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Mortgage Arrears Proposals: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I love it when Fianna Fáil brings forward motions because that gives all of us on this side of the House the opportunity to remind the people of the dung heap left behind by Fianna Fáil.

Mortgage Arrears Proposals: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: Fianna Fáil left people in the position in which they find themselves today. I look at it and see it as like a big elephant with a small brain. It can only look ahead and forgets the big pile of dung it has left behind. Invariably, in recent years Fine Gael and the Labour Party have had to clean up after Fianna Fáil and try to sort out the mess. This happened in 1977 when Fianna...

Mortgage Arrears Proposals: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: The Deputy's head is in the sand.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (10 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the nationality requirements for the Student Support Regulations and Student Grant Scheme for the 2013/14 academic year will include students who have permission to reman here because they are the dependent child of a person who has achieved Irish Citizenship; if not, the reason and if he wil outline that such students should be included...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I am sorry, but my question was not about the job being available but about the unemployed person.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: No, the people concerned might have had a short-term contract for two or three months and then returned to the unemployment list. They are not eligible to participate in JobsPlus.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I thank the Minister for coming to the meeting. He is always welcome here. I congratulate him on the success of the EU Presidency. The Minister has mentioned that the Action Plan for Jobs relates to a number of Departments. Which of them is the lead Department in this regard? The Leader programme, a significant source of funding for start-up companies and businesses in rural areas,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (9 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his position in regard to the recommendation of the National Council for Special Education, in its policy advice paper number four that children with Down syndrome are allocated additional resources in line with their level of need rather than by disability category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33391/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (9 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason, according to circular 07/2012, five years per week learning support is offered to pupils in all-boys mainstream classrooms while only four hours per week is offered to pupils attending all-girls mainstream classroom; his views on whether it is fair that a differentiation should be made between boys and girls; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (9 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide assurances that pupils with special needs, assessed late in the academic year as requiring resource hours or a special needs assistant, will have the necessary allocations granted at the commencement of the new academic year; if these allocations cannot be granted, the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (9 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: 389. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government bearing in mind the conditions set out in Circular 03/2009, Control and Monitoring of Local Authorities Contribution to the General Government Balance, the way in which monies which had been put aside by Town Councils for a specific capital project within the town but which had not commenced once the Councils have been...

Other Questions: School Staffing (3 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I wish to inquire about circular 07/2012, which relates to resource and learning support hours. All-girls schools are only entitled to four hours per week, whereas all-boys schools are entitled to five. Will the Minister indicate whether he is going to change this policy in order to equalise the position between all-girls and all-boys schools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairman Designate of the National Standards Authority of Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome the fact the NSAI is willing to come before the committee on an annual basis and we will take up this offer. The size of the organisation has contracted. How will it be able to maintain the standards in the sectors which it supervises?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairman Designate of the National Standards Authority of Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I wish Ms O'Neill the best of luck in her new position. I thank Mr. Buckley and Ms O'Neill for appearing before the committee to enlighten us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairman Designate of the National Standards Authority of Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I apologise that so few members are present. A number of them are away.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairman Designate of the National Standards Authority of Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I remind the Deputy before he continues with this line of questioning that this is not an interview process for Ms O'Neill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairman Designate of the National Standards Authority of Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I do not mind if Ms O'Neill is happy to answer the questions but we are not here to interview her similarly to interviewing a person to see whether he or she is suitable for the position. Will the Deputy please reflect that in his questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Home Care Provision: Discussion with Home and Community Care Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I thank Mr. Meldrum and Mr. Murphy for coming before the committee, as they have enlightened some of our members. Perhaps they will have the opportunity to speak to the Joint Committee on Health and Children, particularly on the issue of regulations, which is very important. We did a report, related to the area of social protection, about people who work for maybe only ten hours but cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Home Care Provision: Discussion with Home and Community Care Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: We can provide a copy of the report. We appreciate the witnesses' coming in here and we wish them the best of luck for the future.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairman Designate of the National Standards Authority of Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome Ms Julie O'Neill, chairman designate of the National Standards Authority of Ireland, NSAI, as well as Mr. Maurice Buckley, chief executive officer of the NSAI. I have to complete some formalities. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to this committee. However, if they are...