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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Ancillary Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly Report: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: They do not need to have a teaching qualification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Ancillary Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly Report: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the Well-Being programme. I presume it must be accredited in terms of the junior cycle report that they will be getting at the end of the cycle. Presumably, there is CPD for teachers delivering that programme.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I understand why it is not always easy to predict the figures for some of the demand-led costs, for example superannuation and retirements although I would share Deputy Byrne's concern at the numbers of teachers who are retiring. Obviously there is an issue about supply. May I address the savings rather than the extra expenditure? I am concerned about the saving in the national training...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: There are amendments in the Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017, that is coming to the Dáil later, specifically on the issue Deputy Catherine Martin is raising around equality for young teachers and the pay restoration. I do now know whether the Minister for Education and Skills can comment on that. It is the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform who is taking the Bill. It...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: On that, while this relates primarily to prefabs, there are some situations where a school is renting something other than a prefab. In particular, I am aware of a school which is currently renting a certain amount of space from another school, and both schools are fairly disadvantaged, so neither has an awful lot of money. The school that is the renter has had to put up the cost of this...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to B05, SOLAS further education. I wish to tease out the issue a little more. The Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, responded to me. I am particularly concerned about crafts and trades. The Minister told me he will send me on the information on new apprenticeships. I know there has been some increase, but there is obviously a real need for more apprentices. I presume one of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (6 Dec 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to issue revised rural housing guidelines to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52090/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I begin by thanking Senator Noone for her very good chairing of the committee and thanking all those who appeared before us for giving the evidence they gave. I will briefly respond to Deputy Fitzpatrick's point about balance. I know we have said this before but as I am the next speaker it is important that I say it again. It is regrettable that people declined our invitation. We did not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I think that is the right process because we got an email earlier saying the deadline was Friday. I was not sure if that had been formally put. I agree with the proposal that Deputy O'Brien put around voting on repeal as the first vote, and not the Citizens' Assembly recommendations. I was going to table an amendment in that regard. Is that not being put now either?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am happy with that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: To finish, I think people have different views on how we should deal with the second module. We need that amount of time to consider what we want to propose. We have to figure out how we are going to deal with the issue of decriminalisation and what kind of wording we might use.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: All right, that is fine.

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (7 Dec 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households on local authority housing waiting lists at the end of November 2017, or October 2017 in the event November's statistics are not available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52066/17]

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (7 Dec 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: My question looks for an accurate figure for the number of people on waiting lists for local authority housing. At the rough end of that are the people described in Deputy Smith's question but there are also issues related to construction and supply.

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (7 Dec 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I appreciate that the figures will be out in a few weeks' time but while the Minister has indicated they will be lower, I imagine they will not be much lower. We are all aware of the huge demand for housing and the number on waiting lists around the country. This goes back to Deputy Cowen's question about supply and the construction programme of local authorities. We really need local...

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (7 Dec 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is the Minister going to deliver on those timelines? In my local authority, houses which are going to be ready for occupation next year will be counted as delivered in 2018 but they started back in 2014. There are sites on which construction should have started years ago but they are still sites and, meanwhile, people are out on the streets, hungry and cold and trying to get into emergency...

Other Questions: Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy was late.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a pilot scheme using the cost rental model developed by an organisation (details supplied) on one or more of the sites owned by local authorities in consultation with the relevant local authority and local residents groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52067/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (7 Dec 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will appoint a director for Housing First; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52068/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (7 Dec 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, a year after it was introduced in Dáil Éireann, he will review the legislative base for rent pressure zones, in particular the tight criteria for qualification which excludes many parts of the country in which rents have increased substantially in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....