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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (17 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: Mr. McGinn and Ms Newman will now make their opening remarks. Does Mr. McGinn want to go first?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (17 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: Go raibh míle maith agat. Ms Newman is the first witness to attend the committee in person since its inception at the end of 2020, so she is making history today. I call Ms Prendeville of the National Council For Special Education, NCSE.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (17 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: Does Ms Lawless wish to make a comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (17 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: I thank Ms Lawless. I call Ms Kelly now, then Ms Newman, and we will return then to members.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (17 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: Take your time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (17 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: I thank Ms Newman. With the permission of Deputy Eugene Murphy, I want to bring in Deputy Hourigan and I will return to him then, if that is okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (17 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: We might ask Mr. Gilvarry and Ms Newman to comment on their lived experiences. Is there a quick fix? What one challenge could be dealt with almost immediately?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (17 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: I ask the Ms Prendeville the status of the early intervention ASD classes. Is there a policy to phase them out and replace them with the AIM model in preschool and early childcare?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (17 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (17 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: Okay. We will go to the witnesses in the order they contributed at the start and give them a few minutes to respond to any outstanding points raised by Senator Seery Kearney and Deputy Murnane O'Connor. I call Ms Lawless.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (17 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: We will keep at it. Do either Ms Kelly or Mr. Gilvarry want to make a brief comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (17 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: We are awaiting the access and inclusion model report. Am I to understand that no decision is being taken on early intervention classes until that report is published? Is my understanding correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (17 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: That is okay. We will await that. Our guests empower us every week and give us information. We must try to deal with that information and move things on, and we are committed to that. I thank our guests for their participation and our members for their dedication to the job at hand. I also thank our team for how they have organised everything.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (17 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: I thank Deputy Higgins. Who wishes to respond first?
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: 113. To ask the Minister for Health if additional neurology nurses will be appointed nationwide. [7772/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (15 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: 139. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Neurorehabilitation Strategy. [7771/22]
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to speak in the debate. I also welcome the Bill before the House. It is not before time. I know there has been a significant effort and work put in to bring the Bill to the House. It is a very important part of the programme for Government. The Minister of State with responsibility for disability, Deputy Rabbitte, has taken on the role with great energy,...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: Issues surrounding the primary medical certificate are raised week after week by the groups who appear before the Joint Committee on Disability Matters. There is an intransigence in the system. The appeals board resigned a few months ago. There is no mechanism for appeals. A court case was taken in June 2020 and new legislation was passed but the system does not seem to be working. On...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Policy (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: 47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2021. [61364/21]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: I thank Ms Hayes very much for her opening remarks. I call Ms Finn from Connect4Work.