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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when work will commence on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30212/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the commencement of the Ardee Educate Together project; the start date for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30213/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Electoral Commission Administration (18 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in concluding the Drogheda boundary review process; when he will bring a recommendation to Government on the outcome of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30209/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 389. To ask the Minister for Health his views on an identified need for additional adult respite accommodation and services in County Louth to cater for older adults living at home with older parents, young adults with challenging behaviour and further to facilitate families in emergency or crisis situations; if he will make funding available to provide such essential services in County...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (19 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: As my party leader stated in his question, everybody in this House wants to be able to contribute to having their ideas put forward with regard to the crisis in housing supply and also affordability of rents. The housing (miscellaneous provisions) Bill is on the list of Bills to be published in this session. It contains a number of measures, although nothing I can see, in the summary...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome this Bill which has been a long time coming. Its history goes back to a long time before the publication of the Mahon report. There was the McCracken report and then the Flood report, which led to Mahon. They were established because of appalling corruption in the dealings between public representatives, planners and developers. As Deputy Ellis said, that did a great disservice...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Therefore, there is accountability. The recommendation is published. The Minister's opinion is published. If the Minister makes a different decision, he or she has to explain why. That is a fair balance between democratic accountability and evidence-based planning. It is well known that one of those central to the investigations of the Mahon tribunal was a senior planner in the local...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits Applications Data (19 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received by her Department from non-EEA fishing crew members who were already working here before the cut-off point under the terms of the permit scheme introduced as a result of the work of the task force on non-EEA workers in the Irish fishing fleet; the total number of applications received with reference to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits Applications Data (19 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of employers to date who have availed of the terms of the permit scheme for non-EEA crew members for the Irish fishing fleet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31053/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (19 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 171. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections carried out by Workplace Relations Commission inspectors since the date of the introduction of the new arrangements and classification of non-EEA fishermen as a result of the recommendations of the task force on non-EEA workers in the Irish fishing fleet; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: National Collaborative Forum for the Early Years Care and Education Sector: Early Childhood Ireland (19 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I compliment the Early Childhood Ireland representatives on the work they do. They have been working constructively in this area for a long time and their contribution to the debate is really important. By and large, we all welcome the scheme. I maintain it needs more money but its introduction is welcome. I suggest it needs more money because the focus is on making it cheaper for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: National Collaborative Forum for the Early Years Care and Education Sector: Early Childhood Ireland (19 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Ms Hilliard has given us a very real picture of the situation.

Topical Issues: School Patronage (20 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for choosing this item for debate. It is very important to families living in Limerick city. Limerick city is unique in that it has a central application system for entry to post-primary schools. It does not apply in other parts of the country. One of the nine schools that is to be announced in the near future is in the south western side of Limerick and is due...

Topical Issues: School Patronage (20 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and for his offer at the end of his contribution. At least there is some progress and some definite information in that the NSEG is meeting next week. I assume it will make decisions at the meeting and immediately send its recommendations to the Minister, and that the Minister, as is the norm, will go along with the recommendations. I hope we...

Topical Issues: School Patronage (20 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on implementing the recommendations of the group set up to examine changes needed in the direct provision system for asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31225/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (20 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he will take to address the cost of sending children to school as outlined in a survey (details supplied) including books, class materials, voluntary contributions and transport; if he will increase capitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31219/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Deposits (20 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is proceeding with the plan to introduce a deposit protection scheme in the private rented sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31226/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (20 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 306. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a source of funding within her Department's brief to which an organisation (details supplied) which provides therapy services to disadvantaged children could apply in order to maintain and address increasing demands on their services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31223/16]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy Kelly for sharing time in order that I might place quite clearly on the record of the Dáil my view that the eighth amendment should never have been put into the Constitution and needs to be taken out. We absolutely support the Bill before the House this evening. I have been knocking on doors as part of various campaigns since 1983. My first campaign was against the...