Oireachtas Monitor 204 Published: 25 April 2016

1. Coming up this week in the Houses of the (25 April 2016 – 29 April 2016)

Dáil and Seanad Agenda

2. Last week's Oireachtas Questions and Debates (18 April 2016 –22 April 2016) a. Asylum and Immigration b. Education (incl ECCE and Child Care) c. Child Protection/ Child Services/ Children in Care d. Disability and Special Educational Needs e. Health and Wellbeing f. Child Benefit / Social Welfare/ Poverty / Housing

a. Asylum and Immigration Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

 Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children, Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, )

b. Education (incl ECCE and Child Care) Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers

Department of Education and Skills

 School Enrolments, Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)  Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme, Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)  School Enrolments, Jack Chambers ( West, Fianna Fail)  School Staffing, Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

 Early Childhood Care Education, (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)  Child Care Services Data, Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)  Child Care Services Provision, Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

c. Child Protection/ Child Services/ Children in Care Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

 Foster Care Expenditure, Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, United Left)  Foster Care Policy, Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, United Left)  Foster Care Supports, Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)  Child and Family Agency Data, Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

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

Department of Education and Skills

 Special Educational Needs Data, (Dublin Mid West, Alliance)  Special Educational Needs Service Provision, Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)  Special Educational Needs Service Provision, Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

e. Health and Wellbeing Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers

Department of Health

 Speech and Language Therapy, (Wexford, Independent)  Mental Health Services Funding, (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)  Speech and Language Therapy Provision, Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)  Mental Health Services Provision, (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

Debates

 Dáil debates, Health Services: Statements

f. Child Benefit / Social Welfare/ Poverty / Housing Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

 Homeless Persons Data, Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)  Homeless Persons Supports, Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)  Housing Assistance Payments Administration, (Wicklow, Social Democrats)  Homeless Persons Supports, Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)  Local Authority Housing Data, (Kildare North, Fine Gael)  Homeless Accommodation Provision, Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)

Department of Social Protection

 Child Benefit Eligibility, Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)  Social Welfare Benefits Data, Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)  Child Benefit Eligibility, Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)  Rent Supplement Scheme, Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)  Rent Supplement Scheme Administration, Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)  Housing Assistance Payments Data, Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

Debates

 Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees, Committee on Housing and Homelessness

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