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Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (3 Nov 2005)

Mary Hanafin: All recognised primary and post-primary schools are required to offer relationships and sexuality education, RSE. It is an integral part of the social, personal and health education, SPHE, curriculum at primary level and at junior cycle post-primary level. In addition, all schools are required to have an agreed school policy and a suitable relationships and sexuality education programme in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Ireland is expected to receive €914m in grants over the lifetime of the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). In order to access this funding, Ireland has developed the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP). The RRF is a performance-based instrument with payment contingent on the satisfactory achievement of milestones and targets. The NRRP is based on sixteen...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Initiatives (17 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1062 and 1064 together. My Department’s mission is to promote rural and community development and support the creation of vibrant and sustainable communities across this country and I am committed to the successful delivery of a number of programmes which have provided financial and other supports to community groups and organisations. These...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Initiatives (8 Nov 2018)

Michael Ring: My Department's mission is to promote rural and community development and to support vibrant, inclusive and sustainable communities throughout Ireland and this involves providing a mixture of financial and policy supports that promote economic and social development within communities. Our Statement of Strategy, published earlier this year, lays out the ways in which we aim to facilitate...

Topical Issue Debate: Education and Training Boards (3 Jul 2014)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me an opportunity to raise this important matter on Topical Issues. As the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, will know, the Cavan and Monaghan education and training board has submitted a detailed proposal to the Department of Education and Skills in respect of the delivery of training in Cavan and Monaghan from 2015 onwards. The Dundalk training...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Dr. John O'Connor: On behalf of QQI, I thank the Chairman and the committee for the opportunity to participate in this important discussion. QQI oversees quality in post-secondary education and training and is the national awarding body for further education and training. QQI has a statutory remit to promote the implementation of Ireland’s national framework of qualifications which...

Seanad: Health Services. (6 Dec 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I wish to thank the Senator for raising this matter and giving me the opportunity to explain the position regarding initiatives to tackle the problem of rising rates of STIs. Since the mid 1990s, all countries in the EU have experienced significant and sustained increases in the incidence of STls. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre, HPSC, of the Health Service Executive, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (9 Feb 2022)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education promotes a comprehensive and whole-school approach in schools to the promotion of positive mental health focusing on the entire school community, as well as groups and individual young people with identified need. This spans the curriculum in schools, culture and environment, quality of teaching, learning and assessment, student support and pastoral care, guidance...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Bullying of Children (22 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: All of society should be concerned with child welfare and protection and it is important that concerns are dealt with as and where they arise. The primary responsibility for protecting children rests with their parents but parents are supported in this role by a range of service providers, state agencies, schools and professionals working with children and young people. There is a range...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Strategies (14 Jan 2021)

Michael McGrath: In line with the requirements of the Public Service Management Act, 1997, I have recently agreed a new Statement of Strategy for my Department for the period 2021-2023, which reflects my priorities and the commitments in the Programme for Government relevant to my Department.  I will submit this to Government shortly, following which it will be published on the gov.ie...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (30 May 2023)

Norma Foley: The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) advises the Minister for Education on curriculum and assessment for early childhood education, primary and post-primary schools. This advice is generated in a highly collaborative manner and draws on extensive research and educational literature, and experiences of schools and early childhood settings. Information on the curriculum...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Arts Plan (17 Apr 2014)

Jimmy Deenihan: In January 2013, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, and I jointly launched the arts in education charter. This charter places new responsibilities on Departments, agencies, cultural institutions and arts organisations to provide and promote arts education to children and young people. The charter will facilitate organisations like the Arts Council, the national...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Availability (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The National Planning Framework (NPF) was published in February 2018 as part of Project Ireland 2040, which integrates and co-ordinates high-level objectives for environmental, housing, transport, regional development and related matters and sets a strategic context for sectoral investment and land use planning strategies at the more appropriate levels of the regions and local...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (15 Dec 2021)

Michael McGrath: Throughout 2021, the staff of my Department worked collaboratively on a very wide range of policies, projects and initiatives to deliver on the strategic goals set out in the Department's Statement of Strategy 2021-2023. Full details in relation to the achievements of the Department in respect of its key objectives for 2021 (summarised below) will be set out in my Department's Annual Report...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 996 and 998 together. A detailed and comprehensive three-pillar guidance framework has been put in place to underpin a blended model of provision in higher and further education for the 2020/21 academic year. The approach is strongly aligned with the public health requirements and for shaping the work of institutions and providers in a manner which is...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (26 Jan 2010)

George Lee: Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 1 December 2009, if she will provide the requested information as has been done by the Departments of Education and Science, Health and Children, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Social...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 Apr 2009)

John Gormley: The functions of each of the 7 Business Units in my Department's Housing Division, and the staff numbers currently working in each, are set out in the Table. Business Unit Functions Staff (FTE) Affordable Housing and Homelessness Policy and funding on homelessness; affordable housing policy and delivery 9.5 staff Housing Legislation and Programme Development Development of housing...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (5 Oct 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware my Department administers and delivers a wide range of programmes. So as to ensure that these programmes are delivered effectively, efficiently and that the objectives of these programmes are being achieved, this Department has since its establishment developed and put in place various systems of effectiveness and performance monitoring, control, review and...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Feb 2007)

Tim O'Malley: A particular priority for my Department and the Department of Education and Science in recent years has been the expansion of the supply of therapy graduates, including speech and language therapists and occupational therapists. In response to concerns regarding labour shortages, my Department commissioned a report from Dr. Peter Bacon and Associates on current and future supply and demand...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Project Ireland 2040, within which the National Planning Framework (NPF) sits, aims to maintain the fabric of our rural communities, support the growth of rural towns and villages while recognising the need for the countryside to continue to be a living and lived-in landscape, and invest to support job creation. The NPF is a national plan, with a high-level ambition of creating a single...

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