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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (5 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister of State. I am intrigued by that response. It is quite comprehensive. As the Minister of State was going through it, I was not sure whether we were going to a space where the Minister was working on it. Towards the end of the response, it appeared the Minister of State outlined the Minister is aware of the issue and is working on it but he seemed to indicate that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (5 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This scheme in general is extremely welcome. There will always be issues, but this is a big one if one is a person with a disability and one is expressing oneself through artistic means and one may be locked out of the scheme. What I am hearing from the Minister of State is that he is aware of this, that he is meeting and engaging, that he is engaging with the Department and that this is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (5 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Government will purchase the former home of (details supplied) now that it is back on the market and no longer to be purchased by Dublin City Council. [22098/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Taoiseach may be aware that the Labour Party is running a campaign demanding a pay rise for Irish workers. The Taoiseach announced that the VAT cut of 9% will remain for the hospitality sector until February 2023. The number of workers in that sector on the minimum wage is three times the national average so it is a low-pay sector. As we constantly remind the Taoiseach, 23% of Irish...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Patronage (11 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I very much appreciate the Minister's attendance and it demonstrates her commitment to this debate. The school development area in my constituency is known as Killester Raheny Clontarf. People familiar with north Dublin know the borders as the Malahide Road, the coast and the Oscar Traynor and Kilbarrack roads. Within the area there are approximately seven second level schools, all of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Patronage (11 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister and I appreciate her reply. Again, every area is different. She has said there are seven post-primary schools serving the Killester Raheny Clontarf area, but as I said, four are all-girls schools and one is of a Church of Ireland ethos and has a remit wider than the immediate area for the entirety of north Dublin. It is a particular case. I am encouraged by the...

Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister of State for his response. We appreciate that he is not opposing the Bill but again, our interest is in what that actually means. Many pieces of legislation are brought forward in these Houses that the Government says it will not oppose. It cannot be a passive act, however, and it must work with Opposition to bring this to fruition. I am glad to see that Mr. David...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (11 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to increase the standard capitation rate for pupils in primary schools by 20%, from 1 September 2023 to 31 December 2023 and for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. [23783/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (11 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a copy of the analysis undertaken by her Department into the return of annual accounts provided by the chairperson and boards of management of primary and special schools to the financial support services unit for the 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years; the breakdown of costs by school type and size; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (11 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of school expenditure by school size at primary level and the type of expenditure for the 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years. [23785/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (11 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a 20% increase in the ancillary services grant for primary and special schools to cover the costs from 1 September 2023 to 31 December 2023 and for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. [23786/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the allocations for SNAs will be released to schools to allow SNA teachers, schools and parents plan for the needs of children in the next school year. [23608/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is mid-May and the special needs assistant, SNA, allocations have yet to be published. SNAs across the country speak regularly about the lack of respect shown to them by the Department of Education. It is hard not to agree with them when it comes to the middle of May and the allocations for next September are not available. They must plan for their own lives and planning is required for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I will be honest with the Minister of State. When I tabled this question last week I assumed the allocations would have been published by the time we discussed it. I do not need to know how many SNAs there are or how good a job they do. I need to know when the allocations will be published by the Minister of State’s Department so SNAs, schools and families can plan for September....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I do not think the Minister of State is hearing what I am saying. It is not good enough to say the allocation is always made in May. SNAs are telling me it is not good enough and that the same thing happens every year. They cannot plan for September. They are the last group of school workers who are ever thought of. This year, the staff schedule came out in April whereas it has come out...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (12 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to restore the standard capitation rate for pupils in primary schools to €200. [23612/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (12 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a 10% increase in the ancillary services grant for primary and special schools; the costings broken down to cover the cost from 1 September 2023 to 31 December 2023 and for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. [23613/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Crime Prevention (12 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work or measures that her Department plans to take to address anti-social, behaviour and drug dealing on school premises outside school hours in the Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23611/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (12 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date for the results for leaving certificate 2022; if the date will be issued in sufficient time in order to meet the deadlines for students who have offers from universities overseas to confirm their results; if she will address the fears of delayed commencement dates for first year students in Irish higher education institutions due to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the serious concern among parents of children attending special schools that their children will not receive adequate summer provision; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that home-based programmes are considered the least effective means of delivering the scheme; if, 80% of children who attended...