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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (10 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 817. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if work is carried out outside of normal working hours on the M7 road upgrade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30768/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (10 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 818. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to have work continue throughout the night and weekends to facilitate the M7 upgrade at a faster rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30769/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Programmes (10 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 828. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a grant application by a person (details supplied) will be examined. [30042/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (10 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 967. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of support given to a festival (details supplied) in each of the past five years. [30419/18]

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: It is seven years later.

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: There are 4,500 every year.

Other Questions: Asylum Seeker Employment (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: My party and I welcome the announcement of a more open process to allow asylum seekers to access work. It is important to say that, but it is three years after the McMahon report that included those recommendations. On the waiting time for the granting of asylum, I am glad that the Minister acknowledges that the period is too long and that he is working on it. Asylum seekers spend too long...

Other Questions: Asylum Seeker Employment (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for refusing asylum seekers access to jobs in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29607/18]

Other Questions: Asylum Seeker Employment (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I ask the Minister to outline the rationale for refusing to allow asylum seekers who want to get jobs in the public service to access such employment.

Other Questions: Asylum Seeker Employment (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: While it is possibly understandable that there are restrictions on accessing jobs in the Defence Forces and An Garda Síochána, it is unfortunate that the Government has chosen to exclude asylum seekers from the public service. Many asylum seekers in this country are very skilled. Those skills could possibly be lost to the State with a restriction of this nature. For example,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Joint Committee (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: As we have a quorum, I call the meeting to order. I remind members, including myself, to turn off their mobile phones. Deputy Thomas Byrne has said that he will be late, but he will be here. As agreed at the committee's last meeting on 26 June 2018, we will conduct our public business first and then go into private session to deal with housekeeping matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Employment Equality Act Order: Minister for Education and Skills (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: The first item on the agenda is engagement with the Minister for Education and Skills on motion re the proposed approval by Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann of the Employment Equality Act 1998 (section 12) (Reservation of vocational training places) Order 2018. I welcome the Minister. The purpose of this part of the meeting is to have an engagement with the Minister for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Employment Equality Act Order: Minister for Education and Skills (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I will take questions from the next two speakers and then go back to the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Employment Equality Act Order: Minister for Education and Skills (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: We are very pushed for time as the Minister must attend a Cabinet meeting at 10 a.m. Deputy Paul Murphy should allow him to answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Employment Equality Act Order: Minister for Education and Skills (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: That is not relevant to the matter under discussion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Employment Equality Act Order: Minister for Education and Skills (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: That matter will be dealt with in the second part of our meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Employment Equality Act Order: Minister for Education and Skills (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: We are going into our fourth session today on this matter and we will be making recommendations to the Minister and the Department quite soon, possibly by the end of the summer. We look forward to getting his response to that also. I thank the Minister for attending this meeting and allowing us as a committee the opportunity to comment and pose questions on this matter. We all have to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Messages to Dáil and Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Joint Committee on Education and Skills has completed its consideration of the following motion:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Employment Equality Act 1998 (section 12) (Reservation of vocational training places) Order 2018, a copy of which was laid before Dáil...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: No. 2 on our agenda is an engagement with stakeholders on the committee's review of relationships and sexuality education. As everybody is aware, this is fourth engagement on this matter. Therefore, it is a very important one. This meeting provides us with the opportunity to explore further the role of management boards, including any challenges which they may encounter in the development...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Some of those views are possibly not unique to the Catholic Church. There could be other churches that feel the same way.