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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (9 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 306. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cariban prescriptions that have been processed through the drugs payment scheme to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6384/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (9 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the process in writing by which pregnant women are experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain cariban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6380/23]

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: No apologies have been received. I ask members and officials to ensure that their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of the meeting because they interfere with the broadcasting equipment, even when in silent mode. This meeting has been convened to consider the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2023: Vote 26, Education, which was referred to this committee by Dáil...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Minister for her opening statement. The first member to contribute will be Deputy Ó Laoghaire. He will be followed by Deputy Nolan.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: The Deputy has another two minutes.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Yes.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Next will be Deputies Nolan, Ó Ríordáin and Conway-Walsh.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: The Deputy has a minute and a half remaining.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I have a few questions for the Minister. I have no doubt she is aware of the opinions expressed by the President, Michael D. Higgins, on the abolition of homework. What is her view on that?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: This week is well-being week, with a huge number of initiatives being rolled out in primary schools across the country. Will the Minister liaise with the inspectorate and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, NCCA, on the homework issue, which puts huge pressure on parents? Most schools now give homework for the week on a Monday, with pupils not having to return it until...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Okay. I want to go back to the NPCPP. I know it was made aware by the Department on 1 December 2022 that funding was being withdrawn. Who made the recommendation to the Minister to withdraw its funding?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Did an official from the Department make a recommendation to the Minister to withdraw funding? I would like a yes-no answer.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I know that the Minister has never met the NPCPP in an official capacity. She might have met them at functions, in a by-the-way fashion.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Will the Minister let me finish? I am only relaying the information I have. Is she saying it is totally incorrect that she met the president and other officials from the NPCPP in an official capacity at a one-to-one meeting?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: We will leave the advisory council. I am asking-----

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Okay. My understanding from the organisation is that the Minister has never met it in an official capacity. She might have met it at advisory group meetings or at different functions, but she has never met it officially. I am passing on what I have been told. It would be very unfortunate if the Minister did not meet the organisation. Maybe she can come back to clarify that point through...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: It has been shared with the organisation, but the Minister has not seen that draft report.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I find it absolutely bizarre that a group of parents from a primary school organisation will now advocate for secondary schools. The Minister knows the difference between primary and secondary education, and the different obstacles and challenges they face daily. I understand that the NPCPP had governance issues. However, I understand that those issues have been overcome and that officials...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Is the Minister saying that there are ongoing governance issues at the moment?