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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (9 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 241. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to progress the Programme for Government commitment to progressively reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month per child through the national childcare scheme and explore options to cap costs for larger families. [17997/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (9 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 242. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to progress the programme for Government commitment to ensure childcare providers’ fees are open, transparent and equitable and readily available to parents. [17998/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an overview of the two reports by the child poverty and well-being programme office recently published by his Department. [8041/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: A number of initiatives under the Department of the Taoiseach deal with the issue of child poverty and tackling disadvantage. Enda Kenny established this in the north-east inner city and the Taoiseach rolled that out to other communities, including my own in Ballymun. The former Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, established the child poverty unit. As we head into the second part of the programme,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (8 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increased capitation for primary schools that are struggling to pay operational costs due to rising prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16854/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (8 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her progress to date in the implementation of the DEIS plus scheme as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16853/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: School Equipment (8 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 692. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Cuan Consent education toolkit has been made available to all secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17454/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: School Equipment (8 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 693. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Consent-Ed project is available to all schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17455/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (8 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 985. To ask the Minister for Health what funding the Mater Misericordiae Hospital receives for chairs for chemotherapy patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17326/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Educational Disadvantage (3 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: I agree with the Minister of State that the FSSU is an important source of advice. It is the reason two of the schools took part in an analysis of cash flow last summer and again in October. Some recommendations and changes were made. The schools are anxious not to cause concern among parents and the community and wish to engage with the system. The Minister of State will note that I have...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Educational Disadvantage (3 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: I raise a significant issue, which is the funding of DEIS band 1 schools. Over the past number of years, we have seen significant funding go into education. Obviously, the free schoolbooks scheme and the free school meals scheme have been important for parents and education. In some cases, they have been a significant anti-poverty measure. I remember the first year the free school books...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (3 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 180. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update in relation to a matter (details supplied). [16449/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: I want to raise the issue of school funding. Yesterday, the Taoiseach informed the Dáil about the work of the financial support services unit in the Department of Education. Three school principals have been in touch with me who do not want to make a public matter of the issue but who want to get to the bottom of funding issues they are having. I have looked at the books in some of...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: That is not what we are saying.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: Leader's Questions.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: At some point, the truth about the past number of weeks in this House will be written and it will show that from January onwards it became increasingly likely that a number of Independent TDs might support a coalition government. What many of us did not realise was that our own Standing Orders made no provision for such a grouping. In fact, they were entirely silent on the rights of TDs or...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: What we cannot allow is the tearing down of this House by the Opposition. Twice now, it has tried to prevent the House from taking a vote. That is not the act of any democrat. Our Constitution protects our right to cast a vote here in this Chamber. Our Standing Orders exist to protect the function of the Chamber and the Ceann Comhairle carries the heavy burden of enforcing them. Let the...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: They are not in our parliamentary party.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: Hear, hear.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Apr 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: This is the Order of Business.