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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Risk Assessment (13 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: Are Questions Nos. 1 and 2 grouped?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Risk Assessment (13 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: The recently published draft national risk assessment is a comprehensive document. We will not have time to discuss it at length but I would like to focus on one particular aspect, which rightly identifies the supply of housing as one of the most immediate domestic challenges facing the State. Sinn Féin acknowledges that there is no easy-fix solution. Unfortunately, we are dealing...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: Did the Minister get upset?

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: The Taoiseach should show leadership and not shout across the Chamber. If he is ready, I wish to make my contribution. The programme for Government contains a commitment to build further capacity in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS. Yesterday, the annual report of the Ombudsman for Children was published. It showed there was a shocking shortage of staffing, and the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: Will the Taoiseach update the House and explain why this is the case? What additional capacity will be put into places such as the south east that needs it?

Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: The problem is that we have no legal framework. That is the issue. We said in December that this is simply a political agreement - and, yes, that is important and substantial - and we welcomed the progress that was made. However, we were also wise and advised the Taoiseach not oversell the agreement and to work on getting the legal clarity and framework that would provide certainty. The...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: On Friday 8 December, the Taoiseach told the Irish people that the backstop agreement was "rock solid and cast iron" and this his Government "protected what it sought to protect and achieved what it sought to achieve". Paragraph 46 of the December joint report states the agreement is "made and must be upheld in all circumstances, irrespective of the nature of any future agreement between the...

Questions - Ceisteanna: Brexit Issues (12 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: Our job in the Opposition is in the first instance to hold the Taoiseach and his Government to account. The very least we expect is that he and his Government deliver on their own commitments and the benchmarks they set. Last December, the Taoiseach was very clear and unequivocal in his comments on the backstop, which he knows and I know was meant to be a permanent solution for Ireland to...

Questions - Ceisteanna: Brexit Issues (12 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: Which is not agreed.

Questions - Ceisteanna: Brexit Issues (12 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: That is a crucial point that is missing from the agreement.

Questions - Ceisteanna: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: We sought the recognition of this State by America.

Questions - Ceisteanna: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: Even Mr. de Valera might have disagreed with the Taoiseach.

Questions - Ceisteanna: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: I will wait until the next round of questions to deal with Brexit. I also want to raise the issue of Gaza with the Taoiseach. Everybody here accepts that what happened in Gaza over recent weeks is completely unacceptable. It goes beyond simply people being killed. It was a slaughter. It was state murder and state assassination of citizens. Far too often, we have had statements in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grants Data (12 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: 315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring higher education grant thresholds to pre-budget 2011 rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24425/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (12 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: 321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the estimated cost of increasing the grant to reflect inflation rates and the consumer price index year-on-year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24517/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (12 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the estimated cost of reversing the budget 2011 decision to increase the SUSI grant non-adjacency qualifying distance from 24 km to 45 km; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24518/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Free Travel Scheme Data (12 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: 323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the estimated cost of providing a free travel card to students in receipt of a grant or on the back-to-education allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24519/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (12 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: 324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the estimated cost of paying 80% of the entry level rate to student teachers on placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24520/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (12 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the definition of financial close stage for new school builds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24781/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: 358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will commence on site for a new school build for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24782/18]