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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): School Transport Provision (18 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a number of children from County Kilkenny, specifically Paulstown, Gowran and Ballyhale, have no school transport and cannot get to school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42127/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): School Transport Provision (18 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I was not at the Joint Committee on Education and Skills this morning and so I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate the Minister on his new role and post. I wish him every success with it. I always believe in working constructively with people and I look forward to doing that in future. My question is exactly as set out. Will the Minister explain the reason several children in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): School Transport Provision (18 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I appreciate that the Minister is new to the role. My difficulty is that we always get a stock answer about the school transport scheme. With the greatest of respect, I am aware of the school transport scheme and how it works. My own two children get the school bus every day. My question is about these children in Kilkenny. They number approximately 20 in total in three localities in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): School Transport Provision (18 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I appreciate that the Minister has said the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, is open to engagement. He certainly has not been open to engagement thus far in respect of these three villages. The parents concerned will testify to that. If he is willing to meet, that would certainly be a welcome development. I know the Minister is from a rural area and, therefore, he has some...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: This is my first opportunity to speak about this issue since the passing of the referendum. I welcome its passing and want to reflect on its importance and significance. On a personal note and at a political level, it was one of the most important issues in which I had ever been involved. I will never forget being in the count centre on 26 May when we received the excellent news. I...

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

Kathleen Funchion: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not had a SENO in place for more than one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41799/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Development Plan (18 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the use of capital investment such as funds from the National Development Plan 2018-2027 to improve school infrastructure and capacity to provide nutritious meals for children. [42118/18]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the budget. I will focus on education as I am education spokesperson for my party. On paper, what has been announced sounds fantastic - €1.8 billion in supports, particularly for children with additional needs. It sounds like a great headline but, unfortunately, that is all it is. It is a headline because much of this is not new money and is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Tendering (26 Sep 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the school transport system was not put out for tender. [38954/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (26 Sep 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact process of the school transport lottery system. [38955/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Availability (26 Sep 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the school transport situation in the Paulstown, Gowan and Goresbridge areas of County Kilkenny whereby a large number of students cannot avail of school transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38956/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I am delighted to have the chance to deal with these issues because finally there are real human beings on the other side of the room at whom we can look and with whom we can raise them. There are serious problems in the Kilkenny area that are currently ongoing and unresolved a month into the school year. In the areas of Gowran, Paulstown, Ballyhale, Thomastown and Inistioge there are about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I am sure he knows the meeting is on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I think the Minister should be here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I am sorry to cut across Mr. Dolan but some of the children to whom I refer are not ineligible. They are going to the nearest school.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I sent that information into the Department but have not received any response. I have been told that the Department will look into it but have not been given any answers and we are a month into the school term now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: Thank you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Meals Programme (25 Sep 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that the providers of school lunches ensure that the packaging for the food is as environmentally friendly as possible with the minimum use of plastics or the eradication of the use of plastics if possible. [38315/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (25 Sep 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to provide one administration day a week to teaching principals across the primary school network. [38762/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (25 Sep 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of lifting the moratorium on filling school management positions at primary school level, that is, assistant principal 1 and assistant principal 2 positions. [38763/18]