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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (16 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied). [41788/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2018: Motion (4 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Apologies have been received from Senators Robbie Gallagher and Lynn Ruane. I propose that we conduct our public business with the Minister of State, Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, before going into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed. The first item on the agenda is engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for higher education...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2018: Motion (4 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Could the Minister of State respond to the Deputy and the rest of the committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2018: Motion (4 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: It is a concerning issue for all our students.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2018: Motion (4 Oct 2018)

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

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2018: Motion (4 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2018: Motion (4 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: This is certainly to be very much welcomed by all of us. It is terrific that it will be in time for the final year students in the three institutes of technology and will allow them to graduate as university graduates. This is very significant. They will be the first cohort of students to do so in the history of the State so it is a milestone towards which everybody has worked. I thank...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2018: Motion (4 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Will the Minister take on board what we said about transport costs for students?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2018: Motion (4 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I accept that point but, again, as Chairman of the committee, I must point out that we have received some negative coverage in terms of not making a recommendation to the Minister of State and the Department. The reason we are waiting is because a commitment was made to give us the economic review of the impact of the three options. Quite aside from current investment in higher education,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2018: Motion (4 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I must point out that this is not just about us accepting criticism. We want to get on with the work of the committee and deliver the best recommendation but we feel that we are being curtailed because we do not have the economic report. I shall leave that matter as it is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Messages to Dáil and Seanad (4 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: On behalf of the committee I am pleased to report to both Houses of the Oireachtas that we have completed our consideration of the motion and we recommend that the Dáil and Seanad accept this statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Minister and her official-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Yes. I thank the Minister and her official for their attendance here today. I suggest that we go into private session to deal with housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Planning Framework (3 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I will be brief. I have another question for the Minister of State. What does he really think about this issue? I am not sure that what he said to us in his reply is what he really thinks about it. He will bear in mind that we did not get a copy of his reply, which are sometimes difficult to follow, but I have a major concern about his comment that our towns will not get the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Planning Framework (3 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Sixty seconds is insufficient time to explain the potential crisis and problem which will affect not only my county of Kildare but also County Wicklow and the Minister of State's home county, Meath. The draft plan indicates that 53% of all growth in County Kildare will be in the northern metropolitan part of north Kildare but I wish to address Newbridge and south Kildare. Newbridge is the...

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I am sharing time with my colleagues. As we know, this Bill seeks to reduce the number of fraudulent insurance claims by ensuring that false claims are dealt with under the law, and rightly so. I commend my colleague, Deputy Kelleher, on bringing this forward. Fraudulent insurance claims are costing each and every consumer hundred of euro. It adds to the costs of businesses, car owners,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (2 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 348. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 12 June 2018, if a refund can be obtained for private diagnoses in view of the fact that the child was waiting six months. [39482/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (2 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 383. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time children are waiting for a public eye test; and the number of persons waiting three months, six months and over one year, respectively for assessment in each CHO area, in tabular form [39623/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists (2 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 384. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time children are waiting for speech and language therapy in each CHO area; and the number of persons waiting longer than 12 months in each CHO [39624/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Road Network (2 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the sanctions in place for the contractors of the M7 road upgrade if the upgrade is not completed by the initial date; and the date given by the contractors. [39485/18]