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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Schemes (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The expansion of DEIS and the additional funding in 2022 was welcome. We have heard little about it or how the review or expansion are progressing since. I have written to the Minister's Department six times since last summer, looking for a meeting to discuss this, and have raised it at the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Schemes (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Minister. Will she confirm that this will happen in September 2022? This is around the time that schools traditionally prepare their staff and schedules. They need this information quickly if they are going to benefit from a DEIS designation. I have raised this matter in the past. In the previous DEIS allocation around, there was a significant missed opportunity for DEIS band...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Schemes (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I welcome that. I received that communication today. I hope that happens. The basis on which that engagement will happen depends on where the process is. Are the criteria finalised? Can the Minister tell me that? That would have been an area that the Opposition might have hoped to offer constructive thoughts on. I am not sure I can think of a single Deputy who does not want to see DEIS...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I commend the motion and the work of Deputy Ward, who has been an excellent advocate in terms of the issues around mental health. I echo his point that a 12% increase over the lifetime of the Government is quite ambitious. Sinn Féin's policies and this motion in terms of tackling some of these issues are also ambitious. The report in regard to what was happening in south Kerry is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister has received them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister has received them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister has them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I read the submissions of the organisations represented here today. Apologies for my late arrival; I had another engagement. I thank the witnesses for attending. I think this is a most important issue. From reading some of the submissions, I think that in a way it goes without saying, but it is worth putting on record, that yes, sometimes these issues only arise in the minority of cases...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in achieving at least 400 multi-denominational primary schools by 2030 as committed to in the Programme for Government. [4821/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the supports she is providing to school leaders while they continue to navigate Covid-19 protocols in schools. [4820/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of her long-term plans to ensure that canteen and physical infrastructure is provided to all schools nationally. [4823/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the difficulties that new and developing schools are facing in accessing special educational supports. [4819/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will communicate with residents whose homes back onto the yard of a school (details supplied) and the school leadership in relation to railings being installed onto the boundary wall. [5105/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who deferred a place on the CAO in 2021 for entry to university in September 2022. [4440/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who sat the leaving certificate in 2021 who have applied to the 2022 CAO. [4441/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The issue of the leaving certificate has been raised. It is important we get an early decision. Reports in the media suggest that school historical results may be used in the standardisation of accredited grades. Two years ago, the Minister, Deputy Foley, correctly accepted that this would mean students in disadvantaged schools would lose out across the board. It is an elitist approach....

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This Bill is long overdue. It has been proposed and discussed for decades, and was most recently brought back to the table by the former Minister, Phil Hogan, in 2014. There has been a register of a voluntary nature since 2014. I am not making a criticism of the construction industry in and of itself, but the phrase "self-regulation is no regulation" has come up in any number of Dáil...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 189. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to including treatments for hyperemesis gravidarum on the drugs payment scheme and medical card; and if he will consider including these treatments for those who qualify for a medical card or under the drugs payment scheme. [3873/22]

Leaving Certificate: Motion (25 Jan 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I agree with the Minister in applauding the extraordinary work of so many school staff, particularly in the challenging period since Christmas. I do not agree with her on the amendment. As Deputy Carthy outlined, it effectively commits this House to nothing at all. Therefore, we will be pressing our motion. I am not sure if the people who do not have a child in school or are not in...