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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (6 Dec 2016)
Fiona O'Loughlin: 308. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to cut funding for addiction services in counties Kildare and west Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38406/16]
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: We are meeting to consider the Supplementary Estimate for Vote 26 - Education and Skills, in the amount of €136 million which was referred to the select committee by order of the Dáil on 22 November. Under Standing Order 184, the discussion must be confined to the items contained in the Supplementary Estimate. There may be no discussion of the original Estimates, save in so far...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: We would have to go into private session to discuss the matter the Deputy wishes to raise. Can she wait to discuss it afterwards?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: The Minister for Education and Skills is waiting outside. The Deputy can raise the matter in private session after we discuss the Supplementary Estimate.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Deputy. I welcome the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Richard Bruton, and his officials. We are meeting to consider the Supplementary Estimate for Vote 26 - Education and Skills, in the amount of €136 million. I will repeat the following for the benefit of those members who were not present at the start of the meeting. The committee will have an opportunity...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: We will consider the subheads in order, commencing with subhead A3, superannuation in respect of teaching and non-teaching staff.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: To be expedient and in the interests of time, it may be preferable to discuss all the proposals together.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: Yes.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: I will ask a few questions and then revert back to the Minister. I will give every Deputy an opportunity to make comment and revert back again to the Minister for his closing remarks. To a certain extent, I am in agreement with my colleagues. It is always important to see extra investment in education, something for which we have all been fighting in the Dáil Chamber and at this...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: Does Deputy Ciarán Cannon wish to speak?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: It is a bigger issue than the Supplementary Estimate that the ancillary non-teaching staff are having to be covered from the grant and not even the full amount of what they are paid comes from that.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: I accept that the primary focus within any school or education system has to be the pupils. That aside, schools are to a certain extent like small businesses. Smooth administration is hugely important and is of great support to the principal and the teaching staff and we cannot underestimate the work of secretaries and caretakers. Indeed, in many cases, it is helping to facilitate wider...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: The Minister has heard me speaking about this before. In the Newbridge, Kilcullen and Kildare catchment area of Kildare South, many in the educational field believe, as I do, that a secondary school is merited. The data brought forward by the Department, however, state that it is not, though these data included fee-paying schools and this should not be the case. I accept that birth rate is...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: To be fair, I have given a bit of leeway. That is outside the scope of the meeting.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: It is an interesting question and the Department might respond regarding the €100 million, notwithstanding the 30% increase in construction costs. I refer to the cost of replacing prefabs. This is important to note, apart from the €20 million that had already been committed to.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: So there was not anything then-----
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: They are all new projects.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: Nothing was for prefab replacement outside the €20 million.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Minister for clarifying that. There are no more questions from members. Would the Minister like to make some closing remarks?
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016) Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Minister and his officials for attending. I appreciate the Minister's giving of his time to deal with the Supplementary Estimate and his willingness to go through all the issues in detail.