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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: The Taoiseach has to acknowledge his role, and that of his party, Fine Gael and the Lowry line-up in the whole debacle of calling time for Government Independents non-Government time. Will he now push for the Dáil to sit at 9 a.m. on Tuesdays to address the time balance? Even better, he could review this plan. Abusing the Ceann Comhairle is wrong, the way the Ceann Comhairle was...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Overall time.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2025: Motion (26 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I do not have much time but in that very short period, I reiterate my support for this earlier introduction of the ARP. I also commend my former Green Party colleague, Deputy O'Gorman, on his work in this regard. It is hugely important that this scheme continues. I note the Minister said today that all we are doing is extending it for a year and it is not about the wider discussion, so I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Additional Government policy is needed to encourage the use of electric vehicles. One of the principles in the Government's own EV charging infrastructure strategy is that for the majority of EV users, home charging will be the main solution. However, in new, more densely populated housing areas in my constituency such as the Adamstown strategic development zone, the SDZ in Clonburris,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I thank the Minister for agreeing to take my points on board. The roll-out of fast chargers is really suited to commuters, taxi drivers and others who need a quick top-up. The mid-range 7 kW to 22 kW chargers are supposed to charge over a period of four to eight hours. They are suited to a different cohort, namely, people going to the supermarket, going to play a five-a-side game or watch...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: The policy of charging tolls on the M50 has been raised on multiple occasions. I would agree with the abolition because it has been long paid for. 1 o’clock However, I want to take it from a slightly different angle, which is the need to stagger the tolls along the route. In my constituency, areas like Lucan are choked with traffic going through the village every evening,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: They own it.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans in place to set up a regional scheme to assist parents who wish to give their children the opportunity to complete transition year, but whose school either does not provide the year or holds lotteries that exclude students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14076/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason schools, that have autonomy on enrolment but nonetheless must complete the designated curriculum, are given leeway in terms of running a transition year programme or limiting numbers and subjecting students and parents to lotteries; whether there are plans to make transition year a mandatory component of the senior cycle; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what legal mechanisms exist for parents whose children have been refused a transition year place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14079/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills on the assumption that a child who wished to complete a place in transition year, but was denied the opportunity due to not being picked in a school lottery, to clarify that her Department will accept any application to repeat fifth year on that basis, so that students can take their Leaving Certificate exams at an appropriate age relative to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what advice parents should be given if their children do not get offered a desired place on a transition year programme; whether leeway would be given by education welfare officers to parents who arrange work experience and educational trips for their children in terms of missing official school days; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will facilitate parents who have suitable arrangements in place collectively or individually and who wish to give their children a transition tear experience in the absence of a place being available in the school, by means of a home tuition grant being made available to these children; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current subvention paid to schools for transition year, per student; whether there is a cap on such subventions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14149/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the deadline for schools to provide final numbers for transition year each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14150/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school has reached its quota for transition year places and has to create a lottery, whether the school can apply for supplemental supports from the Department in the event it decides in the best interests of students to facilitate additional numbers. [14151/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Safety (25 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether it is possible for parents to be Garda vetted to assist second level schools in providing sufficient ratios of adults to children for school trips, including transition year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14152/25]

Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: This Bill, in essence, seeks to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts, make consequential amendments to the Taxes Consolidation Act and provide for related matters. As noted by other Members in this discussion and in committee, the Bill will give effect to the Supreme Court decision in the O'Meara case by expanding entitlement to social welfare schemes aimed at bereaved partners and...

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

Paul Gogarty: This confidence motion arises because several Opposition parties want to take down the Ceann Comhairle. She is not the issue. The problem is the Government riding roughshod over speaking time and designating the Lowry Independent group as somehow non-Government and reducing Opposition speaking time. As an Opposition TD, I have called this out on several occasions, but some want to use the...

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I will use less than my 90 seconds because we are pressed for time. I welcome Deputy Healy's motion, which gives us another opportunity to talk about the important issue of housing, in particular the fundamental point that is the five-year emergency plan, which I absolutely support. We need to take a multifaceted approach. I have made a few suggestions before. A couple of months ago, I...