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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the immediate steps he will take to ensure children are safe in school (details supplied). [44123/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of reported incidents of seclusion in schools here in the school year 2017-2018. [44125/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of reported incidents of restraint here in the school year 2017-2018. [44126/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on seclusion of vulnerable children in schools. [44127/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on restraint of vulnerable children in schools. [44128/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific aspects of the Education for Persons with Special Needs Act 2004 that have been implemented; and the timeline for the implementation of the remainder. [44124/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Digital Strategy for Schools (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the banning of recreational electronic devices, phones, tablet computers and other screen devices with Internet capabilities from primary and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44194/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 249. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 891 of 7 September 2018, the number of children aged 0 to 18 years of age on waiting lists for an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005; the number of these that are overdue; the length of time they have been waiting by community healthcare organisation area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Decision Making (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 256. To ask the Minister for Health the timescale for the full commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, in particular Part 8 of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44191/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Funding (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation to cycling projected in 2019; and the percentage this represents of all land transport funding. [44196/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Costs (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 294. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average cost of the care of a child in a foster setting per annum; and the average cost of the care of a child in an institutional setting by the type of institution in question. [44195/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 661 on 16 October 2018, the details of the respective budget allocated to each of the housing categories as set out in each of the rows in the table provided; and the way in which the estimate of delivering each target number has been costed. [44231/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the person or body with responsibility for the maintenance of local authority owned properties within privately owned multi-unit developments in view of the growing reliance by local authorities on acquisitions as opposed to direct builds for housing supply; the options open to a tenant in cases in which both the management...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fiscal Policy (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Deputy Catherine Murphy is held up at the Committee of Public Accounts.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fiscal Policy (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I just got word of that in the last few minutes so I apologise that I did not go through the proper protocol.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fiscal Policy (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: The rainy day fund seems to make sense on the surface of it or on a theoretical basis. It seems sensible to engage in counter-cyclical planning and when there are boom-time corporation taxes, it sounds like it would make sense to put them away for a rainy day. However, there has been very little discussion or debate about this and it is very hard to find out the grounds on which that money...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fiscal Policy (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister. As I said, on the surface it sounds like it is the prudent thing to do. However, when we actually look at the detail it is clear that this is not money that is going to be drawn down when tax receipts are reduced. The Minister said that it is to be a fund that can be drawn down in a force majeure situation where there are external shocks due to natural disaster or...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fiscal Policy (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Surely the Minister will accept there is a vast capital investment deficit in the country at the moment, and that this is having a major negative impact on the operation of our economy and the quality of life of people. Why would the Government not use available resources now to save in the future? We are over-spending in respect of the cost of the housing assistance payment. Would it not...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fiscal Policy (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: We need to deal with the crisis we have at the moment.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Data (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the breakdown of staff in his Department by grade. [44352/18]