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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Barriers to Education Facing Vulnerable Groups: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I ask Senator Byrne to see if the vote can be delayed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Barriers to Education Facing Vulnerable Groups: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Senator. I apologise to Professor Lynch and invite her to make her presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Barriers to Education Facing Vulnerable Groups: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I ask Professor Lynch to conclude.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Barriers to Education Facing Vulnerable Groups: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Fiona O'Loughlin: Professor Lynch made the case well about the need for national data. Competition for advantage is what it is about. We talk about the idea of equal opportunity to access education but it is questionable after listening to her statement. I invite Mr. Shane Rooney to make his statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Barriers to Education Facing Vulnerable Groups: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Mr. Rooney. I know from my experience of dealing with his counterparts in Newbridge, County Kildare, that he provides an excellent and valuable service when people can access it. Unfortunately, not many people are aware that it is available. Part of our job is to let people know it is there. Deputy Naughton will take the Chair while I go to cast my vote, but I will be back...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Barriers to Education Facing Vulnerable Groups: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Fiona O'Loughlin: Has Deputy Funchion any questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Barriers to Education Facing Vulnerable Groups: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I have a few questions and then I will go back to the witnesses. Following the thread Senator Kelleher spoke of regarding disadvantage and how it is defined, I have had many arguments with the Department of Education and Skills, even in respect of the DEIS scheme. I do not understand why some schools were excluded from that scheme. The idea of inclusive education also possibly needs to be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Barriers to Education Facing Vulnerable Groups: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Fiona O'Loughlin: That is something we are looking at as a committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Barriers to Education Facing Vulnerable Groups: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Fiona O'Loughlin: Thank you. I call Mr. Dolan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Barriers to Education Facing Vulnerable Groups: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I asked about the possibility of looking at the exclusion of vulnerable groups and indirect discrimination and how that would be assessed in a whole school evaluation. This was a direct question for Mr. Dolan. What socio-economic groups continue to be under-represented, in the opinion of the Department, and how might this be addressed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Barriers to Education Facing Vulnerable Groups: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I appreciate that and thank Mr. Dolan. I will give the final word to Professor Lynch.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Barriers to Education Facing Vulnerable Groups: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Fiona O'Loughlin: Thank you, Professor Lynch.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Barriers to Education Facing Vulnerable Groups: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Fiona O'Loughlin: That concludes our discussion but if anybody wants to send in further written statements, we will be happy to circulate them. I thank all the witnesses for coming today, making very valuable contributions and sharing their thoughts on this important issue. We will be compiling recommendations and making a report which we will forward to the Minister for Education and Skills. We will take...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018) Fiona O'Loughlin: On behalf of the Joint Committee on Education and Skills, I am delighted to join the Co-Chairman in welcoming all the witnesses. We had a very interesting first meeting on this important topic. We realised after that meeting that the most important voices are those of the people who have the lived experience. That is not to take away from the very committed individuals who gave...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018) Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank all of the delegates for their bravery, honesty, integrity and sincerity in telling their stories which are vital to the work we are doing. We may need to bring in employers to talk to them about the barriers they may face in order that we can try to get over some of them. While talking to prospective employees, we also need to consider perceived challenges or barriers. Much of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018) Fiona O'Loughlin: On behalf of the Joint Committee on Education and Skills, I am delighted to join the Co-Chairman in welcoming all the witnesses. We had a very interesting first meeting on this important topic. We realised after that meeting that the most important voices are those of the people who have the lived experience. That is not to take away from the very committed individuals who gave...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018) Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank all of the delegates for their bravery, honesty, integrity and sincerity in telling their stories which are vital to the work we are doing. We may need to bring in employers to talk to them about the barriers they may face in order that we can try to get over some of them. While talking to prospective employees, we also need to consider perceived challenges or barriers. Much of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (29 May 2018)
Fiona O'Loughlin: 96. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for bringing the child and adolescent mental health services in CHO7 to the level envisaged in A Vision for Change. [23558/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (24 May 2018)
Fiona O'Loughlin: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the independent review of existing career guidance tools and career information for students and adults will include special schools in its terms of reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22905/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (24 May 2018)
Fiona O'Loughlin: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a request for a school extension by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22935/18]