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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (18 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 738. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will review the roll-out of the social inclusion community activation programme with a view to providing more funding to support the employment and engagement of community development officers that will work on the ground with local communities to help build their capacity, help improve the quality of life in these areas and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (18 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: If members or witnesses participating remotely are experiencing any sound or technical issues, I ask them to let us know through the chat function. Apologies have been received from Senator O'Sullivan. Before we begin, I remind members who are participating remotely to keep their devices on mute until they are invited to speak. When they are speaking, I would ask that, where possible,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: We are resuming pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman. The Minister is welcome. He is addressing the committee from a meeting room in Kildare House. I also welcome the official accompanying him today, Ms Dara Breathnach,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Given the time, I must move on. There might be time to come back with a second round for members. I must move on to Deputy Ward. Can the Deputy confirm his location?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I will ask the Minister to come back to that at the end because I need to move on to our next speaker, Senator Seery Kearney. I ask her to confirm her location.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: The Senator may ask something briefly if she wishes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Senator Seery Kearney. We will move on to Deputy Sherlock. Will the Deputy confirm his location, please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: The Deputy can ask an additional question because we are not under too much pressure. I hope that anyone else who wants to make an additional point will get a chance to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: We have some time left, unusually, so I will allow members to ask more questions or make additional points. Three members are indicating and if anyone else wishes to contribute again, I ask them to indicate. I now invite Senator Seery Kearney to speak, to be followed by Deputies Cairns and Sherlock.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I will go to Deputy Sherlock now, but will anyone else please indicate in the next few minutes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I am going to have to come in on this point-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: -----because we have someone joining the meeting late who has not yet asked a question. Therefore, I will have to wrap this session up very quickly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: A member did not have the opportunity to ask a question earlier, so now I call Deputy Murnane O'Connor. The Minister can then deal with all the points made in a closing contribution. Will Deputy Murnane O'Connor confirm her location, please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Is that okay for the Deputy? Very good. I thank the Minster very much for being with us and for all of the engagement. As I have said a few times regarding this Bill, it just shows the importance of the prelegislative scrutiny process. We have had a great number of hearings and I echo what others have said about the power of the coroner. That point has come through strongly in our...

Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I am conscious of having very limited time so I will touch briefly on a number of items in the Bill. We cannot have a situation which we saw last year on grades and the disappointment for many students where it was too late for them to attend courses. We need grades to be provided in a more timely manner. Students also need more clarity on the standardisation process. Consideration...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Costs (12 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated costs associated with extending the school meals programme to cover early years settings and after-school programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24776/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (12 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 181. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the particular vulnerability of childcare services that provide afterschool care owing to a continuing reduction in income caused by Covid-19 restrictions and remote working by parents; and if his Department will draw up an urgent plan to ensure the sustainability of these...

Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (11 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I commend my colleagues, Deputies Ó Broin and Doherty, on all of their continuous work on this issue. I would like to talk about the impact of investment firms buying up large swathes of housing in Ireland from the perspective of young people, and in particular those in their 20s. It is a group that sometimes gets forgotten about, not just in housing but in an awful lot of things in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (11 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement a tax incentive to support the purchase of capital equipment and investment in the manufacturing sector (details supplied). [24183/21]