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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: There is a commitment in the programme for Government to establish a citizens' assembly on the issue of drugs. There is growing momentum for a radical rethink of our entire drug strategy. We have the third highest overdose rate in Europe and there is a belief that this supposed war on drugs is killing marginalised people. There is a view that we need to decriminalise the drug user - not...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (26 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Has the Taoiseach sought to meet Mr. Edwin Poots since he became leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, DUP? We are very much at risk of a further breakdown in relations, and Mr. Poots is of the view that North-South relations have never been worse. Ms Nichola Mallon of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, SDLP, has sought legal advice on the boycott by the DUP of the North-South...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 May 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Senator Bacik and I have been advocating for quite a while for a catch-up fund for children in the next school year. The Taoiseach will be aware of the scarring and damage experienced by young people and children, particularly disadvantaged children, in the past year or so owing to the lack of in-school tuition. The UK has provided a fund of £1 billion. The Government here has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a reduction of one at all points of the staffing schedule for primary schools from September 2022; and the net number of teaching posts involved in view of her Department’s predictions of a continuing fall in primary school enrolments. [29342/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reduce class sizes in primary schools in budget 2022 in view of the finding in the statistical bulletin of July 2020 of her Department that there has been little change in average class size in primary schools over the past 20 years and her public comments in support of further reducing class sizes. [29343/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of providing on an ongoing basis release time for administrative and management purposes of one day per week for each teaching principal of a primary school; her plans to bring this about as standard in view of the increased workload and demands on principal teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the contributors. I confirm I am in Leinster House. As I have said, we have been having these meetings for quite a number of weeks now, and every week we get increasingly impressive contributions. I am always advised not to say it, but I was a school principal for a time. The point Senator O'Reilly made is a most important one. As we all know, bullying comes from a place of deep...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I wish to ask a follow-up question. Are we doing enough to encourage teachers within the profession from ethnic minority backgrounds as role models within education? Is there more we could do?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: That needs to be addressed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I have heard it said in schools that during anti-bullying week bullying is off the charts because the focus is on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank Mr. Irwin for his strong contributions.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the summer special needs education package for July 2021 will include budgetary provision for additional payments to bus drivers whose normal employment practice does not include summer working; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29901/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (3 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Yes, I am happy to proceed.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Losses (3 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet the Deputies and local representatives representing Baldoyle to discuss the impending closure of two pharmaceutical companies and the efforts being made to prevent the closures or replace the jobs to be lost. [30029/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Losses (3 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Tánaiste will be aware that there were two announcements in the Baldoyle area over the past six months that are to result in the loss of over 540 jobs. Will the Tánaiste work with local representatives to discuss this issue? What plans does his Department have to deal with this, to ensure there will be no further job losses in the Baldoyle area and to ensure that those...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Losses (3 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I wrote to the Tánaiste a month ago seeking a meeting with all local representatives to discuss the situation in Baldoyle. In the past six months there have been two separate announcements of job losses, affecting more than 540 people. I wrote to him again to seek a meeting with our local representatives. Does the Tánaiste feel that our local representatives, Deputies from all...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Losses (3 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the Tánaiste's remarks and his commitment to having a meeting. He will appreciate that I might be a bit frustrated. In two letters from me over the course of a month, I did not get anywhere. Then in an oral exchange in this Chamber I have now got a commitment to a meeting. However, I will take that in good faith and we can certainly work together. If two such...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (3 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 19. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to implement the Duffy Cahill report in order to give workers preferential status as creditors and help prevent a similar situation to that of workers (details supplied) arising again. [30030/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way his Department plans to address the concerns articulated by employers and trade unions regarding the rights and responsibilities for employers relating to unvaccinated staff to keep their workplaces and customers safe particularly in smaller enterprises. [30031/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Immigration Policy (3 Jun 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions his Department plans to address the request of an organisation (details supplied) to allow the right to work to feed, house, clothe and educate themselves without fear of deportation in view of the extraordinary conditions imposed on them by the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30033/21]