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

Jan O'Sullivan: ...Fáil and the complete invisibility of any influence from the Independent Alliance. I will go through some of it to explain why I say this. First, the poor lose and the banks win. An extra €250 million could have been taken through the bank levy, on which we voted last night. The Labour Party opposed the levy on the banks remaining the same because of the fact that they are...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (9 May 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...in two weeks' time. The Government is proposing to spend €3 billion of the people's money on a private monopoly which will own the network forever. The proposed contract will last for 25 years. What happens then? The private monopoly will then be in a strategic position to charge significantly more. We also understand that the current private venture capital company involved in...

Building the Housing of the Future: Motion [Private Members] (10 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...; — more than 10,000 persons are currently homeless, tens of thousands of people have experienced homelessness in recent years, and every year more people are becoming homeless than are leaving homelessness; and — around 75,000 households (4.4 per cent) are unable to afford to keep their homes adequately warm, and around 138,000 (8.1 per cent) go without heating at some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Status of Non-Teaching Staff in Schools: Discussion (9 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...can answer my question but to what extent is the Department going to engage on that very important element of what has been requested? I have a further question for Ms Carton. The estimate in 2015 was that the cost would be €5 million. I presume it is more than that now. Has the Department done any costing in respect of bringing those secretaries and caretakers into the system?...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...not in a RPZ. I could pick out 2,000 families in my own constituency who would fit into the category that is supposed to qualify for these affordable homes, that is, with an income threshold of up to €50,000 for a single-income qualifier and up to €75,000 for a dual-applicant household. Will there be a lottery for who will get these homes? Only 400 additional social homes...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...affordable for low and middle-income earners. There is no vacant homes tax and, therefore, the housing emergency will worsen. The issue just raised by Deputy Martin, which is the allocation of €5 million for the Taoiseach's new strategic communications unit, seems likely to only fund more of the Facebook and Twitter-type advertisements with political messaging that we witnessed...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...hear, hear" when the Minister announced the small additional allocation for the housing assistance payment, which will go into the pockets of private landlords. With money scarce, a sum of €149 million could be used to fund public housing but will instead go into the pockets of private landlords through the HAP scheme. In the housing Bill the Labour Party introduced last year,...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: ...are a number of central holes in it which show this, one of which is the amount of money allocated for what is a welcome initiative focusing on early years education, but the allocation of €32 million will go nowhere near meeting what is required. In our alternative budget we stated €177 million in new money was required. Last year, for example - fair dues to the then...

Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (24 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I also congratulate the three Ministers on their appointments. I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I refer to the €12 million that was to be assigned to the mental health budget this year. This was bravely and hard fought for by my friend and colleague, Ms Kathleen Lynch, the former Minister of State. That money cannot be allowed to fall back into the black hole...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Data (5 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...197 primary and post primary schools that were included in the first round of successful applicants announced on 28th April last are published on my Department's website, www.education.ie. €30 million of the €80 million announced for the multi-annual Summer Works Scheme (2016-2017) is now being allocated for vital gas works and electrical upgrades in schools. The Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (20 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: SUSI paid out €147.3 million in maintenance grants for the 2014/15 academic year. A 5% increase in this figure would cost an additional €7.37 million.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (11 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...Level Institutions (PRTLI) rests with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (DJEI). My officials have consulted with that Department and I have been advised of the following: The 2015 budgetary allocation to the Programme was €32.014m. While not yet finalised, it is expected that the 2016 budgetary allocation to the PRTLI will be in the region of €10.4m. It...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information sought is not readily available to my Department, however one estimate from publishers' sources suggests that the Irish school book market is worth approximately €60 million per annum. There is a School Books Grant Scheme in place that provides assistance for books for students in all recognised primary and post-primary schools within the Free Education Scheme....

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...often argued, that investment in education is an economic, social and moral imperative. When I was appointed Minister for Education and Skills, we faced a potential reduction in our budget in 2015 of €39 million but working with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, we managed to get an increase of €60 million last year. That allowed us to invest in some of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (1 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...place that provides assistance for books for students in all recognised primary and post-primary schools within the Free Education Scheme. Under this scheme, my Department provides funding of €15 million annually to all these schools. The issue of extending this scheme does not therefore arise. The arrangements in relation to this scheme are set out in Circular 0046/2013 which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...Statutory Fund Board, is an independent statutory body established pursuant to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 to oversee the use of the cash contributions of up to €110 million, pledged by the religious congregations, to support the needs of survivors of institutional child abuse. Section 3 of the 2012 Act allows for a former resident to nominate a person...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks Rental Scheme (16 Jul 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...' Council surveyed the views of their members in relation to currently operating book rental schemes.Parents have reported that where book rental schemes operate, they are open to all parents in 95% of cases, and that the cost per child is under €40 per year in a considerable majority of schools. Perhaps most tellingly, the survey has found that 93% of parents believe that book...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ... resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing arrangements for the 2015/2016 school year are set out in Circular 0005/2015 which is available on the website. Under the published staffing arrangements for the coming school year a principal teacher attains administrative...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 564 and 565 together. Annually the Revised Estimates Volume (REV) published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform provides details of Programmes part-financed by the National Lottery and disbursed by relevant Government Departments and Offices. The Revised Estimates Volume provides these details at Vote subhead level and identifies the aggregate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (26 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...Services for Children and Young People (0-18 years). This Programme is based on the recommendations of the Report of the National Reference Group on Multidisciplinary Services for Children aged 5-18 Years, which was produced by representatives of the professions and management involved in delivering multi-disciplinary services to children. The Programme aims to bring about equity and...