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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (24 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that staff, students, parents and friends at Mount Mercy College, Model Farm Road, Cork have been fundraising to build a sports hall, but this project will only be possible if she provides funding for it; if she will provide the necessary funding to facilitate the construction of a much-needed sports hall at the school; and if...

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: In congratulating the Minister of State, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, and in particular Deputy Lyons for another momentous occasion in the Oireachtas, it is important that we pay tribute to the LGBT group of the INTO and to GLEN and others for bringing about this significant change. As a schoolteacher, I am one of the people who would have been affected had we not made...

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Today we stand on the brink of a new Ireland where people are equal as citizens. That did not just happen by chance. I pay tribute to people such as former Senator, Joe O’Toole, a former general secretary, John Carr, and others in the INTO who have led the campaign to bring about this change. I agree with Deputy Spring that leaders are required to bring about change. The Minister...

Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: We need to get an explanation as to what happened in the four-year period.

Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The graph does not lie. The people on the housing list in Cork deserve better than to see moneys available being returned to central government. They deserve better than seeing the moneys not being used.

Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government has taken steps to end the housing crisis across the country. In the next six years, 35,000 units will be built through an investment of €3.8 billion. This year alone, some 7,400 units of social housing will be provided. These are all welcome developments. In the time allocated to me, I will focus on an issue I have raised before in the House. I have been in contact...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (18 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant will be assigned solely to a pupil with on the autism spectrum disorder in a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40763/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Applications (17 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 334. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the supports available to help single and separated fathers access legal aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40482/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (17 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 351. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding made available for child care services in budget 2016; the improvements this funding will deliver for families; the progress made to date in implementing these changes; if the changes include measures to support staff working in the sector and staff retention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40506/15]

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: We want to say something here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Infant Mental Health: Discussion (12 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: In our first session this morning we will discuss child and infant mental health services. I welcome Professor Kevin Nugent, director of developmental medicine at Boston Children's Hospital and from Harvard Medical School; Dr. Paul D'Alton, president, Psychological Society of Ireland, who has attended committee meetings and is a good friend to the committee; Ms Kate Mitchell, co-ordinator,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Infant Mental Health: Discussion (12 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Professor Nugent for his very informative, interesting and challenging presentation. I now ask Ms Mitchell to make her opening remarks to the committee. She is the co-ordinator of the Children's Mental Health Coalition.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Infant Mental Health: Discussion (12 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms Mitchell for her very interesting presentation. Mrs. Nugent, wife of Professor Kevin Nugent, is in the Visitors Gallery. She is very welcome to our meeting this morning. It is good to have her here. I now call on Deputy Colm Keaveney who is representing Fianna Fáil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Infant Mental Health: Discussion (12 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Time, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Infant Mental Health: Discussion (12 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Unfortunately, there are others indicating.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Infant Mental Health: Discussion (12 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Infant Mental Health: Discussion (12 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: At one level, Deputy Ó Caoláin's point was probably the most apt one we have heard this morning and he is right. Anyone who wishes to get married in a particular church has to do a pre-marriage course. However, as far as I am aware, there is no stipulation for a couple to go to pre-parenting classes. Deputy Ó Caoláin made a good point. Sometimes when people are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Infant Mental Health: Discussion (12 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I know but I am referring to what Deputy Ó Caoláin said in terms of parenting. I spent 17 years in a classroom. I knew who the good parent was - the parent who had the skills and capacity - as well as the bad parent. The point is valid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Infant Mental Health: Discussion (12 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: No, but there are parents who do not have the ability, for whatever reason, or who are not equipped.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Infant Mental Health: Discussion (12 Nov 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Ó Caoláin's point and my point relate to how to empower people to become a parent or a better parent. That is the point, perhaps.