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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 553. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding will be provided to a group (details supplied) in County Kildare. [39483/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (2 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 554. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme can be extended to having two dates of entry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39484/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Data (2 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 556. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of youth centres open in County Kildare; the details of each centre; and the amount of funding provided to each. [39625/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Data (2 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 557. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of youth centres open in County Laois; the status of each centre; and the amount of funding provided to each. [39626/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Issues (2 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 642. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeframe for commencing the County Kildare part of the blueway; and the timeframe for completion of the blueway in County Kildare and the full blueway, respectively. [39620/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Issues (2 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 643. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of completing the blueway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39621/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Issues (2 Oct 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 644. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there will be further consultation with the public on the blueway in County Kildare. [39622/18]

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Sep 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Fianna Fáil will support the Bill and we will work to strengthen the measures outlined in it on Committee Stage. The recent statistics published by the Central Statistics Office on the recorded incidents of sexual offences in the first quarter of 2018 show a 10.6% increase in the number compared with the first quarter of 2017. This makes sexual offences a category with one of the...

Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: It is a very rare occurrence in politics that people will admit they got something wrong. Most seem to follow Napoleon's advice never to retreat, never retract and never admit a mistake. The Fine Gael and Labour Party Government most certainly got it wrong when it abolished town councils, doing so without any public consultation to add insult to injury. At least in this instance the Labour...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Health Sector Pay Report: Public Service Pay Commission (26 Sep 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Mr. Duffy and the witnesses. They have done very valuable work on the report they have prepared for us. I have a few key observations and questions. It is interesting to note the comments on the number of this year's school leavers who have looked at careers in nursing and undergraduate medical programmes. Approximately 5,000 young people wanted to choose nursing. These areas are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Joint Committee (25 Sep 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Apologies have been received from Deputy Jan O'Sullivan. Deputy Thomas Byrne was in contact. He will be present but only briefly as he has another commitment. I propose that we go into private session to deal with a number of matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones or switch them to flight mode because, as we know, they interfere with the sound system and make it difficult for the parliamentary reporters to report the meeting. Television coverage and web streaming are also adversely affected. We now move to No. 4 on our agenda today. The purpose of this part of the meeting is to have an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Mr. Kent. I now ask Mr. Richard Dolan, principal officer in the Department of Education and Skills, to address us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Mr. Dolan for that. I will now open the debate to the members. I ask Deputy Thomas Byrne to address us first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: To clarify, the Minister was not invited to this meeting. This meeting is purely to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: It is purely to establish the facts; we will be reporting to the Minister and making recommendations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Just in case there was a sense that he had not turned up, I want to make it very clear that he was not invited to this meeting. I am sure he is aware through the Department that the meeting is on. We will in the next stage of the process be issuing recommendations and a report. I just want to clarify that. I will go back to the witnesses and invite them to respond to the three members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I will ask Mr. Richard Dolan to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: It is obvious that we need to have clear and consistent communication. The level of queries around the school transport system indicates that there is something radically wrong. It appears that there is insufficient information on the Department's website and that parents are not sure if their child has a place on a service. While I accept that steps were taken after the difficulties last...