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Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025)

Denise Mitchell: We all want to see an early years sector that works for society. We want educators to be paid fairly. We want enough capacity to ensure children get places in their local community. We want to see childcare fees that are affordable for families. To do all that, we need the State to take the lead and not just leave it all to private providers. In my constituency of Dublin Bay North, we...

Restoration of Private Members' Bills: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2025)

Denise Mitchell: I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 205, the Bills which lapsed on the dissolution of the 33rd Dáil and are set out in the Schedule to this motion, shall be restored, at the stage specified in the Schedule below and notice of them shall be published pursuant to Standing Order 37. SCHEDULE Bill Title: To be restored at: Member in Charge: ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 677. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the status of flood defence and relief plans in Clontarf;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20745/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (29 Apr 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 678. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the National Catchment-based Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme for the Dublin City Council administrative area; the current timelines for the delivery of the projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20746/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Apr 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 824. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what is being done to ensure the provision of appropriate numbers of primary school places for children with autism in the Coolock and Darndale area; if she can provide any guidance to assure that a child (details supplied) will have an appropriate place in a local school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18996/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Apr 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 1028. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the plan to place a special school on grounds (details supplied) in north Dublin; the findings made by the Department’s technical team who visited the school; the engagement the technical team has had with the school management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20744/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (29 Apr 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 1439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be reconsidered for qualification for half carer’s allowance. [19911/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (29 Apr 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 1522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review into his Department's family reunification policy; when he will publish a revised policy in this area; if he will list the groups and individuals whom he has consulted on this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18796/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (29 Apr 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 1523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any additional resources have been committed to visa processing over the past twelve months; the plans for further resources to be allocated to visa processing; when we can expect to see improvements in the timelines for processing applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18797/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (29 Apr 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 1561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Stardust redress scheme; if he is satisfied that the families of all 48 victims have been consulted and communicated with adequately in respect of the administration of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19310/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medical Inquiries (29 Apr 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 2283. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20079/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (29 Apr 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 2484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the issue of grade inflation when it comes to CAO offers this year; the steps he will take to ensure fairness for students who sat the Leaving Certificate in 2025 and those who sat it in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18553/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (29 Apr 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 2487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the issue of grade inflation when it comes to CAO offers this year; the steps he will take to ensure fairness for students who sat the Leaving Certificate in 2025 and those who sat it in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18553/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (9 Apr 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 135. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider the inclusion of a club (details supplied) on the list for the large scale sport infrastructure fund; if the club is included on the reserve list; the other grants or schemes that would be available to the club to renovate and modernise an old Catholic church which it has recently purchased for use as a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (9 Apr 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to allow those who have been made redundant since the beginning of 2025 to avail of the jobseeker's pay-related benefit scheme rather than just those made redundant since 31 March 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17653/25]

Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2025)

Denise Mitchell: The last thing households across this State need, in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis, is another unfair bill. This proposal by Sinn Féin is very simple. It removes the option of this Government or any future governments to reimpose domestic water charges down the line. It is as simple as that. We all saw reports in the media last month that the Government was examining the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (8 Apr 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 228. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he had with authorities in Germany regarding the deportation of two Irish citizens [details supplied] in relation to their attendance at pro-Palestine protests despite those citizens not having been found guilty of any crime; if the Minister has liaised with the two Irish citizens or their representatives; and if he will...

Diverting Young People from Criminal Activity: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Denise Mitchell: If we want to divert young people from becoming involved in criminality, we need a dual approach. The first is ensuring young people have proper supports, services and amenities in their areas, that they have hope and that they feel they have the opportunity to meet their full potential regardless of their backgrounds. The second is that we need a community approach that steers young people...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 Apr 2025)

Denise Mitchell: I echo what my constituency colleagues said. Will the Minister of State visit the school in order to see the difference between the prefabs to which he refers and what a permanent school building would offer? We need a timeline for the delivery of permanent accommodation. This is not the Minister of State’s brief; it is that of the Minister for Education. We need a timeline for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 Apr 2025)

Denise Mitchell: Yes.