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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: It will. Okay, that is very good. My second question follows on from a point that was raised earlier about free books. The free book scheme is another scheme that is universally welcomed. The Minister might have referenced in the past that it is her ambition in the future, budgetary constraints permitting, to extend that scheme into second level. Could she comment on that?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: That is good to hear again. We will try to reiterate it at every juncture we can. If I can be parochial on one issue while dealing with the capital programme, I would like to mention the special school site in Glanmire, County Cork. Can the Minister give an update on how that site is progressing? The constraints we have in Cork, in particular, in relation to special school places are well...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I have raised the matter of home school community liaison officers in special schools via written parliamentary questions and occasionally via an oral parliamentary question. The response from the Department has been that special schools get an allocation of teachers which is far in excess of a mainstream school. However, the specific focus of a home school community liaison officer is to...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I ask about the introduction of children's disability network teams, CDNTs, to special schools. There was an issue with their union about their reappointment. That has been dealt with. Will the Minister update the committee on where we are in the reintroduction of CDNTs to special schools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome our guests. I am afraid I was one of the enemy in that I was a teacher for many years. I ask our guests to be kind in their answers. It is important for us to hear the student voice. I have served on seven boards of management. I was interested in politics and in the staffroom, that meant I was a good candidate to run the student council. I was the kind of fellow who got...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I ask Ms O'Leary to outline her experience of a reduced timetable and the impact it had on her.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Out of interest, when Ms O'Leary was put on a reduced timetable for a period, what did she do when she had no classes? Did she go home or sit at the back of the classroom? What happened?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Was that effective or helpful? I would like Ms O'Leary to be open about this issue which we have discussed here previously.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: When she went to the Life Centre, obviously things were much more flexible and she was able to adapt. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Mr. Ahern referred to ring-fencing funding for activities and services for well-being in schools. What types of activities was he referring to?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I do not see it. Perhaps somebody else mentioned it-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: That is good. I am out of time but if there is time at the end, I would like to put a question to the representatives of Coláiste Bhríde.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Does the school have a buddy system, where transition year students are paired with first years, for example? Are students assigned a buddy or someone to look after them? Would they stay in touch with each other during school?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Support should be routine and open to everybody.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Thank you, Chairman. I am interested in the prefect programme being run in Coláiste Bhríde. It is something that we tried in my own school but it did not work. I am very supportive of the idea of peer-to-peer relationships and so on but the prefect programme just did not work in our school. How has Coláiste Bhríde made a success of it?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (7 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 63. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) who worked as a CE supervisor and retired in 2021 will receive a payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61053/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (7 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 129. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which nappies for children with disabilities are allocated; if there is a limit on the amount allocated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61155/22]