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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Go on out of that. That is a stupid comment.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: There are homeless children.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (7 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current approach to funding the teaching and learning of home economics in secondary schools; and if she plans to fully fund the teaching and learning of home economics to cover the cost of all ingredients, materials and equipment, ensuring the subject is funded in the same manner as wood materials technology/construction studies,...

Comóradh Sheachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (9 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle agus cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Táim ag plé leis an nGaeilge leis na blianta fada. Bhí díospóireacht idir mé féin agus an Teachta Ó Snodaigh ag an gColáiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath, an tseachtain seo caite agus bhíomar ar thaobhanna eile na...

Education (Inspection of Individual Education Plans for Children with Special Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome this legislation and congratulate those who brought it forward. The Labour Party is happy to support the Bill. I have a history with IEPs. In my former life as a school teacher, we used to be delighted to get to the point of an IEP because it was a bit of a struggle to get resources. I taught in a particularly disadvantaged part of Dublin. We used to be forced to get...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Online Safety (9 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 202. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Online Safety Commissioner will have any responsibility for ensuring social media companies do not allow the targeting of advertisements for conversion therapy at people. [12148/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (9 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 296. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will bring forward legislation to ban conversion therapy in Ireland; the timeline he has in place to deliver this; if drafting has commenced; the measures he is planning to protect people from being targeted by advertisements on social media for such practises; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Wait until homelessness goes down.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Is it better for homelessness to go up by 10,000?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: There have been seven of those this year.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Taoiseach is reading from a press release.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Where were they six months ago?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Taoiseach does not have a notion.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will engage directly with parents of a child (details supplied) who been unable to access a place at four schools recommended by the SENO and who has a particular educational need for a special school place. [14275/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (22 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 252. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the resource allocation and spending to date by his Department, on specific measures to address addiction amongst Travellers and Roma; and if he will outline of where that spend is directed, in tabular form. [14182/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Patronage (23 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in the flawed process for school reconfiguration in the Raheny area and if she will restart the process with a wider consultation. [14295/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Patronage (23 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am asking about the review of the configuration of schools in Raheny, a process that has left many people very dissatisfied. Will the Minister consider intervening in that process so that a more comprehensive view of the schooling needs in Raheny can be ascertained?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Patronage (23 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am interested in hearing the rest of contribution by the Minister. She will probably conclude it in her next contribution. This is a very unsatisfactory process. It was done at the height of the Christmas period. Nobody on either side of the discussion had any faith in how the process was organised. The Minister told me at a recent meeting of the Joint Committee on Education, Further...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Patronage (23 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This process is welcome but based on the Minister’s answer, the patron will decide what happens next. Where does the Department come in? Are we going to listen to the voices of parents whose children are not yet in school? The Minister promised me that we would. The parent of a child in sixth class who is leaving the school in a few months has much more say in the future...