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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Special Needs Education: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I will let the Deputy come back in because she has gone over time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Special Needs Education: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Quickly then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Special Needs Education: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Deputy Nolan. I myself have a couple of quick questions. One or two members want to come back in. If anybody wants to come back in, I ask them to message the clerk to the committee. Senator Dolan is the first up, after me, to come back in. Ms Tansey spoke of the psychologists. Is there a shortage of psychologists in Ireland for recruitment at present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Special Needs Education: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: All the officials will agree it has been a huge issue today when they talk about the imperative that there be early intervention when a child is diagnosed with autism. There are reports of considerable delays right across the country. They heard Deputies in Cork speaking about their own constituency. I have experienced it in my own constituency in Wexford. Right across the country one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Special Needs Education: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Does Ms Tansey believe the streamlining is satisfactory at the moment because many people would disagree with that and say it is not a satisfactory at the moment? I engage with parents and, as a politician, I do not believe any parent should have to approach their local Deputy, councillor or Senator to look for these services or approach me, as a public representative, to speed up the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Special Needs Education: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I do not want a reply to this, but I have been speaking to a number of teachers recently who have spoken about children being in and out of school over the last while. It will be a significant challenge for the witnesses to deal with kids' emotions and so on. It is anecdotal evidence, since one teacher told me that no specific research was done on this. He said that the female students...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Special Needs Education: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Ms Mannion, Mr. Ward, Mr. Doody, Mr. Murtagh, Ms McGrath and Ms Tansey for appearing before the committee. The briefing was informative and productive for us as committee members to enable us to follow on from the information they gave us. I also thank members for their input. The committee stands adjourned until its next public meeting at 12.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 20 April 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 12. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider implementing a mechanism for businesses to switch from lesser Covid restrictions support scheme payments to greater small business assistance scheme for Covid payments or to claim the balance under the scheme to augment their Covid restrictions support scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (1 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when two tour guides and one general operative will be appointed to Kennedy Park and Arboretum, New Ross, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17899/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 128. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the process for obtaining permission by persons (details supplied) for international travel for the purpose of participating in elite sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17900/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 187. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects the passport service to resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17901/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied); if the school it will be in place by September 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17661/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (1 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2021 of 24 March 2021, if the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, advised his Department to increase the buffer radius from 3 km to 15 km; if his attention has been drawn to the clear guidance on page 32 of the appropriate NPWS assessment document; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (1 Apr 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason all forestry projects are required by his Department to adhere to a 15 km buffer zone when the clear guidance from the National Parks and Wildlife Service states the distance can be much less than 15 km and, in some cases, less than 100 m, and must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis; and if he will make a statement on...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I welcome the Minister and his officials. I have a follow-on question on the new strategy. One of the issues I come across regularly is where a young farmer has put a huge investment into his or her herd, stock, restocking and enterprise. We need to look at the compensation provided for any farmer who is locked up with TB. I recently raised this issue with departmental officials. I am...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I have a couple of quick questions. I will follow on from Deputy Fitzmaurice on the forestry issue. Many people out there are really frustrated at present. I have been contacted by quite a few people over the last number of weeks about how timber from the sawmills has gone out of control, specifically with the manufacturer. That would be timber for houses, timber products or whatever....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the decision-making process in respect of students and examiners not wearing masks during leaving certificate oral examinations; her views on the short notice for these guidelines; if she will overturn this decision in order that vulnerable teachers or those with vulnerable family members do not have to withdraw from the process; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (24 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 148. 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. [14209/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (24 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the assistance available to primary schools under the green agenda initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15247/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (24 Mar 2021)

Paul Kehoe: 388. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of registered driving instructors that are registered with the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15740/21]