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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I ask the Minister for an update on what is happening with Clarin College, Athenry, and the proposed additional accommodation that will be required to meet the demand of first-year students coming this September. I understand that Presentation College, Athenry, is also under severe pressure and that more than 60 students have been left on a waiting list to get into first year. It is urgent....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Seán Canney: At the outset, I must acknowledge that huge investment has gone into education facilities right across the county. The Minister was down there for the opening of the school we are discussing, as well as for that of Presentation College, Athenry. The problem is that there seems to be very short-sighted planning. I am not saying this about the Minister but am making a general comment. I say...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Seán Canney: Yes.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I take it from the Minister’s last remarks that these children will be accommodated next September in Athenry and that this will happen in Clarin College. That is most welcome. The parents need to know that is going to happen. The Minister mentioned the school principals, who work together in co-operation. They are there to produce the finest education they can. In fairness, the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will provide the temporary accommodation necessary to allow a school (details supplied) to carry out proposed works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23810/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Seán Canney: The Minister might have a different numbering system.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Seán Canney: It is about temporary accommodation for Lough Cutra National School in County Galway. It is looking for temporary accommodation while the existing school is refurbished top to bottom. It is not being funded for the temporary accommodation it needs to keep the school going while construction work goes ahead.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I submitted the question. I will give the Minister the kernel of it. The school got an additional accommodation grant but it is a total refurbishment of the school. The problem is that every one of the students has to be taken out of the school and there is no place locally to put them. The Department has said it must find its own accommodation to put them in temporarily for about six...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (28 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct Bus Éireann to ensure school bus services are in place to deal with the demand for the commencement of the school year in August 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23809/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (28 May 2024)

Seán Canney: The Chair has put me up again for Question No. 32. Has Bus Éireann been allocated the necessary resources to make sure there is the adequate number of buses and sizes of buses in place for the school year in September? Last year, we saw lots of problems arise. Buses were not in place, some started off and after a week they stopped. A lot went on and there was a lot of stress. It...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (28 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister. I know a lot of money and effort goes into it. At the end of the day, it is the inspectors on the ground who have to deal with parents and students who might have a ticket for a bus but there is no bus to bring them. The parents then have to try to get them to school and they have to go to work. In some cases, great work is done to try to rectify the situation under...

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate I was reflecting on the fact that this is the first time I have been involved in a debate on this very important issue of neutrality since 2016, when I came into the House first, so I thank People Before Profit for bringing the motion forward. Neutrality has been treasured by our State since its foundation on the basis that we had made...

EU Directive: Motion (29 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I call on Deputy Pringle from the Independent Group.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made with the development of a new primary and secondary Gaelscoil campus in Athenry, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23812/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made with the development of a proposed new school (details supplied) in Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23811/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regeneration Projects (28 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 516. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the Rural Regeneration Development Fund can be used by local authorities to purchase vacant and derelict properties for refurbishment to help rejuvenate the towns and villages and provide much needed housing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23815/24]

Extension of Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (29 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this proposal. I too have a concern that we are pushing the can down the road for another six months. That is of very little use to people who have invested in outdoor facilities and amenities. The hospitality sector and publicans who have made that investment are going from six-month to six-month periods, wondering whether they will have to take...