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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Ms Treanor. Last but not least I call Ms Mooney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Ms Mooney and all the witnesses for their submissions and opening statements. They have addressed the whole area of content and collaboration between schools, parents, family and community extremely well and also the need to support teachers in the vital work they have in this area. I am conscious that Ms Cooney has to leave soon. Is she in a position to stay for a few questions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: If not, she could write to us. If anybody has any particular questions for Ms Cooney, I am happy to take them now. I call Deputy Thomas Byrne.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I call Senator Ruane.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: We will group the questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: In her presentation, Ms Cooney highlighted the gap between the messaging that children receive at home and in school on online safety. I am interested in her elaborating further on that and seeing how we can bridge that gap. Can she give us any insight on that? The statistics she gave us were shocking and harrowing. Will she expand on the implications for society in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Ms Cooney. She is excused. I know she needs to go. I will go back to the members. I call Deputy Martin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Does Senator Gallagher wish to come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Senator for sharing his personal situation and helping us to understand this matter from his perspective. I suggest he is a good role model for many young men and women in the circumstances he has outlined.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: My three brief questions relate to issues that have been raised by other members. In the experience of the witnesses, are external providers going into ethos-based schools to provide training on matters that would be considered to be outside the ethos of such schools? The question of external people coming in also arises when we talk about the importance of taking a whole-school approach....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I find it quite shocking that any school could just make a blanket statement to the Department that it has no LGBT students. Apart from the issue of the young people in the school who are probably experiencing angst associated with finding their sexual and gender identity, it is about support, awareness and tolerance. Even if there were no LGBT students, there would certainly be one with a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: The presentations have been excellent. Is the best practice for sexuality and relationships education to have outside facilitators coming in? In the primary school setting, there is one teacher for every class. Should teachers be given the proper qualifications in teacher training college? It might work differently in secondary schools. What is the best practice? Can the witnesses be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Whoever wants to answer it. First, I call Senator Robbie Gallagher.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: It is something we will address in our report. Does Ms Keogh wish to respond to Deputy Hildegarde Naughton's question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the delegates, individually and collectively, for giving of their time, their motivation and passion in dealing with this sensitive issue. It has been incredibly useful for us as members to listen to their opening statements and contributions and have had the opportunity to read their written submissions. They will certainly help us in forming our ideas for inclusion in our report...

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Did the Taoiseach ask?

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: The Taoiseach talked about what is right for the economy. What we did in the Lemass era 50 years ago, in investing in education, is the right thing to do at every level, including preschool, special, primary, secondary, third level and further education, and apprenticeships and skills. I share the Taoiseach's ambition to have the best education system by 2026 but we have a long way to go....

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I welcome the news that Seán Lemass is featuring in the Taoiseach's' office. Perhaps some day we will have the opportunity to see it in there.

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Taoiseach. Regarding pay parity for teachers, I know people who have been teaching for seven or eight years. They are still earning less than €37,000 which is the starting point for new teachers. We have a cohort of teachers who have made the sacrifices in the past seven or eight years. The Taoiseach is talking about not being able to do everything in one year. I accept...

Gambling Control Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I commend my colleagues Deputies Rabbitte, O'Callaghan and Jack Chambers on introducing this Bill, which is not before its time.It is absolutely shocking that Ireland has the third highest per capitarate of gambling losses in the world and that gambling losses in Ireland totalled €2.1 billion in 2016, which amounts to €4 million every day. Behind the 40,000 people in Ireland...