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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Enrolments (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a map of the catchment area for a school (details supplied), given that a number of local residents have been unable to get places in the school despite living in close proximity to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52862/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Enrolments (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Baineann mo cheist le scoil faoi leith i nGaillimh agus go háirithe leis an rochtain atá ag muintir na háite atá in abhantrach na scoile uirthi. My question relates to a specific school in Galway but it has more general application in regard to the difficulties that people on the ground in the catchment area of the school have in accessing this school. I ask the Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Enrolments (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the fact the Minister is going to publish the parameters, although I am not sure of what. Will that relate to the catchment areas? I realise it is up to the boards of management but very specific issues are arising with huge implications for other policies. The school in question is on the west side of the city and there is a waiting list. Students with different needs, some of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Enrolments (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister for clarifying the matter. It is my understanding that the boards of management are free to do what they want with regard to the criteria they set down. However, the catchment area would seem to be one of the most basic requirements, particularly if we are to align our policies with active travel and climate change. It makes no sense for people to be travelling out of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Enrolments (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister might address the issue of alignment with policy.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Tánaiste. He will have a chance to come back in.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The Deputy will have eight minutes to respond. It is four minutes for each of the questions. I apologise for interrupting him.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I was taken by surprise myself with the two questions being amalgamated. The Deputy has one minute - both sides are gaining a little time.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Thank you Deputy. I call the on the Tánaiste to conclude.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy, I have given great discretion.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Thank you, Deputy. We are way over time.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Is it a point of order?

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: What is the point of order?

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I am not sure it is a point of order. It sounds like a point of information. I will leave it to the Ceann Comhairle.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: School Transport (29 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been brought to the shortage of bus contractors and drivers available to provide the school transport service in parts of Galway, and in particular on bus route 5060, which has left up to 50 families without school transport since September 2023; the engagement she or her Department have had with Bus Éireann with a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: School Transport (29 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 17 October 2023; the timeline for the publication of the final report of the review of the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52866/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: School Staff (29 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 713 of 18 January 2023; the status of plans to establish a new system of redeployment for post-primary teachers, whereby teachers wishing to relocate could retain their permanent and CID status; the details of any engagement her Department has had in this regard in 2023 with teacher representative groups;...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (29 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimh. 150 an 29 Iúil 2023, an dtabharfaidh sí soiléiriú ar an dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an bplean chun beartas cuimsitheach don Ghaeilge sa chóras oideachais, idir leibhéal an oideachais réamhscoile agus leibhéal an oideachais do mhúinteoirí, a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: School Funding (29 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what analysis her Department has carried out into the different approaches to funding, and any disparities that may arise as a result, between ETB Irish-medium secondary schools and voluntary sector schools; what engagement she has had with the ETB sector in 2023 in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52869/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (30 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 5 October 2023, the status of the feasibility study on light rail in Galway, which is being undertaken as part of the development of the Galway Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy; the details of the engagement between the National Transport Authority and local groups in the development of...