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Other Questions: Foster Care Supports (4 Jul 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: There are a total of 6,300 children in care in Ireland, as per the figures for the first quarter of this year. Of these, 5,819 are in a supportive family network. Obviously, they have come to this situation through some trauma in their own lives. I want to pay tribute to the many thousands of foster families who have dedicated their lives to rearing other people's children. Does the...

Other Questions: Foster Care Supports (4 Jul 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I could not agree more with the Minister when she says children in foster care and their supportive foster care families deserve and should receive all necessary supports. I have already mentioned that no matter what leads to a child being in foster care, there has been some type of chaos within their family situation. There is no doubt many of these children need psychological services and...

Other Questions: Foster Care Supports (4 Jul 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Minister and do not for a moment doubt her bona fides in this area. I will be in contact with her office in regard to this specific situation. I have listened to the tears of the heart-broken foster mother, who really felt she was the last chance for this young boy. I would share the foster mother's concerns about this little boy surviving and having a life that a young boy of...

Priority Questions: Child Care Services Funding (4 Jul 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: That is fine.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I refer to page 58 of the programme for Government on the issue of capacity within hospitals. The latest figures released by the INMO are very troubling, particularly for hospitals outside Dublin, in that there have been significant increases in the numbers of patients on trolleys and the level of overcrowding. More than 51,000 patients have been impacted on, including 1,695 in Naas, County...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Supports (4 Jul 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 40. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure that foster carers can have immediate access to medical and psychological supports required by the children in their care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31181/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Assessments (4 Jul 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30794/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (4 Jul 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if will review a plan sent in by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30958/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (4 Jul 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 324. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of HSE employees that are not members of recognised unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30787/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprises Debt (29 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether financial institutions are providing sufficient support and guidance to those SMEs that have found themselves in financial difficulty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30759/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (29 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance the guidance which is given to customers of financial institutions when a debt is being sold on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30760/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis for reducing SNA hours in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30583/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (29 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda recruits currently in training; the number scheduled for further intakes in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30586/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (29 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding has been made available to reopen the L6042 Coughlanstown Road, Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30571/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (29 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 302. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the assurances being given to a group (details supplied) that pay and conditions in the Defence Forces will improve in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30584/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (29 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 303. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the overgrown state of the Curragh plains with thistles and nettles is to be dealt with in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30585/17]

Anti-Malarial Medication: Motion (28 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I hail from the heart of the Defence Forces in south County Kildare. The Curragh is home to 1,500 troops at any given time with practically every member of the Defence Forces receiving training in the Defence Forces training centre at some stage in their career and many receiving training prior to overseas deployment. We are extremely proud of our military tradition in my part of the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I ask everybody to switch off mobile phones as they cause interference with the recording equipment in the committee rooms. This meeting has been convened to consider Committee Stage of the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016. I welcome the Minister for Education and Skills and his officials to the meeting. There are 180 amendments to deal with, so I would appreciate if we were...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: It is on the grouping list.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: The decision has been made and clarified. The amendment proposed to amend the Equal Status Act rather than any provision of the Bill. It must be ruled out of order as it is outside the scope and not relevant to the provisions of the Bill. I will not delay the meeting, but I am happy to discuss the matter with the Deputy after the meeting. There is an opportunity to rethink and resubmit on...