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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (23 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will immediately establish an expert review group to examine and issue recommendations regarding the minimum essential qualification for SNAs; and if, a clear commitment will be given to implement any recommendations of the review group. [10374/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Events (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 2. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Government support and resources that are being provided to a sporting organisation (details supplied) to host an event, particularly in the context of infrastructure deficits in Irish football. [10148/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Events (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: In the context of what has happened in Ukraine this morning, I ask the Minister of State to give a sense of what his Department can do and what supports he can give to the Ukrainian community here in Ireland through the various organisations with which he has strong relationships. My question relates to the proposed bid for the European championship football tournament in 2028, for which...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Events (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The nervousness that comes in from football people, who will have different viewpoints on this, is that major infrastructural deficits exist in Irish football. There is controversy over the Dalymount Park plan that is the heartbeat of Irish football, traditionally. There is controversy over what will happen to Tolka Park. One third of all League of Ireland footballers only have a junior...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Events (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate that. The general point is that if one thinks about where football is, its interaction with the education system is minimal compared to other codes. There is greater energy and atmosphere around the League of Ireland than there has been for a number of years. I look forward to going to Dalymount Park on Friday evening to support Bohemian FC. The infrastructure around the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of unsuccessful applications that were made for the recently announced sports capital and equipment programme; and the amount that has been set aside to cover potential successful appeals. [10150/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I join the other Members in what they have said about the next phase of this process. I would also ask if we have a vision into the future so that we could front-load funding for local authorities. I believe that, in certain circumstances, there are clubs that have expertise within them, perhaps those who have greater education or that have planning experts, engineers, barristers, teachers...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am greatly encouraged by the Minister of State's response. The vision the Minister of State is outlining is something that I really welcome. The possibility that we will have an audit of the sporting needs of any given community, and that the local authority will be the driver for that, is something that will be welcome. I look forward to working with the Minister of State on it. We...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I do not need an answer. I am okay.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider making funding available to assist sporting bodies to improve their stadium facilities; if locations have been identified for such potential funding; the number of bodies that have contacted her seeking such funding; and the names and location of each. [10151/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the potential of Government to fund local authority-run community playing fields; if she will consider funding to purchase such land; and if her Department will fund the construction and fit-out of such facilities. [10149/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Government is fully committed to the redevelopment of a stadium (details supplied); and, if so, the commitment that will be given for large-scale capital grant funding to be put in place for the redevelopment of the stadium in 2022. [10405/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of State-funded primary schools that are complaint with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) WCAG 2.1 standards as is mandatory for mobile applications and websites under European Union and Irish legislation. [10562/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (24 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of State-funded post-primary schools that are complaint with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) WCAG 2.1 standards as is mandatory for mobile applications and websites under European Union and Irish legislation. [10563/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (2 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the processes that are in place in her Department to help and support children and young adults who are subject to expulsion from schools; if there is ongoing research or data on the social, economic and educational outcomes for young persons expelled from school; the efforts that are made to try and improve outcomes over extended timescales...

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank Deputy Tully for the work she has put into this motion. In my work, several things strike me when I meet the parents of children with additional needs. I refer to the exhaustion and the frustration, as well as the challenge of dealing with a diagnosis that can be quite difficult. It is a learning process. Parents can be dealing with a diagnosis they did not know anything about and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Will the Minister issue a directive to further and higher education institutions to retain certain flexible teaching mechanisms after the pandemic to support disabled students, those who cannot afford to live in university towns and those who are immunocompromised?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I know the Minister cannot necessarily direct institutions but he does give them money and could attach a few conditions to that. I agree with him that we need to think differently about education and learn something from the pandemic. Indeed, the idea of having an institution without walls is something I am particularly attracted to. However, the fact is that issues in respect of renting,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: As the Minister will know, people with disabilities have lower rates of progression to third level. My colleague, Senator Hoey, has been speaking on this recently. They have lower progression rates to third level than the general population. The Association for Higher Education Access and Disability, AHEAD, reported that approximately 12% of students disclosed a disability in a recent...

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We thank very much all the Deputies across the House who will support the motion and we commend the work of Senator Sherlock, who, on having examined the Government's proposals, committed to producing her own legislation, which she is now pursuing. The Government's proposals, which would require employees to wait up to 26 weeks before they could ask to work remotely and a further 12 weeks...