Oireachtas Monitor 188 Published: 19 October 2015

1. Coming up this week in the Houses of the (19 October 2015 -23 October 2015)

 Dail and Seanad Agenda

2. Last week's Oireachtas Questions and Debates (12 October 2015 - 16 October 2015)

a. Asylum/Immigration b. Education (incl. ECCE and Child Care) c. Child Abuse/Child Protection d. Disability and Special Educational Needs e. Health and Wellbeing f. Child Benefit/Social Welfare/Poverty/Housing g. Juvenile Justice/ Human Rights/ Equality h. General

a. Asylum/Immigration

Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers

Department of Justice and Equality:

 Refugee Numbers, Micheál Martin (Leader of the Opposition; Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)  Refugee Numbers, (Kildare North, )  Asylum Support Services, Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

b. Education (incl. ECCE and Child Care)

Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers

Department of Education and Skills:

 Schools Building Projects Status, Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)  Home Tuition Scheme, Clare Daly ( North, United Left)  Gaelscoileanna Issues, Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party)  Schools Establishment, (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)  Home Tuition Scheme Funding, Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)  Education and Training Boards, Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)  Education Expenditure, (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform:

 Commercial Rates Exemptions, Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)

Department of Health:

 Early Childhood Care Education, John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)

Department of Children and Youth Affairs:

 Education Welfare Service Provision, Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party)  Commercial Rates Valuation Process, Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)  Child Care Costs, Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)  Child Care Costs, Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)  Child Care Services Provision, Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)  Child Care Services Funding, Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)

c. Child Abuse/ Child Protection

Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers

Department of Justice and Equality:

 Garda Vetting Applications, Ciara Conway (Waterford, Labour)

Department of Children and Youth Affairs:

 Domestic Violence Refuges, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)  Child and Family Agency Remit, Seán Kenny (Dublin North East, Labour)

d. Disability and Special Educational Needs Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers

Department of Health:

 Services for People with Disabilities, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)  Services for People with Disabilities, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)

Department of Education and Skills:

 Special Educational Needs Service Provision, (Mayo, Fianna Fail)  Special Educational Needs Service Provision, (Cork East, Fine Gael)  Special Educational Needs Data, (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)

Department of Justice and Equality:

 Services for People with Disabilities, Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)

Department of Children and Youth Affairs:

 Special Educational Needs Service Provision, Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)

e. Health and Wellbeing

Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers

Department of Health:

 Health Services Expenditure, Séamus Kirk (Louth, Fianna Fail)  Primary Care Services Provision, Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)  Vaccination Programme, John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)  Prescription Charges, Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)  Primary Care Services Provision, Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)

Debates

 Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, Submissions on Drugs Review: Discussion  Seanad debates, Commencement Matters, Hospital Waiting Lists

f. Child Benefit/ Social Welfare/ Poverty/ Housing

Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers

Department of Social Protection:

 Family Income Supplement Eligibility, Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)  Qualified Child Increase Payments, Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government:

 Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure, Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)

Debates

 Dáil debates, Leaders’ Questions, Homelessness  Seanad debates, Commencement Matters, School Meals Programme

g. Juvenile Justice/ Human Rights/ Equality

Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers

Department of Justice and Equality:

 Magdalen Laundries Data, Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)  Recidivism Rate, Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

h.General

Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government:

 Voluntary Sector Funding, Gabrielle McFadden (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)

Department of Health:

 National Lottery Funding Disbursement, (Mayo, Fine Gael)

Department of An :

 State Bodies Data, Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) Debates

 Dáil debates, Budget Statement 2016  Seanad debates, Budget 2016: Statements

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