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- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to restore the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools to the EU average of 20:1. [27662/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in secondary schools to 20:1. [27663/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (2 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to abolish higher level education fees for both institutes of technology and universities. [27664/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (2 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to include the building of an extra classroom to each planned school build in the next five year period. [27665/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (2 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request for a full-time teacher for a school (details supplied) will be processed; and when a decision will be made. [27869/19]
- Special Educational Needs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister for acknowledging my work in this area. As he is aware, it is something I consistently raise and it is an area about which I feel strongly and passionately. I also welcome his honesty and frankness. It was refreshing to hear the Minister go off script and speak from his own experience about the issue. This must be matched with actions but I do welcome that and think...
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Childcare Subvention Programme (9 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 685. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of CCS plus services, both community and private, found to be non-compliant due to of the timekeeping rule of her Department; the number of children that have had funding withdrawn as a result of the rule; and the amount of funding withdrawn from these children and or services. [29360/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Childcare Subvention Programme (9 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 686. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount paid to Pobal to carry out compliance visits to early years services both community and private in the past year. [29361/19]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: I did not think it would be possible to be angrier than when I watched the programme but I am finding it extremely difficult in this meeting as I feel nobody really understands the seriousness of this. There has been very little mention of children or the responsibility that both the present organisations have towards kids. I am disgusted and it is not the first time we have seen Tusla in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: If Mr. Lee takes it so seriously, has he met with those families in the past week? What communication has there been with them since this matter emerged?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: I have a list of 16 questions if Mr. Lee wants me to call them out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: I will group them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: Did Tusla contacted them or did they contact it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: What contact has Tusla had with the parents affected by what happened in the crèches featured in last week's programme?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: Has Tusla contacted parents directly?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: So there has been no contact by Tusla with the parents affected.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: A simple "Yes" or "No" will do. Did Tusla contact the parents whose children were in the four crèches?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: I can understand that parents would contact Tusla but not that there is no communication between Tusla and parents to give them any reassurance, support or tell them what to do if they are in such a panic that they cannot leave their children in crèches. Is it correct that there has been nothing along those lines? The whole issue is that parents have contacted Tusla but that the agency...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: Tusla has not contacted all the parents in the four crèches.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: Apart from the staff working undercover for the RTÉ programme, did Tusla receive any complaints from staff working at Hyde and Seek? If so, how many?