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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: 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]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Better Energy Homes Scheme Administration (13 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 320. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if SEAI grants can be made available to persons in homes in co-op schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18908/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Speeds (13 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 331. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when SMEs in an industrial estate (details supplied) will have access to high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18910/17]

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: It is important to acknowledge that An Garda Síochána plays an absolutely vital role in Irish society. In light of recent events, there is an urgent need to rebuild public trust in the institution. There is no doubt that legislation is needed to give greater powers to the Policing Authority in order to deal with the issues that have emerged in recent weeks. Real reform and...

Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: As we reach the 19th day of the Bus Éireann strike and in light of its devastating effect on public transport, the families of the bus drivers and people at large, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has yet to climb out of his ivory tower to do something about it. My question about promised legislation concerns a group of people who cannot avail of public transport. I refer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Aggravation by Prejudice) Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Chair and the members of the committee for inviting me here this morning to discuss the Criminal Justice (Aggravation by Prejudice) Bill 2016, which I introduced in the Dáil in July 2016 and which subsequently passed Second Stage at the end of September. The intention behind the Bill is the need to provide for hate crime legislation in this country. When introducing the...