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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Educational Needs Provision: National Council for Special Education and Health Service Executive (16 Jul 2014)

Jim Daly: I too apologise as I had to speak in the Dáil and missed much of the presentation. I am sorry if I repeat what was said earlier. Early intervention is of interest to me and we are fortunate in west Cork to have West Cork Child Development Services, which provides superb services that may not be available elsewhere. I have had reason to use its services and it is an excellent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Educational Needs Provision: National Council for Special Education and Health Service Executive (16 Jul 2014)

Jim Daly: Some people also get it done privately in order to jump the queue and pay to have the resources allocated. The diagnosis is the least important part. The schools should focus on the strategies to develop language skills and contribute to the individual education plan, IEP, as opposed to having a label and allocation and assuming that it is a case of happy days afterwards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Educational Needs Provision: National Council for Special Education and Health Service Executive (16 Jul 2014)

Jim Daly: I thank the witnesses for their patience with us today. I was very impressed with the proposed new model. I attended the briefing by the NCSC at the Department of Education and Skills. It is a very positive step. I spent several years dealing with those challenges in the classroom from the parents’, the administrative and the teaching points of view. It is very welcome and I look...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Conservation (17 Jul 2014)

Jim Daly: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all publicly funded schools here will be able to monitor and report on their energy usage and reductions from January 2015 as legally required in accordance with Statutory Instrument 542 of 2009; the savings in energy use and in spending on energy as a percentage of capitation funding her Department has targeted from all schools for 2015...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Usage (17 Jul 2014)

Jim Daly: 435. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the data for public sector energy use in 2011, 2012 and 2013 will be published; the reason for the delay in releasing this information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32412/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending legislation to allow persons who are financially struggling to survive to draw down early all or a portion of a retirement pension fund which was set aside in better times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33133/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Central Bank of Ireland to publish the number of mortgages held in covered institutions that have been converted from a tracker rate to a variable rate in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33588/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: 455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the imported fodder transport scheme will issue in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33820/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: 768. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the introduction of a law to make it illegal for persons to smoke who were born after the year 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32905/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: 1640. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if areas (details supplied) in County Cork are included in the indicative list of locations for fibre-build out as part of the State intervention under the national broadband plan; if his attention has been drawn to the unacceptable levels of service available in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: It is still a difficulty for some employers to compete with the welfare system. I asked 12 random employers in the town I represent in my constituency last week if they found it difficult to compete and they said they had difficulty this summer. We had a great season and west Cork was thriving but employers find it very difficult to get people into the workplace. Unfortunately, there are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: It related to the black market.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: Further to the question I asked earlier, I would be the first to be very proud of the achievements of the Department to date in becoming an active Department, in trying to deal with unemployment and in actively engaging in the myriad of programmes it has. In fairness, the Department has been transformed from being just a cheque issuing one to one which actively engages. The Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: And on the black market question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: There is Lotto funding worth millions of euro for training grants for participants.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: Sorry, from the dormant accounts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: The Deputy's party wants to stop them.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (23 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: 71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the up-to-date figures relating to the number of persons participating on the Gateway scheme by council and the number of persons whom have had their payments discontinued for a period following a call-up for the Gateway scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35232/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (23 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: 72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the number of persons who have voluntarily left the live register as a result of being called up to participate on the Gateway scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35233/14]