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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (19 Oct 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I was trying to be nice.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (27 Oct 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 20 of 8 September 2022, if he will report on his Department's approach to the High Court injunction secured on 24 August 2022 by some security companies to block the enforcement of the new employment regulation order for the security sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53735/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank all of the speakers for coming. I will make some comments before Ms Foley expands on some of the issues she raised. Much of what she said has resonated with many of us here. The Irish education system is almost uniquely set up to have mental health challenges within it. We separate children on the basis of religion and income and we separate them more than any other European...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Does Ms Foley find at second level that the exam pressure is there from day one until the day one leaves and that it is unreasonable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am still traumatised by my leaving certificate history exam.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank Ms Foley.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Tomorrow, the Second Stage debate on the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill is being debated, yet amendments have to be submitted by tomorrow morning before the Second Stage debate. We believe that contradicts Standing Order 182. On that basis, the Second Stage debate is a nonsense if amendments have to be submitted before the Second Stage debate. It...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: If the offices of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle or Ceann Comhairle could assist in that regard, it would be greatly appreciated.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any analysis of shortages in second level teachers, specifically in geography and by subject; and if she will provide the latest data available. [54255/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures, if any, that are being taken to identify and address obstacles to training and recruiting second level teachers. [54256/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the land next to Clongriffin DART station, which is earmarked as a school site; and the current plans, if any, for a school at that site. [54469/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the proposed car-park lease in respect of a school (details supplied); when the lease will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55256/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarity on the extent of section 29 appeals during and since Covid in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form, including the number of non-face-to-face versus face-to-face oral hearings which took place during that time; and if she will outline the outcomes of section 29 appeals nationally,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 886. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects her Department to complete and publish the promised review of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55413/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 887. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department have access to statistics on the number prosecutions under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act. [55414/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 888. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the information her Department has on whether specialist training is provided to gardaí, in-service and in initial training to recruits, to implement the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act and preparation for gardaÍ in their interactions with those who provide such services. [55415/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1164. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanism that exists for individual front-line workers who have not received their recognition payment to follow up to ensure that it will be correctly paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55174/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dormant Accounts Fund (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1324. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider and implement a scheme using funds from the Dormant Accounts Fund to finance the compulsory purchase of derelict properties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54830/22]

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We welcome the legislation. We have been campaigning for it for many years. Previous Ministers for Justice said there was no need for it because of the 1989 Act which, as the Minister has just admitted, was ineffective. We welcome this debate and opportunity and we welcome the legislation, which we have to get right. I want to start on a positive note. I have just come from the Irish...