Results 3,561-3,580 of 6,188 for speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of posts of responsibility that would be needed in primary schools to restore posts at the level which pertained prior to the moratorium; the estimated number of posts which were lost through the moratorium; the number that have been restored to date; and the estimated cost of full restoration to the pre-moratorium level for the...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to restore the standard capitation rate for pupils in primary schools to €200 which was the rate in 2010 prior to cuts; and her views on whether this is a diminishing cost in view of the falling enrolments in primary schools. [29658/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are or have ever been plans for a primary school on or adjacent to the site known as Abeline Lodge, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, County Dublin; and the details of any investigatory work, including exploratory documents, drawings or meetings undertaken by her Department in this regard. [29794/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it was the intention of her Department to award land on or adjacent to the site known as Abeline Lodge, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, County Dublin to the winner of the 2018 primary school plebiscite; if that site was offered for this purpose; if that intention has since changed or such offer retracted; and the grounds upon which such...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if lands on or adjacent to the site known as Abeline Lodge, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, County Dublin have been deemed unsuitable for the building of a primary school; and if so, if there are no current or future plans for a primary school to be built on the lands. [29796/21]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the witnesses for joining us and for their compelling submissions. We have been dealing with this issue for a couple of weeks now. It is always worth remembering as we get into the thickets of the different approaches and so on the weight and seriousness of this issue and the damage it can do for a long time into people's lives, not only students but staff, because school is a...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I would expect so. I am certainly very persuaded by it. I have two more questions which I might direct to Mr. White or to Ms O'Connor or to both of them. They relate to proposals that came forward at recent committee hearings. The first concerns the links between the school and the wider community in terms of staff. I think specifically of home school community liaison staff but also, to...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There is much talk at present about things reopening, and rightly so. It is very welcome. I do not oppose it. However, with all these areas reopening, maternity hospitals are still denying access to partners. One can go to shopping centres and, from next Monday, one can have a meal outdoors or go to a museum, yet a partner cannot be present with a woman during the labour and when she is...

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There is much in this plan that Sinn Féin would have looked for and which is welcome. I acknowledge the investment in rail in Cork, although it is just one part of the jigsaw. We need to be closer to the city centre and ensure that light rail on the east-west and north-south links is expedited. These would serve some of the inner suburbs, as well as potentially the airport. We need...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Leaving certificate students are preparing for their written examinations next week. They have been through a very difficult year or so, and have lost an awful lot of time, but have borne it with much dignity and commitment. I know from my experience of talking to them that they would have been very frustrated and disappointed by yesterday's news that the results will be out late, on 3...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports he has put in place to counter the impact of Covid-19 and the public health restrictions on the pub and restaurant sector; and if he will continue the employment wage subsidy scheme and other supports to ensure workers on limited hours in this sector continue to be supported. [30183/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the witnesses for attending. The three organisations before us are involved in the business of providing support and guidance to the people who run our primary and secondary schools. My first question relates to a scenario that I have often encountered, that is, where bullying is connected to the school but continues outside the school, be that through social media, on the street or...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (15 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 168. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects that the high-level working group on collective bargaining will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31837/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 717. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reinstate funding to primary schools to purchase library books that was cut in Budget 2008. [30673/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 745. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost per annum to restore the grant given to primary schools to purchase library books which was cut in Budget 2008. [31137/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 707. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of home school community liaison officers currently employed; the number of schools they work in; and the current cost of employing these officers. [30538/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 754. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of ensuring there is one home school community liaison teacher for each school that currently has none; and the estimated cost of one for every three and five schools, respectively. [31146/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 708. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education teachers employed in schools; and the cost of employing these teachers. [30539/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 710. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new building for a school (details supplied); if the school will be ready by the beginning of August 2021 in order to prepare for students returning on 26 August 2021; and the steps she will take to ensure that the school will be ready by that date. [30551/21]