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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Schools Building Programme Delays: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: To be fair it is never going to be an easy thing to come to the committee and satisfy all the different questions, and all the hopes and dreams that are represented by members for their constituents and all the children. This committee wants to ensure that every child has a very good educational experience within a modern classroom in a modern school. We accept that this is also the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Schools Building Programme Delays: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: We will certainly take up the invitation to visit the Department at Tullamore. Mr. Loftus said that if we looked at all of the bills, we would certainly not choose St. Paul's, which was among the worst-case scenarios with which the Department has had to deal. There were a lot of hiccoughs to get to this point. Hopefully, we are now making progress. Mr. Loftus says the design team will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Schools Building Programme Delays: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: That is fair enough. I thank the witnesses. We may agree to disagree on aspects of school delivery. I hope this has been a valuable exercise for the witnesses also in terms of listening to the principals earlier and understanding the huge amount of work they have to do around the learning and informal learning environment to have a positive impact on students' lives. They have to deal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Schools Building Programme Delays: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: It was certainly helpful and informative from our point of view. I put Mr. Loftus on notice that I will be in contact with him very soon about south Kildare.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Schools Building Programme Delays: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I note to Deputy Byrne that we have to revert to private session for a few minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Schools Building Programme Delays: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Go ahead. I will just go through something for the record in private session.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Strategic Communications Unit (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 117. To ask the Taoiseach if the staff employed under the Strategic Communications Unit will be paid redundancy. [15330/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Administration (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 201. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the length of time to process an adult passport renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16689/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 202. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the communication process in place for a person looking for an update on their passport application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16690/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Administration (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the new online passport portal is delivering passports in the time guaranteed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16691/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14987/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to regularise the situation of teachers with regard to equal pay for equal work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14991/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the hours of special needs assistants in a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14992/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review special needs assistant hours at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15773/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Meetings (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of meetings officials from his Department have had with Kildare County Council in the past five years regarding the provision of schools for south County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15422/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14986/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the checks and oversight exercised to ensure that direct provision centres are maintaining appropriate standards of health and safety and fire safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15046/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set down the manning levels as of 1 March 2018 in all Garda stations in counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16648/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set down the number of community gardaí allocated to stations in counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16649/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Shortages (17 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 605. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the critical skills list will include the need for planners in view of the housing crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14990/18]