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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Jul 2017)

John Curran: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on the commitment in the programme for a partnership Government to introduce a new in-school speech and language therapy service creating stronger linkages between parents, teachers and speech and language therapists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30871/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (4 Jul 2017)

John Curran: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will approve the sale of an old school building (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will investigate this delay and take the necessary steps to ensure approval is forthcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30910/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Staff (4 Jul 2017)

John Curran: 540. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures her Department is taking to attract trained and qualified staff to the early years workforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30909/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Staff (4 Jul 2017)

John Curran: 546. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures her Department is taking to attract trained and qualified staff to the early years workforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30907/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (4 Jul 2017)

John Curran: 544. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress her Department is making in establishing a new youth funding programme in view of a 2014 review of youth services and its subsequent recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30905/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (4 Jul 2017)

John Curran: 545. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has been working in relation to mapping of youth service provision across the State; the areas which are showing high levels of deprivation in relation to youth services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30906/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation (4 Jul 2017)

John Curran: 547. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Government favours day care over other child care choices in its affordable childcare scheme; if she will consider financial supports that allows parents to choose the childcare that best suits them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30908/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: I welcome Ms Orla O'Connor, director, and Ms Eilís Ní Chaithnía, policy director, from the National Women's Council of Ireland, NWCI; Mr. Liam Berney, industrial officer, from ICTU; Ms Kay Murphy, Mr. Peter Kavanagh and Ms Megan Van Son, from Active Retirement Ireland. We have been dealing with the issue of the contributory State pension for a number of weeks. We have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: A number of colleagues are subject to time constraints today. We are conscious of the pressures on people and will move the meeting forward as quickly as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: I thank the council for its opening statement. I call Mr. Berney to make his opening statement on behalf of Congress.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: I thank Mr. Berney for his clarification. This piece of work by the committee focuses specifically on State pensions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: I thank Mr. Berney. I call on Ms Murphy or Mr. Kavanagh from Active Retirement Ireland to make a presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: I thank Mr. Kavanagh. Before I go to colleagues, I ask them to bear in mind the timing of questions and that a number of people have significant time constraints todays. I am going to insist that members' questions are kept to five minutes. I call Deputy O'Dea to be followed by Deputy Brady.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: Yes, in total. I will take all the questions first and the witnesses can answer the questions that are relevant to them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: Thank you, Senator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: I thank the delegates for their presentations. I am taken by the fact that, when we listen to the range of presentations, two things come across very clearly. There is where we see a pension scheme in the future, be it a remodelled total contribution pension scheme or otherwise, and where we find ourselves today and what are the short-term incremental steps that could be made which would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: Everybody will be afforded an opportunity to reply but I ask Mr. Kavanagh to address first the point raised by Deputy O'Dea and the other questions Deputies asked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: Does Mr. Berney wish to contribute?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: I am very conscious that our guests have other time commitments. I appreciate their attendance and contributions to the meeting. Of equal importance were the submissions made in writing. We are now going to adjourn. For those who were not here at the start, I repeat that we are not setting a date for our next meeting. It will be arranged subject to other pieces of business and people will...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: 36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of additional staff to be made available to each State agency under her remit to specifically deal with Brexit; the number of these staff who have been recruited to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30239/17]