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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Minister of State for his response. However, we have a situation where teachers who felt that the union of which they were members had not dealt appropriately with the situation and, on principle, they felt they should leave it. They want to join another union and are precluded from so doing. That is absolutely wrong. We are not going to resolve it now, but I suggest that we...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: That is a point. It is something we need to keep an eye on. We move to subhead A5, ETB teachers' salaries. Since members do not have any questions or comments we will move onto the next section. Subhead A6, salaries of special needs assistants in primary and post-primary schools. Do members have any queries on this?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: It would be useful to see metrics for the number of school applications and the number of SNAs allocated. It would also be useful to know the number of appeals and the population of students to which the SNAs relate, and would demonstrate the level of support. I wonder where within this the autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units come into play? Some areas have a very low number of ASD units....

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: They are all in north Kildare.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: We will move on to subhead A9, school transport services. I ask members to indicate in respect of questions they would like to ask. I assume the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, will respond.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Are there other queries?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Are there any supplementaries relating to that? We will move on to subhead A14, miscellaneous grants and services, on page 16 of the briefing.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Are there any other queries?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Similarly, I was looking to see where the capitation grant would come in and felt that it was possibly under this heading That is one of the most important issues for parents and communities. Every year, surveys carried out by Barnardos and the credit union movement find that families, especially those with more than one school-going child, are under severe pressure and must significantly...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I am conscious that the debate is straying again into the area of policy.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I am conscious of time because the joint committee is due to meet on higher education at 5.30 p.m.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I will briefly take questions on the other subheads in programme A as the joint committee is due to discuss the Cassells report with four witnesses at 5.30 p.m. I ask members to specify the subheads to which they wish to refer and keep questions short. After the Minister responds, we will adjourn our discussion of the Revised Estimate and reconvene at another time, either later this evening...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 82. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the pilot scheme to be run by her Department and the Department of Social Protection to establish a specific social protection payment for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20385/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19439/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19511/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Grant Aid (2 May 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if assistance is available for persons resident in a housing estate (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20418/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (13 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently in direct provision in each direct provision centre for one year or less, one to two years, two to three years, three to four years, four to five years and more than five years, in tabular form; and the equivalent data for the same date in 2016. [19110/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (13 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18911/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (13 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the portion of the funding available to Caranua that has been distributed to persons who have made applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18912/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Data (13 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of private companies assisting his Department in job searches; his views on whether these companies are providing value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18909/17]