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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and General Scheme of Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Before we go back there were some specific questions for the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and General Scheme of Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Deputy Daly. He makes the point very well that the role of an ombudsman is also advocacy as well as dealing with all the complaints that come to its office. The role is to identify where there are problems and advocating for the change. I call Mr. Hanevy, who will have the last word.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and General Scheme of Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Mr. Hanvey. I wish to endorse Deputy Martin's suggestion about having the possibility, particularly in a secondary school, of having a student member on a board of management.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and General Scheme of Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Deputy Martin is ahead of herself, not for the first time in terms of good ideas. I would certainly welcome that initiative. I now volunteer with Special Olympics and I worked with them. In the Special Olympics, every board and at every level of the organisation, be it at a local club level, regional, country or global level it is the policy that an athlete is a member of the board and...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 44. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department measured the impacts of allowing hedge cutting in August and the impact it may have on wildlife; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11365/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 67. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to make departmental funding available for multicultural integration events to communities such as Kildare town which have a large multicultural society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11366/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax incentives and reliefs that will be available to owners of properties in rural towns and villages following on from the Government's launch of the Action Plan for Rural Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11935/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to combat the accommodation crisis for students attending UCD in 2017-18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11483/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the timeframe for the increase in student accommodation for students attending UCD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11485/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Data (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of students attending UCD from outside County Dublin for the each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11484/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in County Kildare availing of autism spectrum specific services, by the type of service, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11934/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 373. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the position of CEOs of State and semi-State bodies when an initial contract expires, if there is an opportunity to reapply for the post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11994/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 374. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the position of CEOs of State and semi-State bodies when an initial contact expires, if there is an opportunity to extend the contract with the relevant boards approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11995/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Plan (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 383. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the various towns throughout the country and in County Kildare have been selected for benefit from the recently announced Action Plan for Rural Development; if a priority list has been set out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11482/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Expenditure (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 617. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided in 2016 for the provision of home help hours in County Kildare; the amount of funding allocated to County Kildare in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11936/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 618. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be made available to County Kildare for 2017 in view of the fact that funding is being exhausted in catering for existing clients while new clients are being left on long waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11937/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons placed in nursing homes through the fair deal scheme in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11938/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 620. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding and timeframe for the proposed organ transplant opt-out scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11939/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 627. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the medical case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11993/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Bodies (7 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 668. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11996/17]