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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (28 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...is not available. That is what we have done to the inshore sector. Fisheries have not been given the options they traditionally had. They are traditional fisheries and they are being squeezed more and more to rely on shellfish. Eighteen months ago, brown crab was €4 a kilo and it is currently €1.60 or €1.70 a kilo. The price of lobster has halved. The same has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Norma Foley: ...base, two mainstream classrooms and a technical graphics room. We are totally committed. A great deal of work has been done, but I am not for a moment suggesting that work has been completed. More work needs to be done. It is in everybody's best interest that where we set up a class, the appropriate resources will be put in place. We have always done that and we will ensure we have...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Mairead Farrell: ...25 weeks of the year, when everything is now being done through speech and language therapy. Obviously, this is an issue of great concern for parents who are impacted. Some parents are travelling more than 20 km to get to the school to be able to avail of this class, which will have an impact on being able to avail of the school bus and so on if the matter does not come to a conclusion...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Norma Foley: ...with regard to the needs of the school and also right across the country in terms of the funding immediately available to the Department. As I have said, that is quite considerable funding of more than €4.8 billion over the past four years. I recently announced another €800 million for 90 projects moving from tender to construction this year and at the start of 2025. There...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I will have to speak more slowly.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (28 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I do not underestimate the challenge it has posed for parents. Of the more than 161,000 young people transported, the vast majority were transported seamlessly and positively and it worked as it was supposed to. There were isolated instances here and there. I do not underestimate the difficulty that caused for parents and guardians, especially the last-minute nature. It is far from ideal....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (28 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Norma Foley: I will be repeating myself now. The school transport scheme is operated by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education, as we said. We have more than 161,600 young people availing of it. That figure is divided into children travelling on mainstream services and children with special educational needs who are travelling. The total cost of the scheme was in excess of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (28 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Rose Conway-Walsh: This question should refer to the 2.4 km rule and the case I have of children having to walk more than 1 km on a narrow and dangerous road. This is in the Boleyglass and Derryfada areas. I want to raise the issue of pick-up points. Children from a number of different households are all walking down the same narrow, dangerous road to the pick-up point. Can that be moved to accommodate them...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (28 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Bernard Durkan: ...availability of school places. It has become necessary for some parents to drop their children to school and pick them up. This involves four trips for parents in the day and in some cases, to more than one school, which makes life extremely difficult. Could the transport system be improved or made more flexible?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Enrolments (28 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Bernard Durkan: ...their parents had attended. They felt they had a right to be heard. While we agree climate is important, the lives and education of children is equally important. The Minister understands that more than anybody else. We are anxious to help and for the Minister to help us.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (28 May 2024)

Norma Foley: ...A range of inspection types is used to gather information on the quality of education provision and to evaluate schools. These range from one-day incidental inspections that are typically unannounced to more intensive whole-school evaluations and inspections that follow through on how schools have implemented recommendations made in previous inspection reports. In general, CSPE is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (28 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Norma Foley: ...potential site options. Following this extensive site identification and assessment exercise, a number of potential site options have been shortlisted for further consideration. This includes more detailed technical and economic appraisals of these potential site options. The Department is working towards securing the most suitable site for the school while also ensuring value for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Teaching Qualifications (28 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Norma Foley: For the record, we have 1 million students, 4,000 schools and more than 100,000 staff in place, the highest number of staff ever in place. We have the lowest pupil-teacher ratio that we have ever had at a ratio of 23:1. In each of the 3,000 special classes, there are six pupils, one teacher and two SNAs, which is a very low ratio, as is right and correct. We have never had as many staff in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Seán Canney: ...accommodation that will be required to meet the demand of first-year students coming this September. I understand that Presentation College, Athenry, is also under severe pressure and that more than 60 students have been left on a waiting list to get into first year. It is urgent. What progress has been made in delivering that accommodation?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...special classes in mainstream schools and an additional 300 special school places for the 2024-25 school year. This will deliver 2,700 places for children. The NCSE has advised my Department that more than 320 new special classes have already been sanctioned nationwide for the coming 2024-25 school year, providing more than 1,900 special education places in mainstream schools. There are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Norma Foley: ...at various stages of development that are currently on site. The Deputy will be aware that earlier this year, I made an announcement of €800 million in additional funding that would provide for 90 or more projects to move to construction stage so there has been no shortage. The Deputy specifically referred to special education. Some 3,000 special classes are now in place for...

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 May 2024) See 8 other results from this debate

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...The one glimmer of hope was retrofitting. Correct me if I am wrong, but I think the target was 36,000 houses by 2030. Louth County Council has a stock of 4,200. It is probably even somewhat more at this stage. Initially, the target for Louth in 2021 was 60. This rose to 105 in 2022 and was the same in 2023. Louth County Council was able to get 205 houses retrofitted in 2023. Other...

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2024) See 8 other results from this debate

Seán Crowe: ...are many cases like that of Sean Byrne. I know of another man in a similar situation. He needs to get his bathroom moved to get a shower unit installed but he cannot get it done. We need to do more. That is what the motion is about.

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024) See 27 other results from this debate

Seán Fleming: ...ambassador to the House. We look forward to working well with her over many years to come. Our recognition of the State of Palestine today fits three fundamental purposes, and indeed many more. First, it makes clear our view that it is time that Palestine takes its place among the nations of the world and that its right to self-determination, self-government, territorial integrity...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Simon Harris: We intend to invest more in roads, the TII and local authorities including in Cavan and Monaghan.