Results 261-280 of 352 for speaker:Jen Cummins

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (10 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has been instructed not to accept any more junior infants from the local area. [29081/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list the schools that are providing summer education programmes in Dublin south central, in tabular form. [29136/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (10 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the D15 pilot scheme for common enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29141/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (10 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools engaged in the D15 pilot scheme for common enrolment, in tabular form. [29142/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (10 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the D15 pilot scheme for common enrolment to other areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29143/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (10 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how mild general learning disability students are being catered for in mainstream schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29418/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 750. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason people who are applying for cost rental are not required to disclose their profession; if his Department has committed to ring-fencing cost rental for teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29082/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 751. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ring-fence cost rental properties for teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29083/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 905. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person on a job initiative scheme is not receiving the same amount of remuneration as their section-39 colleagues. [29562/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 1409. To ask the Minister for Health if staffing levels of public health nurses have increased in the past twelve months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29543/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 1410. To ask the Minister for Health when Dublin 12 will return to a full team of public health nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29544/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to redesignate special schools that cater to children with mild general learning disabilities. [30858/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: I wish to ask about schools that cater for young people with mild general learning disabilities. I recently had the pleasure of visiting Scoil Eoin in Crumlin in my constituency and seeing the absolute care and love in that school for those students. I was really taken with how well they are provided with an excellent service for their education but also for their future. What will happen...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: I accept there are children who will pass by special schools to go to other schools because there is no capacity for them in that school, whether that is because of the admissions policy or because of what they are catering for. Notwithstanding that, could we not as a country, seeing as we are quite rich, have schools that cater for mild general learning disabilities as well as schools that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: To that end, could we pause that for this September so that those schools can be engaged with further by the Department and the Ministers to allow them to negotiate a timeframe for those students who are already in the school but also for students coming in? I want to make clear I do not want to delay any child getting a school place for September. That is not my intention and I know it...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: Many schools across the country are struggling to keep the lights on. That is not my opinion; that is fact. A new survey has highlighted the huge increase in the costs that schools are grappling with. In the past five years insurance costs have increased by one third, while utilities soared by 50% and cleaning costs by 80%. However, funding for schools has not gone up. The capitation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (12 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure consultation with stakeholders while rolling out Leaving Certificate reform. [30861/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (12 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the number of children without an appropriate school place for this September. [30860/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: 323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to recruit a sufficient number of SNAs, therapists, SLTs and OTs to match the demand of SEN students this September. [30859/25]

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

Jen Cummins: I have a few things to raise. Mentioned several times were special education needs, the therapies that are going to go into schools and increasing the number of places for SLT, OT and other therapies. Is this going to happen for this year, and, if so, how many new places will there be and where will they be? On the topic of adult educators, I was working on a school completion programme...