up to standard and where exactly it is located. That is what is so good about purpose-built and on-campus accommodation. It gives students, in particular first years, and their parents the reassurance...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (18 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not had a SENO in place for more than one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41799/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Development Plan (18 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the use of capital investment such as funds from the National Development Plan 2018-2027 to improve school infrastructure and capacity to provide nutritious meals for children. [42118/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (23 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recent written request to the schools capital appraisal section of his Department by the principal and the board of management of a school (details supplied) to have its application for the replacement of the dilapidated prefab at the school with a permanent classroom, toilet block, storeroom and support room will be reviewed and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (23 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has had a departmental official assigned to their farm; the purpose of the placement of this official on their farm; and the reason they have been instructed to make the official aware of activity on the farmland prior to carrying out those activities. [43362/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional supports being put in place for a person (details supplied). [44269/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (25 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the steering group set up earlier in 2018 to address the problems with teacher recruitment; and the progress of its work to date. [44320/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (25 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 213. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on the hiring of private psychologists for the assessment of needs in south and north County Tipperary since 2008; and the average waiting time for assessment in early intervention therapies for ASD for the same time period. [44263/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Data (25 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 214. To ask the Minister for Health the adult respite available in County Kilkenny; and the number of persons accessing this respite service. [44264/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (25 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 215. To ask the Minister for Health if a service (details supplied) in County Kilkenny provides adult respite both day and overnight. [44265/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Expenditure (6 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's expenditure on legal fees in each of the 16 ETBs in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by case name and record number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44660/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (6 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid by his Department on consultancy services from 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the details of these payments; the companies and or persons that received payments; the amount received by each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44661/18]