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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Can they be accessed at present through Bookshare Ireland? Is that a mechanism of getting them promptly, or is that a different scheme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Regarding the books in Braille, who is the publisher? Are they published in Ireland, or how does a child gain access to them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am conscious that for a child to access the curriculum, they have to be able to read and understand Braille. I am sorry for my ignorance here, but who teaches the child Braille?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: With regard to training teachers for Braille, is it a case of a person who themselves is visually impaired then progressing to become a teacher of Braille for younger people? I am thinking of people who teach Braille to younger children. How do they get trained in that? Is it because they themselves had a visual impairment and they learned it? Is that how they became expert in it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Mr. Mullaniff included a quote from a child who is visually impaired on the second page of his opening submission. The child said that "poor and ill-informed attempts at inclusion excluded me far more than my disability ever did". It might be difficult for our guests to read into what that child is saying but I interpret it to mean that there are well-motivated efforts to try to promote...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Ham-fisted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: How have children who are visually impaired or blind coped with the leaving certificate? If they can get through the curriculum, is the exam satisfactory at present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: In terms of the incidence of children who are visually impaired going on to study humanities in third level as opposed to STEM subjects, is that predominantly due to an inability to access the curriculum at third level?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: There is no reason a person who is visually impaired would be any less proficient in mathematics than others.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: How are the third level institutions doing in respect of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I want to thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. One of the points Ms O'Dwyer made is that the big obstacle which children who are visually impaired face regarding the education system is trying to access the curriculum. She mentioned that the reason for that is that they cannot avail of books in an alternative format. When she refers to books in an alternative format, are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome Mr. Geary to the committee. I salute the great effort he and his family have made on behalf of Calum. Instituting proceedings against the State is not easy. Certainly when up against a defendant with virtually unlimited resources it puts great pressure on the individuals taking the case and their families. In terms of the result that the Gearys got and the outcome, it was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: One of the consequences of people vindicating their rights individually through the courts, as opposed to having the benefit of a governmental decision, is that sometimes individuals such as Calum can benefit but maybe other persons who have not taken the case may not benefit. What is Mr. Geary's understanding of other children around the country in a similar position and their access to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Mr. Geary's campaign has been very effective, not just in the courts. I know through Senators Daly and Byrne and Deputy O'Sullivan that Mr. Geary's issues have been very much kept to the forefront of the political mindset in the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party. That Calum now has the right to have Irish Sign Language in the classroom is all well and good but are the teacher resources...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Geary.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (23 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update in tabular form on a county basis the number of businesses in each county that have successfully applied for inclusion under the temporary business energy support scheme as of 16 May 2023; the estimated value or worth of the support in each county to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24411/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homebuyers in each county who have now been approved under the first-home shared equity scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24915/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (23 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused an old age pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24089/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (23 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is not receiving their full pension entitlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24115/23]