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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Does the Department have to pay the full amount or does the Department of Health pay some of it?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Building Energy Rating Administration (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Some of these homes are in a bad state and funding must be stepped up to protect people from fuel poverty. This additional money is a relatively small amount. For clarity, does the Minister of State's Department gather the information arising from the BER surveys carried out before and after works from the local authorities? Is such information centrally gathered by the Department?

OECD Report on SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Ireland: Statements (10 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...be addressed. As has been said, they represent a large sector of our economy and employ a large number of people in the workforce. As the Minister said, 70% of our workers are employed by SMEs. This does not always get the attention they deserve. Job announcements in large multinationals receive a great deal of attention whereas the same number of jobs may be provided by in a large...

Housing Solutions: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...and give his views on proceeding with the Bill. It is my understanding that the five-week period is nearly up. While it is not going to solve all of the problems of homeless families, it does address the fact that at the moment children are treated as dependent on adults. There is no recognition in law of the rights of children who are homeless. They are simply treated as dependants of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...as to whether this is a good or bad thing. In some limited situations, for example, where a child has a real phobia about school or whatever, the parents might say that it is good that the child does not have to spend the full day in school. In the majority of cases, however, it appears to have been purely the school acting off its own bat. Obviously, the school is much more powerful...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: The challenge is that we have to change society so people do not feel they have to hide their identity to avoid being hurt. Mr. McDonagh mentioned early intervention. Does he have statistics on Traveller participation in preschool education? I imagine the children of most so-called middle class families who go to college probably had at least one year of preschool education. Programmes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: The free preschool year I mentioned is only free for a certain number of hours a day. I imagine if someone does not have access to a community crèche because there is significant pressure on places, parents who can afford to pay for extra hours in private services probably get preference over those who cannot. I would prefer if all provision was public but the reality is that private...

Supporting Children out of Emergency Accommodation and into Homes: Statements (21 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...to reduce the number of homeless children. I know of several large families which are being housed in hotels. It is difficult to find long-term accommodation for them because the local authority does not have large enough homes. That is one of the practical things that needs to be done. It is a very broad issue. I do not know exactly how many of the nearly 4,000 homeless children come...

Financial Challenges Facing RTÉ and its Revised Strategy 2020-2024: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...putting people on the back foot. It is very important that we address this issue today and that the Minister is here to respond. I am very disappointed in the Minister's contribution because there does not seem to be any sense of urgency on the issues that were raised in the RTÉ report, which I have here. The Minister appears to be kicking the can down the road and leaving any major...

Report of the Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (7 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...decisions on the implementation of the Manning and McDowell reports? We argued in the Seanad that a timeframe for the implementation of these changes was needed. Such a timeframe is still needed. Does the Government intend to decide on a set of reforms that will be implemented in advance of the next Seanad election? Is it the Government's view that the general 130-page report which was...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (24 Oct 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...building the new children's hospital on the site of St. James's Hospital in Dublin has increased from €987 million in 2017 to more than €1.4 billion. While the Minister has indicated that he does not believe it, the total bill will certainly be more than €1.7 billion. There are many people who believe it will not stop at €2 billion when it is completed,...

Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Oct 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ... the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Doherty, said that the national minimum wage increase will be deferred. I do not know if there will be any change in this regard given that it does not appear that there will be a crash-out Brexit. The minimum wage needs to be increased in accordance with the original proposals, because it needs to increase in line with...

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...is very welcome. The history of the whole thing has been outlined. We now have €3 billion of infrastructure which will be in the private ownership of a venture capitalist organisation that does not have expertise in the area, a contract not yet signed and approximately 1.1 million people in Ireland who are suffering from an inequality because they do not have access to broadband....

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ..., a number of candidates have been selected. Will the Taoiseach give some certainty to them as to when he intends to move the writs for the by-elections and the expected polling date. For example, does he propose to move the writs this week or when the session resumes in November?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Development Review: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...versus complying with them. Could Ms Kenny outline how she balances the provisions of development plans and area plans with Government policy, which is clearly supportive of this particular measure? How does she make the judgment in her decisions? My final question relates to the point made by Deputy Darragh O'Brien on applications that are changed. How many approvals have been...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: .... There is a lot of information, a number of briefings and many different schemes. Some of them are in the form of loans rather than grants. Getting a loan is not always something that a business in trouble can contemplate because it does not know whether it will be able to pay it back. We must focus on accessibility in the context of Brexit. We needed a bit of imagination and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Enterprise Plans (9 Oct 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...I think this matter needs to be raised at Cabinet level. All the answers we get from the Minister, Deputy Ross, and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport inform us that aviation policy does not allow the Government to invest in Shannon Airport. Under EU rules, it is permitted to make such investment. It is clear from the Copenhagen Economics report that businesses, particularly...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Enterprise Plans (9 Oct 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister of State has made my point, which is that aviation policy does not support Shannon Airport. There is an insistence on regional balance in regional policy and in Project Ireland 2040. According to the Copenhagen Economics report, "Other small open economies, where a similar concentration in market shares has been seen, have implemented policy initiatives to counteract the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pensions Reform (25 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...consultation which the Minister carried out. Will there be widespread public information campaigns as well, because while a certain amount of people engaged in consultation, the public probably does not know very much at all about the issue?

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...have not been assisted appropriately by the Government through the establishment of such a vehicle. The willingness is there. The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government probably does not need to do this but we need the credit union movement and the Government to come together to address this. The other significant issue is the Government balance sheet. Approximately a...