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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Education Service (4 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a review will take place of education provision in prisons and of the three year joint education strategy with the education and training boards for the 2016 to 2018 period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21327/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (4 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the recent census data now available with regard to assessing the requirement for an additional secondary school for the Newbridge area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21182/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (4 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school teachers on his Department's payroll that are currently paid a qualification allowance at the pass degree rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21330/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (4 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to local authorities in County Kildare in the past five years for the provision of housing for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21328/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (4 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the chiropodists in County Kildare that accept medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21329/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (4 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 269. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to review Defence Forces regulations with regard to the governance and management of married quarters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21179/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (4 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 270. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of families which are in residence in married quarters in the Curragh camp; the number of these families which have an eviction order pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21180/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (4 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 271. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are residents of the Curragh camp who are in receipt of a lifetime lease agreement; the number of these agreements in existence; when these agreements were put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21181/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Meetings (4 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 275. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to engage with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21326/17]

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: There is no doubt in saying the time of being born and the time of giving birth must be the most vulnerable times in anybody's life, for the infant being born and the mother giving birth. As a nation, we absolutely owe these women and their children the very best of professional care and support in the highest end hospital with all the necessary equipment should anything go wrong. I will...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: -----to our mother and whatever new sibling had arrived at that point. The hospital was built in 1892. Women are going in at the most vulnerable point in their lives and Holles Street is absolutely not fit for purpose. When the Minister announced last November there was going to be a relocation he received great accolades and there was great fanfare, and deservedly so if the details were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (3 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 19. To ask the Minister for Health if asthma sufferers that have to cease medication during pregnancy can rejoin their medication programme without being penalised in any manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20800/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (3 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 60. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce subsidised asthma medication in the absence of asthma being recognised on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20799/17]

Mental Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I commend my colleague, Deputy Browne, on the introduction of this legislation. I want to talk about a beautiful young girl from Newbridge, Maxine Maguire, who died by suicide on Tuesday, 7 February last at the age of just 25. She was a much-loved daughter, sister, granddaughter and friend. By all accounts, she was an incredible human being. Maxine had been suffering with an illness for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: We have a quorum, so I propose that we now resume in public session. I also propose that after hearing the witnesses, we will deal with the minutes, correspondence and reports. Is that agreed? Agreed. I wish to welcome the following witnesses to the meeting: Dr. Charles Larkin, Dr. Shaen Corbet and Dr. Aedín Doris from NUI Maynooth, in addition to Dr. Darragh Flannery from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Dr. Flannery and Dr. Doris. Next are Dr. Larkin and Dr. Corbet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Dr. Larkin and invite Dr. Corbet to make his presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Dr. Corbet. We have had four excellent presentations. We are all agreed that we are in crisis in respect of third-level fees, both currently and given the demographics coming down the line. Ultimately, we have to do what is fair to students, their families, universities, and the taxpayer, particularly as the taxpayer has a significant stake in this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Senator for that interesting comment. I will not take up too much time myself as we need to get back to the four experts and professionals. However, areas of concern to me would include equity of access and ensuring that, no matter what, we are not putting more barriers in the way of students. I was going to say young people but sometimes older people want access as well. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I accept that, but whoever would be in government would have to ensure that did not happen. We are in a situation where we need the Government of the day to invest in higher education. No matter what happens in terms of finance down the road, we absolutely need investment at this point. We sat here and listened to the leaders in the area from the universities and the institutes of...