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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Could the Minister be a bit more specific? He says he is coming to the last steps but what happens next? Will the Department produce a report on DEIS, or a consultation document? When will the analysis be done and what will happen?

Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (11 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981 (as amended) to enable complainants to be heard and legally represented in relation to applications to adduce evidence about the clothing worn by a complainant at the time of the alleged offence; to amend the provisions in respect of previous sexual history evidence and to provide for...

Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (11 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This relates to the management of the telephone call list maintained by the Prison Service. I wrote to the Minister for Justice and Equality on the matter in September. While the letter was acknowledged, there was no substantive response. This came to my attention as a consequence of the murder of the late Amy McCarthy, who was killed in Cork on 30 April 2017. Her partner and the...

Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We know what to expect from Fine Gael.

Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Renting in this economy and society is extremely hard, even if one has a decent job and a secure income. It can mean paying a quarter, a third, or even more of one's income to secure half-decent accommodation. It may mean giving up for a long time, perhaps forever, the possibility of ever owning one's own home. The possibility of a permanent home is removed as such people do not qualify...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks Rental Scheme (10 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing the funding of the school books scheme by 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%, in tabular form. [51322/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (10 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of employing ten new resource teachers. [51323/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (10 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of employing ten new SNAs. [51324/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Data (10 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of employing ten new educational psychologists. [51325/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Speech and Language Therapy Data (10 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of employing ten new speech and language therapists. [51326/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (10 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the student teacher ratio by one point. [51327/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (10 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of bringing secretary pay in line with those employed directly by his Department. [51340/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Fees (10 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of waiving fees paid by students for school transport via the school transport scheme at primary and secondary level, respectively. [51341/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (10 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 555. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year cost of increasing the funding of the school completion programme by 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%, in tabular form. [51328/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ombudsman for Children Expenditure (10 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 560. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year running cost of the Office of the Ombudsman for Children. [51342/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Expenditure (10 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of making a one-off annual double payment of child benefit to all recipients in July 2020. [51321/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Universities Act 1997 (Section 54(3)) (University Authorisation) Order 2019: Motion (5 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I agree with a great deal of what Deputy Byrne said, but we will not adopt the same position. Undoubtedly the RCSI is an excellent institution that is a university in all but name. It offers a high standard of education and is of great value to all of its students. Our issue with the RCSI is not its campus in Dublin; it is its campus in Bahrain. This has been raised in these Houses on...

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I wish to make a brief intervention. The Minister of State said this has never been raised before tonight. That is not quite true.

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am fairly sure I heard something to that effect.