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Statistics (Decade of Centenaries) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Joe Murphy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This has been a very thoughtful discussion, to which everybody, on all sides of the table, has come with an open mind. That is really welcome. I am a little surprised, in a good way, that after three sessions, there is the vague outline of areas of agreement. There is not quite a consensus but there has been substantial agreement across many of the organisations from which we have heard....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The financial obstacles are a big issue, and it continues in professional training after third level as well. The one that always bothers me relates to the mental health crisis we have in society. We turn out hundreds of psychology graduates every year who cannot afford to become psychologists. They cannot afford to accumulate the clinical experience they need and work at the same time....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 135. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to tackle overcrowding in hospitals coming into the winter period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50835/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the ongoing restrictions on partners attending at maternity hospitals. [50834/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 387. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is permitted, under the public service codes of conduct, for a public or civil servant to refuse to give a statement to An Garda Síochána during the course of a criminal investigation, either in his or her own name or anonymised, in which that public or civil servant has been requested to give a statement in his or her...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing a one-day Irish language training course for all school staff in the State. [50466/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing a one-day Irish language training course for all primary teachers in the State and for all post-primary teachers in the State. [50467/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost providing a one-day Irish language refresher course for all teachers in Irish medium education. [50468/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing a three-day Irish language training course for all school staff in the State. [50469/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing a three-day Irish language training course for all primary teachers in the State and for all post-primary teachers in the State. [50470/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost providing a three-day Irish language refresher course for all teachers in Irish medium education. [50471/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of the 145 special education teacher posts promised under Budget 2021 that have been hired. [51052/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of the 990 SNA posts promised under Budget 2021 that have been hired.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51053/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the funding for any SNAs not delivered under Budget 2021 was carried over into Budget 2022. [51054/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that will benefit from DEIS status under the €18 million funding announced in Budget 2022. [51055/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the €18 million allocated to DEIS in Budget 2022 in tabular form. [51057/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional home school community liaison coordinator posts; and the amount of additional funding for the school completion programme that has been secured within the €18 million allocated to DEIS in Budget 2022. [51060/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the €30 million investment in school transport in Budget 2022 will be designated; the number of additional places on the scheme this will provide in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51056/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €18 million allocated to DEIS under budget 2022 includes funding to reduce the staffing schedule for DEIS urban band 1 schools by one point. [51058/21]