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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the planned projects included in the school building programme in 2022 as of January 2022, and as of now respectively; the budget for same; if she will provide a list of the projects that will not proceed in 2022 due to construction inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55985/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planned budget for school building in 2023; if she will provide a list of the proposed projects for 2023; the number of projects it is expected to support in 2023; if she has sought an increase in the capital budget to reflect increased construction inflation; the process for deciding which projects to proceed with or which ones to delay;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (10 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to achieving the target he announced in 2022 of 750 public sector apprenticeships by 2025; the number of apprenticeships actually delivered in the public sector since announcement; the engagement that there has been between his Department and the local authority sector; if so, the commitments that have been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (10 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be a separate Bill for the establishment of an environmental and planning division of the High Court; if she intends to hold pre-legislative scrutiny on this Bill and engage with stakeholders; if the proposals will be included in the proposed planning and development Bill from the Government; and if she will...

Science Week: Statements (15 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We had a pandemic over the last three years and it was science that helped us find our way through it. We are facing a climate disaster and it will hopefully be science that helps us through that. We have to facilitate the scientists of the future through our education system. We need to empower the teachers in the teaching profession and the colleges of education to ensure they are...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Business of Select Committee (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Thank you. I know it is my first day at school but I wish to raise one point. I took the opportunity on the Order of Business in the Dáil to raise an issue around the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill. Second Stage is to be taken tomorrow but the deadline for amendments is tomorrow morning, before the Second Stage debate. The Minister said she...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 5: In page 8, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “Administering a substance with intent (“spiking”) 11.The Act of 1997 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 12: “12A.(1) A person who administers to or causes to be taken by another person (‘C’) a drug or other substance— ...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister for her engagement. I am happy to withdraw my amendment to allow the Minister to reassess the situation and come back, certainly on the sentencing guidelines. We suggested ten years, but I suppose there is a difference between poisoning with the intent of making someone unwell and spiking with the intent of committing a sexual assault or rape, based on the fact that the...

Extension of Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (16 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister of State for his presentation. One of the very few legacies of Covid that could perhaps be regarded as positive is the vast improvement in the availability of outdoor dining and socialising, provided for by the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, which this motion seeks to extend. The effect of the Act was that pubs and restaurants were specifically allowed access...

Dublin City Safety Initiatives and Other Services: Statements (17 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister for her presentation, for her presence and for her interest in this issue. I am from Dublin. I love the city, I believe in it and I want to see a vision for it. Dublin city houses people from all over the world and, indeed, people from all over this country. On that note, may I state my disgust at any Member of this House suggesting that this country or any part of...

Dublin City Safety Initiatives and Other Services: Statements (17 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I love Dublin. It is where I am from and it is where my child is from. One does not have to have a heritage in the city to be a Dub, however. A person or his or her family can be from anywhere in the world but have the added advantage of being a Dub as well. We need to think strategically and have a vision for what we want the city to be like in 20 years. Let us decarbonise the place,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education (15 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the witnesses for the presentations. I feel, as I am sure my colleagues do, that the presentations have been overwhelming. It feels like we face a tsunami of mental health challenges across the country. The witnesses made strong points about the lack of psychologists, the lack of funding and the issues that young people are having. I will start on a positive note. Last week, I...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (16 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that Civil Defence vehicles and State vehicles have to pay tolls on some toll roads; if these vehicles can be added to the list of exempted vehicles for toll charges (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57003/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (16 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that Civil Defence vehicles (details supplied) as State vehicles have to pay tolls on some toll roads and if these vehicles will be added to the list of exempted vehicles for toll charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57044/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education (15 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am conscious that my time is running out and I wish to hear from Mr. Power, unless Ms Murray has another quick point to make.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (17 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 2. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any progress has been made on development of a financial support scheme for Irish women’s soccer to provide a funding scheme funding to pay a core of the top-tier women footballers, and in the process supporting both the women’s national team and the women’s national league, allowing the best players a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Applications (17 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time that is taken from application to grant of probate in each of the past five years; if work has been carried out by her Department to compare the process in Ireland with other countries; if actions have been taken or are proposed to speed up the process; and if she will make a statement on the...

Death of Professor Brian Hillery: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Ar son Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre, déanaim comhbhrón ó chroí le muintir an iar-Theachta Hillery. My sympathies and those of my Labour Party colleagues are with the family of former TD and Senator Brian Hillery, who died in January 2021. From conversations with a Fianna Fáil Member of this House, I know that the news of his death brought much sadness to all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (15 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the drinks industry-funded programmes should be delivered in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56485/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (15 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide policy documentation and details for her Department’s pilot programme for church divestment in schools; and if she will ensure that parents' associations in all schools involved in the pilot programmes are provided with the information that they need to support the process and to reassure parents that the standards...