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- Estimates for Public Services 2015 (9 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have noticed in many of the Minister's public pronouncements of late that he attempts to make a virtue, as he sees it, of increased and ahead-of-profile tax returns while keeping a firm reign on public expenditure. The Minister paints this position as one that reflects prudence in his governance. Listening to him, one would never believe he was a Minister in a Government that had hacked...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (9 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 130. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a headstrong jigsaw site in the north inner city of Dublin following from a meeting held with an organisation (details supplied) in summer 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44352/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is losing an entitlement to a special needs assistant; if she will re-instate the person's special needs assistance hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44341/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (8 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 357. To ask the Minister for Health why the home care package hours of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 were not increased when the person moved into independent living accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43572/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction work will begin and be completed on a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43537/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the funding and building of St. Thomas's national school in Lucan, County Dublin, including the amount of funding allocated from the current capital programme, the stage that planning is at and when the works will be completed. [43753/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Fees (8 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce a fee waiver for independently managed community education providers for Quality and Qualifications Ireland re-engagement. [43954/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Fees (8 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why organisations already accredited by the four bodies that are being amalgamated into Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, are being asked to apply for accreditation with QQI, thereby having to pay an additional fee, and if she will waive this fee. [43955/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (8 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why the resource hours of a person (details supplied) were withdrawn at the start of this school year and if these will be re-instated for the coming school year. [43957/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (8 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a person with multiple special needs (details supplied) in Dublin 22 was not allocated a special needs assistant at the start of this school year and if she will consider providing this allocation to the person for the coming school year. [43958/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (8 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process by which persons with multiple diagnoses are assessed for resource hours or special needs assistants and if a person with the following diagnoses (details supplied) in Dublin 22 will be allocated resource hours or a special needs assistant on the grounds of the multiple diagnosis. [43959/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (8 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 against the withdrawal of resource hours for the current school year and why the original deciding officer is overseeing the appeal despite this being in contravention of the National Council for Special Education rules. [44031/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Certification (8 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund funded training courses are not recognised by SOLAS and if she will reconsider this policy. [43964/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (8 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is losing an entitlement to a special needs assistant; if she will re-instate this entitlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44029/15]
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is a disgraceful position from the Labour Party. It is pathetic. I am not interested in Fianna Fáil.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is not acceptable for the Minister to say to families, such as Máire's, that their predicament is not acceptable when the Government has a hand in creating their misery. That is the truth. The coalition has been in government for almost five years and its record on social housing build is pathetic. I am shocked that the Minister and his colleagues repeatedly give out that message...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: No, we cannot.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: No, it is not.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: No, it is not.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is not.