Last week’s Oireachtas Questions and Debates (15 February – 19 February)

1. Asylum and Immigration

Nothing relevant to report this week.

2. Child Protection/ Children in Care/ Child and Youth Services

Parliamentary Questions – Written Answers

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth​

• Children in Care, Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
• Departmental Reviews, Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
• Joint Labour Committees, Sean Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)

Debates
Seanad debates, Children (Amendment) Bill 2020

3. Disability and Special Educational Needs

Parlimentary Questions – Written Answers

Department of Education and Skills  

• Special Educational Needs, Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
• Special Educational Needs Staff, Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
• Special Educational Needs, Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
• Special Educational Needs, Pádraig O’Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fáil)

Department of Health

• Disabilities Assessments, Micheal Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fáil)

Debates
Dáil debates, Special Educational Needs

4. Early Childhood Education and Care

Parliamentary Questions – Written Answers

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

• Early Childhood Care and Education, Sean Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
• Childcare Services, Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
• Vaccination Programme, Róisín Shorthall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)

5. Education 

Parliamentary Questions – Written Answers

Department of Education and Skills

• Programme for Government, Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fáil)
• Irish Sign Language, Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
• School Staff, Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
• Legislative Measures, Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
• Counselling Services, Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
• Third Level Insitutions, Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdowne, Fine Gael)
• School Transport, Darren O’Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
• School Attendance, Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)

6. Health and Mental Health

Parliamentary Questions – Written Answers

Department of Health

• National Children’s Hospital, Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
• National Children’s Hospital, Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
• Health Promotion, Mary Lou McDonald, Leader of the Opposition (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
• Obesity Strategy, Louise O’Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
• Mental Health Services, Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
• Suicide Incidence, Patrica Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein)

7. Justice/ Human Rights/ Equality

Parliamentary Questions – Written Answers

8.  Social Welfare/ Poverty/ Housing

Parliamentary Questions – Written Answers

• Housing Assistance Payment, Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein)
• Social and Affordable Housing, Aodhán Ó’Ríordáin (Dublin Bay North, Labour)
• Local Authority Housing, Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)

• Child Benefit, James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fáil)

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