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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: And I let the Deputy speak at this stage.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Please do not criticise me about that either.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: If the Deputy had been present at the start of this meeting, he would have heard me say that we are dealing with the Supplementary Estimates.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: The Deputy has had plenty of time to talk about Sligo.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: We need to out of this room by 12 o'clock. I want to give the Minister an opportunity to respond to the Deputy and then I will conclude the meeting.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: If we do not complete this meeting by 12 o'clock, we cannot have a vote and, therefore, cannot send a message to the Dáil. Certain procedures need to happen.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Deputy. I ask the Minister to please respond to Deputy McLoughlin in just 30 seconds because we need to have a vote.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Minister and his officials for assisting us in our consideration of the Supplementary Estimates. I also thank the members.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Message to Dáil (12 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Education and Skills has completed its consideration of the Supplementary Estimate for the public services for the year ending 31 December 2018: Vote 26 - Education and Skills.

Domestic Violence: Statements (11 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I will take the first block of time and my colleague, Deputy Browne, will speak later. I am here to give voice to those without voices, who live in fear of speaking up and speaking out. We are here to argue for and demand proper services for women in crisis. These are women who are at risk, who have gathered their courage to make life-altering decisions and who are holding their lives...

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: It is no coincidence that last week I was at two public meetings in my constituency of Kildare South within three days on drugs. Drugs have invaded every village, town and community throughout the country. Every day we hear stories of families and communities being ravaged by drugs. Research shows that drug crime has increased. Drug use is up by 20%. In fact, the majority of the increase...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Services Staff (11 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: The Minister said that he understands the issues but I do not believe he does. The secretaries want parity. They want pay and conditions that are equal to those of Department-paid secretaries, nothing more and nothing less. They want a change in the employment relationship so they will have a proper pay scale, year-round employment, holiday pay, sick pay and pensions like everybody else...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Services Staff (11 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Secretaries are the heartbeat of schools. They do so much to ensure that schools function properly for staff, parents and teachers. It will shock the public to know that the vast majority of school secretaries are paid on a lower scale than their contemporaries employed by the Department. They have no pension entitlements and do not know where they stand from year to year. They only get...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (11 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amendments to the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 in order that the expiry date of each deemed and designated rent pressure zone, RPZ, can be reviewed prior to 31 December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51800/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (11 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be considered for a second bridge into Newbridge, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46783/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Data (11 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52033/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (11 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52030/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector (11 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 172. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the work she is undertaking to assist small businesses in the retail sector to develop an online presence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52031/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector (11 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 173. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the impact online shopping and digital transformation are having on the retail sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52032/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (11 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 236. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to ensure the swift provision of new medicines to persons with multiple sclerosis. [52035/19]