Results 381-400 of 582 for speaker:Jen Cummins

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (10 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 39 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Catherine Ardagh - To discuss the need for all special schools to accept children at different levels on the autism spectrum. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue - To discuss the need to improve the design of the entrance to the Rush...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation (Transfer of Functions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: In accordance with Standing Order 85(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Wednesday, 16 July 2025.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (8 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether TUSLA staff have been provided with a practice directive policy or internal guidance concerning the use of physical restraint in Irish schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37863/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support people learning Braille, Irish Sign Language and other ways of communication in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37899/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to recruit teachers qualified in Braille, Irish Sign Language and other ways of communication in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37900/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to recruit more teachers with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37901/25]

Select Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: The Minister had a very late evening yesterday and here he is again, working hard and fresh with his answers. I thank him. I am delighted to see the move forward in this area. I have four sets of questions. On accommodation, in each university or third-level institution, will there be student accommodation on site? The Minister does not have to tell me all the figure if he does not...

Select Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: I am happy to do that.

Select Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: That is for the future years as well, as we-----

Select Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: We did a bit a dive into this. In other European countries, if you go to Germany, for example, you can stay in your accommodation. Often when we talk about students we think they have parents to go back to. Sometimes you are an adult and you are not going back to your parents' home, so it is important that they can stay there and that it is a full immersion in student accommodation. We...

Select Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: I have talked to a few people who say their summer is ruined because their child has to repeat a module. Students themselves feel the same, so that should be available to them throughout the time.

Select Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: I am sorry; I keep running in and out. It is just such a busy day.

Select Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: Would the Minister be able to come back to me about the apprenticeship model for teacher training?

Select Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: At a later date is totally fine.

Select Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: I have been contacted by somebody who has contacted several Oireachtas Members about further education and training, the external authenticators and the tax implications they have in comparison with somebody working for the State Examinations Commission. It just does not seem to be the same. Does the Minister have any knowledge of that, and is anything being done to look at it?

Select Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (9 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: Especially if they have to repeat modules in August.

Commission of Investigation (Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools) Order 2025: Motion (15 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: This is an extremely difficult and challenging topic. I feel a huge weight on me to speak on behalf of people who have experienced child sexual abuse in day and boarding schools. I welcome the visitors to the Gallery. As difficult as it is for me, I do not know the words to describe what it must be like for them. It is very important that we discuss this here, that there can never again...

Endometriosis Care in Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: I am thankful to Sinn Féin for tabling this motion and I welcome all the people in the Gallery. Yet again, here we are in Ireland where women have to talk about the most private things in public. I was in here earlier talking about child sexual abuse in Ireland, another secret that was kept for so long. In the time I have been here, I have spoken many times in the Dáil on issues...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of teacher recruitment for September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39682/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of teacher recruitment for September 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39909/25]