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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: When does Mr. Kenny expect the review to commence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: It depends on whether we consider autumn to end this month or next month, I suppose. We might get a written review on that. On whether orientation, mobility and life skills should be part of the school curriculum, we heard about how well this works in three counties in Munster, where it is put through the education system, and about the benefit of it. That pilot project started 20 years...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: What does Mr. Doody mean by a legacy issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Is it getting State funding or not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: The three counties in Munster.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Which Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Mr. Doody is saying he sees this as a potential Department of children issue, yet it is his Department providing the funding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I understand my time is up, but to me that does not equate when there is a situation where this has been talked about for 20 years and there has been a pilot programme. It clearly seems to be working from what the stakeholders have told us and it is a really important aspect of these students' experience. I suggest if the Department of Education is funding it through that particular grant,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I did not fully understand the response when Deputy Hourigan asked questions about modified papers. Can Ms Walsh explain it?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (15 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will revoke the pike conservation by-law (No. 809) and the coarse fish conservation by-law (No. 806) from 2006, considering that a 2011 social science case study (details supplied) stated that the two by-laws were formulated on the basis of perceived threats to fish stocks, false facts and latent racism driven...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (15 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the review has been completed by his officials into the continued application in SAC waters of the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law No. 806 (2006) and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law No. 809 (2006); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41135/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (15 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there have been any personnel changes to the position of principal officer within the inland fisheries division of his Department this calendar year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41132/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (15 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason no appropriate assessment screening was conducted for the Conservation of Salmon and Sea Trout Ballysadare (Closed Rivers), Bye-law No. C.S. 336, 2024, that covered multiple special areas of conservation, considering his statement of 27 July 2021 vis-à-vis the EU legal requirement to assess potential...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Bodies (15 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how long more Inland Fisheries Ireland, which operates under his aegis, will be led by a carousel of deputy CEOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41134/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (15 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is national policy to conserve invasive escaped farmed salmon in special area of conservation waters that are only open to catch-and-release angling and closed fisheries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41136/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41432/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Resolution Processes (15 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is possible to combine all three schemes, that is, the HTB scheme, the first home scheme and council mortgage, when purchasing a home, in relation to the requirement for the HTB mortgage minimum to be 70% of the value of the house; if the council mortgage is not sufficient to meet this minimum, if the first home scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (15 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41204/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (15 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 569. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of any funding for those working and living in Gaeltacht areas wishing to study the certificate in nurse and midwife prescribing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41202/24]

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Thank you, a Chathaoirligh.