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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Digital Literacy in Adults: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will go to Mr. Marshall next as there is a natural progression to him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Digital Literacy in Adults: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will let Mr. Ryan in next. There was a specific question to Mr. Bryant then and we will let the Department come in at the end.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Digital Literacy in Adults: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will go to Mr. Bryant on the question he was asked and then come to the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Digital Literacy in Adults: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Mr. Bryant. Finally, we will go to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. I realise it is not all in Mr. Morrissey's Department but we would like his response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Digital Literacy in Adults: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Mr. Morrissey. I call Senator Higgins.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Digital Literacy in Adults: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs has dealt a lot with digital safety issues for young people as well, so the issue crosses a number of committees. I will not ask any questions myself because my colleagues have asked some really good ones. We will just go to whoever would like to start in response to Senator Higgins's questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Digital Literacy in Adults: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Okay. Mr. Ryan, you are in the new movement as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Digital Literacy in Adults: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: No, I do not think so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Digital Literacy in Adults: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Would anybody else like to respond? Mr. Bryant would like to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Digital Literacy in Adults: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Mr. Bryant. Would anybody else like to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Digital Literacy in Adults: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Telling the stories might encourage others as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Digital Literacy in Adults: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: The debate has been enlightening and the issue needs our attention. As Mr. Marshall said, as time is not on our side, we need to see movement. I thank everyone for his or her participation. I hope I am not breaching the general data protection regulation when I say it is Liz Waters' birthday today. I wll not ask her how old she is, but I thank her for her usual positive contribution to...

Supporting Children out of Emergency Accommodation and into Homes: Statements (21 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: We are again discussing child homelessness in the House. Something needs to happen. We need progress and a change of policy but there is no evidence of those. The most recent figures available were compiled at the end of October and show that 25 more children were living in emergency accommodation than was the case the previous month. Children make up the biggest group of homeless people...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (21 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the implementation of the bullying policies of post-primary schools is monitored by his Department to ensure that the policies are implemented and followed through; the remedy available if a parent is concerned that the various steps outlined in a policy are not taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48378/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: State Pension (Contributory) Data (21 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 24 October 2019, the number of the women in receipt of the State pension (contributory) based on pre-September 2012 bands that are not in the highest band that would have qualified for a higher band if they could be assessed under the homemakers' scheme or the home carers’...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (26 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when site work will commence at the planned Louth Meath Education and Training Board head office building in Drogheda, County Louth; the amount expended on the project in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the purpose of the spend; the timeline for the expected completion of the project; the number of staff the ETB envisages...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Chair. I will first apologise, as traffic was horrendous. I thank the Chair for the invitation to address the committee on the topic of education and the Traveller community, with particular reference to school completion rates and educational attainment compared with the settled community. There is no doubt that this is an issue that needs to be addressed urgently, given that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can. I thank Deputy Corcoran Kennedy. First of all, we published a draft interim report from the Joint Committee on Education and Skills. Maybe I could ask that the report be circulated to all the members of this committee, which would be useful, and that we keep in touch with this committee. As I said, we had an interaction with the Department of Education and Skills recently and we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will give some brief information on the yellow flag programme. Those flags are awarded to schools if they are inclusive and anti-racist. Schools must have a whole programme on inclusion of Travellers and Traveller culture, but also on other potentially excluded cultures. That programme is running in a limited number of schools, however. Yellow flags will be presented to six schools in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: The challenge is that we have to change society so people do not feel they have to hide their identity to avoid being hurt. Mr. McDonagh mentioned early intervention. Does he have statistics on Traveller participation in preschool education? I imagine the children of most so-called middle class families who go to college probably had at least one year of preschool education. Programmes...