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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It should.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Without talking to the principal players. Amazing.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not exactly evidence-based decision making.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not about Mr. Justice Charleton but about the Garda Commissioner.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This has nothing to do with the question the Taoiseach was asked.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Garda Commissioner is moving to subvert the commission of investigation.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can we get some answers, please?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the British Prime Minister, Ms Theresa May, since she triggered Article 50 to commence Britain's withdrawal from the EU. [16463/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: School Curriculum (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider re-examining the model for teaching of faith formation in community national schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17093/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: School Curriculum (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Community national schools were established under the Fianna Fáil Government and their purpose was supposed to be to provide inclusive schools for children of all religious backgrounds. The former Minister, Mary Hanafin, effectively sabotaged that effort by commissioning a curriculum that required the religious segregation of schoolchildren for a substantial part of the year. Some...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: School Curriculum (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Let us be clear. There has been a rebellion against the religious segregation required by the Goodness Me, Goodness You curriculum that was set. The Minister should confirm that programme was not set by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, although the community national schools' brochure claim it was. In fact, it was commissioned to Dr. Clare Maloney of the Marino Institute...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: School Curriculum (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have great respect for religious diversity and people's religious beliefs, to which they are entitled. What is totally unacceptable, however, is the religious segregation of young children, particularly in a country where one religious denomination dominates. What was supposed to be a curriculum for multi-denominational schools, which was all inclusive, was then given over to a Catholic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Multidenominational Schools (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider re-examining the model for teaching of faith formation in the community national schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16700/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Multidenominational Schools (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the advice given by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, NCCA, to his Department regarding the separation of children for faith formation in community national schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16699/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Multidenominational Schools (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the situation in community national schools regarding the separation of children for faith formation classes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16698/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project (details supplied) will be advised as to whether its revised building project to relieve overcrowding will be funded by his Department; the timeframe for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16696/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Staff (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if revised pay scales and allowances for persons recruited to certain direct entry grades are applicable to the position of Youthreach resource person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16697/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction the necessary funds for a school (details supplied) for the much needed upgrade works that were deferred in 2016 and are due to be carried out in 2017. [17146/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Remuneration (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 260. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the 1984 Civil Service spouses and children's superannuation scheme conforms with the provision of the Payment of Wages Act 1991 on the necessity for written consent from employees for the deduction to be made from their wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16976/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will ask Deputy Kenny, as the politico here, to respond to this question. Does he believe there has been an attempt to throw mud in the eyes of the members of the public on the real import and purpose of this Bill? I believe there has, but I am interested to hear Deputy Kenny's response. I would describe Deputy O'Connell's intervention as nothing short of a hatchet job and a gross...