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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Meetings (28 Nov 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a meeting with this Deputy will be scheduled (details supplied). [49981/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (28 Nov 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be considered for Coughlanstown Road, Ballymore Eustace in view of the fact that it has been closed for 15 months due to part collapsing into the river. [49982/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna: Chairperson Designate (28 Nov 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I will be brief. I welcome Mr. Meagher and wish him well. I note that he is only in the position five weeks. While I have no doubt that he can provide a high level of detail, we would be delighted to hear back from him at a later stage in respect of some of the queries we are putting to him. I note that in the past five weeks Mr. Meagher has travelled to areas throughout the country....

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I am glad the work of the House was not interrupted this week, which would have curtailed our debate on this important Bill. Fianna Fáil is happy to support the proposals contained in it as a step in the right direction towards our aim of creating a fairer Ireland for all, something to which my party has always aspired and always will aspire. We are proud of the role we played in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (29 Nov 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 286. To ask the Minister for Health the status of residential care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50780/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Data (29 Nov 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 416. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of delays for driving tests by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50779/17]

Situation in Syria: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Deputy Brendan Smith for sharing time. We all remember the news bulletins and social media reports last year showing terrified men, women and children in Aleppo. We watched in horror as civilians were killed on the spot in their homes, as bombs rendered hospitals and schools out of service and thousands of people fled in search of safety. The fall of Aleppo demonstrated what...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (5 Dec 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 312. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting almost six months for a scan in St James's Hospital. [51480/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Appeals (5 Dec 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the appeals process in place for a person who wishes to appeal a back-to-education allowance decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51940/17]

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: First, I offer congratulations on behalf of the committee to our former member, Deputy Josepha Madigan, who has now gone on to higher things. If this is a sign of things to come, I imagine Deputy McLoughlin will be getting the call-up soon. We have had three Fine Gael Deputies in this committee and they are all Ministers now. We are watching Deputy McLoughlin for the next vacancy.

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: It is a great sign of the quality of the Deputies that we have in the Select Committee on Education and Skills.

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: The meeting has been convened to consider the Supplementary Estimate for Vote 26 – Education and Skills. We will have the opportunity to go through the Supplementary Estimate line by line. Essentially, it deals with salaries, superannuation, school transport and grants. I will make two comments around teachers before we move to the Ministers. One of the major needs we have at...

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: Does the Minister of State wish to comment?

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Minister of State.

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: I will take questions from all the members before I revert to the Minister and Minister of State.

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, a former Minister for Education and Skills.

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: Does Deputy Funchion wish to make some opening remarks?

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: There is the opportunity to do that because we will be going through the Estimates line by line. I propose that we start with primary teachers' salaries with an allocation of €7 million.

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: That is fine. I will start with the Minister, Deputy Bruton.

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: When we are getting into the particular subheads, there are a few issues in relation to them that we would all like to offer thoughts on. Now I will move to subhead A03, primary teachers' salaries of €7 million, which is the first one. Is that agreed? Agreed. Is subhead A05, ETB teachers' salaries, the extra allocation of €3 million, agreed? Agreed. SNA salaries, subhead...