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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: Today, our engagement is with children from Brightening Air and The Ark on their experiences during Covid-19 restrictions and lockdowns. Joining us are three children who are representatives of Brightening Air and The Ark. The Ark children's council is made up of children in fifth and sixth class from a number of schools across Dublin and the surrounding areas. The Brightening Air festival...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: I thank LilyRose. That was excellently put. Conor is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: I thank Conor. We will move on now to Olga.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: We are moving on to Senator Mary Seery Kearney. Will the Senator please confirm her location?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: We are moving on to Deputy Costello who I ask to confirm his location.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: Ms Howard might divvy out those questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: I thank Deputy Costello. We are moving on now, will Deputy Mark Ward please confirm his location?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: Thank you, Deputy. Deputy Whitmore, can you confirm your location?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: Thank you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: Is that everything, Deputy Whitmore?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: I want to ask one or two things. I agree with what others have said about being impressed with our guests’ contributions, including their speeches and follow-up answers. Their honesty is incredible. I agree with Deputy Whitmore, it is a pity that we could not have had this engagement sooner, but I think it is great that we are having it now. I want to ask about when the witnesses...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: That is an excellent answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: Do members have anything they want to add that they did not get the chance to say? Do Ms Howard or the other witnesses want to add anything at this point?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: The gratitude is on our part. It has been an excellent engagement and I am delighted we had this meeting. I sincerely thank Conor, Olga and LilyRose, and to everyone who works with them. The children’s committee takes on board the suggestions and everything they have said in their presentations. I look forward to future engagement with them and with children in general on matters...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: Thank you, Olga. I thank all the witnesses. They put their points across excellently and I agree with so much of what they have said. There will be some questions now. Deputy Murnane O'Connor had to leave so we will move on to Deputy Dillon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement (22 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: That is no problem.
- Common Agricultural Policy: Statements (16 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister. We move now to Sinn Féin. Deputy Mairéad Farrell has two and a half minutes.
- Common Agricultural Policy: Statements (16 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: I apologise to the Deputy but his time was taken by his colleague because he was not here.
- Common Agricultural Policy: Statements (16 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: I am sorry but apologies were given that the Deputy was attending a transport committee meeting. We must move on. I will see if there is a way of slotting him in.
- Common Agricultural Policy: Statements (16 Jun 2021)
Kathleen Funchion: I apologise to the Deputy but his time was taken by his colleague. I checked that at the start.