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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank Deputy Ó Cathasaigh. I will ask my questions now. It is quite striking that the reporting is on things the way they are, as opposed to reporting against needs and whether the needs are being met. An example is a school where a third of the pupils are sitting out for religion tuition in the class and that is an area where the Department has no intention of building another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: Mr. O'Leary is speaking about climate. I brought this up at the previous meeting or maybe the one before that. Funding was provided for solar panels a year ago but the Department has not installed even one solar panel. There is a specific problem with the lack of urgency around climate action, and transport is one of those areas. It should not take three years when we have an urgent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I hope we will see that roll-out soon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I appreciate that. I thank our guests for coming in. My questions are similar to those I asked of the last panel. There is an awful lot missing from this report. An awful lot of indicators that I would think of including are not here at all. It feels that this just includes bare numbers that we do not need to be included in a report such as this because we all know those bare numbers....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: That would be useful. I might have a look at that. Overall, my message is that unless everything is included in the same report, there is siloing. The Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action is next door discussing finance and climate. At this committee, we are discussing finance and education but there is no mention at all of climate and nature. The contrast is stark. One...

Seanad: Provision of Free HRT Treatment: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I move: “That Seanad Éireann: recognises that: - menopause is known to be a challenging period in the lifetime of every woman, no matter when, during that lifetime, it occurs; - it is a turning point for women, not just reproductively, but also can come with a range of biological and psychological symptoms that can lead to vasomotor conditions, cardiometabolic disease,...

Seanad: Provision of Free HRT Treatment: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I will say at the outset how lovely it is to see the Minister of State in the Chamber for this really important day. This is World Menopause Day and it is kind of coincidental that I am bringing forward this motion, which is about free hormone replacement therapy, HRT. However, it is also a really good opportunity for us in this House to speak about the importance of women's lives and the...

Seanad: Provision of Free HRT Treatment: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: The Minister of State has given me huge confidence that we were not far off, when we came to our conclusions that this would cost the State very little. All the things she pointed out indicate this is only a little more than what is already being done, but would be something that would have a deep impact. The Minister of State spoke about the women's health task force. It has been set up...

Seanad: Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister. I thank the O'Farrell family for meeting with us last week and I thank Senator Doherty for organising that and for inviting me as a representative of the Green Party. I know the family have also met with my colleague, Tate Donnelly, in Monaghan, and we have sat down and had a meeting so that I understand the full details. As many others have said, I offer our deep...

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform): Statements (10 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: The Minister of State is very welcome. It is great to see him here. Overall, this is a very positive budget. It is no surprise that we were all a bit concerned and worried, as we would be, because we meet constituents all the time who are worried about their futures, their families, and about the cost of living. This budget very much aligns with Green Party policies and principles, which...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Textbooks (5 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State. I raise the issue because we are at the start of a school year. I raised the issue last year as well and said I was absolutely delighted that costs for school books in primary school have been taken away from parents. It should be the same across the entire school system. However, my major concern is that an industry developed around school books and the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Textbooks (5 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State. Her response highlighted the issue, which is that a system was put in place without a policy backing up what would happen for these individual schools. An overall system is needed. There is no skin off the nose of an individual school bringing on board a new school book but it is a cost for the State and for the environment. It is the job of the Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for coming in. The fact that we have such a full membership today and that we have other members waiting shows that people are very frustrated with the system. The first thing I want to bring up is the issue of solar panels. It is the Department’s responsibility to roll out solar panels across all schools. As the witnesses know, the climate action fund has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: With all due respect, the initiative was also announced by the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley. She undertook to take that on. Responsibility for the initiative is with Mr. Loftus's Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I am sorry to interrupt Mr. Loftus but I have no idea what he just said. What was the pilot scheme? What is the roll-out? Is it for multidenominational schools? Will the Department take an approach whereby it will look to roll out multidenominational schools in advance of the need arising?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: This has not been terribly successful, so do we have a timeline on new school buildings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I am conscious of my time. I am sure my colleague, Deputy Costello, will come in on this point as well. I want to raise the issue of the school at Oranmore.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: Is there a timeline on it?