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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on ensuring that all children who require school transport have access to it; and if she will provide an update on the progress made in ensuring that those with concessionary passes from previous years are being accommodated 2022. [58468/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (24 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the commitment to a comprehensive Irish language strategy from early years, through school to third level; and the actions that she has taken in furtherance of this (details supplied). [58467/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of the primary school curriculum; and when she expects the curriculum to be published and rolled-out. [58470/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Gabhaim buíochas lenár n-aíonna go léir. Tá go leor le smaoineamh air ansin agus moltaí atá an-úsáideach dúinn mar choiste. I thank the witnesses very much. It has been one of the most interesting sessions. I apologise for being late. There was some traffic on the way up due to the change in the layout of the Dunkettle roundabout. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am sure I could give Dr. Muldoon 25 minutes and we could probably fill that out. It is one of those issues with which we have to grapple. I see that Ms Connolly is indicating. I might throw in one more question for Barnardos. It seems to me that young people do better when they have a sense of purpose and when they are involved in things. While sport is obviously excellent, sometimes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Yes. I will pick up on some of these points. It occurs to me that some of the challenges concerning access to devices, and I see this in me, is the impact a phone and social media have on concentration and focus. It is all the more so for young people who have hardly known any different. That is why things like sport, gardening and growing vegetables and creative writing are all so...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank Dr. Muldoon and Ms Connolly. Does Ms Moran wish to comment on the role of libraries?

Science Week: Statements (15 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Tá mé ag roinnt ama leis an Teachta O’Rourke. I thank everyone involved in and taking part in Science Week. It is an important initiative that gives us an opportunity to platform science and how it affects and shapes our everyday lives. The pandemic, perhaps more than other times, brought the role of science and scientists centre stage and into everyday conversation....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Mar is eol don Taoiseach, bhí scéal ann i dtaobh míle leanbh i gConamara a chaill amach ar bhéilí scoile de bharr gur tharraing an comhlacht a bhí ag soláthar na mbéilí amach. The Taoiseach may be aware that in Connemara recently, 1,000 children lost their school meals because the provider ceased to provide them, citing financial pressures. This...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I echo the call from Deputy Bacik on a debate on the abuse in Blackrock College and the Spiritans. The revelations over the course of the past week have been absolutely horrifying. It is clear that there will need to be a response from the State that will need to be thoughtful, considered and in line with the needs and wishes of the survivors and those who have bravely come forward. That...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education (15 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Gabhaim buíochas le gach duine as teacht os ár gcomhair agus fianaise a thabhairt. Tá sé an-tromchúiseach agus is léir go bhfuil go leor constaicí ann chun é a réiteach do na scoláirí go léir. I agree very much with what Mr. Power said about schools being well placed. Not all of the issues facing young people are related to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education (15 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I hope Mr. Chambers does not mind me interrupting. I am under time constraints. To drill down into it, obviously there has to be a triaging when resources are short but am I right in saying that, at the moment, a child who is self-harming but not considered to be suicidal would not necessarily be able to access CAMHS?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education (15 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will rephrase the question. Self-harm alone is not adequate to ensure access to CAMHS.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education (15 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I acknowledge that there is complexity to this but my understanding of the situation on the ground is that the under-resourcing is so severe – I know Mr. Chambers is one of the people trying to resolve that and it is not necessarily his fault or anything like that; it is people working with him – that children and others in serious circumstances are referred to primary care...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education (15 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Mr. Smyth said there approximately 100 students in training programmes every year but far more than that come through psychology degrees. Obviously, there is a significant difference but it seems that between the two stages, we are losing a lot of people who might be fit to help. What is the reason for this? Where are these people going? What are they doing if they are not going into...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (15 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of implementing "ESD to 2030: Second National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development"; the amount that has been spent on this to date; and the estimated cost to fully implement this in each year and cumulatively. [56393/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56392/22]

Water Policy: Statements (9 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will make a start, a Cheann Comhairle.

Water Policy: Statements (9 Nov 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Leanfaidh mé ar aghaidh agus má thagann an Teachta Paul Donnelly, ligfidh mé isteach dó. It is good to see you back, a Cheann Comhairle back. Fáilte romhat ar ais. Tá sé go maith tú a fheiceáil i mbarr do shláinte agus do bheatha arís. On Irish Water, I might surprise the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, by starting out with...