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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 551. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow dance classes to open during level 3 restrictions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43205/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Apologies have been received from Deputy Phelan. Before we begin, I request that members sit only in the permitted seats and in front of available microphones to ensure they are heard. This is important as not doing so causes serious problems for broadcast, editorial and sound staff. I remind those present to please maintain social distancing at all times during and following the meeting....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister of State. I am going to open up the session to questions now. We will start with Deputy Whitmore. Each member has five to six minutes, which will include responses from the Minister of State. We will take each individual contributor, rather than two or three at a time. I call on Deputy Whitmore.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Are the officials to whom the Minister of State has referred from the HSE?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: We hope to have the HSE officials in before the committee at our first meeting in January. We will be following up on that. I will move on to Senator Ruane.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Before the Minister of State responds, some of the issues, such as that around SENOs, would relate to the Department of Education. I am not saying that the Minister of State cannot answer. In fairness to the Minister of State, it does not fall into the discussion of assessment of needs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Yes. I would just make that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I have only a few questions as nearly every question has been asked at this stage. I appreciate that the Minister of State has said she will give us a monthly breakdown. I would also appreciate us having a follow-up on the meeting that she will have tomorrow. Can she supply the CHO 5 figures from her document?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Since the Minister of State has introduced monthly meetings it seems that the number of assessments being carried out for October and November have been a lot higher. Is that partly due to the monthly meetings? Will increases continue? I ask because it would be excellent to have accountability going forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister of State and welcome her commitment. As she will know, having watched or listened to these meetings over the past few weeks the stories told here have been heartbreaking. It was not just in this committee room that we heard such stories because we have all experience in dealing with people in these situations and we all want to find a solution. Therefore, we, as a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Provision (9 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome that response. She has been honest and sincere and I am glad she is willing to meet with the parents in the area. They will be delighted with that and it is an excellent suggestion to meet with CHO 5. I could not agree with that more. It brings them into it and, in terms of accountability for them, that might be no harm. In light of the Covid...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Provision (9 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: This issue relates to adult day services in the disability sector and, in particular, transport to regions in the south-east. Cumas is a service in New Ross, Wexford, and SOS is a service in Kilkenny. A situation in SOS has come to my attention. There was transport for a particular individual prior to the arrival of Covid-19. Now that the service has reopened, the person concerned is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be included in the next tender bundle for its building project; if the required documentation is being prepared; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42273/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (9 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 164. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes' report is 3,000 or 4,000 pages in length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42247/20]

Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and I am sharing time with my colleagues. I want to first of all thank my own colleagues, Deputies O’Reilly and McDonald, for bringing this Bill forward. I welcome the fact that we are here and are able to say that this Bill is not being opposed. That is a good move and step on the topic of domestic violence. This Bill is about creating...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agricultural Colleges (8 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be ensured that agriculture students attending Teagasc colleges will be eligible for the same financial supports as other third level students. [41618/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (8 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 225. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation of State funding that adult female sporting organisations are in receipt of; the breakdown for 2019 and 2020; the funds allocated for 2021 in counties Carlow and Kilkenny by organisation; and the total allocation per county. [41191/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (8 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation of State funding that adult male sporting organisations are in receipt of; the breakdown for 2019 and 2020; the funds allocated for 2021 in counties Carlow and Kilkenny by organisation; and the total allocation per county. [41192/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (8 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 227. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation of State funding that juvenile female sporting organisations are in receipt of; the breakdown for 2019 and 2020; the funds allocated for 2021 in counties Carlow and Kilkenny by organisation; and the total allocation per county. [41193/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (8 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation of State funding that juvenile mixed sporting organisations are in receipt of; the breakdown for 2019 and 2020; the funds allocated for 2021 in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, by organisation; and the total allocation per county. [41194/20]