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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (18 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of ensuring that each special school has access to behavioural therapists. [53766/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (18 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of investment in teacher continuous professional development. [53767/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early Childhood Care and Education (18 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that exist for naíonraí; and the cost of increasing such supports by 5%. [53769/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Strategies (18 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: 233. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the National Space Strategy for Enterprise 2019-2025 and its goals. [53757/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (18 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: 423. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports that exist for naíonraí; and the estimated cost of increasing the supports by 5%. [53768/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (18 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: 453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of progressively rolling out the hot school meals programme to a further 35,000 schoolchildren each year on the same basis as that agreed in budget 2020. [53760/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (18 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: 480. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports that exist for naíonraí; and the estimated cost of increasing those supports by 5%. [53770/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Plaques (17 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: 786. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a granite stone can be placed at the famine commemoration site at the Custom House, Dublin 1 similar to the commemoration stones which are in place at eleven sites; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52756/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (17 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: 787. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the location and date the national famine commemoration event will take place in 2020; the reason the location is not announced further in advance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52778/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (4 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: I have received apologies from Deputies Pearse Doherty and Jonathan O'Brien. Deputy Quinlivan will be substituting for Deputy Pearse Doherty today. At 2.30 pm., we will be meeting with IFAC to consider the latest fiscal assessment report, which it published last Thursday, but before that we will go into private session.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: We are now in public session. This afternoon we are holding our regular post-budget session with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council to discuss the fiscal assessment report. Before we begin, I would like to ask members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones for the usual reason that it interferes with the sound recording. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome IFAC back to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: I thank Mr. Coffey very much.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: All the members have indicated they wish to come in. I will call Deputies Quinlivan, Broughan, Heydon, Boyd Barrett and Cowen, in that order. As Deputy Quinlivan is substituting today, I will remind him that we operate a five minute total block for questions. There is no limit to the responses he can get but there is five minutes of questioning in the first round.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: Deputy Broughan is over time. I gave him a bit of leeway but I am conscious that other Deputies are waiting. Are there other responses to Deputy Broughan's questions?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: The real world view and the commentator's world view.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: I am sorry but I must be fair to everybody and the Deputy is out of time.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: Sorry-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: I know, but unfortunately the Deputy is out of time.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: The Deputy is over time.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2019)

Colm Brophy: As Deputy Lahart indicated prior to other Deputies, as they had not joined us at the time, I will call him next as I know he has a commitment. I request he ask the briefest single question and that the answer be as brief as the Deputy's question.