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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: We will conclude after Deputy Dooley.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: The Deputy has more parental experience than I do, but it is my observation that the primary school network is tighter in terms of parental involvement. Clearly, teenagers are more independent and go to school on their own, etc. Having listened to the suggestions made, primary school would be the avenue to take in commencing the process of educating parents.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: I will draw our conversation to a conclusion as we are way over time. I am aware that the delegates from Newbridge, in particular, are on the clock.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: My four-year-old had an iPad, although he was not able to use it. It has become an integral part of his education. We will take a final comment from each of the delegates before drawing the meeting to a conclusion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: Good luck with that. I thank the delegates for their contributions to our hearings on the issue of cybersecurity. Unusually, I will name all of my colleagues who have taken the time to attend, quite a number of whom are not members of the committee. My colleague and the Vice Chairman, Senator Joan Freeman, could not make it and sent her apologies, as did another member, Senator...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices (7 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: 45. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the activities of the local enterprise office in Swords; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5757/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (7 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: 71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans for targeted investment in job creation measures for north Fingal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5756/18]

Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: The Deputy must not have been listening.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (6 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: 82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action he is taking to address the inadequacies and loopholes which exist in legislation governing the immigration system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5297/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (6 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: 87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to prepare and issue a White Paper to provide an overview of the entirety of the immigration laws and to identify the way in which the immigration system can be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5298/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (6 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the former school at Rolestown, County Dublin is in the ownership of the State; and his plans in relation to the building. [5324/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (6 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: 314. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5343/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (6 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: 383. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve service provision at Swords Health Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5634/18]

Other Questions: Schools Site Acquisitions (1 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: I do not want to seem as though I am being very critical. I commend the work and the commitment that is there but according to the Central Statistics Office, CSO, we have significant growth in the two communities and the demand for schooling places is now critical in Malahide and Portmarnock, especially at second level. There is a commitment to deliver a new school for Portmarnock by way of...

Other Questions: Schools Site Acquisitions (1 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: I will do so very quickly. We have two Educate Together schools designated for the general community. Should they not share a site? Were we to co-locate both schools, it would save taxpayers a considerable sum and would offer great opportunities for the Educate Together patron body to get a foothold in the Portmarnock and Malahide area where there is great demand.

Other Questions: Schools Site Acquisitions (1 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: It is not the first time I have raised it.

Other Questions: Schools Site Acquisitions (1 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: 7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of sites for buildings for non-denominational schools in south Fingal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4655/18]

Other Questions: Schools Site Acquisitions (1 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: My question relates primarily to the provision of school sites in the southern part of Fingal where there was a designation for a primary and secondary non-denominational school as far back as four years ago. Unfortunately, the primary school is operating in a temporary location while the secondary school which was supposed to open last September has no site at all, let alone a temporary...

Other Questions: Schools Site Acquisitions (1 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: The Educate Together national school for Malahide-Portmarnock is currently operating 4.5 km from both communities. While that might not seem too far if one is outside Dublin, it is a very significant distance in an urban environment, in particular given traffic on the Malahide Road. It is also accommodated in an unsuitable facility which is in effect a former third-level agricultural...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action being taken to ensure adequate educational capacity exists to cater for future demand in view of the planned population and housing growth on the Donabate and Portrane peninsula; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4656/18]