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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Meetings (22 Jan 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 586. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she met with particular childcare providers in order to inform early years policy; if so, the number of providers; the format that outreach was made in; and the outcomes in this regard. [2514/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Meetings (22 Jan 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 587. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to continue outreach with childcare providers that would wish to be involved in the future of policy formation regarding the early years sector; if so, the format in which this will be carried out; and the way in which childcare providers that would like to advise her Department on their experiences can ensure that their advice...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Jan 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 623. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to be admitted to the National Rehabilitation Hospital. [54376/18]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossessions (19 Dec 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I welcome that the Minister has condemned the situation. However, the point is that there will be more incidents such as this throughout the country if we do not deal with the fact that in many cases and certainly the vast majority of those with which I have dealt the banks will not engage with people. They will not negotiate. They haunt people with letters, phone calls, emails and texts...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossessions (19 Dec 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue. I am glad to have the opportunity to raise it because it is extremely important. The behaviour witnessed at the weekend was like a scene from 19th century Ireland. There are no appropriate words we can use in this Chamber to describe it, only "completely disgusting behaviour". The Government should remind the banks who exactly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts (18 Dec 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms and conditions of SNAs in primary and secondary education; the working hours set in a year for both cohorts; the way in which requirements for secondary education level SNAs to work summer months operates; if his attention has been drawn to the discrepancy a school may have towards the working hours of a SNA particularly in secondary...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: That is the second time Deputy Danny Healy-Rae has done it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (4 Dec 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I will focus on education. When can we expect the right to education to finally become a universal right for all children, including children with additional needs and children on the autism spectrum? We know there are long waiting lists for diagnosis. This means children are being left behind. Obviously, this has a major impact on their education. I would like to mention a particular...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: No.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early Childhood Care and Education (4 Dec 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for over age exemption for the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme; and the reason a child with an autism diagnosis who cannot start school until 2019 due to a lack of suitable school places would not qualify for the exemption. [50541/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (4 Dec 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 387. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be rescheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50561/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (4 Dec 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 397. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the level of supports and services to persons with autism spectrum disorder, in respect of which he established a working group in August 2017, will be published; and the status of progress. [50587/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Autism Support Services (28 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the acute shortage of ASD classes and services being provided for children in both primary and post-primary education nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49596/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Autism Support Services (28 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: My question is on the provision of ASD supports. What is the Department's plan to address the acute shortage of ASD classes and services being provided for children in both primary and post-primary education?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Autism Support Services (28 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister. Some of what he said is welcome. I am aware of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, which we debated in the House. My fear is that we again have a situation where children who have an additional need or a disability are falling through the cracks or being left behind. They are being treated differently from children starting in mainstream schools with no...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Autism Support Services (28 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I agree that where ASD units are operational they are, in the main, successful. That, however, is the reason I raised this issue. Greater access is needed for students. There are many different examples of where that is needed and I am not the only person who could cite examples; every Deputy could probably do so. Some students cannot start school. They have to go to a special school and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (28 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in regard to sexual health and relationship education, including the areas of contraception and consent, in primary and post-primary schools. [49414/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Mental Health Strategies (28 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposal to include mindfulness in primary school education; if there is a timeframe for this to be introduced into the curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49412/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (28 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the requirements from SUSI for grant allocation particularly for those students that do not qualify due to their address being marginally outside the agreed set SUSI distance boundaries and therefore do not meet the requirements. [49534/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (28 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of financial settlements reached with staff in schools nationally in the past five years; the cost of these settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49411/18]