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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Traveller Education: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I have a couple of questions. Do our guests know what percentage of Traveller children in mainstream schools have the assistance of special needs assistants, SNAs? Ms Joyce spoke about the education strategy for Travellers, something I would very much support, but there has to be a buy-in from the Traveller community as well. One issue I have most often come across in mainstream town and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Traveller Education: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Deputy. I thank Mr. Bernard Joyce, director of the Irish Traveller Movement, Ms Tracey Reilly from Pavee Point, and Ms Maria Joyce, co-ordinator of the National Traveller Women’s Forum. As Chair, I try to be as fair as possible in getting everybody in. Unfortunately, with Covid, all of our meetings are restricted to two hours. The two-hour ruling is strict. I thank all...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (24 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department holds a database of potential foreign investors seeking projects for investment or projects that are seeking foreign investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33996/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (24 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the length of time the works currently underway at a location (details supplied) were meant to take originally; when he now expects same to be finished; if the cost of the job has increased or is within budget; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the site has been inaccessible to the public for over seven months; if he...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Can I call for a walk-through vote?

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I want to point out that the Sinn Féin party abstained on that last vote.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I wonder why the Sinn Féin party has left the building. Is there a fire we do not know about?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 194. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a change to the position of permitting an exemption from mandatory hotel quarantine for travellers that are fully vaccinated with a vaccine (details supplied) since its approval by the World Health Organisation on 7 May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25867/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement he has had with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding measures to support the food production industry in recruiting and maintaining required workforce levels as Covid-19 restrictions are eased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33077/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (22 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration is being given to adding international heavy goods vehicle drivers to the skills shortage list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33104/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports that are available to consumers who deferred flights due to Covid-19 in 2020 and now have made bookings before the proposed date for international travel of 19 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33134/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (22 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 625. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the number of farmers that afforested a part of their farm declined by 88% during the duration of GLAS, commencing in 2015 up to and including 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32999/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (22 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 626. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the serious decline in the number of farmers that afforested a part of their farm during the duration of GLAS has been included in any SWOT analysis and needs assessment completed by his Department as part of the CAP Strategic Plan in particular the eco-scheme and agri-environment measures; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: On behalf of the committee, I give a warm welcome to the following witnesses from the Department of Education: Mr. Paraic Joyce, principal officer; Ms Yvonne Keating, deputy chief inspector; Ms Anne Tansey, director of the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS; Ms Anne Murray, principal officer; and Ms Chris Kelly, principal officer. They are here to brief the committee on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I have to cut Ms Tansey off there as we are stuck for time. If she could provide further details to the committee secretariat, it can then be passed on to Senator O'Loughlin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Ms Keating for her reply. Deputy Ó Ríordáin is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Because we are waiting on other members to come in, if the Senator wants to continue, I will go back to the other members whose time I curtailed if they want to come back in as well. There are a number of them: Senator O'Loughlin and Deputies Ó Laoghaire and Ó Ríordáin. Senator Dolan has another minute or two and then I will call the other members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I have a couple of questions. There are other members who spoke in the past while where I had to curtail their time, if they want to come back in. Turning to Ms Keating first, the training of teachers comes under her remit and she may be able to answer this. Bullying, be it online bullying, in-class bullying or inside-the-school-gate bullying, has changed over the past number of years....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Ms Kelly. I have a question for Ms Tansey on the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, and would like to broaden it out a little. The committee published the report on the impact of Covid-19 on primary and secondary education. The report recommends that emotional and therapeutic supports should be provided in all schools. I have stated to some of the witnesses that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: That is okay and I get what Ms Tansey said but this is not just about providing counselling services. This is about having somebody on site. The person does not have to be in the same school. If we take the example of a school in Enniscorthy, this person could be shared between three or four different schools, perhaps one big school and three or four smalls or whatever. Students would...