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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: It is an issue for rural schools. Where I am originally from, there is a rural school directly outside the town, Bree national school. The population has snowballed in the past number of years. The school got a number of extensions and now it is going again. This will be a considerable challenge for the Department and the building unit going forward. Let me impress upon them the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I understand that. However, more than ever before, PE, apart from being part of the curriculum, is very much part and parcel of the daily life of schools. It is a problem if a large primary school or very large secondary school does not have the provision to enable students to take part in PE inside when there is bad weather. This is a policy matter and it requires the Government to make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: The Deputy will have a chance presently to ask a question. He is not a member of the committee but I will give him an opportunity to ask his question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I have two more questions, on which I ask Mr. Loftus to get back to the clerk. First, as part of our work in the committee, we make key recommendations on making mental health supports and therapeutic counselling services available on site. As Mr. Loftus is aware, this is an issue the Minister has spoken about for some time. It will require additional spaces in schools to which students...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I will get a reply to that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: We normally finish at 1.30 p.m. I will be fair and ask our guests to reply to the committee members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Do our guests wish to make any closing remarks before we wrap up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Mr. Dolan mentioned climate change. That is something the committee might look into further. We can seek information about what is happening in the Department in respect of old buildings and new builds. That will be an important issue, going forward, as Mr. Dolan said. Committee members might want to hear more about that. We might invite Mr. Dolan to come back before the committee. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Will Mr. Loftus confirm the newspaper report that the opinion of the planning officials of Wexford County Council about the construction of a primary school and a post-primary school on the site was not sought and that no official from the Department visited the site before it was bought? These questions have been put to me by people in my constituency. In terms of forward planning and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Projects.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: International Protection (2 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the properties that have been identified to accommodate Ukrainians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5020/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position on a site purchased by her Department in Clonard, County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5004/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Official Engagements (2 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of face-to-face and online meetings and engagements that she has had with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years from 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5019/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Policy (2 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports that can be made available to a person (details supplied) to assist with the provision and conservation of energy in their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5347/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (2 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 349. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of outstanding payments for commercial accommodation for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5341/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (2 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 437. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide information on the funding streams available to assist in financing a building project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5464/23]

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (1 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I remind members and officials to ensure their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment, even when on silent remotely. The meeting has been convened to consider the Revised Estimates for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science - Vote 45, which was referred to the committee by Dáil...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (1 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I concur with the Deputy on that.