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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Revised Criteria for Qualifications of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)
Paul Kehoe: First, Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has five minutes in which to ask questions and hear replies. I urge everyone to watch the clock and indicate to me if they wish to comment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Revised Criteria for Qualifications of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)
Paul Kehoe: My apologies, but I will have to invite two Senators to contribute as they have to leave for a vote and I will try to bring them in before we finish. I call Senator Flynn to speak now, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Revised Criteria for Qualifications of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)
Paul Kehoe: Senator Flynn, I must invite Senator O'Reilly to pose her questions first and then the responses will all be on the public record.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Revised Criteria for Qualifications of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)
Paul Kehoe: Senator Pauline O'Reilly also asked questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Revised Criteria for Qualifications of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I was taken aback by the statement that a SNA had to clean out a fish tank. On what grounds did a teacher, principal or someone else instruct the SNA to perform that function? I find that totally degrading. I do not know what the background was but any principal or teacher who instructs an SNA doing a fantastic job to carry out such a task, unless it is part of an exercise to teach...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Revised Criteria for Qualifications of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I call Deputy Carol Nolan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Revised Criteria for Qualifications of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee today. I specifically thank the SNAs because it is difficult to appear before an Oireachtas committee. Mr. Pike and Mr. Lambert are well used to appearing before us. I thank the SNAs for their presentations and sharing their knowledge and insights into their daily activities. When I speak on behalf of the committee, I speak on behalf of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (14 Jun 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I remind members to please ensure that their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment even when on silent mode. Are the minutes of our meeting of 1 June agreed to? Agreed. Is it agreed that COM (2022) 47 warrants no further scrutiny? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I welcome: Ms Meg Ryan, migrant services lead caseworker with the Irish Red Cross; Ms Nuala Ward, director of investigations with the Office of the Ombudsman for Children; Ms Clodagh Carroll, Barnardo's assistant director of children's services; Mr. Nick Henderson, CEO of the Irish Refugee Council; and Ms Kathleen Moran, chairperson of the Library Association of Ireland School Libraries...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)
Paul Kehoe: Thank you very much. I invite the next speaker.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)
Paul Kehoe: Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has deferred his questions. He will come back in later and, when he does, I will call on him as the next questioner.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I ask that we stick to the Ukrainian issue. I know the Deputy is broadening to touch on other issues but I want to stick to the Ukrainian issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)
Paul Kehoe: Absolutely. We can hold another meeting to have a broader debate but I do not want to lose our focus on today's point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)
Paul Kehoe: Whoever wishes to reply first may do so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I call Deputy Jim O'Callaghan then we will go back to Deputy Ó Laoghaire.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)
Paul Kehoe: It was Deputy Ó Cathasaigh's proposal that we have this round of meetings with both the Minister, Deputy Harris, and the Minister, Deputy Foley, last week and a meeting with the witnesses this week. For that reason, I will give Deputy Ó Cathasaigh an extra minute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)
Paul Kehoe: I will give the Deputy a while more.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)
Paul Kehoe: Whomever wishes may go first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)
Paul Kehoe: Yes, briefly.