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Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome this Bill which has been a long time coming. Its history goes back to a long time before the publication of the Mahon report. There was the McCracken report and then the Flood report, which led to Mahon. They were established because of appalling corruption in the dealings between public representatives, planners and developers. As Deputy Ellis said, that did a great disservice...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (19 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: As my party leader stated in his question, everybody in this House wants to be able to contribute to having their ideas put forward with regard to the crisis in housing supply and also affordability of rents. The housing (miscellaneous provisions) Bill is on the list of Bills to be published in this session. It contains a number of measures, although nothing I can see, in the summary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: National Collaborative Forum for the Early Years Care and Education Sector: Early Childhood Ireland (19 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I compliment the Early Childhood Ireland representatives on the work they do. They have been working constructively in this area for a long time and their contribution to the debate is really important. By and large, we all welcome the scheme. I maintain it needs more money but its introduction is welcome. I suggest it needs more money because the focus is on making it cheaper for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: National Collaborative Forum for the Early Years Care and Education Sector: Early Childhood Ireland (19 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Ms Hilliard has given us a very real picture of the situation.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits Applications Data (19 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received by her Department from non-EEA fishing crew members who were already working here before the cut-off point under the terms of the permit scheme introduced as a result of the work of the task force on non-EEA workers in the Irish fishing fleet; the total number of applications received with reference to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits Applications Data (19 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of employers to date who have availed of the terms of the permit scheme for non-EEA crew members for the Irish fishing fleet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31053/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (19 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 171. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections carried out by Workplace Relations Commission inspectors since the date of the introduction of the new arrangements and classification of non-EEA fishermen as a result of the recommendations of the task force on non-EEA workers in the Irish fishing fleet; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is precisely because of the power of education to make an enormous difference in a child's life and to a child's potential, particularly through investment in the early years of the child's education, that we tabled this motion. We consider education policy to be important not only in terms of the opportunities of individual children but also in developing a more equal and inclusive...

Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is also surprising that the Independent Alliance did not insist on continuing the progress on class size.

Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Let me address the issue of why my predecessor, former Deputy Ruairí Quinn, had to make very difficult decisions in the early years of the last Government. It was because of Fianna Fáil destroying the country. It was due to the troika deal which meant that every Department had to slash expenditure, whether it liked it or not.

Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: In the first couple of years of the lifetime of the last Government every Department had to cut funding, and it was almost impossible to cut funding in education because there were constantly growing numbers. The fact that we are being lectured to now by the people who caused that is really hard to stomach.

Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: However, I wish to return to the point I was making. Thankfully, I was lucky enough when I was appointed Minister for Education and Skills to receive a slight increase in my budget in my two years as Minister. I was able to make some progress, even a little progress on small schools. That was after consultation with the INTO. In particular, we were able to make progress on class sizes....

Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I know, but the Deputy's colleague did.

Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I was anxious to make that point. I do not have much time left so I wish to say a little about apprenticeships. I wish the Minister, Deputy Bruton, and the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, well in making progress in that area. One of the major objectives of myself and my predecessor, former Deputy Ruairí Quinn, was to increase the number of apprenticeships available in Ireland....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when work will commence on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30212/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the commencement of the Ardee Educate Together project; the start date for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30213/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Electoral Commission Administration (18 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in concluding the Drogheda boundary review process; when he will bring a recommendation to Government on the outcome of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30209/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 389. To ask the Minister for Health his views on an identified need for additional adult respite accommodation and services in County Louth to cater for older adults living at home with older parents, young adults with challenging behaviour and further to facilitate families in emergency or crisis situations; if he will make funding available to provide such essential services in County...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I compliment the Government on one aspect of the budget, the way it has managed to spin it very well. It has managed to create a triumph of spin over substance. A supreme example is the one referred to by Deputy Alan Kelly. Old age pensioners were told that they would benefit more from the provisions of this budget when, in fact, they did better in the previous one. However, the spin has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Human Rights Cases (11 Oct 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 343. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is taking the lead, on behalf of the Government, in responding to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in respect of its decision on a case (details supplied); the progress that has been made in offering remedies as instructed by the United Nations Human Rights Committee in respect of the case; if he has advanced contacts with the...