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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Mr. Irwin made some very interesting points in regard to the people who become teachers. The next speaker is Deputy Conway-Walsh, followed by Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Mr. Irwin. The next speaker is Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan, followed by Deputy Alan Farrell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the guests for those responses. I call Senator Mullen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Senator. I have a couple of questions for the witnesses. It was very interesting listening to them and the questioners. Ms O'Connor spoke about Fortnite. I could educate her on it. I did not know much about it until about 12 months ago but I could now give her a good, solid education on it and, I am not ashamed to say, the rows it causes in my house and, I would think, every...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Mr. Irwin. I have another couple of comments to make. I have spoken about this in larger primary schools. They do not have a similar problem in secondary schools. In my local primary school, St. Aidan’s Primary School, Enniscorthy, where my own children are going to school, there could be a little over 900 pupils. It is a fantastic school, run by the principal, Mr. Frank...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I have a question for Ms O’Connor and Mr. Irwin on cyberbullying. Parents play an important role when it comes to bullying. When I was going to school, and it is still happening, there were students bullying teachers, students bullying students, and teachers bullying students. That happened, and it is still happening. It is one of the reasons I have such a huge interest in this....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I will allow other members to come back in. Ms O'Connor referred to opportunities for younger people to become teachers and that most current teachers may come from a middle-class background. I presume she was referring to primary and post primary. That is very concerning because I think everybody should have an opportunity to follow their dream in life, whatever that may be. I know...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Mr. Irwin. A parent to whom I spoke in recent days told me that his son told him it must have been the most boring childhood ever when there was no Fortnite or iPads. That says a lot about students and the concerns we have. Does Deputy Ó Cathasaigh wish to come back in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I call Mr. White.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Would Senator Byrne to come back in? There are about three minutes left.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Senator Byrne. In conclusion, I ask both organisations, the primary principals and the secondary school principals, to go back to their respective principals to say well done, and I know I speak for every member of the committee. It has been a difficult number of months since September of 2020 or, even, since March of last year, during Covid-19. They did a fantastic job in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I call Mr. Irwin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Maybe ten or 12 years ago there was drug testing in post-primary schools. Students or parents would sign that their sons or daughters would voluntarily take a drug test. It was not mandatory; it was totally voluntarily. I remember tabling a couple of questions to the Department of Education. The issue of drugs a big problem in terms of peer pressure and bullying. I would be interested to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 May 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is considering redrafting of the current reconstitution scheme to deal with ash dieback in order to include all trees planted under his Department’s forestation schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28755/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (25 May 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to reopen applications for work permits for dairy farm assistants in early 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28350/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 May 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 189. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) is not eligible for the Covid restrictions support scheme; the options available to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27702/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 May 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the connected party eligibility criteria for EWSS in an instance in which the connected party is a registered apprentice, but had not been on the payroll and paid at any time between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28033/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 May 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 230. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if wet pubs are eligible to receive funding under the outdoor seating and accessories for tourism and hospitality services schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28175/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 May 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 232. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when new operating guidelines for the sectors of the hospitality industry scheduled to reopen from 7 June 2021 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28347/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 May 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 476 of 13 May 2021, the way all forestry projects in Ireland will impact on the whooper swan, the Greenland white-fronted goose and the barnacle goose, given the fact these bird species breed and nest in Greenland and only winter remotely in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...