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Other Questions: Youth Services Funding (9 Jun 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I acknowledge the 2% increase in funding in 2016. However, it is not enough. I look forward to the announcement next week on the provision of extra resources and supports for 15 to 25 year olds. I draw the Minister's attention to the Indecon report of 2012 which estimated that for every €1 invested in youth work, the economic benefit to the State is €2.02. This helps to...

Other Questions: Youth Services Funding (9 Jun 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Minister. Deputy Rabbitte and I are happy to work closely with her on this issue. I referred earlier to the excellent collaborative work, in particular by Newbridge Resource Centre and Teach Dara. Kildare has only three resource centres while Kerry has 13. It is clear that the money does not necessarily follow the demographic profile of a county. Kildare urgently needs...

Other Questions: Youth Services Funding (9 Jun 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: We look forward to it.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (9 Jun 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are special procedures are in place for children residing in special care units whose first language is not English; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14821/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Pensions (2 Jun 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 105. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an updated pension plan for staff of the Central Remedial Clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12601/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Powers (2 Jun 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the powers of An Garda Síochána in policing illegal camping on the Curragh in County Kildare. [14091/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (2 Jun 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to immediately include a school (details supplied) under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme and in whatever interim arrangements are in place pending his decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14141/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (2 Jun 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary schools in County Kildare that have delivering equality of opportunity in schools status and the extra supports and resources this provides to them; the process by which a school can receive this status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14142/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (2 Jun 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to publish the review of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme commissioned by his predecessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14143/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (2 Jun 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 307. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the powers the Military Police have on areas of the Curragh, County Kildare, where illegal camping may occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14093/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts in Education Charter (1 Jun 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 66. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the resources being made available to support the arts in education, in particular for children's books and Poetry Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13115/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (1 Jun 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 44. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of investment from capital spend her Department has made in County Kildare since 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13116/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (31 May 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will end pay inequality for new entrants into the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12602/16]

Other Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (26 May 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his efforts to secure the release of a person (details supplied) detained in Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11915/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (26 May 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised at European Union or United Nations level the question of Turkey's status as a safe state for refugees being overturned; the efforts he is making to cease the return of refugees to Turkey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11914/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (25 May 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to revise and increase rent supplement, given the huge increase in family homelessness since the beginning of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11710/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (25 May 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to restore the telephone allowance, given changed demographics and age profiles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11709/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 May 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the number of teachers in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11991/16]

Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (24 May 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I am sharing with Deputy MacSharry who has been sent a message to come to the Chamber. There is no doubt that modern life is very challenging. Bills pile up, homes are repossessed and jobs are lost. More hours are spent in cars stuck on bottleneck roads. Children are spending more time separated from their parents and families. People are time starved, with less capacity for leisure...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (24 May 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 55. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his progress in ending involuntary long-term homelessness by the end of 2016, as committed to in the Government's February 2013 homeless policy statement. [11437/16]