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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: It does not matter what party they are from.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Deputy Martin for the clarification. I will not go back to Mr. Moriarty because we are running out of time but if he wants to write to us on that point, we will circulate his response.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: We have it on the record.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: There are 1,500 boards of management.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: Thank you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I need to conclude because we are running an hour late and we must go straight to another session.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: Yes, very quickly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I was about to suggest that. If there is anything anyone wants to add, we would be delighted to receive it in writing for circulation to the members. On behalf of the committee, I note that we are very conscious of the wealth of knowledge and experience represented by the witnesses. We are grateful not only that the witnesses attended today and provided us with their insights and thoughts...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I welcome Ms Mary Higgins and Mr. David O'Callaghan, CEO and chairman, respectively, of Caranua and acknowledge that we have some survivors with us in the Public Gallery. They are very welcome to attend this hearing. Members will recall the Private Members' motion on Caranua in the Dáil last week. The debate provided Members of the Dáil with an opportunity to highlight some...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I am searching for the letter we sent to Caranua, which sets out the specific issues the committee proposed to raise. Caranua has engaged with the Committee of Public Accounts on financial matters. Having discussed the matter with the Chairman of that committee, specifically with regard to the Private Members' motion tabled in the Dáil last week, I am aware that issues were raised...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I will not stop Deputy Byrne or any other member from doing so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: We will suspend briefly. My apologies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I apologise for the interruption. I hope we will not have another one. The purpose of this part of the meeting is to have an engagement with Caranua on the matters I outlined. On behalf of the joint committee, I welcome again Ms Mary Higgins and Mr. David O'Callaghan, CEO and chairman, respectively, of Caranua. I draw attention to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: No. We will take questions from all members and we will then come back to the witnesses for answers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I want to draw the line there.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: That does not matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: Senator Ruane is a member of the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: If Ms Higgins and Mr. O'Callaghan do not have the answers to all of the questions, they can feel free to write to us afterwards with any answers for which they do not have the information. We will be happy to circulate that to all of the members and to Deputy Connolly. To say a few words myself, when I started to look at the remit of Caranua and listen to the stories, the first thing that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: It does. I thank Ms Higgins for clarifying it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: Of course.