Results 241-260 of 394 for speaker:Donna McGettigan

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Grant Payments (22 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I am glad to hear the Minister will be looking at this but there are other people who for myriad reasons - some deeply disturbing - have had to leave home and are living with other family members. They are independent but do not have bills, rent or other things in their name and are finding it difficult to get evidence that they are separate from their parents. As there is a breakdown in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (22 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the current level of mental health supports available to third level students; and if further investment is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26576/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (22 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I want to raise the pressing issue of the mental health crisis among third level students. We are failing our young people in this regard. The mental health services available to students in our colleges and universities are underfunded, understaffed and overwhelmed. Is the Minister satisfied with the current level of mental health supports available to third level students and is further...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (22 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I am glad to hear that the Minister is going to put funds into this. It is a very hard issue for students to deal with. Some of the issues they are dealing with include the skyrocketing cost of accommodation or even the type of accommodation they live in. Some students are just leaving home and are stuck in accommodation that is not working for them. Mental health should be treated with...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (22 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: The counsellor-student ratio should be 1:1,000 but at the moment I think it we are at 1:1,500. We need to bridge this gap. I am glad to hear about Togetherall and that it is a 24-7 service but is there a waiting list for it? Students struggling with their mental health today should not have to wait weeks for help. They should not have to choose between paying rent or paying for therapy...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: We are facing a shortage of GPs. People in County Clare have contacted me to state that when their doctor or GP retired, they were left with no GP as they did not have a medical card and they are now reliant on walk-in clinics. People with a medical card have been assigned to already overburdened GPs when their GP retired. People cannot get appointments to see their doctors, leaving them...

Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: Through the Central Bank, this State is complicit in Israel's genocide and apartheid. Its role in the funding of the most unspeakable crimes must end immediately. This Bill is legally sound and independently drafted. What does breach international law is Israel's brutal occupation of Palestine. It is burning children alive, starving entire communities and killing civilians with impunity....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of timetabled buses in Clare cancelled in the past year to date; if he will instruct that live update signs are installed at all stops to ensure those without the TFI App can be informed of delays and cancellations; if he will instruct officials to inspect works at Ennis bus station to ensure best practice was followed; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance available to the parent of a child (details supplied) to access school transport or be financially assisted with the cost of fuel, so their child can continue to attend vital autism preschool; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27211/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (27 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 766. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria for accessing publicly funded IVF treatment in cases where a woman seeks to use the preserved sperm of her deceased husband, where full written consent was given prior to his death; if there are any protocols in place to support widows in this situation; and if she will consider amending current policy to ensure fair access to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (27 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 808. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to the inclusive environment fund, in each year since its establishment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26743/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (27 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 895. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there are still the same number of dental students as 25 years ago; the reason most of these are from overseas; to provide details on how many dental students are registered per year, for the past 25 years, including nationality, in tabular form. [27577/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cybersecurity Policy (27 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 896. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details on the €3.5 million cost following a cyber-attack in September 2024 at Munster Technological University; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27578/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (27 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 897. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for information and details about a significant deficit of €8.4 million to the year end 31 August 2023, following a deficit in the prior year of €3.8 million, from Technological University Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27579/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (27 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 898. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the details he has on a bad debt provision of €371,000 from Atlantic Technological University (ATU) (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27580/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (27 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 899. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the delay in the purchase of a property from Louth Meath Education and Training Board worth €6.5 million, which have been held in a non-interest-bearing account since September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27581/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full cost of phasing out student contribution charge over three years with first cut of 1500 (but netting off 500 euro SUSI support); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28033/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to Improve pay for instructors to increase training capacity in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28037/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Students (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of expanding the student assistance fund to allow international students to avail of it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28044/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 May 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of abolishing apprenticeship fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28051/25]