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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (23 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I welcome the opportunity to raise this important Topical Issue debate relating to the Offaly school of special education based in Kilcruttin, Tullamore, which has capacity for 36 children. The school currently caters for 34 children with a 35th child to start in the coming weeks, which will leave it with just one vacancy. The school has a staff of 26 with 11 bus escorts. The children...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The plan to restore the 1,800 ha of protected raised bogs in 2020 was referred to in connection with an additional budget allocation of €5 million. How much carbon is envisaged being stored over that five-year period? Does the Department use any other agencies to support its planting or the work it does on rehabilitation, restoration or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: To clarify, certain trees are suitable for rewetting bogs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: It is an idea that could work if the correct bogs are selected and rewetted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Yes, to match. It can work if it is done properly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Mr. Lucas stated some bogs are managed under the Living Bog programme. During Heritage Week in County Offaly, I visited a number of bogs in the programme. Six of the 12 bogs are in the county. It was a fascinating and informative afternoon. I do not know whether the committee has the time to visit, given all the work we have to do, but it would be interesting to visit some of the bogs....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: What kinds of amenities has the Department in mind? Are they in line with the level of access to Clara bog?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I put my hands up and declare a conflict of interest. I am from Ferbane and was interested in hearing what Mr. Lucas had to say on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (17 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 294. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a community childcare centre (details supplied) will receive its AIM payment due for two staff members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42789/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision will be reviewed to suppress a provisionally granted developing post to a school (details supplied); if the details contained in the appeal will be taken into consideration; the impact such a decision will have on the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42380/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank Professor FitzGerald for his presentation. Speaking as someone from Offaly in the midlands, where a third of our county is peat soil and has been used for harvesting turf for electricity generation for decades, the future of the peatlands is at the forefront of my mind. A certain amount of the boglands is being rehabilitated and restored by the National Parks and Wildlife Service....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Climate Change and Land Use: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank all the witnesses for their contributions. I have a question about the IPCC and the awful scenes we saw of the forest fires in the Amazon and the horrendous damage being done there. That can be contrasted with the significant efforts we are now making here to tackle climate change. I think there has been broad acceptance in recent years that the climate is changing. We had a very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Climate Change and Land Use: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: It was a recommendation in the report this committee produced. I was just wondering if it was something Teagasc was looking at.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parental Leave (15 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration has been given to increasing the parental leave age for civil and public servants up to 15 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41698/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank everybody for their presentations here this afternoon on this very important work the committee is doing. I was very interested in Dr. Tierney's reference to young men and education. Does she have any suggestions on the types of programmes that might be attractive to them? I have come across some young men myself who were interested in farriery, yet there is not anywhere for them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: May I ask a question I meant to ask earlier, if my colleagues do not mind? I was thinking about the men's shed model. It was stated that getting men to engage is a challenge. Has any work been done on determining whether a model such as the men's shed model could be useful in getting Traveller men to engage through some form of informal gathering? Many of them have many skills that they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I wish to pick up on the request - I am unsure whether the HSE have agreed to this - to send the committee information on the CHO areas as to what exactly is happening in each of them. This would be very helpful to us.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on budget 2020. For some time, Deputies have been aware of the Government's plan for a budget premised on a hard Brexit. There has been much criticism of this approach but I believe it reinforces that Fine Gael takes a prudent approach to the public finances. The twin themes of the budget, namely, Brexit and climate action, were well flagged in recent...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Statutory Instruments (10 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the implementation of SI No. 4 of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41386/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (10 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll out of the national broadband plan at a location (details supplied); if the broadband will be connected in the context of the number of houses in the area that have already been connected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41437/19]