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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to improve interdepartmental communication and co-operation in the area of the development of apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49413/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on the renewal of a lease held by a school (details supplied) to secure permanent stabilising tenancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49106/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (27 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a place at a local national school which they had been enrolled in prior to commencement particularly when this school has a special unit for special needs; his views on whether this decision is discriminatory and entirely unfair refusing this young person a place to begin primary school...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protections) Bill 2018: Discussion (22 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I will be brief because I know there is a packed agenda today and Deputy Ó Broin has covered a lot already. We cannot underestimate the impact the housing crisis is having on students, particularly those from a rural area. My constituency is a mix of rural and urban areas and I am sure other members of the committee will have constituents in a similar situation. A student might work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protections) Bill 2018: Discussion (22 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: One of the submissions referred to how housing constitutes a barrier to access to education and staying in education. We all know about this. I know of so many commuting students who ended up dropping out. It is impossible to study, commute and try to pay for everything. We all know the stories. I acknowledge some positive points were made on the RTB and on the complexity of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protections) Bill 2018: Discussion (22 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I do not have many questions. I welcome that the USI is supportive of the Bill. Its representatives are preaching to the converted in terms of all the stuff they are saying about students. We know of many situations of people struggling to stay in college. If they end up dropping out, fees the following year are an issue if they did not complete their first year. I will take the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protections) Bill 2018: Discussion (22 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I thought I would take the chance while she was present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protections) Bill 2018: Discussion (22 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Ms Byrne for that.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the recently proposed legislative change will be enacted which will compel schools to open specialised ASD special educational needs classes in circumstances in which it is needed; the way in which this legislative change will be enforced once formalised in view of the fact that there has been resistance from schools in the past to open...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 114. To ask the Minister for Health the transport services being provided for both adults and young persons with additional needs that have recently completed their studies and wish to attend a day service; and his plans to improve access for those persons to day services, particularly for those living in rural areas that have great difficulty in accessing and availing of day services due to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (21 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a request for further information by persons (details supplied) [48457/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (20 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on the lease held by a school (details supplied) from an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47961/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Uptake of Apprenticeships and Traineeships: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: First, apologies for being late for the presentations. I have read the opening statements. I agree with much of what Senators Gallagher and Ruane have said. It seems like there are many great ideas and there is a lot of good work going on to a certain extent, but my difficulty is that I do not think that information is filtering down to those at local level who might have an interest in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Operation of Caranua: Department of Education and Skills (15 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I will be brief because nearly everything has been covered. Senator Gavan has done much work on this matter on behalf of our party. It is hard to find the words to describe the history of these people. They have been badly failed by the State, first in these institutions and then in this process. It is as though Caranua's attitude is that people do not deserve this money, not least as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Operation of Caranua: Department of Education and Skills (15 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I had asked a question about the fact that people were told there was no appeals process. What is the situation and where can people go from here?

Report on Positive Mental Health in Schools: Motion (8 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I am delighted to speak on this topic which is one I feel very strongly about. It is an excellent report and I hope its recommendations will be implemented because reports sometimes end up on shelves gathering dust and I hope that does not happen with this report given the recommendations it contains. We must take a two-pronged approach when it comes to mental health and children in...

Apprenticeships: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: Sinn Féin will support the motion as it echoes our position and views on apprenticeships and the drastic change of tack that is needed. We have been calling for greater investment in apprenticeships and a wider choice of apprenticeship courses focused on current skills shortages. We have also called on the Government to address the gender imbalance, which has been mentioned frequently...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Closures: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: Chairman-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Closures: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: To be fair, supplementary questions are usually taken at the end.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Closures: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Nov 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I appreciate that the Minister was not long in the job when this issue came to light so I have some sympathy for him. No school in my constituency in either county has been affected so I have not had the same contact with parents as other members of the committee and Deputies here. Not so long ago, there was an issue with tools being downed in the case of schools built through public...