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- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Training (28 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: 649. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the new employment support scheme with the direct involvement of the Defence Forces; if social protection recipients have a choice of whether to join the scheme or not; the role his Department has had in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8452/17]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Are we getting an interpreter?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Direct provision.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017) Catherine Connolly: I am sorry, what was that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017) Catherine Connolly: There are so many questions that I would like to keep Mr. Ó Foghlú here all day. Luckily, I am time limited. I thought I understood the transfer of control of 15 schools on pages 13 and 14 of the appropriation accounts but when I went back on it, I did not understand it on the basis of his second reply earlier. I understood the schools were being transferred and he said they were...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017) Catherine Connolly: The 15 schools are valued at €128 million and control was transferred to the school authorities. The list is there and one is Galway.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017) Catherine Connolly: Gaelscoil de hÍde in Oranmore is one of the 15 and its value was more than €5 million. Will Mr. Ó Foghlú explain this?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017) Catherine Connolly: Is the Department showing it as an asset or not?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017) Catherine Connolly: So the Department is not showing it as an asset on its books. That is fine.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017) Catherine Connolly: It was confusing.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017) Catherine Connolly: I will go to climate change and back to the points raised by Deputy Cullinane. There is a window of opportunity and this is the last stall to have any opportunity to take action against climate change. What actions has the Department taken at policy level? What is happening on the ground in respect of climate change?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017) Catherine Connolly: I have a list relating to energy efficiency, solar panels, etc.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017) Catherine Connolly: Presumably, the 15 schools listed were all new. I will take them as an example, with Galway having one. Are they all energy efficient? Do they have solar panels?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017) Catherine Connolly: Mr. Ó Foghlú said there is a special unit. If I follow this up separately, will there be documentation available? I am thinking of a scoil lán-Ghaeilge in Galway. It cost a fortune. That is not the Department's fault because it related to the compulsory purchase of the land. It must be the most expensive school in the country. I put my hands up because I supported the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017) Catherine Connolly: I do not mean to interrupt but I am going to. Mr. Ó Foghlú has repeated that the standards are going up. I do not want to use up my time on this. If I follow up on this, will I see a total commitment to climate change measures in the Department's policy in respect of all buildings at primary, secondary and third level?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017) Catherine Connolly: I will come back to this separately. The National Training Fund has three functions - upskilling those who are employed, upskilling those who are unemployed, and providing information about necessary skills. Who is responsible for advising the Government on what necessary skills are required? Where are we going in that regard? It is not the fault of the Department but of the Government...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017) Catherine Connolly: He will make an announcement.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017) Catherine Connolly: Two weeks ago I had the privilege, among others, to present awards at the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology in Galway. It was clearly acknowledged at that event that there was a lack of training in necessary skills. It was a very positive event in which prizes were awarded for first, second and third places in the leaving and junior certificate examinations. It was clear from speaking to...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017) Catherine Connolly: Will Ó Foghlú tell me about apprenticeships?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017) Catherine Connolly: I am aware of them. I was referring to more practical skills on the ground which are becoming less and less practical as a result of technology. While I accept Mr. Ó Foghlú's answer, I am not happy with it. I do not know where to start with the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS.