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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (6 Jul 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount allocated in capitation grant funding to primary and secondary schools in 2021; and if this was Covid-19 and or non-Covid-19 spending. [36091/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (6 Jul 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 345. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families and children who received the back to school clothing and footwear allowance in 2020. [36013/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I appreciate the answer, which contains some useful information but does not quite answer the question I asked. I will give a hypothetical example and I will not name a particular platform. A principal in a school in County Clare is having a recurring problem with a particular element of a particular platform. Has the Department considered approaching all of the platforms to ask for a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: If a bullying situation reaches the point where one or several social media platforms are the location of a lot of bullying of a child or a member of staff, the staff and school community trying to deal with it may have queries on how elements of a particular platform work with regard to restrictions and sanctions on the website. Is it possible for the school to have a particular point...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Thanks very much Hugh. That was an excellent presentation. He is extremely articulate and is a great credit to himself, his family and the Patrician Academy. It is not too far from me, although it is not in my constituency. I am from Togher in Cork city. I believe the Patrician Academy is getting a new refurbished building soon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have a final question before Senator Dolan takes over. One of the points that has arisen repeatedly is that schools cannot do everything by themselves. Teachers and boards of management will do their best, but one thing that is needed to tackle bullying is to ensure that schools have enough access to trained counsellors and that child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Gambling Sector (7 Jul 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the situation regarding the collapse of a company (details supplied) and that many Irish persons have been affected by this collapse and have lost significant sums of money as a result; and the steps he will take to intervene in relation to same. [36617/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Gambling Sector (7 Jul 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a public inquiry that has been called for in the UK over the collapse of a company (details supplied); and if his Department has examined a similar investigation in this jurisdiction. [36618/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (7 Jul 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 114. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available to a child (details supplied) for a device. [30249/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Jul 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 167. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether all teachers will be vaccinated by September 2021. [30504/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Jul 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 168. To ask the Minister for Health when all teachers will be fully vaccinated. [30505/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I confirm that I am in Leinster House. I am sure everyone has been following the hearings. which have been enlightening but also upsetting at times. There is some cause for hope. At all times we were aware that we were dealing with a difficult but enormously important topic. Something that has stayed with me is the fact that bullying has always been a major problem but now it follows...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: At the beginning, I made a point on data. I do not need another response on this and Deputy Ó Ríordáin and Senator Dolan have followed up on it. It does not seem that the data being gathered is adequately dynamic and gives a full picture. Problems probably have to reach a very high threshold before they end up in a whole-school evaluation. I suppose surveys show a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: As Hugh says, it can be absolutely debilitating, crippling and very tough so we need to ensure it is prevented and that it is dealt with when it happens. I thank him for his contribution. Go raibh maith agat agus go n-éirí leat.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I hope that goes well. We really value your insight. It has been some time since those of us on the committee have been in the school system. Many changes have happened in that time, including in respect of anti-bullying policies in recent years. I hope many of them have been beneficial. I will ask some general questions. Much of what we have been talking about concerns the importance...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (8 Jul 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to ensure that students in this jurisdiction looking to study outside of the CAO system are not disadvantaged by the late issuing of leaving certificate results in 2021; and the engagement he has had to ensure that students from Northern Ireland looking to study through CAO are similarly not disadvantaged. [36691/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (8 Jul 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the situation in 2020 whereby many students who sat the leaving certificate in previous years were pushed out of their CAO course preference due to grade inflation; and the steps he has taken to ensure that these students are not disadvantaged in accessing third-level in 2021. [36690/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (8 Jul 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department or any organisation measures rental increases within parts of a local electoral area in circumstances in which the area is partially within a rent pressure zone and partially not within a rent pressure zone; and if this information is only gathered for rental increases or decreases for the area as a whole....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (8 Jul 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the pilot programme for deaf remote interpreting services on an on demand app (details supplied) has now ceased; and her plans to resume this service on a long-term basis given the very valuable benefit it provided to members of the deaf community, particularly given that...