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- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017) Tony McLoughlin: On that question-----
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017) Tony McLoughlin: The Minister might comment on the additional SNA numbers. He might give us an update on the figures there.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017) Tony McLoughlin: I would like to acknowledge the work done on occasions when I have had issues in relation to school transport in my constituency of Sligo-Leitrim. However, there are still a couple of outstanding areas. I know of one or two cases where the first child and second child in a family are going to a certain school but then the third child is being prohibited from doing so because of the...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017) Tony McLoughlin: To follow on from Deputy Martin's point on the minor works scheme, I was at an event on Friday, the opening of a Gaelscoil in Sligo, which was attended by a number of the principals of the national schools which fed into that. They were very concerned about the announcement of the minor works scheme. Now that it has been announced, can we have an indication of the figures for these schools?...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017) Tony McLoughlin: I refer to apprenticeships. Deputy O'Sullivan is right. I have been involved in the building industry. Unfortunately, there is a lack of tradesmen. This includes chefs and others across the board. I was recently speaking to a hotelier and was told that it is difficult in restaurants, hotels and various other places to get qualified chefs and that is another issue related to...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2017)
Tony McLoughlin: What is the timeframe for completion of consideration of the Technological Universities Bill 2015 by both Houses?
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)
Tony McLoughlin: I reiterate that the Defence Forces do wonderful work all over the world. There is a lot of confusion about this issue. It was discussed already today in the Dáil, and it is important that we get some clarification on some of the issues. What are the benefits of joining PESCO and how will it benefit the Defence Forces in their overseas missions? In practical terms, what does...
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (12 Dec 2017)
Tony McLoughlin: 473. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff within the county child care committees who have been trained to deliver the diversity equality and inclusion training; the costs of providing this training; the number of staff that have then been trained by the county child care committee in this course; the way in which the outputs are evaluated; and if she will...
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (12 Dec 2017)
Tony McLoughlin: 474. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the payroll costs, overhead costs, travel and subsistence costs and management costs for the better start aim programme; the outputs from this model of delivery to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53004/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Staff (12 Dec 2017)
Tony McLoughlin: 475. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of access and inclusion staff in place within Pobal's better start; the structure of same within Pobal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53005/17]
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Tony McLoughlin: I congratulate the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and our diplomatic corps on their recent success in the Brexit negotiations. On this basis, does the Taoiseach agree that, despite the ongoing EU negotiations, the Irish Government should continue its attempts to encourage the Conservative Party and the DUP to reconsider the UK in its entirety leaving...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Dec 2017)
Tony McLoughlin: 160. To ask the Minister for Health if there can be a genetic predisposition in some girls receiving the gardasil HPV vaccine that may be unable to clear out the vaccine chemicals in their system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53321/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Administration (13 Dec 2017)
Tony McLoughlin: 190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to include funding for meal bins for young suckler farmers in the TAMS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53270/17]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: National Planning Framework: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)
Tony McLoughlin: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him and his officials for their presentation. I come from a constituency in the north west. I am concerned about the line between Galway and Dublin because the Minister of State mentioned five growth areas, none of which is north of that line. That is vitally important because there is a huge need in that part of the country. The Minister of State...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)
Tony McLoughlin: I have my hand up.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)
Tony McLoughlin: The previous speaker-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)
Tony McLoughlin: What I am saying is-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)
Tony McLoughlin: I will not withdraw anything because what I am saying is that I have put my hand up on many mornings here and all the luck is on the right hand side. There is no luck on the Government side.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)
Tony McLoughlin: Page 143 of the programme for Government states that the Government will use appropriate avenues to express its perspective on the UK's membership of the EU. Can the Tánaiste advise me as to what has happened with the British Government directly as of yet? Has this taken place? Could he also advise me how the Government has tried to persuade the British Government and the DUP that...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Western Development Commission (16 Jan 2018)
Tony McLoughlin: 49. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the engagements he has had with the Western Development Commission; the role he envisages the commission playing in achieving more balanced regional development which is a key objective of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1292/18]