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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Ms Fox talked about the proactive steps being taken to add to that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Let us imagine we were having this conversation this time next year. Within the Teaching Council's particular remit, what more can it do within that body, with its access to teachers and its particular role and function? What more can it do to ensure a better July provision is delivered next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In practical terms, what would Ms Fox do? We have dialogue and communication. Ms Fox just said that has been done in the past. I am asking what we can do that is different in order to deliver a different outcome next year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I do not believe the witnesses present had the opportunity to see the previous session, meaning they are at something of a disadvantage. The committee is focused on the delivery of the July provision. We have listened to 15 minutes of various contributions and I agree with many of them. Not one representative in that 15-minute period mentioned the July provision or what teachers can do to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will have one other comment when Mr. Duffy is finished.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Which includes this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: May I ask Mr. Duffy for the detail on that? How many TUI teachers were engaged in it? How many teachers does Mr. Duffy believe need to be engaged on it, if the TUI has been in communication with them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: But the TUI engaged with its own-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I respect that entirely but from our perspective, we are talking about services and supports for such children and this is the single biggest gap in all of our work so far. We talk about this as the greatest danger to children, namely, the regression they face. We are working through all the different issues but this is the single biggest gap. We are told that the biggest problem in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is not just SNAs; teachers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will come back in. I agree with and accept what Ms Howard said. The number of classes, and I can see this in my constituency, has significantly expanded at secondary and primary level. There is more to go but it has expanded significantly. I have seen that since 2019. That is just a fact. I know the children who are in those classes. Ms Howard is quite right about planning and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is correct, but what is the dialogue about making teachers available? We have this difficulty whereby 116,000 teachers are on the register, an extra 3,500 teachers were made available, through emergency measures, by the Teaching Council last year, and more than 1,200 student teachers are in training. We are being told that teachers are not available to offer July provision. There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Does Ms Howard mean financially attractive?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed national children's science centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48262/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the letting arrangements for Miesian Plaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48261/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of land that his Department has made available for modular housing as part of the Governments emergency response to the Ukrainian housing crisis; the proportion of that land that is designated as Housing for All land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48306/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of engagement that his Department has had with members of local authorities in local authority areas that have been identified for modular housing as part of the Government's emergency response to the Ukrainian housing crisis; the number of such meetings; the dates, location and the number of elected...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of days that the school was open in each of Ireland's prisons, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48223/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (4 Oct 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 543. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that the number of remand prisoners is so low in Portlaoise Prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48224/22]